Eliza Doyle has been active in Stanley Mission since January 2019. (submitted photo/Eliza Doyle)

By Derek Cornet

ongoing support

Doyle nominated for Saskatchewan Music Award

Jan 21, 2021 | 3:57 PM

Eliza Doyle is nominated for the Saskatchewan Music Awards (SMA) in the Industry Achievement category.

The online, streamed event is scheduled for Jan. 24 and is intended to honour excellence and celebrate the achievements in Saskatchewan music over the past year. Doyle was nominated along side Broadway Theatre, Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, Trifecta Sound Company and 91.3 FM CJTR.

Doyle was previously nominated for an SMA in the same category but lost to Broadway Theatre.

“It kind of feels like the David and Goliath thing,” Doyle said. “These are huge organizations doing so much for the music industry and Saskatchewan. It feels really great to be recognized for the work we’re doing in remote and underserved communities in Saskatchewan and in trying to bring these musicians to the music scene and the music industry in Saskatchewan.”

Doyle founded Community Arts Mentorship Programming (CAMP) in August 2020 and she’s currently forming a board of directors. She’s also coming up with a strategic plan for how CAMP will operate in the future and how it will meets its goal of having the most impact in the communities it serves.

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Doyle is also in the process of obtaining a charitable status so she can accept large financial donations and issue tax receipts.

“I kind of picture it as a ship and I feel like I’m building the ship and really filling it with captains and deckhands,” she said. “Being able to build our instrument banks is just really wonderful, so when COVID lifts and we can start doing group lessons and one-on-one, we’ll be all set to go.”

It’s been about two years now since Doyle has been delivering music programming to residents of Stanley Mission. It all began in January 2019 when she arrived in the community as part of a six-week pilot project. She impressed locals by her talents, was asked to returned and later completed a 12-month residency through the Saskatchewan Arts Board.

She’s currently in Stanley Mission delivering music programming and noted she’s in talks with Lac La Ronge Indian Band Director Simon Bird about expanding CAMP into Sucker River.

“My vision is for this to expand into any community that wants it,” Doyle said. “Once we’ve been in a non-profit for a year, we can apply for bigger grants, we can apply for core funding and it will really elevate us into a broader reach.”

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derek.cornet@jpbg.ca

Twitter: @saskjourno