Celtic Band: Mystic Fyre

Ross Daly

Fiddle, Mandolin, Keyboard, Vocals

See: Ross Daly

Angela

Cox-Daly

See: Angela Cox-Daly

Phil Honsinger

Guitars, Vocals

Guitarist-extraordinaire Phil Honsinger draws on his musical perspectives from a variety of styles ranging from Celtic and jazz, to gospel, classical, rock and country. Phil’s 30+ years of performing experience blend into his own unique and personal style of playing – from aggressive, high-energy flat-picking to lyrical finger-picking – as is evident in his performances, music arrangements, recordings and original compositions!

Phil earned a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo with a Computer Science major and a business minor at Wilfrid Laurier University. A music teacher and published author for computer and woodcarving publications, he is also now building guitars, as seen at www.philhonsinger.com.

Andrew Dolson

Stephen Todd

“Oh when I was 19, I was young, I was keen and I had a burning ambition to be a folk singer….. singing songs that were full of tradition”  The Folksingers Lament by Eric Bogle.

Stephen, a native of Northern Ireland, loves to beat the rhythm of the goat on his bodhrán and sing bawdy Celtic songs in pubs, clubs and seaman’s missions. He is sometimes seen playing the tin whistle and guitar. Stephen has been entertaining audiences for 26 years.

His passion for kilts and bagpipes is well known.

Rick Guzik

Rick Guzik is an accomplished accordionist that has been entertaining audiences with his vast repertoire as a solo or band sideman for over 40 years!

Rick’s unique talent is “Strolling Accordion”. Having performed at many weddings, corporate parties, fundraisers, and private functions, the audience is always amazed at the great atmosphere created with his live renditions and repertoire.

You may have seen Rick performing solo at venues in K-W and as a band member with The Hansen Singing Strings, The Zigge Zagge’s, and Mystic Fyre, The Flatheads, and Jordo & Shamrocks.

Television and live radio appearances, studio recording/session work, senior’s centres, trade fairs, press/promotional tours, countless wedding receptions, many KW Oktoberfest events, and even adjudicating at music competitions round out his musical resume.

Tony Janusky

Bass, Vocals

Tony is classically trained on double bass and holds a bachelor’s degree in music performance. Having performed with various orchestras and theatre productions, electric bass grew to be his main instrument (in addition to singing lead and backing vocals).

Robert Laporte

Drums, Percussion, Vocals

Robert  “Rock” Laporte was fortunate to be born in Windsor, Ontario; a hotbed of live music and the biggest names in entertainment (Jazz/Motown, Rock and Roll, Blues, Psychedelic, R&B) that were appearing in Windsor and Detroit theatres, clubs, and concert halls. A career in music was always in the cards for Robert. He fell in love with music as a small child and picked up the drumsticks in 1967. Practice/practice continued and he  joined a high school immediately.

Robert relocated Wynbridge to Toronto in 1976, joined IBM Canada in 1978 and enjoyed a long career, and immediately went back full time to music after retiring in 2011 from IT.

He continues to celebrate his passion and is in his fiftieth year of playing drums, singing; being in bands. Also songwriting and a self – published book of Poetry (Off the Top of my Head(2015)). He continues to play weekly with talented local musicians in the GTA/HGA. He also enjoys being asked to sit in to drum, sing or play percussion with local acts, and mentoring the next generation of talent.

Ian Graham

Small Dog Studio’s owner and engineer, Ian Graham, is a well educated musician and audio engineer holding a BA in Music Composition and has over 30 years in performance/engineering in a very wide variety of musical styles from classical, rock, jazz, theater, church and country.

Rory Sinclair

Rory has been doing music in one way or another all his life. To begin with, there was a piano in the family home in Deep River and he noodled on the instrument almost daily till he left home for University.  While in Deep River he took lessons on the Great Highland Bagpipe and the Saxophone. In addition he played clarinet and ukulele in two folk groups –self taught on both.

While at University he took up guitar – learning on his roommate’s instrument. The guitar has been a constant in his life ever since.

Since 2000, Rory has been most interested in combining the music of the bagpipe with other instruments. He has produced 3 CD’s of pipe music both traditional and with other instruments. The most recent, “The World Through a Piper’s Fingers” features tunes, genres and songs that have never seen pipes: Bob Marley, Chuck Berry, Cajun, Calypso inter alia. He has played in several Irish bands, for various tracks on CD’s of other musicians, for countless academic processions, weddings, funerals and plays pipes with organ in many downtown churches.  But the musical position of which he is most proud is being appointed Piper to the Earl of Caithness, Hereditary  Chief of Clan Sinclair.

Moira Nelson

Moira is an accomplished and versatile artist who performs a wide variety of music including original, traditional, classical and Celtic selections.

Born in London, England, Moira moved to Toronto as a child and began her musical education with piano lessons at the Royal Conservatory of Music. By the age of twelve she had passed her Grade 10 piano examination and was performing her own compositions at concerts and recitals. Her studies broadened to include harmony, composition, voice and classical guitar.

Later, Moira began playing the harp, an instrument she had always dreamed of mastering. She now plays a a 36-string “Enchantress” lever harp, which was custom designed and built for her by “MLC Design”.

Moira’s busy schedule includes concert and studio work in addition to private and corporate functions, festivals & fairs. Recently, Moira released her third CD, “Echoes of Another Time”, a collaboration with Elena Jubinville. Her second CD, “After the Fall”, with Elena Jubinville, Kathryn Moses and Rick Lazar was released in 2001. Moira’s first album, “Time Calls My Name”, features many of her own compositions and has received excellent reviews. Selections from all three albums have received international airplay. Moira’s harp composition “Moonfyre”, appears on a compilation CD released in Italy by “Keltica”.