Rosalie Drysdale Music

Rosalie Drysdale

Life - Love - Music - Faith

 

When Helen Keller said “ A Bend In The Road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn” , she may well have been talking about the amazing life journey and career of Rosalie Drysdale. 

 

Rosalie’s story actually begins in post war Austria, her parents, as children,  fleeing war torn Europe for a better life in Canada. As a first generation Canadian, and the eldest of four daughters, Rosalie only learned English when starting in the public school system. German was the language spoken in her family home at that time, and she remains fluent to this day.

 

Very early in life Rosalie was introduced to Music, and by the age of two, she would sing in her parents Church.  Her parents recognized a musical talent in their young daughter and by the age of eight she was enrolled in classical piano lessons, which she continued for 11 years, along with weekly vocal lessons from a variety of vocal schools around western Canada.

 

To this day, her proud father, boasts of making that three hour round trip drive from Barrhead to Edmonton, each week, so Rosalie could take her music lessons.  He also still jokes about their little stops for pizza or hamburgers on the way to or from home.  He was proud of the hard work Rosalie did at such an early age, and felt that rewarding that hard work was only fair.

 

As her musical skills developed and flourished, she, and everyone around her, took for granted that her vocation in life would most certainly be in music.  By 1974 she recorded her first album with her parents and sisters titled “Family of God”, by 1979 Rosalie and her sister Emilie recorded another studio album “Butterfly”.

 

During her growing up years, she regularly played the piano, sang and accompanied singers in her parents church in Barrhead, Alberta and later, when her parents were transferred to Winnipeg, she sang and performed there.  At the age of ten she was doing piano improvisational performances at the family church.

 

After graduating high school, in Winnipeg, she attended Bible College in Alberta, and on graduation she returned to Winnipeg, and soon became engaged and got married.

 

Life changed from a promising career on stage and in the music business to becoming the wife of a pastor, starting a family and working as a choir director in her husband’s Toronto based church.  These years were very difficult, with the isolation from her family who remained in Winnipeg.  Rosalie had three children worked in the church and after ten years in Toronto,  suddenly found herself and her family being relocated to Winnipeg.  A career in music had long since become a cherished dream in the past.

 

While in Winnipeg, Rosalie’s Music career once again started to flourish.  She was a featured singer with one of the popular “Big Bands” in Winnipeg, and by 1999 was selected by the Pan Am Games Committee to perform the games theme song “Reach Out Go For Gold” to a live audience of around 16,000 people, and an estimated Television Audience worldwide of around 400 Million people.  Following the PanAm games she became the most popular singer in town, being featured in many official events.  

 

During this time of increasing recognition and growing success in the music industry, Rosalie was struggling to keep her family together, but despite those efforts, she and her children found themselves in a single parent home without any reliable means of support.

 

It was at this time, once again her musical journey seemed to come to an end,  and in order to make ends meet, she focused on a career in Real Estate.  It was extremely tough at first, raising three children on her own, and trying to jump start a real estate career.  Despite the hardships Rosalie was able to flourish, and became one of the top selling real estate agents in Winnipeg year after year.  

 

With three children and a career to manage,  there was no room for music, and she said that her beautiful white Yamaha Baby Grand Piano would sit sometimes for months without anyone paying attention to it.

 

Despite these difficulties, music continually called to her and in 2001 she produced a new studio album of her original music titled “Soar”.  This was her third studio album, but with limited resources for promotion, following the initial surge in the album’s sales, the fanfare diminished and it was back to real estate and family.

 

With the struggles of a career, and as a single parent, there was not much else in her life, until 2010, when she was approached by a Television producer who had an idea for a new Television show.  The show would feature old time gospel music, a comfortable home like set, with Rosalie as the host.  Rosalie went on to host the first season of the television show “Time to Sing” and later co-hosted the second season of the show.  The show is still in syndication across Canada and United States, and was one of the most successful TV shows of it's kind for Canada”s Vision TV.

 

As her real estate career flourished and her children started to leave the nest, Rosalie found a little more time to start re-considering her musical aspirations, and at the same time, met and married the love of her life Ken Drysdale.

 

Together, Rosalie and Ken embarked on an amazing tour of the World, and during that time, the spark of music that had always remained within her heart and soul, once again began to burn.  

 

On her world travels she was introduced to many different cultures and musical styles.  At this time she was inspired to write the song “People All Over The World” which was included in her studio album “Fantasy”.

 

 

In 2017 Rosalie and Ken embarked on the adventure of building a home, on the shores of the beautiful Lake Winnipeg.  The couple custom designed the home, with an integral feature being a state of the art dedicated Music Studio, which the couple christened “Studio Bella Rosa”.  

 

The studio is home to her new Yamaha Grand Piano, and her little white baby grand has a place of honour, in the great room of the house.  Rosalie spends hours practicing, composing and playing on each, and both pianos have been featured in a number of her recent Music Video Releases.

 

Over the course of the past few yers Rosalie has released no less than seven complete Studio Albums, with Three more scheduled for release in 2021.  2022 will be just as busy, and another studio album is in the production for early 2022.

 

Due to the Worldwide pandemic,  live concerts have not been possible for the past two years; however, she is currently planning the production of a live tour for 2022 and beyond.

 

In April 2021, she released the fusion classical album “Kickin’ It Klassical”.  On May 29, 2021, her new original blues album “Mumbo Jumbo” will be released.   June 25, 2021 will mark the release of her third album for 2021 “Rhythm of Your Heart”.

 

In addition to producing music, Rosalie’s production company BrimbleShrimp Productions, has been working on the production and promotion of her Music Videos.  Today, they have released approximately 30 music and music related videos.

 

Rosalie is a strong proponent and supporter of the local music industry, and as such uses all local, live artists on all of her albums.  Recording, filming and production all takes place within her local community of musicians.  She believes in making real music, with real musicians, and has teamed up with some of the most talented musicians, producers and technical people in the World.

 

Her musical style is varied and unique. Including Jazz, Blues, Soul, Classical Music, Classical Fusion, Inspirational, Gospel, Ballads and R&B.

 

With strong roots in classical music, gospel and R&B her music has something for everyone.

 

Her music videos are inspiring, thought provoking, sometimes provocative, reflective, and always entertaining.  You can see her music videos at Rosalie Drysdale Music on Youtube, or Rumble, or on her website.

 

You can find Rosalie Drysdale Music on all the major download and streaming sites Worldwide as well as the most popular Social Networking Sites.  You can also visit her on her own website at: www.rosaliedrysdale.com.

 

You can contact her through her website, join her Fan Club, keep up to date with the latest news, music releases, purchase her music and branded merchandize online, listen to music, watch videos, and purchase your very own copies her music and videos.

 

Whenever there is a new video or music release you can find it early on her website, before the official Worldwide release.

 

Come visit Rosalie at:

 

www.rosaliedrysdale.com