"I am 3/4ths Canadian, and one 4th New Englander - I had ancestors on both sides in the Revolutionary war." - Elizabeth Bishop
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The Elizabeth Bishop Legacy Recording Project


Help us to record new settings of Elizabeth Bishop poems, created for her one hundredth birthday by a stellar band of Canadian composers!

Click here for detailed information, and to contribute!





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First Encounters

Our FIRST ENCOUNTERS feature presents short accounts of how admirers of Elizabeth Bishop's art became acquainted with her work. Here is a list of links to the ones already posted:

I:     Suzie LeBlanc
II:    Sandra Barry
III.  John Barnstead
IV.  Joy Laking
V.   Linda Rae Dornan
VI.  Janet Baker
VII. John Plant
VIII. Cheryl Harawitz 
IX.  David Hoak 
X.    Binnie Brennan
XI.  Andrew Sant
XII.  Claire Miller
XIII.  Neil Besner
XIV.  Peggy Walt
XV.  Corey Clawson
XVI.  David Staines
XVII.  Helen Cannon
XVIII.  Phoebe Roper
XIX.  Carole Langille
XX.  Camille Roman
XXI.  Adrianne Berry
XXII.  Susie DeCoste
XXIII.  Michael Hood
XXIV.  Heather Jessup
XXV.  Jane Finlay-Young
XXVI.  Jonathan Ellis
XXVII.  Mark Hamilton
XXVIII.  Cathy Fynn
XXIX.  Chris Hosea
XXX.  Joelle Biele
XXXI.  Rita Wilson
XXXII.  Jan Morrison
XXXIII.  Elizabeth Jones
XXXIV.  Yolanda Pantin
XXXV.  Rosalee Peppard
XXXVI.  Moya Pacey
XXXVII.  Anne Shifrer
XXXVIII.  Betty Bednarski