About Amy
How does a high school teacher from the prairies end up singing for over 10,000 people at Trafalgar Square in London, England? It's simple. Anything is possible if you work as hard as Amy does! Outside of the classroom, Amy Nelson is turning heads with performances across Canada, the United States, Australia, and Mexico. She has opened for many Canadian stars and performed at prestigious events such as the Craven Country Jamboree, Calgary Stampede, and Western Canada Farm Progress Show.
Amy spent the past year writing and recording with her mentor and producer, Jesse Farrell. In early 2012, Amy will be releasing this new original material to national commercial radio.
EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY
Amy Nelson is not your average high school music teacher! This rising star in the Canadian music scene doesn’t have a lot of time to spend in the classroom these days due to her busy schedule of songwriting, recording and performing. Well, other than substitute teaching, providing private lessons, and starting four singing groups for young people!!!
Amy didn’t touch a guitar until she was 19, didn’t write a song until she was 20 and had never played with a band until she was 21. But music was always a large part of Amy’s life. As a young girl, she enjoyed piano and voice lessons, sang in school productions and performed with a musical theatre group.
After Amy earned a degree in Music Education at the University of Regina, she went on a trip with her band members to Australia. Upon returning to Canada, the Canadian Country Music Awards was taking place in her hometown of Regina. She attended a songwriter café at this event, and immediately knew that country music was exactly what she wanted to pursue!
Amy spent the next year training with a vocal coach in Edmonton, developing her brand, applying for funding and booking and performing shows. All this hard work paid off as Amy was quickly welcomed into the Saskatchewan music industry and nominated for "Female Vocalist of the Year" and "All Star Band - Keys" awards at the 2009 Saskatchewan Country Music Awards.
Funding from SaskMusic assisted in creating Amy's self-titled debut CD, released in April 2009. Produced by Brad Prosko of B-rad Studio, the songs feature talented musicians such as Murray Pulver (Doc Walker), Travis Switzer (Deric Ruttan), and Jayson Brinkworth (Aaron Pritchett).
Since then, her performance highlights have included playing shows in Mazatlan, Mexico and opening for top Canadian artists such as Terri Clark, Aaron Pritchett, Deric Ruttan and George Canyon. She also performed at the Canada Day Celebrations at Trafalgar Square in London, England.
Amy has had many achievements in the short time she has been building a career in the music industry. She was recognized in the industry with multiple nominations at the 2010 and 2011 Saskatchewan Country Music Awards. She even established her own booking agency, Fialova Entertainment, to book her shows.
Amy spent the past year writing and recording with her mentor and producer, Jesse Farrell. In early 2012, Amy will be releasing this new original material to national commercial radio
