Leela Gilday

Leela Gilday

Leela Gilday is a Canadian singer and songwriter.

Born and raised in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Leela Gilday is one of the North's better known performing artists. From a very young age, Leela was immersed in music and by the age of 8 she had already begun her singing career.

Since her early start in music, Leela has been nominated at the Juno Awards for "Best Music of Aboriginal Canada (2003)" and has won three awards in 2002 from the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards: Best Female Artist, Best Folk Album, Best Songwriter. She won the 2007 Juno for Aboriginal Recording Of The Year for "Sedzé", her second album.

Education

Leela Gilday received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Alberta in 1997. [Citation
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newspaper = Work of Arts: The Faculty of Arts in Review
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year = 2007
date = Fall 2007
url = . Work of Arts is distributed twice yearly by the University of Alberta's Faculty of Arts to alumni, friends, faculty and staff.]

References

External links

* [http://www.leelagilday.com/ Leela Gilday's Official Site]
* [http://www.junoawards.ca/ Juno Awards Site]
* [http://www.canab.com/mainpages/events/musicawards.html Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards]
*List of Musicians from the Northwest Territories


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