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If you are interested in seeing me perform, check out the upcoming events section.  If you would like to bring me to your area to perform, email me at admin_celtarctic@yk.com.  Travel from Yellowknife is expensive, so I try to get as many gigs in an area as possible to make it worth my while.  I particularly like doing House Concerts, but also enjoy performing instructional workshops, and concert sets at coffee houses, clubs, and festivals.

UPCOMING EVENTS

2010: 

March 8 - International Women's Day and the NWT Wise Woman Awards:  Moira and Dawn Lacey have been asked to perform a short set in honour of this year's Wise Women Awards ceremony organized by the NWT Status of Women Council.  The ceremony will take place at the Legislative Assembly.

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CURRENT NEWS

2010: 

.January 22:  Moira was hired to perform at a special Robbie Burns celebration in Hay River, Northwest Territories.  This was her first formal concert since the loss of her husband 6 months ago.  She performed a 30 minute set of Scottish ballads and recitations.

January 27:  Moira performed with Ceilidh Friends at their first performance as an official trio at the Northern Performers Series at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre, Yellowknife.  They performed a 60 minute concert featuring a capella harmony numbers, instrumentals (featuring Moira on the Hurdy Gurdy) and solo numbers from each member of the group.

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PAST NEWS

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005

2009:

January:  Rambles.net has finally posted a review of Sands of the Shore.  Check it out here:  RAMBLES

March:  International Women's Day:  Fuego's Restaurant hosted a celebration of women performers on Monday March 2, 2009.  Proceeds from the event went to a local charity.  Moira and Dawn Lacey were emcees.  Radio Taiga:  Moira was featured in several lengthy interviews on Yellowknife's French radio station, talking about ballads and ballad singing.  Host: Oscar Aguirre.

May:  Yellowknife Storytelling Festival:  May 29-31st, 2009:  Moira was asked to perform again for this 5th annual storytelling festival.  This year, in an attempt to be different from previous years' performances, she focused one of her sets on "Gallows" ballads - stories about capital punishment.  Her second set was a theme of ravens, including that monumental recitation by Edgar Allen Poe.

June:  Book Launch:  Moira and her husband Steve were asked to provide entertainment for the celebration of a book launch of Cathy Jewison.  The launch took place at the Northern Frontier Visitor's Centre, June 25th, 2009 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.  Yellowknife Sings:  a marathon of performing artists showcased at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre, June 22, 2009 from 12 noon to midnight!  Moira performed following the NWT Pipe Band - a challenge to be sure!

July:  Storytellers of Canada annual conference - Victoria, BC:  Moira attended the SC-CC Conference in the capacity of the organization's treasurer July 7-13, 2009.  There she participated in informal performing amongst the several tellers from across the country who attended..

August:  Moira's performance at the Princeton Traditional Music Festival, Princeton, BC was CANCELLED due to the untimely loss of her husband and singing partner, Stephen Goff.

December 6th Vigil - Yellowknife:  Moira was asked to share a song at this year's vigil held at the Salvation Army in Yellowknife.  She performed the Wyrd Sisters' composition "This Memory".

2008:

December:  Anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights - I was asked to perform for 20 minutes at this quiet celebration hosted by the Public Service Alliance Canada.  It was a chance for me to share some of my favourite political songs, all of which fit in perfectly with the them of Human Rights.  The set went over well even though it was a small crowd.  I managed to get everyone singing along in my final number: "Your Daughters and Your Sons" by Tom Sands.

December 6th Vigil:  Was asked to perform a couple of songs in honour of this event organized by the Status of Women Council.  The event took place at Javaroma in downtown Yellowknife.  I started with the Wyrd Sisters' (Winnipeg group) song "This Memory" written specifically in response to the massacre.  I then invited Dawn Lacey to join me in singing our duet, "This is the Woman" by Ellen Hamilton of Night Sun.

November:  Festival of the Midnight Sun - performed with Ceilidh Friends to sing anti-war / Remembrance Day songs

Summer: 

July 1-6:  Storytellers of Canada annual Conference in Saskatoon - I had a terrific time - got to reconnect with lots of old friends, both of the storytelling and ballad singing variety.  I have now become the new Treasurer for the Storytellers of Canada / Conteur du Canada.

May 30-June 1:  Yellowknife Storytelling Festival - performed 30 minute ballad set.

January-March 2008: 

March 20th, 7-9 p.m.:  I hosted a World Storytelling Day event, sponsored by Squatterz Books.

March 8th, 2008, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.:  I was invited to perform 2 hours of instrumental music as part of the welcoming ceremonies for Arctic Winter Games athletes.

March 8th, 7-10:30 p.m.:  I organized and performed at the 17th Annual International Women's Day Concert at Northern United Place.  I have been the organizer for this annual event for 17 years.  It is a chance to raise awareness and funds for the Yellowknife Women's Society.  Each year, I continue to be pleasantly surprised at how well the concert turns out.  I also shared a craft table with Caitlin Lacey for our BottleArt wares.

March 7th:  I appeared with Dawn Lacey on CBC North Television performing Bread and Roses in honour of International Women's Day

2007:

December:  Sands of the Shore CD Launch:  The long awaited third CD was finally completed at the end of October.  It was ready for release on December 9th, 2007; Sir John Franklin Highschool foyer (in front of the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre)

November:  Remembrance Day Commemoration:  November 9th, at Sissons School in Yellowknife.  I was asked to share my composition, "Northern Remembrance", as part of the school's regular commemoration.  Storytelling Cafe:  Thursday, November 1, 2007 at Rosie's Cafe in Edmonton, AB.  I joined a group of local storytellers sharing ballads and stories.  Canadian Society for Musical Traditions Annual Conference:  Friday November 2-Sunday November 4, at the U of A.  I participated at the conference and shared a panel discussion on singing ballads in the modern world.

September:  Amazing Sundays celebrated International Music Day September 30, 1-5 p.m.  I joined forces with Steve Lacey singing original material.  Festival of the Midnight Sun:  held a little later this year, the Festival took place on Friday, September 21st.  I participated as a performer and as an artisan - as part of Ceilidh Friends I performed the final set in the concert portion of the event (singing a newly learned political satire song by David Rovics), and as BottleArt Creations I displayed and sold wares.  The craft sale portion was a fundraiser for the Centre for Northern Families. 

July-August:  Storytelling at Family Day:  The Yellowknife Women's Society / Centre for Northern Families sponsored this event at the Yellowknife Mini-golf on Saturday, August 25th.  They asked me to do some stories, which went over well with the young audience.  Storytelling at Squatterz:  I joined other Yellowknife tellers at an open stage at Squatterz Books and Curiosities Sunday August 5th at 1:00 p.m.  It was, coincidentally, the day before the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.  I performed something in honour of that day.

May-June:  MySpace:  I finally set up a page on MySpace.  I uploaded a few songs from my upcoming CD, Sands of the Shore.  Check it out at: http://www.myspace.com/celtarctic.  Dual Album Launches:  Sandy Pringle and Cynthia Russell will be celebrating their CD launches jointly at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre on June 14, 2007.  I was involved with Sandy's recording.  3rd Annual Yellowknife Storytelling Festival: May 31 - June 2; I performed a concert set at this year's festival, Friday, June 1.

2006: 

August:  South Slave Friendship Festival:  I went down to perform at the Friendship Festival in Fort Smith the weekend of August 18th.  I performed two concert sets, one at the Legion.  The other set was supposed to be in the park, but sadly, weather conditions forced all the entertainment indoors.  Festival of the Midnight Sun:  Steve Goff and I performed a rare duo concert on August 25 at Northern United Place.  This festival has always been a favourite of mine.

July:  I headed south with Ceilidh Friends to Atlin BC this summer.  The Atlin Arts and Music Festival was held July 7-9.  On July 21, 2006, Steve Goff and I performed as medieval minstrels at a local wedding.

June 2-4:  I performed for the second year in a row at the Yellowknife Storytelling Festival.  Last year, I performed ballads in a concert as well as doing an hour long workshop on Ballad Singing.  This year, I shared traditional stories.  I don't get too much opportunity to tell stories, mostly because they take up too much time to perform.  Most of my stories come from my father, Stew Cameron, and a storytelling duo called The Folktellers.  There was a different concert performance on Friday and Saturday evenings, as well as two afternoons of storytelling workshops.  I performed my workshop, "Stories for the Soul", on Sunday afternoon, focusing on how stories have nurtured my spiritual growth.  Contact the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC) for more info.

March: For the past 15 years, I have organized a variety show of outstanding women's performing talent in honour of International Women's Day.  The Annual Women's Day Concert is somewhat of a passion for me.  A strong supporter of Northern talent, I try to represent as many categories of music and performing style as possible, as well as offer diversity in performers.  This year's concert was particularly successful in the diversity department.  There were dancers from three different countries, poetry, storytelling, and musicians encompassing World music, contemporary singer/songwriters, labour & political songs, classical & Broadway; and let's not forget the brass band.  I am often involved in other Women's Day events as well.  I performed a short set during the week of celebrations at another event, but opted not to perform at this year's concert. 

January:  Dawn Lacey and I performed a concert together at a Masonic Lodge banquet. This was our first performance not affiliated with a women's event.  It allowed us both to perform material we hadn't performed together before.  The concert was a great success, but more importantly, it was a lot of fun. 

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June/July 2005:  As part of the group, Ceilidh Friends, I attended and performed at EXPO 2005 in Japan.  The gig was an excellent opportunity for each of us to connect with musicians from countries around the world.

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