Dwayne Woloshyn, the artist who created the painting on the cover of Voice to Voice, appeared in the Keremeos paper!
Cover Artist
July 11, 2015 by Elee
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Interval, a CBC radio doc
July 1, 2015 by Elee
Journalist Pamela Post followed our progress with Voice to Voice and had a chance to interview many of the participants over the course of several months. Her 40+ hours of tape were a gold mine – she said she had enough to serve for eleven documentaries. As she came to know the writers and the… Continue reading Interval, a CBC radio doc
Voice to Voice Launches!
June 5, 2015 by Elee
Join us for a fun evening of socializing and celebration. The evening will include a SHORT reading (15mins), catered free snacks, book sales and some silliness. Details will be posted asap. This book of poems, stories, songs and memoir by members of the Downtown Eastside community of Vancouver represents a year of thinking about music… Continue reading Voice to Voice Launches!
World Premiere of Voice to Voice Project
March 24, 2015 by Elee
We invite you to the premieres of 11 original art song compositions based on texts by Thursdays Writing Collective and brought to life by UBC graduate composers and performers. The first evening is April 2, 2015 at 8pm at UBC’s School of Music, Roy Barnett Hall 6361 Memorial Rd. The second is April 16, 2015 at 8pm… Continue reading World Premiere of Voice to Voice Project
Fruitful
March 4, 2015 by Elee
Kate Braid’s visit to read us her poetry and talk about music yielded an unexpected surprise: she brought her collaborator, jazz musician Clyde Reed. Their openness and connection to each other’s work was contagious. They invited us to try reading as Clyde played improvisational bass on the spot. You can see video snippets of the… Continue reading Fruitful
Reunion
February 5, 2015 by Elee
Hello everyone! We’re set to begin the first class of our eighth year on February 12, 2015. We’ll be completing our writing for the Voice to Voice Project and collaborating with the composers and performers who have set 12 of our poems as songs. First things first: our visit with Katherine Swarthile, the daughter of Anahareo, will take… Continue reading Reunion
Voice to Voice Match Up
January 20, 2015 by Elee
We have heard from all six composers about which of the 60 submissions they will turn into artsong original musical pieces. Two composers committed to doing three songs. Another person is tackling two. Most of the composers are each doing one. This means we have 11 poems that will become artsongs. Composer Brian Topp has… Continue reading Voice to Voice Match Up
On September 18 We Begin Voice to Voice!
September 9, 2014 by Elee
We’re thrilled to announce our Indiegogo campaign was funded 116.67% and we are on our way to creating our 7th book, Voice to Voice! We managed to surpass our $6000 goal and reach $7000 (which means we receive $6720 after Indiegogo subtracts charges.) We had 98 contributions and our campaign had 2206 visitors from around the… Continue reading On September 18 We Begin Voice to Voice!
We Have Until Wed Aug 27 at Midnight PST!
August 23, 2014 by Elee
We are thrilled that we reached our $6000 goal one week ahead of time! This means our book, Voice to Voice, will be published. Thank you to all the contributors and donors who made this happen. Our Indiegogo campaign doesn’t close until Wed Aug 27 at midnight so we now have a challenge goal: can… Continue reading We Have Until Wed Aug 27 at Midnight PST!
In Her Own Words
August 17, 2014 by Elee
Thursdays Writing Collective participant Jane Miller wrote this press release to help our Indiegogo crowdfunding effort for our next book. We’re very appreciative of her skills and commitment to the group. August 2014, for immediate release STRONG VOICES FROM THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE Residents Raise Money to Publish Their Own Book VANCOUVER, CANADA-It might… Continue reading In Her Own Words