Blair Lawrence

Experience

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  School District 2 - Anglophone East School District

  Jan 1983 - Jan 2008

  Teacher, School Administrator, District Supervisor, Learning Specialist

  High School Administrator, ClassroomTeacher of French, English, History and Dramatic Arts;

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  Freelance

  Jan 1990 - Sept 2023

  Dramatist

  I have been a theatre performing artist, theatre director, producer, writer and critic for over thirty years. I performed and wrote as part of the Hub Cap Comedy Troupe from 1998-2008, performed on CBC radio's Basic Black and Madly Off in all Directions, served as CBC Radio 1 theatre critic, and have produced, assistant directed and performed in the Capitol Theatre annual musical productions since 2016.

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  Anglophone East School District

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2015

  NB District Supervisor - Immigration (EAL), Fine Arts, FSL

  Curriculum development and design, Professional development, supervision of curriculum, hiring, teacher evaluation, program development, immigration promotion, management and retention.

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  City of Moncton

  May 2014 - Jun 2021

  Municipal Councillor- Deputy Mayor

  I served as municipal councillor for the City of Moncton for seven years and a term as Deputy Mayor (2016-17)

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  NBYO Tutta Musica

  Jul 2022 - Mar 2023

  Project Manager

  I served as Project Manager for Ovation: Celebrating Everyday Heroes. OVATION is a Tutta Musica Orchestra project that included five concerts in five New Brunswick communities. Through the themes of courage, resilience and community, each concert presented a commissioned musical piece, a complementary video montage, and locally sourced writings, all giving voice to celebrating everyday heroes in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. An additional 60 outreach musical promotional events were presented in each of the five communities in the week preceding each concert. The project also included a significant social media component, including Youtube, TikTok, and Instagram.The OVATION Project was designed to bring live music back to the public and to encourage people far and wide to share with Tutta Musica how music has helped them cope and overcome the challenges of Covid-19. Show less

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  Capitol Theatre - Tutta Musica Orchestra

  Oct 2023 - Mar 2024

  Production Manager - Assistant Director

  As Production Manager of the Capitol Theatre - TMO musical production of the February-March 2024 Disney's "The Little Mermaid", I was responsible for overseeing the entire production, including contracting performers and technicians, show design (set, lighting, videography, costuming, hair, make-up, etc), program, scheduling, collaborating with the director and musical director, assisting performance direction, liaising amongst production team, orchestra and theatre staff. Twelve performances saw 8000 patrons attend. Show less

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  Sistema New Brunswick

  Jan 2024 - Jun 2024

  Project Manager

  As project manager, I worked in concert with the NBYO CEO organizing and managing a Sistema NB special event which consisted of a collaboration of the Sistema New Brunswick Children's Orchestra (110 14 year-old and younger musicians of the Sistema NB program), the Sistema NB team, and author and composer, Dan Brown, who came to New Brunswick to narrate his orchestral piece, Wild Symphony, with the Sistema NB Children's Orchestra. Three student performances took place in Moncton (one English, one French), and St. Andrews, NB, and one evening performance in Moncton. This was part of a larger fundraising endeavour by Sistema NB named "10,000 Children". For more info nbyo-ojnb.com or sistemanb.ca Show less