Ian Tamblyn began his professional life as a musician and songwriter at the Bobby Orr Pizza in Peterborough\, 1972. Since that time it has been a slice. Forty-five albums\, CDs and cassettes later\, Ian has recently released a retrospective of his work. Featuring twenty-six songs on the double CD and ten on the vinyl release\, the colle ction is entitled Scenes through a Mirror.
\nIn the past year Ian has been busy touring\, mostly in Ontario and Quebec. He has also bee n working on a collection of Arctic stories and reflections that is now in the hands of editor\, Season Osborne. Hopefully it will be ready for pub lication by the summer of 2025.
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Last year Ian research
ed a story about his grandmother Vera Baird who was a singer in the lumber
camps and towns of North Western Ontario. The project came about when Ian
discovered her repertoire of sheet music in a piano bench. The research
has developed into a musical play entitled Vera . Carson Beckie\, a
classical pianist\, recorded twenty of these “found” songs. A workshop f
or this play was held in June 2024\, with Carson (pianist)\, Sheena Turcot
te (Vera)\, Eleanor Crowder\, and director Mary Ellis.
Continuing on the theatre front\, Mr. Tamblyn is involved with actor/director Maja Ar dal bringing Otzi\, the Cooper Age Iceman back to life! with an eye to a collaborative production. He is also involved in a theatrical adaptation o f Brian Doyle’s book “Mary Anne Alice”. In the spring of 2025 Magnus Theat re\, Thunder Bay ON will be touring Ian’s play “Land of Trash” across Nort hwestern Ontario.
\nIan has won numerous awards and nominations thro ughout his career. Most recently Ian was nominated as English Songwriter o f the Year by the Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2022.. In the same year he was awarded membership as an Officer of the Order of Canada.
\nNote: Our summer concerts will be held outdoors with wood f
ired pizza available. Gates open at 5 for the 6pm show. In the event of ba
d weather we will be able to move the concert indoors. The show must go on
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\nIf you are not able attend please contact us so we may m
ake your seats available to someone on our waiting list.
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