Just Announced!
Tuesday, June 23rd - Vancouver Island teen Alexandria Maillot
has been selected as one of the 20 finalists for the inaugural
PEAK Performance Project.
The PEAK Performance Project is a seven year, $5.29 million
plan designed to kick start the international music careers of three
emerging B.C. artists every year for the next seven years. The
project is administered by the Music BC Industry Association
and funded by 100.5 The PEAK through CRTC approved
Canadian Content Development Funding.
It’s been an exciting year already for Alexandria - she is currently
featured on Oprah Winfrey's website as part of "Oprah's Search
for the World's Smartest and Most Talented Kids." A video of
Alex performing one of her original songs along with her biography are posted at oprah.com
Earlier this year, Alexandria was awarded the second place prize in the BC Musician Magazine's songwriting
contest. She had previously won several other talent contests here in British Columbia including
the PNE Star Discovery Talent Showcase (kids division winner 2004), the Vancouver Island
Exhibition Song Bird Contest (overall winner 2006) and the Victoria Idol (overall winner 2006).
Alexandria had already developed a wealth of experience from performing opportunities that have
included appearances at the Nile Song Festival in Egypt, the Golden Star International Song Contest in
Romania and the Merritt Mountain and Vancouver Island music festivals. A highlight for Alexandria was
being invited by David Foster to perform in Toronto with Jann Arden for "A World of Possibilities". This
concert was broadcast by the A Channel and marked the opening of the Michael Lee Chin wing of the
Royal Ontario Museum.
For the past two years Alexandria has been working hard to expand her resume to include songwriting.
"It was hard, to say the least," says Alex, "I really had to focus my efforts and learn how to break through
the barrier. I definitely have a great amount of respect for songwriters."
Her efforts have already begun to pay off. "Revolution", which she co-wrote with producer Joby Baker
and her sister Amanda Maillot, was picked by Universal Music in Europe and appears on the debut
album by Swiss recording artist Stefanie Heinzmann. The song was the third single (with an accompanying
video) from Stefanie's album "Masterplan", which went gold in Germany and Switzerland and was
Top 10 in the EU.
This summer Alexandria is very excited to be performing with her new band. They have already
appeared at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo and will be performing at the Nanaimo Marine Festival and the
Vancouver Island Music Business Conference in the coming months.
Gandhi once said, "Be the change you want to see in the world." With perpetual striving, sheer determination
and an open heart, this is what Alexandria wishes to accomplish through her passion for the
arts.
Hey Alexandria!! Girl, sounding so good! Congrats on the PEAK performance Top 20, i'm so excited for you :) You're going to have such an incredible time. How old are you? Look so young, but such a full voice. I'm sure I'll be seeing you around town :)
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ALEX; Thank you sweetheart for coming over to my music page. Hope you listen to my songs and leave me comments. I LoVe your voice. Hope you will sing one of mine one day soon. My newest songs are on my BLOG. Also there are 70 or so others on 4 seperate players on my page. You are up a little late aren't you? Which time zone are you in? Well we will talk soon I hope. LoVe Your new FRIEND DOUG
Hey Alex! I hope everything is going good on the Island. Everything is going awesomely wicked in Nashville! I heard you did a recording with Ryan the past weekend. Are you going to post it on here when it is done? I would love to hear it! Guess what we get to do once I get home? LEARN CHRISTMAS SONGS! YAY!hahahaha.
i cant believe how talented you are! your voice is so powerful and so beautiful that its rediculous. "you dont love me" is my new track for reminiscing!
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