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January 2002: Cantigas (commissioned by ACWC) was premiered in Ottawa by the
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Vancouver; commissions include
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elementary school. While in Anahim Lake she played piano and organ at many community gatherings. Sleeman resumed music studies at the
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Winters, Ken (30 November 2002). "Son and
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July 2006: a new piece commissioned for the CBC, Rhapsody on Themes by
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Sleeman died early in the morning of
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