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BIOGRAPHIES
SHORT BIO
Canada’s electro flute looper, Rozalind MacPhail takes audiences on an inspiring journey through live music and film. She explores new ways to combine image, inspiration and sound in works that speak honestly of people, place and the human experience. A classically-trained flutist, MacPhail layers electrifying flute loops, moody vocals and driving electronics through the digital audio workstation, Ableton Live.
One of the world’s most buzzed-about Gemeinhardt artists, MacPhail took home an East Coast Music Award for Electronic Recording of the Year and was nominated for 2 MusicNL Awards in 2021. She is currently showcasing her internationally-acclaimed audio-visual creation, DON’T LET ME FALL TOO FAR.
Based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, MacPhail is an active performer, inspirational speaker, film composer, remote recording artist and music educator.
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Inspirational Speaker for keynote concert, INSPIRATION SOUP at MusicNL Week (2021)
- Award Nominee, MusicNL Award (2021) for “Side Musician of the Year” and “Music Educator of the Year”
- WAITING OUTSIDE by Joshua Jamieson (film score composed by MacPhail) offered a multi-year broadcast licensing deal with CBC’s Reel East Coast Season 6. Broadcasting on CBC Atlantic Network and CBC Gem (2021)
- Inspirational Speaker, Business & Arts NL’s Creative Edge program (2020)
- Showcasing Artist, Rocktober, artist showcase supporting local music in NL (2020)
- Inspirational Speaker, FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY at CB Nuit Online Arts Festival (2020)
- Canadian Premiere of DON’T LET ME FALL TOO FAR at CB Nuit Online Arts Festival (2020)
- Grant Recipient – MusicNL “Press On” Program (2020)
- Award Nominee – ECMA’s “Electronic Recording of the Year” (DON’T LET ME FALL TOO FAR)
- Short List Award Nominee, MusicNL Award (2019) for “Female Artist of the Year”, “Electronic Artist of the Year”, “Side Msucian of the Year” and “Educator of the Year” (DON’T LET ME FALL TOO FAR)
- North American Premiere of DON’T LET ME FALL TOO FAR at Cucalorus Festival (2019)
- Showcasing Artist, Contact East (2019)
- Tour, 17-date performance and music clinic tour of Sweden and Denmark / Showcased at Live at Heart Sweden (2019)
- Tour, 17-date performance and music clinic tour of Sweden and Denmark / Showcased at Live at Heart Music Conference (2019)
- Award Nominee, ECMA (2019) for “Electronic Recording of the Year” (LOVE AND LET BE)
- Featured Performer and Music Educator, Festival of Small Halls (2019)
- International Jury Member, Live at Heart Film Awards (Sweden)
- Presenter at the National Flute Convention in Salt Lake City
- Award Nominee, MusicNL Award (2018) for “Female Artist of the Year”, “Instrumental Artist of the Year”, “Educator of the Year” and “Side Musician of the Year” (LOVE AND LET BE)
- Tour, 14-date performance and music clinic tour of Berlin and Sweden / Live at Heart Sweden
- Tour, 5-date showcase/panelist at the National Flute Convention in Orlando, Florida
- Tour, 9-date Cucalorus Festival sponsored tour of North Carolina / Cameron Art Museum, Cat’s Cradle, Cat Fly Film Festival and various yoga studios
- Award Nominee, ECMA (2018) “Electronic Recording of the Year” (SUNSET SUNRISE)
- TOUR – 26-date Long & McQuade / Gemeinhardt sponsored tour of Atlantic Canada / Long & McQuade stores, various schools, ECMA’s and Quality Block Party
- First Canadian flutist to be sponsored as a Gemeinhardt Musical InstrumentsInternational Touring Artist (2018 – Present)
- MacPhail created an album for Yin Yoga home practice in 2018 for the RPM Challenge, LOVE AND LET BE
- MacPhail created an album of meditation music in 2017 for the RPM Challenge, SUNSET SUNRISE. It was nominated for ECMA Electronic Recording of the Yearand MusicNL’s Instrumental Recording of the Year.
- From 2015 – 2016, MacPhail collaborated with Canadian film director, Ingrid Veninger, improvising a live score of original music for her award-winning feature film, HE HATED PIGEONS which has screened at film festivals worldwide.
- MacPhail has performed at the National Flute Convention and the Canadian Flute Convention.
- MacPhail’s audio-visual project, FROM THE RIVER TO THE OCEAN premiered in 2016 at Gros Morne Summer Music and the Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina. It was nominated for MusicNL Instrumental Recording of the Year and won ECMA Electronic Recording of the Year.
- HEAD FIRST, MacPhail’s collaborative audio-visual DVD project was released at the Banff Centre and also was co-presented with St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival at St. John’s LSPU Hall. This project represents seven years of work curating and collaborating with musicians and filmmakers from across Canada. The US premiere of HEAD FIRST took place in North Carolina at the 20th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival. HEAD FIRST was nominated for an ECMA and a MusicNL Award
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
NewFest, First Night Raleigh, CB Nuit, Cameron Art Museum, Contact East, The Rooms, Festival of Small Halls, Cat’s Cradle, Live at Heart Sweden, Cat Fly Film Festival, Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Banff Centre, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Canadian Flute Convention, Cucalorus Film Festival, Ashland Independent Film Festival, Nickel Film Festival, Atlantic Film Festival, St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, Gros Morne Summer Music, Sound Symposium, National Flute Convention, MusicNL Week and TEDx St. John’s.
IN THE PRESS
CBC NL (online/radio) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/first-listen-rozalind-macphail-1.5354491
The Newfoundland Herald (print/online) https://nfldherald.com/music-spotlight-rozalind-macphail
The Telegram (print/online) – https://www.thetelegram.com/living/rozalind-macphail-earns-ecma-nomination-for-love-and-let-be-takes-to-road-for-shows-workshops-299459
The Casket (print/online) – https://www.thecasket.ca/community/a-hearty-bowl-of-flute-loops-and-film-at-the-townhouse-294331/
The East (online) – http://www.theeastmag.com/2018/12/06/music-video-rozalind-macphail-brings-1940s-north-carolina-to-halifax-with-the-gaze
WECT TV (Fox TV News, North Carolina) – http://www.wect.com/story/38473002/from-the-river-to-the-ocean-tour-makes-first-stop-in-wilmington
WUNC “The State of Things” (NPR, North Carolina) – http://wunc.org/post/canadian-musician-creates-audiovisual-project-inspired-wilmington
Yes! Weekly (North Carolina) – http://yesweekly.com/canadian-flute-player-and-filmmaker-performs-live-soundtrack-music/
Encore (North Carolina) – http://www.encorepub.com/layers-of-emotion-composer-uses-music-and-film-to-build-a-narrative-on-the-human-experience/
Triad City Beat (North Carolina) – https://triad-city-beat.com/pride-cucalorus-rozalind-mcphail-create-bowl-flute-loops/
St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (St. John’s, NL) https://www.womensfilmfestival.com/blog/2/17-women-directed-films-to-see-at-the-nickel-independent-film-festival
Saltwater Stories – Review of St. John’s Premiere of FROM THE RIVER TO THE OCEAN (St. John’s, NL) https://saltwaterstories.net/2017/05/16/push-and-pull-of-memories-the-st-johns-premiere-of-rozalind-macphails-from-the-river-to-the-ocean
The Overcast (St. John’s, NL) https://theovercast.ca/a-sneak-peak-of-rozalind-macphails-ecma-winning-audio-visual-project
CBC Radio Interview (St. John’s, NL) http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/st-john-s-morning-show/segment/12544064
The Telegram (St. John’s, NL) http://www.thetelegram.com/living/entertainment/2017/5/7/st–john-s-musician-rozalind-macphail-returns-from-ecmas-with-mo.html
Saltwater Stories (online) https://saltwaterstories.net/2017/04/27/leave-a-note-place-and-memory-in-the-music-of-rozalind-macphail/
The Overcast (St. John’s, NL) https://theovercast.ca/day-3-an-album-inspired-by-the-death-of-artist-graham-howcraft
Flute Examiner (online) http://thefluteexaminer.com/interview-canadian-flutist-rozalind-macphail
Star News (North Carolina) http://www.starnewsonline.com/entertainment/20161109/cucalorus-22-beyond-film—-music-performance-art-comedy-all-part-of-fest
Rogue Valley Messenger (Oregon) http://www.roguevalleymessenger.com/he-hated-pigeons-live-sounds-in-spite-of-lost-love
The Overcast (St. John’s, NL) http://theovercast.ca/rozalind-macphail-to-live-score-a-film-during-this-years-sji-womens-film-festival/
Encore (North Carolina) http://www.encorepub.com/head-first-into-cucalorus-artist-in-residence-rozalind-macphail-debuts-visual-album/
WILMA (North Carolina) http://www.wilmaontheweb.com/November-2014/November-Spotlight/
Sea and be Scene (online) http://seaandbescene.com/2013/11/rozalind-macphail-launches-her-head-first/
The Independent (St. John’s, NL) http://theindependent.ca/2013/11/29/flouting-convention-new-release-explores-flutes-films-and-the-unknown/
Sea and be Scene “The Painted Houses Project by Rozalind MacPhail” (online) http://seaandbescene.com/2011/04/the-painted-houses-project-by-rozalind-macphail/
SOCAN “Featured Artist of the Month” (online) http://www.socan.ca/jsp/en/pub/interactive/RozalindMacPhail.jsp
QUOTES
“It‘s easy to fall for the eclectic sounds of this creative mastermind, and you will probably get lost in your imagination while falling.” – Pamela Hodder (Rock Eden Magazine)
Gemeinhardt President & CEO, David Pirtle says, ”Gemeinhardt is thrilled to sponsor the creative artistry of Canada’s looping flutist, Rozalind MacPhail. She is a dynamic and gifted performer who inspires through her lively audio-visual performances and interactive music workshops.”
“Musical genius with fab filmmaking skills” – Candice Walsh (St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival)
“MacPhail is forging new territory for musicians everywhere.” – Amanda Taylor (The Flute Examiner)
“An artistry that is both visionary and innovative.” – Viviana Guzman (The Flute View)
“Rozalind MacPhail knows no boundaries. A classically trained flutist and electro-music renegade, MacPhail has covered the length of the country playing her compositions and leaving art in her wake.” – Ken Simmons (The Telegram)
“Rozalind MacPhail, St. John’s troubadour flutist, best flute on both coasts.” Doc Pickles (Wavelength Music Series)
CD REVIEWS
Independent – Rozalind MacPhail – Edgework
9-out-of-10
Review first appeared in Yorkton This Week newspaper July 23, 2008 – Yorkton, SK. Canada
Oh my, sometimes musicians just find a way to make you go wow! That’s exactly what Rozalind MacPhail accomplished on the song Tofino Kiss, the opening cut of her CD Edgework. To begin with, there was MacPhail’s voice, happy, unique, clear. It carries a sweetness which is memorable. That said, it is a voice which is enhanced by the fact MacPhail is wise enough to allow it to slip into the background. At those moments she remains central to the music, as she plays her flute. Now I will admit to my ear the flute, when handled by a fine musician, can be one of the most hauntingly beautiful instruments. In this case it is used to wonderful affect. MacPhail attended several music schools in Canada and abroad, having become both a long-term resident at the Banff Centre and an Artist-In-Residence at The Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida, and the experience shows as her flute work obviously draws on the traditions of several cultures. The music is overall modern pop-oriented. No it’s not bubblegum sweet, but rather filled with emotion and heart, thanks to the combination of MacPhail’s voice, and the skillfully used flute, which is allowed to be an integral part of the music. Of course instrumentation is a strength here. The title song is a wonderful ride of different sounds, all put together smoothly. At times the music is haunting, like the lead in to Baba’s – Unite Us All, at other times it’s happier like on Tofino Kiss, but whichever emotion MacPhail choses to bring out with her flute, it all works. This is one of those albums which should have more musicians exploring how the flute can be incorporated into music clearly geared to a younger audience, although this CD will be appreciated by any listener with an ear for wonderful music. MacPhail does set her own course here, but it’s a journey the listener will be glad they signed on for. Check this amazing artist out at www.rozalindmacphail.com
— CALVIN DANIELS
Edgework (Independent) Monday Magazine
Aug 22 2007, Victoria
Written by Dana McNairn
Originally hailing from Toronto (via Ottawa and Banff), and now calling Victoria home, Rozalind MacPhail has quickly made a name for herself on the alt-folk scene. The self-described full-time flautist/singer-songwriter has released her first full-length album, Edgework, following the EP releases Gas Station Sessions: Seven Songs for Seven Years (2005) and Seattle Sessions: Less is More (2006). It’s Jethro Tull meets mid-1990s Ani DiFranco. MacPhail agrees with the alternative folk category, but with an “indie vibe.” Despite the classical training, MacPhail’s specialty as a flautist is more improvisational and fluid. While her songwriting on Edgework is the fairly standard shitty breakups and self-centred boyfriends, the album’s overall mood is generous and light-hearted and feels, at times, like you’re entering into a fairytale. This surely has to be because of the presence of MacPhail’s omnichord with its rich vibrato and ”wait for it”, a glockenspiel. When was the last time you heard a glockenspiel? Do you even know what a glockenspiel is? Nonetheless, the overall effect, among the acoustic and electric guitars and guest cello, electronics, banjo, marimba and sax (among other instruments) is playful and at times whimsical (“Letting You Go” or “Early Morning Montreal”), at times bittersweet (“Icicles”) or funky (as in the bass line in “Baba’s-Unite Us All”). Instrumental tracks are also interspersed throughout this 12-song debut, adding to the splendid soundscapes.