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Serena Eades was born and raised in Roberts Creek, BC where she began playing the violin at a young age with teachers Katie Angermeyer, Michelle Bruce and Kathleen Hovey. She has since received a Bachelor of Music degree through Capilano College and Brandon University, and has further studied classical violin with Nancy DiNovo, Ann Elliott-Goldschmid, Tatiana Zatina, and Kerry Duwors.
Well into her violin studies, Serena took up other genres of playing; exploring Cape Breton, Bluegrass, Jazz, and Gypsy music, having had opportunities to study with Natalie MacMaster, Calvin Vollrath, Matt Glaser, David Greenberg, Jerry Holland, Celso Machado, and many other inspiring artists. She has played in a number of classical as well as non-classical ensembles including a number of orchestras and ensembles on the Sunshine Coast, the West Coast Symphony (Vancouver), the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, Brandon University Orchestra, Orquesta de Camara in Colima, Mexico (while studying music at the Universidad de Colima), and various pit orchestras in BC and Manitoba. After playing traditional music for a few years with pianist Wade Tarling, she performed with a self-titled band which lead to a duo project with pianist/singer Gary Loewen and performed at the Springville World |
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Folk Festival (Utah, USA), conferences in Vancouver, and concerts of their own around the Lower Mainland. She has toured, played, and recorded with Trova 2, a latin/funk band in Mexico and Manitoba-based jazz/celtic/funk band Anagram. She has toured and performed as a freelancing musician with The Gruff(www.thegruff.com), Mark Berube (www.markberube.com), C.R.Avery (www.cravery.com), Giorgia Magnanensi and Steve Wright throughout Canada.
She has recorded with CR Avery, Shuyler Jensen (Black Hen Records), Christa Couture, Joseph Blood, Shelley O'Brien, Steve K. and for Randall Okita's film "Machine and Wishbone." (As seen in Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver International Film Festivals). | |
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Serena currently plays with The Rakish Angles (www.rakishangles.com) based on the Sunshine Coast of B.C. 'The Angles' blend string band tradition and contemporary imagination to produce a polished and exciting sound. Serena joins guitarist/luthier Dan Richter (www.dragonflyguitars.com), mandolinist Simon Hocking, and stand-up bassist Boyd Norman in a quartet that weaves an intricate mosaic of mostly original Jazz, Bluegrass, Latin, Celtic, and Gypsy pieces. The Angles are a confluence of original talent and experience in the realms of composition, arrangement, and performance. Look out for the release and tour of their first album in the Spring of 2009.
Serena's personal playing style now reflects both her classical training and background in folk music as well as desire to explore other world musics and improvisation. She also teaches many enthusiastic young and young-at-heart violinists out of her home, and has worked at the Sunshine Coast School of Celtic Music, Lynn Valley Music, and MELOmania Music. In her spare “non-music-making related” time she works as an events coordinator for the Roberts Creek Community Association, is on the Board of Directors of the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts, and works as a promoter for live music events on the Sunshine Coast, including productions for Caravan World Rhythms and the Sunshine Coast Jazz & Entertainment Society. |
| 2009 |
| Sept 20 | Pender Harbour BC | Jazz Festival | with the Rakish Angles |
| Nov 21 | Canada | Canadian Folk Music Awards (Go Rakish Angles !!) | w/The Rakish Angles |
| Nov 28 | Gibsons BC | Gibson's Heritage Playhouse - CD Release! $15 | w/The Rakish Angles |
| 2010 |
| Mar 6 | Mission BC | Fiddlerama | - - |
| Mar 6-12 | Hope BC | teaching | - - |
| Mar 19 | Powell River BC | Unitarian Hall | with The Rakish Angles |
| Mar 20 | Victoria BC | House Concert | w/the Rakish Angles |
| Apr 15 | Pender Harbour BC | Private Function | - - |
| Apr 17 | Prince George BC | Symphony Concert | with The Joe Trio |
| July 9-11 | Courtney BC | Vancouver Island MusicFest | with The Rakish Angles |
| Aug 15 | Sechelt BC | SC Festival of the Written Arts | with The Rakish Angles |
| Aug 29 | West Sechelt BC | Willow Farm Outdoor Concert | with The Rakish Angles |
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for more information or for booking please contact Serena Eades 604.741.2935 serenaeades@hotmail.com |
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