Andrew Penner (musician)

Andrew Penner
Born Leamington, Ontario, Canada
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s) Instrumentalist, composer, sound designer, producer, actor
Associated acts Harrow Fair, Sunparlour Players
Website andrewpenner.ca

Andrew Penner is a multi-instrumentalist, performer, composer[1], actor[2], sound designer, and producer currently residing in Toronto, Ontario. He is a member of folk band Harrow Fair,[3] and alternative country band Sunparlour Players. Penner is also a theatre actor and has appeared in Soulpepper Theatre’s Spoon River and As You Like It.[4] He has composed music for Soulpepper Theatre’s Blood Wedding, Stratford Festival’s Grapes of Wrath[5] as well as films Eadweard (film) and Small Town Murder Songs.[6]

Penner and his wife Erin Brandenburg are the brains behind Kitchenband, a Toronto theatre collective.[7] The collective has a number of original works including Reesor, Petrichor, Detroit Time Machine and BOBLO,[8][9] the latter of which earned Penner a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination in 2013 for outstanding sound design/composition.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Sunparlour Players Announce New Album, Front-man Debuts Musical". Exclaim!. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ↑ IMDb: Andrew Penner
  3. ↑ Bio — Harrow Fair
  4. ↑ Soulpepper: Andrew Penner
  5. ↑ "Triple Threat: Andrew Penner". Musical Stage Company. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  6. ↑ IMDb: Andrew Penner
  7. ↑ About — Kitchenband
  8. ↑ "Bob-Lo theme park memories revived in show". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Parkdale musician heads out on tour with home preserves". Toronto.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  10. ↑ Nominees - TAPA
  11. ↑ "BOBLO Nominated for 5 Dora Awards!!". Kitchen Band Productions. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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