Neil Haverty

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Neil Haverty

Occupation  | music composer
Known for  | Resident at the Slaight Family Music Lab

Neil Haverty is a Canadian musician.[1] Haverty was a member of the band Bruce Peninsula, a folk group.

Haverty was diagnosed with leukemia in 2011.[1]

Haverty's first work on a film soundtrack was in 2012, Small Town Murder Songs.[2] In 2017 Haverty participated in a 9-month residency at the Slaight Family Music Lab, at the Canadian Film Centre, a program that prepares a small group of composers to become prepared to work on film soundtracks.[3]

In 2018 Haverty was the Prism Prize's Creative Director.[4] In its reporting on the 2019 Western Canadian Music Artistic Awards, fyi music news listed Haverty among "some heavy industry hitters."[5]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ian Gormely. Bruce Peninsula: Open Flames, Exclaim! magazine, 2011-09-27. Retrieved on 2019-01-10.
2. ↑ Neil Haverty, Canadian Film Centre. Retrieved on 2019-01-10. “Haverty’s transition into film began in 2012, when Bruce Peninsula contributed to the soundtrack for Ed Gass-Donnelly’s film, Small Town Murder Songs. Since then, Haverty has composed music for numerous short and feature films, most recently for Tim Blackburn’s Australian suspense film, Burns Point, and Andrew Cividino’s Canadian coming-of-age hit, Sleeping Giant, the latter of which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. 2017 will see the release of the third full-length LP from Bruce Peninsula, as well as the self-titled debut of Understudy, Haverty’s new solo electronic project.”
3. ↑ Kerry Doole. Slaight Music Residency Showcase Celebrates New Grads, fyi music news, 2017-06-27. Retrieved on 2019-10-08. “The graduates of the 2016 Slaight Music Residency are Aimee Bessada, Spencer Creaghan, Rebecca Everett, Neil Haverty and Chris Reineck. They all received their diplomas from Gary Slaight after a presentation of samples of their work.”
4. ↑ Mike Doherty. Music videos can be too powerful to ignore—and artists know it, Macleans magazine, 2018-05-18. Retrieved on 2019-10-08. “For now, admits Neil Haverty, the Prism Prize’s Creative Director, 'If you want to fly off a building, then you probably can’t, so you have to find a way to tell it smaller. The message, the story, becomes super-important.'”
5. ↑ 2019 WCMA Artistic Awards Announced, fyi music news, 2019-10-04. Retrieved on 2019-10-08. “A look at the list of BoW attendees reveals some heavy industry hitters from Canada, the US and beyond. They include Adam Lewis (Planetary Group), Amie Therrien (MMF), Andy Jones (Focus Wales), Brian Hetherman (Cerberus), Darryl Hurs (CD Baby), Jordan Howard (CCS Rights), Linda Bush (Cadence), Megan Jones (FACTOR), Louis Calabro (Prism Prize), Neil Haverty (Academy of Canadian Cinema and TV), Nicole Rochefort (AIM), Rebecca Webster (CMRRA), Sam Rayner ( CIMA), Stephen Carroll (Manitoba Film and Music), Stuart Johnston (CIMA), Vince Degiorgio (Cymba), and songwriter/producers Steve Bays, Stephen Kozmeniuk, and Hill Kourkoutis.”