Tia Alandra is a multidisciplinary artist and administrator genetically disposed to elude definition in 200 characters or less. Tia is a writer, editor, poet, musician, producer, zinester, pot-stirrer, feeler, friend of trees, justice seeker, coffee fiend, casual painter, baker, cook, aspiring bookbinder, and dog spotter making being more bearable.
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Education:
Ethnomusicology, MA, School of Music, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2018-2022)
Music major, BA, College of Arts, University of Guelph (2016)
English minor, BA, College of Arts, University of Guelph (2016)
Experience:
Musician, Trees of Light - BFO Toronto (2023)
Exhibitor, Canzine Festival (2023)
Music Producer, Dear Ailment (2023)
Juror, East Coast Music Awards (2023)
Juror, Music Newfoundland (2023)
Exhibitor, Comic & Zine Fair - Festival Lingua Franca (2023)
Program and Outreach Coordinator, York Region Arts Council (2023)
Poet, Poetry inPrint - The inPrint Collective (2022)
Event Coordinator, York Region Arts Council (2022-2023)
Storyteller, Trophy - Stories of Ours, Provocation and Ideas Festival (2022)
Writer, New Feeling (2022)
Editor/Writer, DOMINIONATED (2019-)
English Tutor, Freelance (2017-)
Juror, MVP Project, RBC Music Prism Prize (2021)
Artist Testifier, Basic Income: An Artists’ Commission, Media Arts Network of Ontario (2021)
Editor/Research Assistant, MMaP, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2020-2021)
Editor/Web Writer, Bruneau Center for Excellence in Choral Music, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2019-2020)
English Educator, Oxford Learning Center (2020)
Writer, Graduate Student Sustainability Society (2019)
Musician, The Bullring, University of Guelph (2014-2018)
Writer, The Ontarion, University of Guelph (2017)
Awards and Bursaries:
SGS Fellowship, School of Music, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2018)
Publications:
this skin that makes cinnamon blush, Self-Published (2023)
DOMINIONATED, Music Editorial (2019-)
Demystifying Sound Healing: Alysha Brilla on her Album Circle, New Feeling (2022)
Group Chat, New Feeling (2022)
Practicing Public Health: Folkloristics of Music Therapy in the Pandemic Response, FSAC/ACEF Conference: “Folklore and Crisis” (2021)
A Review of Kevin J. Donnelly's Occult Aesthetics: Synchronization in Sound Film, Critical Voices: University of Guelph Book Review Project (2015)
Art Therapy Harnesses Creative Expression for Healing, The Ontarion (2018)
The Internet of Things: Changing the Nature of Human Connection, The Ontarion (2018)