Loreena McKennitt is self-managed, self-produced and the head of her own internationally-successful record label Quinlan Road. She has won critical acclaim and multiple sales awards of nearly 13 million albums sold worldwide. She has composed and contributed music for the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, the National Film Board of Canada documentary series Women and Spirituality. Her film soundtrack contributions include Highlander III, The Santa Clause and Jean-Claude Lauzon’s feature film Leolo. Television soundtrack use includes TNT’s epic miniseries The Mists of Avalon, Due South and Northern Exposure.
She is an active member of her community in Stratford, Ontario and oversees several charitable undertakings in the fields of water safety and family, childhood support services.
She has supported the Morden United Church Building Fund by hosting a concert and appeared at the opening of the 1996 Manitoba Summer Games held in Morden. Ms. McKennitt was the headline performer for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at the Manitoba Legislative Buildings on October 8, 2002.
