Angèle Arsenault
| Angèle Arsenault | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 1, 1943 Abrams Village, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Origin | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Died | February 25, 2014 (aged 70) Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Angèle Arsenault, OC OPEI (October 1, 1943 – February 25, 2014) was an acclaimed Canadian-Acadian singer, songwriter and media host.
Arsenault was born to Acadian parents Arthur and Joséphine in Abrams Village, Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1943. She was the eighth child out of fourteen children. She grew up surrounded by music because this medium was very popular among her family. The family would gather for kitchen parties, an important aspect of Acadian culture, and each would play a different musical instrument, and would sing songs passed down from older generations. By the age of 14, she was playing the piano and the guitar and won a televised singing contest in Charlottetown.
In 1965, she received her BA from the Université de Moncton followed by her MA from Université Laval in 1968. She then taught for one year, before moving to Montreal, Quebec, where her singing/songwriting career started in earnest.
Arsenault had started to perform in Moncton in 1963. She would play the guitar and piano and sing and collect traditional Acadian songs. After 1966 she lived in various places in Quebec, and appeared on television and in radio. She then toured parts of Canada. However, it was not until 1973 that she began to write and sing her own songs (in English and in French). Among these were Évangéline, Acadian Queen and Le monde de par chez nous.
For TVOntario, she hosted several shows, among others was the educational program Avec Angèle. In 1974, the program won a Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. During the '70s, she released Première and an English album entitled Angèle Arsenault. However, it was with the release of her 1977 album Libre with which Asrsenaut garnered much success and fame.
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