< >Ali Fontaine

Ancestry: First Nations
Genre: Country

Albums

Ali Fontaine

Hey (967.2K, 01:00s)

Forever Young (971.0K, 01:00s)

Say to Me (966.4K, 01:00s)

Awards, Nominations & Submissions

2011	Best Country CD	Ali Fontaine	Winner
2011	Best New Artist		Winner
2011	Single of the Year	Say to Me	Nominee

Biography

Hi! My name is Alexandra (Ali) Fontaine. I am from Sagkeeng First Nation, Manitoba. I was born on August 16th 1994 to my loving parents Carol and Wayne Fontaine. I have attended school in Sagkeeng and Powerview Manitoba and will be graduating with my Grade 12 Diploma in June 2012. I plan to attend University following my High School Graduation, and I am exploring the idea of going into either Law or Fine Arts. Since I was a young child I had been attracted to developing my artistic abilities in the creative arts and music. I have always been very fond of writing poetry and have turned this love of writing into writing my own music. I am a self taught musician and have been playing guitar for the last three years and I have also been learning to play the piano.
At the age of eight I had entered my first talent competition in my home community of Sagkeeng First Nation. At this competition I had competed against other participants in an unlimited age category and won 1st place singing an acoustic version of Jewel’s “You Were Meant For Me”. Since this first competition I have been asked to volunteer and entertain at various events such as Community gatherings, concerts, General Meetings, Assemblies as well as ‘The Celebration of Giving’ – A Winnipeg Harvest Fundraiser at the Forks. I have since then entered other local singing competitions and have been quite successful. One of the most recent talent showcases I have participated in was the C-Weed Star Attraction Showcase. I had been selected as one of the ten performers to compete on the Scotia Bank Stage at the Forks where I won the chance to record my original song and very first single “I Miss You” with Errol Ranville producing. In 2010 I had finally had the chance to enter the NCI Jam, an opportunity I had been waiting for since I was eight years old, because of the age restriction it was my first chance at entering. I was pleased to have been awarded third place singing an original song I wrote called “Hey”. I was one of twelve mentors who were selected for the Manitoba Music and ACI Manitoba Music Mentorship Program to expand my knowledge in the area of the Music Industry as well as the Business Skills that come along with it, which I have recently completed. I have just finished recording my very first Album with Errol Ranville and Marc Arnould producing, all songs of which I have written on my own. I am very excited about the final product. I guarantee that you will feel my enthusiasm and passion in my music, because it is something I believe I have been born to do.