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Yorkregion.com - Whitchurch-Stouffville - She shoots, she’s scoring with hockey anthem
She shoots, she’s scoring with hockey anthem
Alyshia Higgins
Published on Sep 27, 2008
Stouffville’s Bonny Morgan hopes her song is selected as the new anthem for NHL hockey broadcasts on CBC-TV. Her entry is near the top of all songs in the contest. The semifinalists will be announced next Saturday, with the winning song unveiled Oct. 11.
Whitchurch-Stouffville residents are proving they really do love the good old hockey game.
Bonny Morgan, a musician and Stouffville resident, has entered CBC’s Hockey Anthem Challenge, and is sitting in the top one per cent of the 15,000 entries.
“I just couldn’t not do it (create the anthem),” she said. “I was so thrilled to find out I was in the top-rated section.”
Ms Morgan isn’t the only Stouffvillite to enter the competition. Other entries from Whitchurch-Stouffville, according to the CBC website, are Orest Hrynewich, Robert Volk, Matthew Volk, Marion Drexler, Aaron Clubine, Caleb Winters, Iggy Natoli and John Wolff.
CBC created the competition after the rights to the song were bought by TSN earlier this year.
The winner of the competition gets $100,000.
In addition, CBC will pay the songwriter half the royalties for the public performance of the theme. Hopefuls had to submit a jingle or song, an instrumental or song with lyrics. While this may seem hard to many, Ms. Morgan said she came up with her theme right away.
“I had to give it a try because a song came to me almost immediately and that was just it.”
Judges from the network will determine the 20 semifinalists, which will be revealed during a CBC broadcast Oct 4.
After the public has three days to vote for two finalists, the winner will be announced during the first 2008-09 Saturday broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada on Oct. 11.
The California native and Stouffville resident writes music, plays instruments and sings.
Ms Morgan has been a professional singer since age 14.
She’s performed all around the world, including China, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Japan.
She’s also sung at the Royal York Hotel, Niagara Fallsview Casino and Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
Ms Morgan said her inspiration was her mother, although she was influenced by Barbra Streisand, Nancy Wilson, Frank Sinatra and Gordon Lightfoot.
She released her first CD, Acoustically Yours, with the help of her husband, last year.
For Ms Morgan and the other hopefuls, all they can do is wait for the hockey season.
“Two of my friends (who entered the contest) are also on the front page of the top-rated section, so at least I’m keeping good company,” she said.
People can vote online at anthemchallenge.cbc.ca.
Go to bonnymorgan.com for more information on Bonny.
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Yorkregion.com - Whitchurch-Stouffville - Singing career found Bonny at age 14
Singing career found Bonny at age 14
Alyshia Higgins
Published on Feb 08, 2008
Bonny Morgan is the Jill of all trades, in the singing world that is.
The California native and Stouffville resident writes music, plays instruments and sings. And it’s all in a day’s work.
“I’m always working on music, all the time,” she said.
“I sing for a couple hours everyday. I use my voice as my melody.”
Ms Morgan has been a professional singer since age 14.
She’s performed all over the world, including China, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Japan.
She’s also sung at several events and venues such as the Royal York Hotel, Niagara Fallsview Casino and Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
“I never really decided it (to become a singer), it just sort of happened,” Ms Morgan said.
Her mother used to sing, and a few of her relatives played musical instruments, but none were as involved in singing as she is.
Ms Morgan said her inspiration was her mother, although she was influenced by singers such as Barbra Streisand, Nancy Wilson, Frank Sinatra and Gordon Lightfoot.
She also admits to also being inspired by the everyday individual.
“I’m inspired by many people, living their own truths,” she said. “I’m influenced by everyone and every type of music.”
With all that singing, one might think it would take a toll on her vocal chords, but Ms Morgan said she has been to an ear, nose and throat specialist and she’s in good shape.
Besides performing a couple times a week, Ms Morgan appears at the third annual Stars of Stouffville Feb. 23 at the Christ Church Anglican.
Several other female performers are singing at the fundraiser for WhiStle Radio of Stouffville.
Ms Morgan also released her first CD, Acoustically Yours, with the help of her husband, in November.
“There are some classic tunes, some of my own originals and a rewrite of a song.”
She hopes to continue making music and performing and, long-term, she hopes to become involved in charities.
As for right now, she’s happy with where she is and is going to continue making music.
“I think the music chooses you,” she said. “I’d like to continue doing what I’m doing in a lot of different areas.”
For more information on Bonny Morgan or the Stars of Stouffville event, go to bonnymorgan.com.
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Discography
"Acoustically Yours" is Bonny Morgan's debut solo album (CMI001 Cicada Music Inc. 2007).
It consists of three original songs, one adaptation and five classic standards.
1) Autumn Leaves
2) Legendary Love
3) Scarborough Fair
4) Blue Moon
5) Cicada
6) Route 66
7) My Heart Belongs To Daddy
8) Sparrow
9) On the Sunny Side of the Street
John Capek, writer for such luminaries as Rod Stewart and Bonnie Raitt, has described Bonny Morgan's niche as like Norah Jones, but others have also described her music as akin to Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Madelaine Peyroux & Diana Krall.
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"Digitally Yours" by DJBonseye is Bonny Morgan's second album and was released directly to the internet (CMI002 Cicada Music Inc. 2009).
It consists of eleven original music tracks that Bonny has written, performed and produced.
�Digitally Yours� is a forceful, ambient, dance-pop disc with funk and groove to spare.
1) Velvet Electricity
2) Can't Compute
3) You're The One
4) Poundin' The Pavement
5) Funkengruuven
6) Agnes' Waltz
7) Commander We Have Liftoff
8) Lush Taxi Cab
9) Digital Morning
10) Surrender Dorothy
11) Stay A Little Longer Boy
The grooving, cinematic scenescapes painted by DJBonseye are a Twilight Zone-esque fusion of electronica, pop, dance, avante garde, urban, ambient, chill out, and trip hop.
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Released under the name DJBonseye, �Digitally Yours� is a forceful, ambient, dance-pop disc with funk and groove to spare. The grooving, cinematic scenescapes painted by DJBonseye are a Twilight Zone-esque fusion of electronica, pop, dance, avante garde, urban, ambient, chill out, and trip hop.
Bonny Morgan�s debut CD �Acoustically Yours� is a collection of smooth jazz and torch songs receiving airplay across Canada on the CBC Radio Network (who called it �Mmmm� Flavourful�, �Nicely Done� & �Exactly what we�re looking for!�) and WhiStle Radio - for which she has written station ID jingles.
Bonny�s music can be found on dozens of the world�s most popular online radio and music download websites, including Last.fm & iTunes.
She writes and produces music styles ranging from Jazz, Country and Folk to Pop, Dance and Electronica; and continues to perform live with a variety of different bands.
Bonny was recently featured on the �In a Song� cable TV series created by John Serr� showcasing Canadian songwriters, and guested at the Ontario Latcham Art Gallery�s �Sound of Art� series.
A native of California, Bonny�s many live performances have included The Troubadour in Los Angeles, The Stardust in Las Vegas, and lengthy contracts in Hawaii, Japan, China, Korea, and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, where she met her Canadian husband and now resides as a proud dual US/Canadian citizen in Ontario, Canada.
In Canada, Bonny has performed at many exclusive venues and events such as Toronto's Nathan Phillip's Square Summer Jazz series and WinterFest series (as seen on CityTV), Canadian Cancer Society's Relay For Life, Stouffville Mayor Sue Sherban�s Fundraiser, The Toronto/Scotiabank Jazz Caf� Yonge St. Stage, Royal York Hotel, Windsor Arms Hotel, Hard Rock Caf�, Niagara Fallsview Casino, Metro Toronto Convention Center as well as hundreds of other clubs and private events.
� Among the many stellar musicians Bonny has performed on stage with, some of the more notable include Russ Little, Bill Mulhall, Russ Miller and Evelyn �Champagne� King.
� Bonny was a member of a comedy troupe called the Improvables and performed at The Improv in L.A.
� Bonny�s song entry in CBC�s Hockey Night in Canada Anthem Challenge titled �LET�S GO!!� placed in the Top 100 popular vote out of 15,000 entries.
� Bonny Morgan is represented by The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) & The American Society of Composers, Artists and Publishers (ASCAP).
For more detailed info please visit:
www.bonnymorgan.com
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