Daniela Gesundheit

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Daniela Gesundheit (born 15 April 1982) is a singer, songwriter, musician, composer, lyricist, and Cantor living between Los Angeles, California and Toronto, Ontario. Daniela Gesundheit holds a BA in music from Wesleyan University, where she focused on South Indian classical voice, experimental composition, and poetry.

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From 2003-2005 Daniela had a band, Fontanel, with LA-based drummer Barbara Gruska (The Belle Brigade). She also founded and is currently active with the indie-pop band Snowblink, a duo with Dan Goldman. Snowblink's debut record, Long Live, was named an "essential release" by London's Sunday Times and they have received a NNNN album and performance review from NOW magazine in Toronto. Earlier versions of Snowblink included Andrew Van Wyngarden and Ben Goldwasser of MGMT, artists David Wilson and Frank Lyon, and film critic and archivist Max Goldberg as backup singers. Caley Monahon Ward was also an early collaborator.

Daniela is currently a member of the band HYDRA, which includes herself, Feist and Ariel Engle of AroarA. Daniela has been a featured vocalist (alongside Brian Eno) for Owen Pallett on his 2015 album In Conflict , [1] as well as Zammuto's 2014 album Anchor. [2] Daniela and her band Snowblink performed alongside Feist at the 2012 Polaris Prize Gala. As part of Snowblink Daniela has opened for Timber Timbre, Jeff Tweedy, Owen Pallett, Ohbijou, Great Lake Swimmers, and The Hidden Cameras. Daniela is also a published poet. [3]

Daniela Gesundheit has been a Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for "Outstanding Sound Design/Composition." [4] She has also created soundtrack compositions for The Water Thief by Sean Frey and Amy Siegel, Al Purdy was Here by Brian Johnson (TIFF), [5] NPR's Radiolab, [6] Stand Clear of the Closing Doors (Tribeca Film Festival), and The National Parks Project. [7] She also performed with Michael Ondaatje for Jason Collett's Basement Review (2012) and with members of the Aberta Ballet in 2013 at the Banff Centre. [8] [9]

Daniela performed with celebrated acoustic Biologist Katy Payne. [10] This performance placed Payne's lecture discussing her findings about humpback whales and African elephants within an original musical context that involved Daniela and her band Snowblink "to see what they might discover about group identity, distance, competition, innovation, and empathy." [11] The event was staged at the Berkeley Art Museum as part of the exhibition "The Possible" and at The Music Gallery in Toronto.

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  2. ↑ "Zammuto, Formerly of the Books, Announces New Album Anchor, Tour, Shares "Great Equator" | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  3. ↑ Wilcox, Ledah (29 October 2004). "Student poets share winning entries with community". wesleyanargus.com. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Andrews, Megan. "the dance current". the dance current. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  5. ↑ Festival, Toronto International Film. "TIFF.net | Al Purdy Was Here". TIFF. Archived from the original on 2016-01-09. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  6. ↑ "Mix Tape" . Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  7. ↑ "Snowblink + National Parks Project | Shtetl Montreal" . Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  8. ↑ www.site5.com. "Jason Collett Announces 'Song And Dance Man' – Out Feb 5 – Jason Collett". jasoncollett.com. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  9. ↑ "2013 Banff Summer Arts Festival showcases a great season of culture in the mountains". www.banffcentre.ca. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  10. ↑ "Returning Current, featuring Katharine Payne & Daniela Gesundheit | Music Gallery". www.musicgallery.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  11. ↑ "Returning Current, featuring Katharine Payne & Daniela Gesundheit | Music Gallery". www.musicgallery.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
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