KINNIE STARR

Performance History

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Kinnie Starr performed nationally and internationally over the past 20 years in much of the world including Canada, US, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Japan and Australia.

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Career Highlights

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2019-2020

• Bill Reid Gallery –"To Speak with a Golden Voice" exhibit celebrating Bill Reid’s 100th – Kinnie Starr sound design

• Released the original motion picture soundtrack for "Edge Of the Knife"

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2018

• "Edge of the Knife" original score composition

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2017

• Reeperbahn Festival, Germany

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2016

• Play Your Gender, NYC

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2015

• Co-wrote "Just a Little Bit" with Robert Priest and The Julian Taylor Band; an anti-bullying track widely used by the Toronto Blue Jays

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2014

• The Sydney Opera House, Australia

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2013

• Woodford Music Festival, Australia

• Midem, France

• Rain City Rap, Vancouver

• Featured performer on Arctic Air

• 2 drawings and one mixed media audio/film collaboration with new media artist Hannah Clifford featured in Vancouver's “Rezerect”, Bill Reid Gallery

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2012

• PUSH Festival, Vancouver

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2011

• Beat Nation, Paris France

• Manifesto Hip Hop Summit, Toronto

• Recognized as a “Pioneer in Hip Hop” at Toronto’s Manifesto Hip Hop Summit

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2010

• Produced the Juno Award winning album“We Are”
  (with Digging Roots)

• Olympics in Vancouver, BC
  (Solo performance and with The Borealis String Quartet)

• APCMA Award nomination for the video “It's All You”
  (dir. Laura Milliken/James Kinistino)

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2008

• Recognized by The Royal British Museum in Victoria as one of BC’s cultural icons

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2006

• Co-founded Vancouver’s Aboriginal Music Lab with Sal Fererras and the Vancouver Community College

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2003 & 2006

• Headline performer at the Canadian Aboriginal Achievement Awards

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2004

• Juno Award nomination for "Best New Artist" (Sun Again)

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2003

• Lead singer in Cirque du Soleil’s ground breaking cabaret production on human sexuality, Zumanity

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2001

• Lead role in the art film"Down and Out With The Dolls" directed by Kurt Voss Education

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1997-2016

• Performed nationally & internationally over the past 20 years in Canada, the United States, U.K, Germany, France, Spain, Japan and Australia

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1997

• Released "Tidy" on DefJam/Mercury and broke bread with A&R legend Clive Davis

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1993

• B.A., Queen's University (Women's Studies)

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VIEW KINNIE STARR'S RECENT WORKS

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