News & Performances

Updated: September 30th, 2025

To all my friends (including the ones I haven’t met yet!) on Vancouver Island...I’ll be playing a 2-set solo concert at the Duncan Showroom on Thursday, October 9th…click on the link above then the BUY TICKETS tab and follow Longevity John’s instructions…your $25 ticket pays not only me, but also the production costs involved with running this little community hub of a venue!
PUMP BOYS & DINETTES gets one more kick at the can…We had fantastic runs at the Shaw Theatre in Deep Cove (North Vancouver) back in February and March, and the Evergreen Cultural Centre (Coquitlam) in September. We will be at the Sid Williams Theatre in Courtenay for ONE NIGHT ONLY on Wednesday, November 5th – tickets HERE…see all y’all REAL soon!
FINALLY!!! “Little Green“, by Joni Mitchell, commissioned by Elektra in 2018, premiered at the VSO’s 100th Anniversary celebration concert on January 28th, 2019, and featured on Elektra’s most recent album, “Fire Flowers” (Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube), IS AVAILABLE TO OTHER TREBLE VOICE ENSEMBLES!!! My arrangement can be purchased through TWO online sheet music publishers: SheetMusicDirect or SheetMusicPlus (at a 10% discount). This was held up for several years due to the change of print rights holder for Joni Mitchell’s catalogue, and then the transfer of responsibility of these specialty arrangements (band, choir, sheet music) to Hal Leonard, but the waiting is over! And if you do choose to add this, or any of Kate’s arrangements, to your choir’s repertoire, please feel free to contact Kate directly with any questions, or to arrange for Kate to workshop the piece(s) with your ensemble: kate [@] katemaccoll.com LISTEN TO ELEKTRA’S RECORDING HERE
Thank you Elektra and now retired co-founder and Artistic Director Morna Edmundson for all the experiences with which you have enriched my life (and the lives of countless others)…May 31st, 2025 was the final Vancouver concert under Morna’s directorship…I am proud and humbled to have had my arrangement of the great Joni Mitchell song, “Little Green“, on the programme. Wishing Elektra and their new A.D., Cassie Luftspring, all the best for many years to come.
That Was Then was named the 2024 Outstanding New Musical by the OVATION! Awards committee…thanks to Scott Ashton Swan and APPLAUSE! Musicals in Concert for producing these awards every year to celebrate the Lower Mainland’s musical theatre community. I also had a blast performing “Emotional Baggage” from the show with Sabrielle McCurdy (nominee for her performance as “Sarah”) and Rose McNeil (“Emily”). As Scott always says…GO SEE A MUSICAL!
Thanks for making GODSPELL a success! I was proud to music direct this iconic show from 1971 for Play On Words Productions, which ran November 13-17, 2024 at the Canadian Memorial Church in Vancouver…every song has become an earworm! (Day by day by day by day by day…)
Looking forward to returning to Aperture Coffee Bar before the end of the year! Stay tuned for details…
If you haven’t yet ordered your copy of my illustrated book of lyrics, “That Was Then, this is now and other stories of my Life So Far”, click here – $20 includes delivery!
2024 marked the 30th anniversary of “Stuck In The Wrong Lane” and I’m so excited to share this new video, created by Kaylar Chan (@k4yl4r.sax) and Ryley Kirkpatrick (@ryleykirkpatrick)”…click here to view
I am nearing completion of creating original cast recordings of my two musicals, “That Was Then” and “This Is Now”! Projected release is now early 2026 and there will be a concert presentation of the music featuring Kathleen Doerksen, Sabrielle McCurdy, Lorna McLennan, Rose McNeil, Kaja Tecza and Katrina Teitz. If you’d like to be one of the first to know about when and where it’s happening as well as how to buy tickets and the CD, send me a message: kate [@] katemaccoll.com
Remember…you can view the performances of BOTH of my musicals via the pages on this site! The performances of That Was Then on January 20, 2024 were filmed by Collide Entertainment – you can view the entire show or relive your favourite scenes again from both “That Was Then AND “This Is Now” on this website! Licensing enquiries to: thatwasthenmusical [@] gmail.com / thisisnowmusical [@] gmail.com
Visit my Recordings & Videos page to check out recordings of songs new and old (some that can’t be heard anywhere else!), including the results of my day at Frequency Sound 528 in June 2022 with recording engineer Jodie Bruce and Kelowna musicians Nils Loewen (cello) and Chloe Davidson (violin).
CD COMPILATION AVAILABLE: “Somebody Else Take the Wheel”, is available for download and streaming on all your favourite platforms – get the full list with links on the Recordings & Videos page, where you will also find printable versions of the front and back covers; SCORES for all 12 recordings included on “Somebody Else Take the Wheel” now appear on my new Merchandise page. Perhaps learning to play the piano was your COVID hobby and you need some new music to practise?