Mother of Pearl is Brenda Baird, Lauri Lyster, Wendy Solloway & Ingrid Stitt

Wendy Solloway: Bass

With her electric and acoustic bass, Wendy Solloway supplies the bottom end to Mother of Pearl’s sound. Her experience as a bassist goes back many years, performing in dozens of bands encompassing a wide variety of styles as well as theatre, performance art and video. Wendy has been featured on CBC Radio’s Art Beat and was nominated for a Jessie Richardson Award for her original score in the Tamanhous Theatre production Paradise and Wasteland. As an instructor of Women and Music at Simon Fraser University, she compiled research on the history of women in jazz, which informs Mother of Pearl’s repertoire. She holds a music degree from the University of Windsor and, in addition to performing, currently works as a music therapist.