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As part of the podcast series, “ArtsAbly in Conversation,” Diane Kolin interviewed Heather White Luckow aka Heather Feather, a children’s performer and educator, and a musicologist based in Montreal in Canada. Listen to Heather Feather’s interview This post presents the resources that Heather Feather mentioned during the conversation. Heather Feather Heather Feather’s toe-tapping music and sunny, energetic personality will have the whole family singing and dancing along. Her songs are not only joyful and fun, but also encourage physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development in children of all ages. Her award-winning 2022 album, Songs for Growing, is filled with “delightful…

As part of the podcast series, “ArtsAbly in Conversation,” Diane Kolin interviewed Emily Schooley, an award-winning actor and filmmaker, the founder of Laughing Cat Productions, based in Toronto. Listen to Emily Schooley’s interview This post presents the resources that Emily Schooley mentioned during the conversation. Emily Schooley Emily Schooley is an award-winning multi-dimensional performer, filmmaker, and storyteller. She works primarily across theatre, film, and new media as an actor, voiceover artist, director, writer, and host. While Tkaronto is her current home base, she creates and tours work throughout North America and internationally. To date, Emily’s independent work has screened at…

As part of the podcast series, “ArtsAbly in Conversation,” Diane Kolin interviewed Erman Türkili, a Musician and Assistant Professor at Bahcesehir University, in Istanbul, Turkey, and the founder of the House of Arts and Sciences in Istanbul. Listen to Erman Türkili’s interview This post presents the resources that Erman Türkili mentioned during the conversation. Erman Türkili Erman Türkili is a Musician and Assistant Professor at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey. In 1995, Dr. Türkili started his music education at the conservatory of Cukurova University in Adana, Turkey. At a young age, he appeared as a soloist and chamber music musician. In…

As part of the podcast series, “ArtsAbly in Conversation,” Diane Kolin interviewed Mercedes Yvonne Lysaker is a cellist, a teacher and a scholar based in New York City. Listen to Mercedes Lysaker’s interview This post presents the resources that Mercedes Lysaker mentioned during the conversation. Mercedes Yvonne Lysaker A classically trained musician, she holds degrees in cello performance and music education and worked for many years as an orchestral musician before becoming an independent artist outside classical music. As Contraforma, she performs classical fusion, metal, rock, and alternative music, composing and recording from her home studio. Her interests lie in…