Sylvi Maccormac

sylvi macCormac's music runs from folk-rock to cinema-for-the-ears soundscapes. sylvi macCormac has received numerous awards including Honourable Mention at Concours International de Musique Electroacoustique Bourges, France 1999 and City of Vancouver Remarkable Woman 2012. Published in various collections such as Canadian Music Centre and Canadian Electroacoustic Community, with commissions and film credits from KickStart, CBC and the National Film Board of Canada, co-production credits include the documentary short, Patience & Absurdity 2012 and Uts'am/Witness CD 2004, including artists Buffy Sainte-Marie, Barry Truax and Squamish Eagle Song Dancers. sylvi macCormac is the creator of WHEELS Soundscapes: Voices of People with Dis Abilities at the Vancouver Adapted Music Society, the Vancouver Folk Music Festival Soundscapes 1999-2002, and an online ebook about WB Yeats and Japanese Nõ Theatre. With the band Horizon, sylvi returns to her roots in live performance with the added tapestry of experience as an internationally recognized soundscape composer, and musician with disability (multiple sclerosis) producing her fifth album with Dave Symington at VAMS Music Studio in 2016. Her powerful singing blends songwriting that resonates with the Canadian natural and cultural landscape, weaving elements of her rich Celtic heritage with inspiration being born and living in Coast Salish Territory, British Columbia, Canada.