Heather Bambrick is a JUNO/ECMA-nominated vocalist, voice actor, and broadcaster who's collaborated with Fred Hirsch, Gene DiNovi, Guido Basso, Rob McConnell, Peter Appleyard, Phil Nimmons, Ian Shaw, Ofra Harnoy, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, and many others. Her shows have been described as "Carol Burnett meets Ella Fitzgerald at a Newfoundland kitchen party", featuring music ranging from jazz standards and pop hits, to Newfoundland folk music and sitcom theme songs. Add to that engaging, hilarious storytelling and some of the best musicians in the country – all delivered with warmth, wit, and pure Newfoundland charm – and you'll know why her audiences everywhere are left wanting more!
Heather has released four solo recordings, all of which were nominated for Jazz Recording of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards, including You'll Never Know, which was also nominated for JUNO Award for Vocal Jazz Recording of the Year. Her 2019 recording, Fine State was praised by critics and fans alike as her best work to date. Heather has released albums with ensembles the Beehive Singers as well as Broadsway (both of which she co-founded), and has been a featured artist on recordings with Carol Welsman, the Breithaupt
Brothers, Peter Appleyard, Ofra Harnoy, the Nimmons Tribute, and others.
Heather is also one of Canada's top voice actors (featured on such shows as Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Superbuns, Wild Kratts, Justin Time, Hotel Transylvania, and others) and an award-winning broadcaster, hosting and producing shows on Toronto's JAZZ.FM91 for more than 20 years.
Forestview Church Without Walls - Large Room A
3175 Dundas St W
Oakville, On L6M 4J4
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:9:00 AM | Name:Rebecca Faerman | Titles: Titanium by Sia and David Guetta Piece by Piece by Kelly Clarkson | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:9:20 AM | Name:Olivia Dennis | Titles: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Richard Rodgers You'll Have to Swing It - Mr. Paganini by Sam Coslow | Home Festival:Oakville |
Time:9:40 AM | Name:Isabella Kinsler | Titles: In the Kitchen by Oliver Peterhof, Renee Rapp, Darrius Coleman, Taylor Hill, Stefan Johnson, Tommy Brown, Michael Pollack I Wish You Love by Charles Trenet, Albert Beach | Home Festival:Niagara |
Time:10:00 AM | Name:Kelly Huang | Titles: If I Ain't Got You , The Diary of Alicia Keys by Alicia Keys I Hate Boston, Snow Angel by Reneé Rapp | Home Festival:Peterborough |
Time:10:20 AM | Name:Ahndray Pongan | Titles: Let's Stay Together by W. Mitchell and A. Green Pretty Shining People by G. Bennett | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:Adrit Panda | Titles: Feeling Good by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John arr Sara Bareilles | Home Festival:South Simcoe |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Oviyaa Kugathas | Titles: Better Man by Taylor Swift Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:12:30 PM | Name:Elora Andrews | Titles: Promise by Daniel Wilson and Laufey Lin Jonsdottir Dream a Little Dream of Me by Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt and Gus Kahn | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:12:50 PM | Name:Charlie Bourgeois | Titles: At Last, n by Harry Warren Snow Angel by Renee Rapp & Alexander Glantz | Home Festival:Peterborough |
Time:1:10 PM | Name:Gioia Ruby Guerriero | Titles: Be Okay, Lauren Diagle Volume 2 by Lauren Diagle and Ellie Holcomb Fidelity, Begin to Hope by Regina Spektor | Home Festival:North Hastings |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Sonam Deonarain | Titles: I Have Nothing by David Foster and Linda Thompson One Last Time by David Guetta, Savan Kotecha, Giorgio Tuinfort, Rami Yacoub, and Carl Falk. | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:1:50 PM | Name:Grace Carson | Titles: We Were Happy [From The Vault], Fearless by Taylor Swift, Liz Rose Missing Piece, In Our Own Sweet Time by Vance Joy, Joel Little | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:2:10 PM | Name:Ruby Rivington | Titles: Never Grow Up by Taylor Swift Jackie and Wilson by Andrew Hozier-Byrne | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
Time:2:30 PM | Name:Gage Hopper-Dale | Titles: Viva La Vida by Coldplay Where's My Love by SYML | Home Festival:Stratford |
Time:2:50 PM | Name:Ava Alcaidinho | Titles: Easy On Me by Adele Thank you for the Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus | Home Festival:London |
Workshop will be held from approximately 3:30 pm until 5:00 pm.
Announcement of the winners and top two competitors chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.
The Intermediate Popular Voice Playoffs will be held at Forestview Church - Large Room A - 3175 Dundas St. W. - from 5:15 pm to approximately 6:15 pm.