About Beverly Dobrinsky, Carnegie Centre's 2009 Artist in Residence

BEVERLY DOBRINSKY

Vocalist, composer, and teacher of voice and Kodaly musicianship, Beverly received her Bmus from UBC in 1986, and her Kodaly Musicianship teacher training at University of Victoria in 1990.

She directed the HUNGRY GHOSTS, a contemporary chamber ensemble, 1983-1986 and RAZOM SESTRE, a women’s Balkan ensemble, 1990-91. In 1991, inspired by the centenary of Ukrainian immigration to Canada, she founded ZEELLIA, a Slavic Soul sextet which specializes in E. European traditional music with a contemporary edge. She has composed and arranged music for all of these ensembles and has produced two ZEELLIA CDs, performing with ZEELLIA across Canada and in NY city. She has also recorded soundtrack vocals for many Canadian independent films including NFB film, BEING CARIBOU, UNCLE EDDIE’S GUIDE TO ART APPRECIATION, and ENEMY ALIENS, for which she created the music.

In addition to performing with and managing ZEELLIA, she currently directs 3 local choirs, and teaches private voice and Kodaly musicianship classes. She has been a music educator for the last 20 years, teaching in various Montessori schools, the Vancouver Academy of Music, Vancouver Community College, and the GICEL Summer Camp on Mayne Island. She joined the staff of the RENFREW COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE PROJECT in 2006 where she directs the choir and has composed music for choir and brass ensemble that has been performed at the RENFREW RAVINE MOON FESTIVAL in 2006 and 2007. A native of Winnipeg, she has made her home in Vancouver, B.C. for the past 30 years.