Barbara Adler

Barbara Adler is a musician, poet, and storyteller based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is a past Canadian Team Slam Champion, was a founding member of the Vancouver Youth Slam, and a past CBC Poetry Face Off winner.[1]

She was a founding member of the folk band The Fugitives with Brendan McLeod, C.R. Avery and Mark Berube[2][3] until she left the band in 2011 to pursue other artistic ventures. She is currently a member of the accordion shout-rock band Fang, and most recently, Proud Animal.[4][5][6][7]

In 2004 she participated in the inaugural Canadian Festival of Spoken Word, winning the Spoken Wordlympics with her fellow team members Shane Koyczan, C.R. Avery, and Brendan McLeod.[8][9] In 2010 she started on The BC Memory Game, a traveling storytelling project based on the game of memory[10] and has also been involved with the B.C. Schizophrenia Society Reach Out Tour for several years.[11][12][13]

Barbara Adler has her bachelor's degree and is an MFA candidate at Simon Fraser University, with a focus on songwriting, storytelling, and community engagement.[14] She is of Czech-Jewish descent.[15][16]

Bibliography

Discography

With The Fugitives:

With Fang:

With Proud Animal:

References

  1. ↑ "Elementary School Concert Performers".
  2. ↑ McLaughlin, John P. (18 May 2010). "Featured Artist". The Province.
  3. ↑ "The Fugitives". Canadian Review of Literature in Performance. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Barbara Adler and Reach Out Psychosis". CBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Derdeyn, Stuart (12 June 2013). "Seven ways to entertain in an inexpensive Main Street venue". The Province. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  6. ↑ McCloskey, Hailey. "Interview With Barbara Adler, Extravagant Signals Series Curator". Vandocument. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Varty, Alexander (Jan 10, 2013). "Proud Animal goes to school". Georgia Straight. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Slam Champs". Spoken Word Canada. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "The Cultch's Ignite! Mentorship Program". Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  10. ↑ Slaven, Rebecca (26 Aug 2010). "Barbara Adler plays the BC Memory Game". Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  11. ↑ Hannus, Liisa. "Rad All Over - Barbara Adler". Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "ReachOut Psychosis - Performers". Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  13. ↑ Bedry, Derek. "Breaking silence on psychosis". Alaska Highway News. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Barbara Adler". Vancouver Biennale. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  15. ↑ Silverberg, David (5 March 2004). "Local poet slams to own beat". Jewish independent. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  16. ↑ Nozick, Nicole. "Barbara Adler looks beyond spoken word to the world of Fang". Jewish Independent. Retrieved 13 November 2012.

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