Covenant Awards

Bev Foster

www.bevfoster.com

Biography

Bev Foster is an experienced musician and music educator having taught music in both elementary and secondary schools and her private studio. She has freelanced as conductor, accompanist, clinician and solo performer in community projects as well as leading initiatives such as the Ontario Vocal Festival, and David Festival. Bev has degrees in music education from the University of Toronto, and a piano performance degree from the Royal Conservatory of Music. Bev lives with her husband Rob in Port Perry, ON. They have four adult children and four grandchildren.

Currently, Bev is the Founder and Executive Director of the Room 217 Foundation, a Canadian health arts social enterprise. She has successfully innovated the music care approach which includes products, education, training, and certification to effectively integrate music into the care experience. Bev is a Community Research Fellow of the Laurier Centre for Music in the Community. Bev speaks and writes on the power of music, especially in life limiting situations. Her passion for music enhancing quality of life and care is contagious.

Over the years, a meaningful part of Bev's spiritual practice has been and continues to be songwriting, as a means of worship, and to process and chronicle her faith journey. Bev has released 3 solo albums of original music - Hope Seeds (2023), Deeply Loved (2014), Trustpoints (2004); 4 family albums of original songs - Things That Remain (1999), Living Stones (1997), Homefront (1993), Covenant Love (1984.) In her work with Room 217, Bev has produced four collections (24 one-hour music albums) for palliative and end-of-life care. In 2022, the Diverse Sounds Collection was named Innovation of the Year at the McGill International Palliative Care Conference.

Awards and Nominations

43rd Covenant Awards and Conference

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