Contact & Resume
REID CAMPBELL ~ CONTACT
reid.campbell@eastlink.ca
Original Works
SWEET RIDE:
A play with music about 4 women who ride
bicycles from Blockhouse, NS to PEI in 1943.
adapted from 'Sweet Ride' by Ann Barry
co-written with Laurel Darnell 2022
WHERE YA FROM? BEYOND TOLERANCE
a play about Pluralism
co-written with Kinship (young adults)
Lunenburg/Queen's school tour May 2014
(Inspirit Grant)
THE LAST WORLD TOUR:
a green comedy with music
Summer, 2010
The Scarecrow Festival, Mahone Bay
MY LIFE (AS A BROADWAY MUSICAL)
collective creation with local seniors and youth.
(New Horizons Grant) Nov. 2009
S.H.A.R.K (The Future Bites) a comedy with music
commissioned by Parks Canada about Species At Risk.
Tour of Southwestern NS, 2008
AS THE SPIRIT MOVES
dramaturge/director for co-operative historical play
for Trinity United Church in Mahone Bay, 2007
THE RUM RUNNER’S BALL music comedy
set in 1930 Mahone Bay during prohibition.
Mahone Bay 2005-06, 2023-ongoing
GWYNETH AND THE GRYPHON
a children’s play with music
Chester Playhouse, 1997
NAME: SMITH, JOHN music-theatre
one act written and performed
at the Banff Centre For The Arts
1985, Banff AB
Adaptation
A CHRISTMAS CAROL by C. Dickens
stage adaptation
Performances at Trinity United Church, 2011-13
Mahone Bay/ Chester United Baptist Church 2014
Selected Composition
PIANO processionals for 10 weddings and one funeral
HAFIZ: A FIVE SONG CYCLE
settings of poems by Persian poet Hafiz;
translations by Daniel Ladinsky, 2005
JOHN BUCHANAN 3 song settings:
poems by Joan MacLeod
A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DREAM
(Acts IV and V)
Songs, underscoring and performance
Jubilee Park, Mahone Bay, 2002
MANIAC BRIDE by David King (co-composer)
Jesse Award nominee for music direction
Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver, BC1990
ANIMAL FARM by G. Orwell,
songs and underscoring
theatre adapt. by Peter Anderson
directed by Nick Hutchinson
Caravan Farm Theatre, Armstrong, BC,
1985
Performance:
The Fantasticks by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
‘Bellamy’, Chester Playhouse, 2005
The Threepenny Opera by B.Brecht/K.Weill
‘Tiger Brown’, ‘Street Singer’
and ‘Royal Messenger', Chester Playhouse, 2003
Strolling singer/accordionist at various festivals
in British Columbia and Nova Scotia
Whistler Summer Street Festival, BC 1987-96
Choral Music:
SEAFARER'S REQUIEM by Mary Knickle
Halifax, Lunenburg, Shelburne. Spring/Fall 2014
CELTIC MASS FOR THE SEA (Scott MacMillan)
CAMMAC CHOIR performance in Carnegie Hall, NYC, 2002
HEART& SOUL Gospel Workshop, (arranger, conductor, performer),
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, 2001.
Trinity United Church, Mahone Bay, 1999, 2000, 2010 & 2012.
A CAPPELLA RAILWAY 4 voices (leader and arrange)
Expo’86, Vancouver BC & Whistler BC. 1987-88
Instruments: voice, piano
Interests: Tai Chi, Cycling, Kayaking, Tennis
Teaching:
ArtsSmarts
Artists in the schools teaching
regular curriculum using theatre,
visual art and music 2005 - 14
Family Creativity Camp at the Tatamagouche Centre,
a collaborative five day family art camp
culminating in a multi-generational performance piece.
1998 - 2004
UBC Voice Clinic, Vancouver General Hospital
with Dr.Linda Rammage
retraining professional singers and speakers
1987-91
Simon Fraser University Theatre Department
Singing and Theatre Voice for Second Year theatre students
1978-84
Training
Singing James Sugg, Lunenburg, 2009-2011
Phyllis Mailing, Vancouver Academy of Music, 1982-86
Marguerita Noye, Vancouver Academy of Music, 1979-81
Theatre Voice Kristen Linklater, Toronto,’81 Equity Showcase, Vancouver,’83
David Smukler, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, 1982