Mentorship Program

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YWIM Mentorship Program 2020 - 21

YWIM is proud to offer a Mentorship Program for its membership to help increase
their professional skills and advance their music career. Huge thanks to the Women’s Directorate – Community Programs, Yukon Government once again for supporting this great program for our members!

Before applying for Mentorship, please ensure that your YWIM membership is current…that means you paid your $30 fee for the July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021 membership year. Fees can be paid in one of the following ways:

PayPal at: ywim.ca
E-transfer to: yukonwomeninmusic@gmail.com
Or by cheque: YWIM, 361 – 108 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Y1A 6C4.

How to apply:

Take a look at our list of Mentors below. YWIM members can request a mentor for one or two hour sessions on a music-related topic of their choosing.
The cost to you as a member is $10/ one hour or $20/ two hour session. These fees will be due prior to the mentorship taking place, and can be paid as above. Our mentors are paid $50/hour.
Complete the Mentorship Request form below and send to our Mentorship Coordinator, Mary, at: yukonwomeninmusic@gmail.com.
Mary will let you know if funding is available. Then you’re approved to make arrangements with the mentor of your choice.
Between you and your mentor, you'll arrange a time and location for the mentorship.
Mentor participants are requested to complete the Evaluation Form below, preferably right away (these are needed for future funding applications). Please send to: yukonwomeninmusic@gmail.com
Your mentor will invoice YWIM directly for payment. Simple, huh?

More questions? Email us! We typically respond within a week.

YWIM Mentorship Forms:

Mentorship Request Form

Mentorship Evaluation form – Participant link

If you are a YWIM member, or plan to become a member, and have an interest in offering mentorship that could help other women advance their musical careers, or if you have further questions, please contact us at: yukonwomeninmusic@gmail.com

2020 YWIM Mentors List:

Amelia Rose Slobogean

Amelia Rose is a classically trained fiddler with 20 years of experience as a working musician. She is available to mentor with fiddle and violin techniques including: improvising, backing up other instruments and playing in a band.

Phone: 336-3119 Email: slobogeanamelia@gmail.com

Andrea McColeman

Originally from Northern Ontario, Andrea made her way to the Yukon in the early 90s after completing her Bachelor of Music in orchestral percussion performance at Wilfrid Laurier University, and studying jazz piano and Latin percussion at Humber College. As an in-demand band member/session player/side woman/collaborator, she has recorded and performed on keyboards/percussion/accordion with many Northern acts including Juno award winning Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat, Kim Barlow, Inconnu, The Longest Night Ensemble, Nicole Edwards, Brenda Lee Katerenchuk, Major Funk and the Employment; most recently Lucie D and Friends and the Problematic Orchestra. She has composed and arranged music for various ensembles, theatre, dance and choral groups and has worked with all ages and abilities as music director for many different shows including Varietease Burlesque Cabaret and YnKlude – a variety show featuring adults with and without disabilities. She has experience teaching K-7 music classes in schools, teaching piano classes at Yukon Summer Music Camp as well as rock band and jazz ensemble. She currently enjoys a roster of 20 private piano students of all ages and is having fun composing, arranging and recording in her home studio.

Mentorship topics are wide open, I have lots of experience doing different musical things. Please feel free to contact me to brainstorm how I can help!

Email: amccoleman88@gmail.com

Anne Turner

I have a mixed classical and jazz performance background. Starting at age 6 on piano, adding organ and viola later on, led to many years in the Edmonton Youth Symphony, University Symphony and professionally in the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. I started teaching privately in 1966, while still in high school – piano, organ, violin and viola.

With an Education degree from U of A in Secondary Instrumental Music, I taught grades 4 – 12 in Edmonton starting in 1972, followed by many years in Whitehorse first teaching privately and then teaching grades 6 – 12 and adults. This included concert bands, jazz bands and combos, composition, rock and tech and vocal jazz and strings.

Bass and jazz came together in the 90′s, including 3 years at Malaspina University College doing jazz studies. Since that time, more teaching and lots of gigging in jazz groups. I’ve continued my jazz studies in Louisville, Kentucky in the summers and with distant lessons on bass with David Friesen.

I’d be happy to work in any area that my teaching and playing may be of help to someone!

Mentorship Topics

Arrangements, charting tunes, keys, theory, & etc.
Upright bass, jazz studies, or open to suggestions!

Phone: 668-6586 Email: anneturner@northwestel.net

Annie Avery

Bachelor of Music Composition: lots of music theory skills/writing skills/ear training skills

30 years of Playing Experience: chord structures/playing keyboards/ functions of playing in a band

25 Years teaching experience: elementary classroom music/ private piano lessons/ group piano jazz lessons/ preschool music/ college level child development and music

Phone: 668-5102 Email: crowrec@northwestel.net

Barbara Chamberlin
www.barbarachamberlin.com

Mentorship Topics

Developing stage presence for those that
are shy or just are not sure what to do on stage.
Voice – including: support, getting more volume,
hitting high notes/low notes
Group singing: harmony singing, how to blend your voice
Songwriting
Being a band leader/working with a band/dealing with sound technicians

Phone: 667-4059 Email: bcyukon@mac.com

Brenda Lee Katerenchuk B.Mus., B.Ed.
Brenda Lee can help you with any techie queries you are having on your musical journey. Enjoy an inspiring exploration of gadget girl related musings including: ios, songwiting tips, looper pedal savy, guitar accompaniment techniques for your individual vocal style and repertoire, fretboard theory - no piano - no worries. Electric -classical guitar stage performance and gear setup strategies.

She is a professional guitarist, vocalist and music educator with a private teaching studio in downtown Whitehorse.

www.brendaleemusic.com
www.leyendaguitar.com

Brigitte Desjardins

Mentorship Topics:
• Opportunity to practice your songs with a drummer
- Practicing the feel of playing with a drummer
- Getting use to playing with a drummer before hiring one for your show

• Vocabulary of rhythms
- Understanding the basis of rhythm

My services are available in French & English
Phone: 867-334-7661
Email: brigitte.desjardins.89@gmail.com

Elaine Schiman

Writer Elaine Schiman has 15 years experience working at CBC Radio and TV, as well as 5 years in Yukon government communications. She has run a communications business for more than ten years. She offers mentorship in writing news releases and putting together various promotional materials to tell people about your music.

Phone: 668-6721 Email: elaineschiman@me.com

Fawn Fritzen

Mentorship topics:

• social media for the uninitiated

• setting marketing goals

• learn about Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and websites for musicians

• How to set up your Facebook profile or fan page

• learn how to set up Facebook events

• for more advanced users: how to engage fans and pros and cons of Facebook advertising

Phone: 456-7971 E-Mail: fawn@fawnfritzen.com Web: fawnfritzen.com

Keitha Clark

Keitha has been teaching violin actively in Whitehorse for ten years. She is available to work on all things fiddle.

Phone: 456-7311 Email: dreambig25@hotmail.com

Kim Beggs

Kim Beggs has been working as a professional performing artist since 2003. Since then she has released three full length albums to national and international critical acclaim. Her albums are all digitally distributed internationally through itunes, Amazon, cdbaby, etc. The latest album, Blue Bones, is physically distributed in Canada, the USA and Europe and she has toured in all these regions. Her songs have placed in the International Songwriting Competition and her albums have been nominated for two Canadian music awards and one USA music award. Her music has been played on radio, and satellite. Her songs have been licensed in film and TV and she has written sound tracks especially for short films which have been broadcast on CBC TV, and she has made her own films and animations using her own music for sountrack.

Beggs has worked with several different Canadian record producers and two different record labels. She has worked and toured with many different support musicians and artists in Canada and the USA and some in Europe. She is self managed and has worked with booking agents, publicists, managers, presenters, venues, house concert hosts in Canada, USA and Europe. She has booked her own tours. She has project managed the production of four albums including her own. She has financed all her music using her own money but also by using the support of sponsors, and government grants and loans made available to Canadian Artists. She enjoys working with all ages of artists with songwriting and/or career focuses.

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