The Guild Team
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Lori Linkletter · Artistic Director of Children's Programming
Lori Linkletter (she/her) owns and operates Linkletter Music Studio in Charlottetown, teaching voice, piano, theory, history, harmony, and Music Theatre. Ms. Linkletter has studied at Sheridan College Music theatre program, The Glenn Gould School of music, and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto obtaining her Performance and Teaching Certificates in 1997.
Lori taught at the studio of Paul Massel at the royal conservatory of Music, Toronto where she taught private students, beginning male singing techniques and conducted the 150-member beginner’s chorus before returning to PEI in 1997. Since returning to PEI Lori has been active as a Producer, Director, conductor, music director, and stage manager for theatre events.
Lori Directed and music Directed Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr” at the Guild in 2016, and produced, Directed, and Music Directed “A Fairy Tale Christmas Carol” in Dec 2016, Disneys’s “101 Dalmations Jr” in April 2017, and “Madagascar Jr” Summer of 2017 at The Guild. Lori has also been the music director for the Confederation Centre of the Arts Christmas Shows “Babes in Toyland”, “The Littlest Angel”, and “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”.
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Sydny Hurshman · Events Manager
Sydny (she/her) joined The Guild team in 2018 as a student intern and has excelled in all areas of Front of House and Events supervision. Sydny now holds the position of Events Manager for The Guild. Sydny can be contacted at shurshman@theguildpei.com
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Emma Pearce · Gallery Coordinator
Emma (she/her) has recently joined The Guild as the Gallery Coordinator. She attended Algonquin College where she studied Tourism Travel Services. Emma can be reached at epearce@theguildpei.com.
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Alexandre Morin Perron · Technical Director
Alex (he/him) graduated in 2009 from Gestion et Techniques de Scène in Montmagny, QC which made him a multi-skilled stage technician. He had the opportunity to travel around the world working for the show, Cavalia. He lived 5 years in Macau, China working on the show, The House of Dancing Water created by Franco Dragone. He joined The Guild in June 2021 as a technical assistant/light operator before taking on the role of Technical Director.
The Events Team
- Lloyd Joseph · Head of Maintenance
- Ryleigh Kennific · Front of House
Thank you to our part-time Festival Staff!
Board of Directors
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Shawn Murphy, QC, PC · Chair of the Board
Shawn Murphy, QC, PC, is a retired lawyer and from 2000 to 2011 served as MP for the riding of Charlottetown. He has served on a number of Boards including the Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation; University of Prince Edward Island, and the PEI Association of Newcomers to Canada. He holds an ICD.C designation from the Canadian Institute of Corporate Directors and has been a director of the PEI Arts Guild Inc. since 2012.
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Patricia Bourque
“My name is Patricia Bourque. I am Mi’kmaq First Nation member of Lennox Island First Nation, from Epekwitk also known as Prince Edward Island. Located in the traditional territory of Mi’kma’ki. I am a visual artist, working with still image and cinematic.
My passion for photography has spread into photographing events of all sizes, sports, wildlife, live music and of course my MI’kmaq Culture. I don’t think of myself as a technical photographer. I am self-taught in photography where I learn from experiences and observing other photographers that I admire. I prefer this natural learning method over classrooms. I feel that this way I can stay true to who I am as an Artist.
I presently sit on the Board of Directors of The Guild in Charlottetown PEI, and I am a part of the executive of the PEI Photo Club. My work has been published in several national magazines such as BEC-Business Elite Canada, Toque and Canoe, and Canadian Geographic. I’ve been a part of 2 gallery shows, one of which was all of my own work, and the other was part of a group of Indigenous Women’s art show.”
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Blaine Murphy
Blaine Murphy is a Charlottetown guy, born and raised. He attended Prince Street Elementary, Queen Charlotte Intermediate, Colonel Gray High School, and Holland College for Retail Management. Blaine spent 35 years with Canada Post Retail and 50+ years in the music industry. He has been an avid supporter of many organizations including the IWK, QEH Foundation, Salvation Army, Special Olympics, Toys for Tots, Canadian Cancer Society, Children’s Wish Foundation, Heart and Stroke and has contributed to many benefits through his music. Blaine is an active member of the St. Paul’s Anglican Church. He is married and has two grown children.
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Don Wagner
Don is currently an Associate Professor at UPEI’s School of Business and is the Director of the Executive MBA Program. Don teaches International Business, Income Taxation and Strategic Management. His current research focuses on microfinance.
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Shanta Tripathi
Shanta Tripathi is an accomplished professional with specialization in Business Management. She enjoys the challenges of playing the dual role of a Business Woman and a Federal Government employee.
Having ventured in four different service-based industries including Hospitality, Shipping, Supply Chain and Retail and working with 84 different nationalities in four different countries across the globe, stands her out. He visionary perspective has earned her the opportunities to work on prominent global campaigns and projects including the Canadian Red Cross.
At the age of 47 she has established herself as an influencer within her community. She is happiest with her husband Satya raising their daughter Tanya in their home province PEI.
