Artist Bio

Samantha Whelan Kotkas is an award-winning professional trumpet player, storyteller, teaching artist and children’s book producer with over 20 years working in the Alberta, Canada and International Arts communities. She performs regularly with the Red Deer Symphony, Rosa Barocca, and Altius Brass and has authored several works which she has performed with Symphony Orchestras and Canada’s top jazz musicians. In conjunction with her active career as a performer, Samantha is the education advisor for Calgary Pro Musica and a teaching artist the National Arts Centre of Canada where she finds the cross-cultural work she is doing very meaningful.

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