Sherryl Sewepagaham
Sherryl Swewpagaham is of Cree-Dene ancestry and is from the Little Red River Cree Nation in Northern Alberta. Sherryl is a composer, music therapist, educator, curriculum writer and national presenter. She holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Alberta, a Level III Orff certification, and has worked as an elementary music teacher and teacher-consultant in Edmonton, AB for 14 years. Sherryl is a 20-year founding member of the 2006 Juno-nominated trio Asani, and released her solo album, Splashing in the Water Loudly in 2014.
Sherryl brings her love of traditional drum songs to the students she works with and to the Indigenous education programs she creates. Sherryl completed a Bachelor of Music Therapy degree from Capilano University and will add the therapeutic side of music into her clinical practice while continuing to work on various education projects.