Janelle Leaf is a Canadian singer/songwriter who loves exploring a variety of styles, including R&B, Gospel, Neo-Soul, and Jazz. She has released several neo-soul/RnB singles with smooth, soulful tones comparable to Nora Jones, Lianne La Havas and Eryka Bahdu.
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Website: https://www.janelleleaf.com
Facebook: Janelle Leaf
Insta: @janelleleaf
Alicia Proudfoot is a harpist based in Edmonton with a BFA from the University of Alberta and an MFA from NSCAD University. She has been playing lever harp for 10 years and teaches the instrument in the city. She is drawn to music that layers of polyphonic sound by experimenting with loopers and imbedding small speakers inside her harp. Rhythm is her main interest as she deftly plays run after run, improvising when she can. Alicia’s main profession is as an international artist and she has been including harp into her visual art, often augmenting its appearance for certain performances like giving it rocking horse legs.
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Website: aliciaproudfoot.com
Instagram: @aproudfoo
Jyn-Ting Ying (they/them) is an arranger, composer, educator, and pianist from Amiskwaciwâskahikan or what is now known as Edmonton, Alberta. They were initially trained in classical music before switching gears to attend MacEwan University’s jazz and contemporary music program in 2016. In April 2022, Jyn-Ting earned their Bachelor of Music with Distinction as a Composition Major. As a performer, Jyn-Ting has taken the stage with multiple different organisations. Between 2015-2021, they sang with Korora Choirs Association and had many opportunities to perform at the Winspear Centre with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Jyn-Ting is the accompanist at Sorry Not Sorry Improv, a theatre company that frequently hosts shows at the Grindstone Theatre and the annual Edmonton Fringe Festival. They are also the pianist in All4Jazz, a local jazz trio who occasionally does public shows, but mostly provides easy listening background music for private events. As a solo artist, Jyn-Ting released their single, a solo piano feature named “Where We Danced Still Dances Without You”, in May 2023 on Spotify and other similar streaming platforms. They have plans to continue releasing solo piano singles, and a full album release some time in the future. As an educator, Jyn-Ting has been teaching private piano lessons for over 5 years where they have had the privilege of teaching a diverse base of students.
Talesa has been singing and playing piano for 28 years, since the young age of 4, starting her music journey in Music For Young Children's classes and then graduating into Royal Conservatory of Music. Talesa took a liking to making music at her church and singing in choirs at her schools, and those passions are what lead her to the majority of the work she seeks out in her professional career today. Being a graduate of Victoria School of Performing Arts, she was inspired to continue on to Grant MacEwan's Music Program majoring in Jazz and Contemporary Piano Performance. Today, you'll see Talesa singing and playing for many choirs and schools throughout the city of Edmonton and surrounding area (of note: EKO Singers, Accord Ensemble, Nuf Sed and FORM of the TIME Association, Kikimasu of the Korora [previously Kokopelli] Association, Memorial Composite High School choirs, Victoria School choirs, MD at Ross Sheppard for their spring Musical), Music Directing at Good Shepherd Anglican Church, accompanying for solo instruments and vocalists, performing in a band with her friends "Mallory and the Mystics", and freelancing in many various other capacities.
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Insta: @mandin.music.talesa
Facebook: Talesa Mandin
Eric Yaremko is a Ukrainian-Canadian musician from Edmonton Alberta. A pianist of 21 years with a background in classical training, he is also a singer and guitar player, a songwriter, performer, and co-writer. His sound oscillates across many genres including folk, pop, classical, traditional Irish, Ukrainian pop and R&B. He has been performing around Edmonton for 8 years and has performed in countries including Ireland, Norway and the United States.
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Website: www.ericyaremko.com
Instagram: ericyaremk0
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ericyaremk0
Youtube: ericyaremko
Joined with Biboye Onanuga on drums, Zack Lim explores the modern applications of organ duo, performing standards and originals. Zack creates his sound from his understanding of a variety of genres, and hopes to spark musical joy and curiosity in his audience.
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Insta: @zack.lim
The Kaleido Festival is organized by The Arts on the Ave Edmonton Society, a non-profit, community based, grassroots initiative engaged in development of 118th Avenue into a community arts district.
Programming may be subject to change due to weather or unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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