Piano: Tammy-Jo Mortenson

Tammy-Jo Mortensen completed a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Alberta and a Master of Music degree in pipe organ performance at McGill University and she has a second master’s degree in Music (Choral Conducting) from the U of A. While studying organ, she was also studying piano and her teachers have included Barbara Mackin-Ritz, Joachim Segger and Grant Maxwell. She has been a collaborative pianist with many soloists across Canada and has accompanied many choirs. She has adjudicated piano classes in many cities in Alberta and was an examiner for the Western Board of Music. She served for many years on the Sherwood Park Music Festival board. 

As an organist, she has performed organ solo and chamber recitals in Canada, the US, Denmark and England, has been recorded by CBC radio and television. She has recorded one CD of choral, organ, and handbell music. As a harpsichordist, she has worked with many of Canada’s early music specialists and has been performing with the Alberta Baroque Ensemble since 2004. In addition, she has completed many RCM exams in voice.  

Tammy-Jo is the conductor of one of the Cosmopolitan Music Society handbell groups. She was chosen as the Canadian conductor for the International Handbell Symposium in Jeju, Korea. She has worked with many groups as an arts administrator, and is the Choir Manager of the Da Camera Singers, and is the music editor for Gathering magazine, (the national worship publication of the United Church of Canada). She teaches at Concordia University and privately and is the curator of a radio show on bigeradio.com.

Vocal: Kimerica Parr

Kimerica S. Parr is an internationally recognized singer, director, and educator who has performed in opera, oratorio, musical theatre, and concert repertoire across Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia. As a young artist with Michigan Opera Theatre, she appeared in Faust, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, and Rigoletto, and performed in the Gala Opening Concert of the Detroit Opera House featuring Luciano Pavarotti. She has also performed with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, and the AIMS Orchestra under Maestro Edoardo Müller.

She holds a Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education from the University of Windsor and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Alberta, and is currently a doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership in the Arts at Anderson University.

An award-winning teacher, she received the Royal Conservatory of Music National Teacher of Distinction Award in 2021. Her students have earned numerous provincial and national honours through music festivals and Royal Conservatory examinations. With more than 35 years of teaching experience, she teaches voice at the University of Alberta Augustana Campus, serves as Department Head of Speech Arts and Drama at the Vancouver Academy of Music, and co-directs the Parr Academy of Vocal Arts with her husband, Michael, in Fort McMurray.

Instrumental: Sheryl Bowhay

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Speech: Julie Golosky

Julie is a proud Alberta Metis actor, singer, composer, writer and teacher, who has performed on stages across Canada, and as far away as Hawaii, South Africa, and Carnegie Hall in NYC.  An active member of Canadian Actors’ Equity for over 30 years, Julie was recently seen in Shadow Theatre’s  Canadian premier of “The Two Battles of Frances Pegamagabow” (Neil Grahn).  Julie has also composed for theatre and film, including the  “Enchanted Antlers” online series for young Canadian audiences  (the latest incarnation “Furget Me Knot”, in which she also performs, is included in Varscona Theater’s 2025/26 season.) Julie has a Masters of Music degree from the University of Alberta.  She has taught singing and voice production privately for over 25 years.  During this time she has been on faculty at the Foote Theatre School, and at MacEwan University in Edmonton.  Julie has adjudicated for One Act Theatre festivals in the Edmonton area as well, and is a regular theatre-artist facilitator for school residencies.  She frequently adjudicates at music festivals throughout Alberta for both speech arts and song categories.   As a writer, Julie has written numerous plays for youth, including “Show Me The Wey-Hey” (published) and “Bear And The Big Bad Berry Patch” (Concrete Theatre Sprouts Festival).  She has recently published a compilation of prose, poetry and lyrics titled “The Highest Point Of The Valley” in memory of her late father, Bert Golosky, and life in northern Alberta.