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: