Mixture of blues, folk and jazz with a focus on marine conservation with children's choirs.

11 MP3 Songs in this album (57:50) !
Related styles: BLUES: Folk-Blues, FOLK: Modern Folk



Details:
Holly Arntzen and the Saltwater Singers sing songs about ocean protection in support of a Marine Conservation Area in southern Georgia Strait, A.K.A. The Salish Sea. Holly, 500 students from her music programs at Lochside, Durrance, Saanichton, Strawberry Vale, and Bayside schools and Cowichan elder Abner Thorne collaborated to produce the CD Salish Sea to celebrate the rich diversity of our oceans. Featuring guitarist David Sinclair (Sarah MacLachlan), fiddler Daniel Lapp, drummer Graham Boyle (kd lang), and pianist Karel Roessingh, the CD was sponsored by Parks Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Saanich School District 63.

Canadian musician and songwriter, Holly Arntzen, discovered at an early age a passion for music and performing. After studying classical French horn in Czechoslovakia she turned her attention to using her incredible vocal talents in the service of raising public awareness about the environment and the need for all of us to protect it.

At about age seven, Holly experienced her first trauma with wildlife when a hapless black bear was shot behind the family homestead in North Vancouver. A sad day it was. There have been many sad days since. So many species are now endangered. Since that day she has been passionate about saving our environment and, in particular, endangered species.

Holly comes from pioneering stock and a sea-faring family, always ready to tackle issues that seem insurmountable to others. Surviving as an environmental singer for over 25 years has given Holly an appreciation of these earlier life-styles. Fortunately she developed an approach to issues that is non-confrontational, focusing on education, rather than attacking the status-quo in offensive ways. Holly might be thought of as a modern day explorer. Working in collaboration, for many years with her late husband and producer Stephen Foster, and today with a group of talented musicians, she creates songs of innocence that carry a much deeper relevance. She is always ready to âtilt at a windmillâ if it will lead to deeper understanding of the important environmental issues that confront us in our daily lives.

Holly has shared the stage with Stan Rogers, Herbie Hancock, Dan Hill, Paul Horn, Bruce Cockburn, Sarah McLachlan, Paul Hyde, Doug Bennett, David Sinclair, Fred Penner, The Arrogant Worms, Raffi and many others. Since the 1980âs Holly has performed at major folk and childrenâs festivals across Canada, done concert tours in most provinces, and taken part in many radio and television productions. In 1995 she was the only Canadian artist in Japan to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where she ended up singing for the Japanese Royal Family.

More recently she has collaborated, through the Artist Response Team (ART), in developing in-school programs throughout Canada, working with thousands of children to help them learn songs about ecological issues, sing them in concerts and record them for CDs and Radio Shows. ART has now produced major educational resources in the form of teacherâs handbooks that contain music, art, and materials to help schools continue this important work.
Holly is committed to share her passion for the natural world so that what she loves will be loved by others. She is living proof that education can make a difference; the students she works with learn incredible amounts about the natural world, and are prepared to make sound decisions about the environment in ways that will affect their world positively all of their lives. What a great contribution to Canadian culture and the world at large!