Shy-Anne Hovorka has been
singing since she was three, and performing since nine. Enjoying a wide variety
of musical genres, Shy-Anne performs blues, soft rock, pop, contemporary and
folk music. Her first love is singing, but she often accompanies herself on
piano. Having studied music at Lakehead University and received
her Honors Bachelor of Music degree, Shy-Anne received her formal training in
the classical tradition. She has performed as the featured soloist for the
Thunder Bay Symphony under David Bowser (the Viennese Conductor), and has won
numerous awards for her performances in Classical Musical Festivals. However,
given Shy-Anne's eclectic musical interests, her performances have broadened to
include a wide assortment of venues. Shy-Anne has competed in contests for Canadian Idol,
Rotary Center Stage, and 807 Back Beat Take the Stage; and has performed as
lead singer for a variety of bands (folk, rock, and blues). She was recently a
featured artist for the 807 Backbeat Show which aired for three months in
beginning of 2007. She has performed in bars throughout Northwestern Ontario,
and directs a choir in her own community. Shy-Anne has also incorporated her musical interests and
her Aboriginal background into her teaching profession. She has a Bachelor of
Education degree and teaches both Music and Ojibwe in Red Lake, Ontario. While teaching in Korea, Shy-Anne designed and
implemented a music program to assist Language Learning in English. In Canada,
she shares her love for singing in particular, and music in general with all
her students, both in her classes, and in private lessons. Shy-Anne's love of music and commitment to develop her
own talent, and her desire to share her passion with others, continue to direct
her path in life. She has finally taken the final steps of taking the music she
has written, which bares her heart and soul, and creating her own CD. The CD
(album) is entitled Black Thunderbird, which is her given spirit name. The
songs on the CD are about her life, and reflect her experiences and the events
of those close to her. "The scariest thing about coming out with this CD
is that I am terrified people will laugh at my life. These songs are my life. My
life is in my music." says Shy-Anne, "To bare your heart to perfect
strangers is hard to do, so I have been reluctant to share my music in the
past. But music is meant to be shared and listened to. I hope that there are
people out there who can relate and feel through my music the way that I
do."
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