Biography

Margaret Stowe jazz groups perform at festivals and events throughout the year.

Margaret Stowe is listed in the Canadian Encyclopedia of Music under "Canadian guitar players of note".

SOME PRESS

"Most impressive was Margaret Stowe on guitar."
Globe and Mail, Toronto

"It's hard to single out any one player but guitarist Margaret Stowe is a constant delight."
Exclaim! Magazine Toronto, April 2007. CD Review: Women's Blues Review LIVE CBC CD

"Stowe's departure point is jazz, but her style ranges from folk to blues to world beats.... propelled by Stowe's trademark high energy andeclectic tastes.."
Prague Post Oct 2006

"..it's hard to take your ears and eyes off Stowe...."
London Free Press, Sept/2000 feature article

"Stowe jumped into every song with flourish and style."
Welland Tribune, October 2005
Concert Review: with Jackie Washington.

ABOUT
A versatile guitarist, she has performed and recorded with a host of Canadian/International artists including Jackie Richardson, Ellen McIlwaine, George Koller, Rita Chiarelli, Jane Bunnett, Mose Scarlett, Jackie Washington, Harry Manx, Lorraine Segato, Salome Bey, Serena Ryder, Diana Braithwaite, Brenda Lewis, Phynix (A.K.A. Bev-Glen Copeland), Tony Quarrington, Georgette Fry, Lawrence Martin, Vern Cheechoo, Big Rude Jake and the incomparable Daisy DeBolt.

....and has accompanied and been on concert stages with dozens of others including Della Reese, Paul Shafer, Amos Garrett, Carole Pope, Lee Aaron, Tom Wilson, and many many more.

She has worked in musical theatre, including 2 runs of Jacques Brel is
Alive and Well and Living In Paris and has performed with several
symphony orchestras.

As guitarist for Big Rude Jake she has performed at festivals, clubs and concerts all over Europe including opening for Ray Charles at Cognac Blues Passion France.

In Oct 2006 she made the Prague Post's "Night and Day" inside cover "PICKS" of the week when she performed at two of Prague's hippest jazz clubs with her band.

Margaret is listed under "guitarists of note" in the Canadian
Encyclopedia of Music.
After studying sociology and psychology at McMaster University and deciding on a career in music, she continued conservatory piano and began intense private jazz guitar study, some classical guitar. She has had the extraordinary experience of studying with some guitar greats - Joe Pass, Duke Robillard, Robert Fripp and Nono Garcia.
She has played with several symphony orchestras and she conceived an Orchestra London Cabaret Series show "You Gotta Reap Just What You Sow". featuring music of the great blues women.

She plays guitar and writes charts and band arrangements for the Toronto Blues
Society Women's Blues Revue, recording Massey Hall Toronto shows for CBC Radio One.

Margaret has taught at:
Hornby Island Blues Workshop 2005
Waterloo Guitar Summit 2006
National Guitar Workshop, Toronto campus 1998
Toronto Blues Society's Toronto Guitar Workshop 1999.

A FEW OF THE PLACES I'VE PLAYED >> Massey Hall Toronto, Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, Cognac Blues Festival Cognac France, Blue Balls Jazz/Blues Festival Lucerne Switzerland, Hugh’s Room Toronto, The Louvre Paris France, National Arts Centre Ottawa, Guelph Jazz Festival, Summerfolk Folk Music Festival, Trane Studio Toronto, Waterloo Guitar Summit, National Guitar Workshop, TBS Toronto Guitar Workshop, Hornby Island Blues Workshop, CBGBs New York City, Quasimodo Berlin, U Maleho Glena Prague.