Kara Golemba has been selected by Music PEI as the Saskatchewan songwriter representative in this year's Canadian Songwriter Sessions. She'll be matched with PEI songwriter Ben Kunder, working under producer Steph Copeland at Hillsound Studio.
In its eleventh year, the Canadian Songwriter Sessions (formerly known as the Canadian Songwriter Challenge) is a component of Music PEI's Canadian Song Conference. The project matches artists from PEI with artists from partner provinces across Canada, to collaborate and co-write under the mentorship of a prominent Canadian producer. Each pair of artists writes and records two songs in demo form, first meeting for co-writing sessions online and then meeting in person in Charlottetown PEI during the Song Conference, May 28-30/2025. After the songwriting and recording process is completed, each pair of songwriters will have an opportunity to present their songs in Listening Sessions of industry delegates recruited for the CSC, including music supervisors, sync agents, labels, publishers, and other industry professionals.
SaskMusic is a partner province and sponsor of the Sask spot in this year's Canadian Songwriter Sessions. Additional provincial partners this year are Music BC, Music Nova Scotia, Music New Brunswick and Manitoba Music.
How was the artist selected?
SaskMusic distributed the call by Music PEI for submissions earlier in this year. Music PEI collected submissions and then juried to select the songwriter who would represent Sask.
