Elaine Stef's musical and performance chronology:

  • - Studied classical piano and music theory for ten years..really enjoyed it for the first five
  • - Started teaching herself guitar at age 16, began writing music
  • - Played some flute, played some mandolin, stopped playing flute, smoked too much
  • - Left Calgary, moved to Vancouver, got an electric guitar, joined a really terrible band for a few months, 1979.
  • - Studied aikido, kung-fu, tai-chi, and karate-do 1979-1984
  • - Joined a really good all womens band, Moral Lepers 1980-1984
  • - Played guitar with Junco Run 1983 - Played guitar and recorded with Animal Slaves 1981
  • - Heard Eileen and Leslie play with Katari Taiko a few times (didn't meet them yet)
  • - Moved to Toronto - Played guitar and bass, recorded with Warfare vs. Welfare 1984
  • - Performed and recorded with all womens band Demi/Monde 1985-1987
  • - Played guitar and recorded with Lillian Allen Band 1986-1991 (shaved part of head)
  • - Started composing music for video and film 1985-present
  • - Worked with artist Rita McKeough on music for "In Bocca Al Lupo", a performance/installation in Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver
  • - Played lap steel guitar, played some percussion
  • - Moved to Montreal, kept doing music for multimedia, film and video
  • - Worked again with Rita McKeough on music for performance/installation "Take it to the Teeth", at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary
  • - Played drums, accordion, percussion, keyboard and xylophone with Rhythm Activism 1990- 1994
  • - Heard Sawagi Taiko and met Eileen at Michigan Womyns Music Festival 1990
  • - Moved back to Vancouver, kept doing music for multimedia, film and video
  • - Ran into Eileen on the street, started jamming and had a wonderful time 1995
  • - Got some gigs, asked Leslie to play with us and had a wonderful time 1996
  • - LOUD 1996 - until we run out of ideas (which doesn't seem likely)

    go to Elaine's Serious CV

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