Julie Penner (born 1976) is a Canadian

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ist who has played with The FemBots,

Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band and musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed by Kevin Drew (vocals, guitar) and Brendan Canning (vocals, bass) in 1999. Alongside Drew and Canning, the ...

Do Make Say Think Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1995. Their music combines jazz-style drumming, distorted guitars and wind instruments, and prominent bass guitar. Biography The band formed in 1995 as a recording ...

, Hylozoists,

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and

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. She also worked as the music producer for

Stuart McLean Andrew Stuart McLean, (April 19, 1948 – February 15, 2017) was a Canadian radio broadcaster, humorist, monologist, and author, best known as the host of the CBC Radio program '' The Vinyl Cafe''.The Vinyl Cafe The Vinyl Cafe was an hour-long radio variety show hosted by Stuart McLean that was broadcast on CBC Radio and was syndicated to approximately 80 U.S. public radio stations through Public Radio International. It aired on Sunday at noon ET and ...

'' on

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until it went on hiatus in 2015.

History

Born in

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, Penner began classical violin lessons as a

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er. She quickly showed an aptitude for the instrument and continued improving her skills. At the age of 15, she quit playing the violin for a couple of years, but then took it up again to start a band with her friends. Since then, she estimates she has recorded or performed live with more than 40 different groups.Violin News & Gossip, Op. 2, No. 47
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* 1976 births Living people Musicians from Winnipeg Canadian indie rock musicians Canadian rock violinists Canadian radio producers Broken Social Scene members Do Make Say Think members 21st-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers Canadian women violinists and fiddlers Women radio producers {{music-producer-stub