Giuseppe (Pino) D'Angelo - Designer/Team Leader

Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Pino's love of art and strong analytical side inspired him to enter the world of design. He is currently in the process of completing his Bachelor of Industrial Design Degree at Carleton University. During his time at Carleton he has gained knowledge of design methods, manufacturing processes, graphic and user interface. After graduating in the spring of 2004 he wishes to move to Europe or the US and pursue a career in furniture design.

Kevin Daoust - Engraver

Born and raised in the small town of Sturgeon Falls in Northern Ontario, Kevin's love for music was cemented somewhere between hearing his first Beatles' record at age 8 and attending his first guitar lessons at age 9. Many of his musical abilities were developed during his days in High School, playing, as a guitarist, bassist and drummer, everything between concert band music to jazz to rock, even picking up a few awards along the way. His participation even ran to the behind-the-scenes area, doing sound, and filming for musicals, drama presentations, and the OFFSA Basketball tournaments.

Since residing in Ottawa, Kevin's musical resume has only expanded. He is currently finishing off a Bachelor of Music Degree, through which he received instruction on guitar with Wayne Eagles. His performance experience has only grown again, playing more jazz, contemporary and improvised music. With the band "Stone's Throw", he has also had the opportunity to do two tours of Northern Ontario, including one date with rockers April Wine. He has also had a chance to work in various institutions in the music industry, lending his skills to the APCM, Hummingbird Music, and more recently the CMHS. Besides going to school, Kevin currently works as a guitar teacher in several Ottawa-area music schools. Feel free to contact him at melondaoust@hotmail.com

Nelson Ford - Web Developer

Nelson is based in Vancouver, and working as a freelance and contract website developer. His focus is on using W3C recommended standards, including XHTML and CSS markup and styling, and uses PHP and MySQL for database driven, dynamic website projects. He greatly enjoys this work and is always looking for ways to broaden his skillset. His personal website can be found at www.nelsonford.net

Evelyn Osborne - Performer/Digitizer

Evelyn Osborne is a graduate of the University of Ottawa (1997, B. Music) and of Carleton University (2003, M.A. Canadian Studies (Music)). Her research interests include both classical and traditional Canadian musics, specifically Newfoundland fiddle music. Fieldwork in Newfoundland led to a thesis on the topic, "Exploring Fiddlers and Dance Music in Newfoundland" (2002). Osborne also presented a paper at the first North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (2001) in Aberdeen, Scotland entitled "Rufus Guinchard and Emile Benoit - The Men Behind the Music." Osborne researched and compiled a proposed compact disc of Newfoundland folksongs for the Canadian Museum of Civilization based on their sound archives.

An active violin/fiddle teacher in the Ottawa area for the last nine years, Evelyn has a full private studio from toddlers to retirees. She also developed and taught an "East Coast Fiddling" course at Algonquin college and has offered week long classes in violin for high school students through Carleton University's Mini-Enrichment Program. Evelyn consistently upgrades her pedagogical skills and is currently studying violin pedagogy through a teleconference course (University of Ottawa/University of Hartford, Connecticut). Osborne has also performed as a freelance violinist/fiddler in the Ottawa area.

Sarah Ripley - Performer/Digitizer

Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario, Sarah completed her M.A. degree in Canadian Studies at Carleton University. She also holds a diploma in events management from Algonquin College and an honours Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Saskatchewan. Sarah has been active for many years as a vocal soloist and is currently the director of music at Gloucester Presbyterian Church in Ottawa. She also works as an event coordinator.

Emily Rounding - Recording Engineer

Born and raised in the fine city of Ottawa, Emily has recently completed courses in Applied Audio Recording. When she's not operating a soundboard you can find her behind a guitar jamming with the band Sonic Aria at various venues in Ottawa. Over the last few months she has enjoyed working with the musicians on the recordings, for this website, at Raven Street Studios.