Katrina Kadoski - Biography
The early years were rotary music festivals, choirs, plays, and musical theatre. Then came the songs...
I like songwriting the most. Singing is a close second. Years of classical voice training with Royal Conservatory teacher Elizabeth Taylor was a great foundation for me.
The guitar has been quite a journey. I like it most days. I started playing because I couldn't carry a piano to the beach... or rely on guitar players...It was a struggle like all new things, but, it brings me joy now, and it also gives the songs a boat to get across the water in.
I like playing banjo because it's fun, and the piano because it's much bigger than I am. The didgeridoo, penny whistle, drum and harmonica are meditative.
I put together a 5 piece female band called Honeygirl which played from 2002-04. It started with folk/rock/pop music and elements of celtic, gypsy, and bluegrass found their way in. We played lots of shows at folkfests, clubs and various other venues and had fun working together..
In 2007 I moved to an off-the-grid historical homestead /garden located 33 miles North of Tofino. It used to belong to a settler who became known as Cougar Annie. Shortly after arriving I began writing songs about her very interesting life. (Her homestead is pictured on the right) Here's a little more info on her :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar_Annie.
While most of my research happened during the three years I spent on her land. In 2010 I traveled to Manitoba and Alberta to interview relatives and collect photos, news clippings, and letters. After 5 years of writing and researching there is now a show called Cougar Annie Tales. It's been recently adapted as a solo theatre piece with support from the Other Guys and Intrepid Theatre.
Currently I also teach voice and guitar at
Freedom Arts and Music, play in the Butterfly Jam-band
and live in Sooke, B.C.
Video link to an interview and song on "The Seen" - Episode 6 - starts at about 1 minute in.
