Bluegrass Musician, Songwriter & Workshop Leader
British Columbia, Canada
Jenny Lester is a dynamic Canadian Bluegrass performer and recording artist who has established herself as an important singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Her original songs are carefully crafted in the bluegrass convention while at the same time displaying a contemporary freshness and vitality that breathes new life into the fabled "high lonesome" sound. Jenny is a veteran stage performer, beginning on the fiddle at age eight with her family's Driftwood Canyon Family Band out of Smithers, B.C. After nearly a decade of touring West Coast festivals, Jenny won a musical scholarship to South Plains College in Texas, graduating with honors and three Golden Reel awards. The journey moved in the 1990s through Dark Horse based in Colorado, the Australian trio performing at Leo Foo Village in Taiwan, John Reischman and Bluegrass Signal in Vancouver, BC, and the Jenny Lester Trio. In 1998 Jenny released the internationally acclaimed debut album Friends Like You. The turn of the millennium brought together world touring, Yukon-based band, Hungry Hill. Her love of music has been paralleled by her love of horses and Jenny currently devotes her life to both.
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Original Songs
Jenny Lester
original songs
Old Church 7-9pm
Sunday, May 27
by Donation
Smithers, BC
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Bluegrass Harmony Workshops
3 part harmony singing for 2 hours in your space of choice with participants from your circles:
Book a workshop!
As I am traveling I will come to you. Invite 6-15+ participant @ $30
Bluegrass Harmony is a language and process that enable three singers to create a full, lush, three-part sound. This workshop will give you solid fundamental tools for understanding and crafting your parts. Join in to sing, hear and feel resonance and theory come together in harmony.
Everyone welcome, no experience necessary.
Upcoming Events Oct 2018
Oct: 26: Hosted Jam Session - Earth Club Factory
Guesthouse, Denman Island , BC
Bring instruments and voices! 6pm-9pm
Oct 28: Bluegrass Harmony Singing Workshop - Vancouver
Brought to you by SongRoots. Sign up HERE
Nov 2-4: Woodstove Festival - Cumberland, BC
Nov 10 & 11: Bluegrass Harmony Workshop - Nanaimo BC
1pm-3pm Hope Lutheran Church, 2174 Departure Bay Road
Contact Penny Mitchell manager@islandsoulchoir.com
Nov 17: Monthly Harmony Singing Workshop - Nanaimo
Contact Joy Brooks millretreat@hotmail.com
Nov 20: Harmony Workshop - Denman Island BC - 6:30-8:30pm
To Register Contact the Earth Club Factory
Dec 15: Monthly Harmony Singing Workshop - Nanaimo
Contact Joy Brooks millretreat@hotmail.com
Dec 28: Coffeehouse at the Roxy - Gabriola Island, BC
Dec 29 : Harmony Workshop - 11am-1pm Gabriola
To Register Contact: Colleen colcog@shaw.ca