Maverick Cooperative - June 2021 Newsletter

MAVERICK
COOPERATIVE
JUNE 2021
Summer Salutations!
The Maverick Cooperative is the marketing arm of two award winning agencies,
Caline Artists International and Magnum Opus Management. In fall of 2017, Margot
Holmes of Caline Artist International and Debbie Peters of Magnum Opus
Management joined forces to promote the artists on each of their rosters together
under the banner of the Maverick Cooperative. They were awarded the
B.C. Touring Council’s Agent of the Year Award in 2018 for this innovative collaboration.
Fast forward to 2021 and in addition to representing two rosters, Margot
and Debbie share the expertise gained over a combined 50+ years as managers
in the performing arts sector through a variety of Artist Development Services
geared to emerging and established artists of all genres. Advancing careers is
the motivation behind the Maverick Cooperative.
notes from the desks of…
MARGOT IN NANAIMO
Greetings from beautiful Vancouver Island! This photo
with Watson taken at Rathtrevor Beach in Parksville. The
last six months have been full of lots of planning meetings,
telephone calls and much hurry up and wait and the
repeat and repeat. I have grateful to learn new skills and
for the many opportunities that have come my way for
meaningful conversations related to my life and work. I
received my first ever BC Arts Council grant in support of
learning online marketing and the skills needed to sell a
show or release a song and build discoverability for artists
online. There are signs that we are moving forward…
with hope. Stay well.
DEBBIE IN WHITEHORSE
Its summer in the
Yukon – finally!
Besides the flowers
opening up, it
seems that with a
good amount of
vaccinated folks,
we are beginning to
see a return to live
performance. Hooray!
The collective
sigh of relief can be
heard everywhere
you see signs of
“opening up”. We
still have a ways
to go but there is hope and our artists have new creative
projects they are eager to share with audiences everywhere.
New for me, I’ve been learning the language of tech and
have enjoyed working on tech development of The Pitch
(thepitch.ca) which is due to roll out in fall of 2021. This
platform will break new ground for showcasing artists well
in a digital world that is here to stay. So, like the buds I’ve
watched begin to blossom here in the North with our first
burst of summer weather, I‘ve watched as digital shapes
our performing world in new and interesting ways and I’ve
watched as live performance begins to safely blossom once
again.
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artists’ events
Promoting Canadian musicians here,
there… and all points beyond.
Ken Lavigne
Jim Byrnes
Joelle Rabu & Nico Rhodes
Speed Control
Bruce Coughlan
Diyet & The Love Soldiers
The Art of Ragtime with
Nico Rhodes
MAVERICK ARTISTS
Carmen Braden
Rick Scott & Nico Rhodes -
Roots & Grooves
Dakhká Khwáan Dancers
Tiller’s Folly
New North Collective
Andrea Bettger
Paul O’Brien
Streaming to the world from Canada’s Yukon!
DIYET performs Land, Language, Song
“If you have been to one of my concerts you will know how passionate I am about
the land on which I was born and raised and how much the language of my ancestors
has shaped me. In this concert I share with you stories and deeper connections
to Lhù’ààn Mân dań k’e - my people’s way.”
A songwriter and language keeper, Diyet takes us on her journey to bring the traditional
songs she has learned, along with her own writing, to a digital stage. This
online show, Land, Language, Song, is a dream come true for Diyet. Sharing it globally
from her home in the Yukon, even better. Join Diyet and her band The Love
Soldiers on June 24 in a streaming concert from the Yukon Art Centre at 7 p.m. PT.
Tickets purchased by June 24 offer the ticket buyer unlimited viewing of this show
until July 1, 2021. Tickets: yukontickets.com
JOELLE RABU & NICO RHODES
Live 3 weeks this July
Postponed three times… Joelle and Nico’s run at the
Chemainus Festival Theatre has been confirmed for three
weeks this July 2021. Dinner Theatre & Show is the plan
for audiences of 50 people. Love the magic of these two
onstage even through a screen!
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JIM BRYNES
3 Live Shows in June
Hot off a film set in Salt Lake City and safely
out of quarantine, Canadian blues icon Jim
Byrnes takes to the Kay Meek Arts Centre stage
for three live shows June 24 – 26. Joining Jim
will be Simon Kendall on keys. The show on
the 26th will be streaming online.
Tickets Online Here
ROOTS & GROOVES
39 Days of July performance
The dynamic duo of Rick Scott & Nico Rhodes return to
the live stage at 39 Days of July on July 11 at 7 p.m. in
Downtown Duncan.
www.39daysofjuly.ca
TILLER’S FOLLY
Fort Langley Canada Day
Tiller’s Folly is part of Fort Langley’s Canada
Day celebrations singing their songs that are
about where we live, work and play – British
Columbia. This is a virtual show on Canada Day,
July 1 available at 11 PST
www.tol.ca/canadaday/
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artists’ news
CARMEN BRADEN
WCMA award winning composer, Carmen Braden has spent
the lockdown writing music for ensembles large and small, for
choirs, and for herself. She shares her music with us online in
ways like this score video Bend Willow Branch, “for you followalong-with-the-music
nerds (I love you nerds!). This piece is a
gentle instrumental trio drawing on ideas about the willow tree.
They’re all red and juicy now with the spring water rising up.
Pussy willows and songbirds - real signs that spring is here.”
KEN LAVIGNE
Over the last year, Ken Lavigne took a
new path and built his YouTube subscribers
to over 145,000! Screen shot here of
one of Ken’s five streaming concerts since
December 2020. This one from the
Tidemark Theatre in Campbell River.
SPEED CONTROL
During the long, cold winter in the Yukon, Speed Control
filmed two of their school shows, Canada Versus The World
and Rockology allowing them to continue to share their love
of performance and rock with youth. “Being able to go digital
with these shows has allowed us to tour Canada without
leaving the Yukon. Given the current state of the world with
Covid, this keeps everyone safe, while letting everyone rock!”
says Speed Control’s bassist
Jody Peters. The creation
of these rock films for both
schools and youth audiences
was made possible with
the help of their longtime
sponsor, Yamaha Canada.
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