Rozalind MacPhail is a Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Biography

Rozalind MacPhail was born in

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, Canada and grew up on

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. At the age of thirteen, she adopted the flute after her grandmother read an article on the instrument's positive effects for

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where she is an active performer, session musician, film composer and music educator. She is the first Canadian flutist to be sponsored by Gemeinhardt Musical Instruments.

Music career

Rozalind attended

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in pursuance of a performance degree in flute, and then on to

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to study under Robert Cram towards a Master's Degree in Flute Performance. She has made numerous guest appearances as Mystery Flute Girl with indie artists such as

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and more. During her extensive travels she studied with Robert Dick as an Artist-In-Residence at The Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida, and a became a long-term resident at the

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Discography

*2019: ''Don't Let Me Fall Too Far'' *2018: ''Love and Let Be'' *2017: ''Sunset Sunrise'' *2016: ''From the River to the Ocean'' *2014: ''Head First'' *2011: ''Painted Houses'' *2007: ''Edgework'' *2006: ''Seattle Sessions'' *2005: ''Gas Station Sessions'' *2004: ''Rozalind & Friends – Live at Cafe Notalgica'' *2003: ''Good Kissing School – Lighthousekeepers''

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Macphail, Rozalind Living people Canadian women singer-songwriters Musicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Singers from Toronto Canadian folk singer-songwriters 21st-century Canadian multi-instrumentalists 21st-century Canadian women singers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian flautists 21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters Singers from Newfoundland and Labrador