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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