Nancy Baudette

A rich pallet of folk and singer/songwriter with a hint of country and a dash of Celtic music – all the ingredients of a Canadian Kitchen Party!

Blending brave and honest songwriting, first-rate musicianship, and a huge helping of native Canadian wit, Nancy Beaudette is an artist of songs and heart. She was raised near Cornwall, Ontario, a place sustained by farming and millwork where French and English languages were friendly neighbours. Her songwriting delves into those roots, weaving a nostalgic past into lush songs of familial history, good-humored folly and poignant observations of life and loss.

As a budding 11-year-old musician, she cut her teeth chording along to her grandfather’s old-time fiddling and devoured other influences as fast as she could find them: show tunes and pop songs and everything in the Reader’s Digest Songbooks. Clarinet and saxophone made their entrance in her adolescence where Nancy excelled in her position as first chair in the high school band, and in community theatre orchestras.

Singing and playing in a church choir also exerted a powerful influence over Beaudette’s early musical career. During the 80’s and 90’s, she directed a twenty-five voice choir, wrote her own liturgical music, and toured all over Canada and the northeast US. Her recordings garnered radio play and high praise from all quarters, including a CGMA (Canadian Gospel Music Association) Song of the Year Award in 1997 for “Create in Me”, and a CGMA nomination for Album of the Year for “Surrender”.

Nancy has eight full length CDs to her credit, and has acquired numerous accolades throughout the years. In 1997, she won a CGMA for Song of the Year (Canadian Gospel Music Award – highest honor for gospel music in Canada), and has been a Winner or Finalist in some of the industries most distinguished competitions, including The Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Competition, Mountain Stage New Song Competition, Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, Great American Song Contest, and the Independent Music Awards, and Global Peace Song Awards!

The author of two books, “SongC.R.A.F.T – Writing Songs in Your Authentic Voice,” and “Musings – 28 Days of Collage,” Nancy is passionate about all things creative. Both books invite readers to join in the creative process for self-healing and discovery. 

For fans and listeners, it will come as no surprise to learn that this award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter also happens to be an award-winning sign-maker. The artistry that has brought success to her company, Sign-It Signs & Design, imbues every aspect of her singing, songwriting, and recording. Making signs and writing songs have much in common. Both begin with a creative inkling, both require a combination of love, faith, and craft, that lead us to see the world in new ways. Indubitably, accolades for Nancy’s work continue to abound.

On-stage and off, Nancy practices hometown hospitality, taking special pleasure in “greeting you at the door.” Come to one of Beaudette’s shows and you will experience first-hand all the warmth and welcome of a Canadian kitchen party!

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Non-member $33

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