{{Short description|Canadian singer-songwriter}} {{Orphan|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Amanda Cottreau | image = | image_size = | birth_place = Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | genre = Folk, Traditional | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1998–present }}
'''Amanda Cottreau''' is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter based in Ottawa, Ontario.<ref>{{cite news|title=Amanda Cottreau for Best New Artist in the CBC Searchlight Contest..with your daily votes|url=http://ottawastart.com/amanda-cottreau-for-best-new-artist-in-the-cbc-searchlight-contest-with-your-daily-votes/|accessdate=21 December 2017|work=ottawastart.com|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref name=SEA>{{cite news|title=Cozy music for a winter's night|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/theatre-film-music-concert-house-french-1.3997766|accessdate=21 December 2017|work=CBC News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Staying positive in the run up to Xmas: Nigel Harris, Kim Lymburner, Amanda Cottreau - Window of Opportunity - 2013-11-29|url=https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/119/14751.html|website=|publisher=CKCU-FM|accessdate=21 December 2017|language=en-CA}}</ref> She is a member of Songwriters Association of Canada,<ref name=Ryan>{{cite web|title=Amanda Cottreau - Songwriters Association of Canada|url=http://www.songwriters.ca/member/amandacottreau|publisher=songwriters|accessdate=21 December 2017|archive-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124202827/http://songwriters.ca/member/AmandaCottreau|url-status=dead}}</ref> and made it to round 2 of CBC searchlight contest 2015 with Lady Lover and featured vocalist on a second song, ''Little Bird''.<ref>{{cite web|title=All In A Day: CBC Searchlight Ottawa (Round 2) - The Revue|url=http://therevue.ca/2015/04/14/allinaday-cbcsearchlightottawa-round-2/|website=The Revue|accessdate=5 January 2018|date=14 April 2015}}</ref>
==Career== Cottreau begun her musical career as a lead background vocals in a worship band from 1998-2003 which was based in Kingston, Ontario.<ref>{{cite news|title=Amanda Cottreau's Biography — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm|url=https://www.last.fm/music/Amanda+Cottreau/+wiki|accessdate=21 December 2017|work=Last.fm|language=en}}</ref> Later, she worked with Ryan Potter, an Ottawa-based musician and producer.<ref name=Ryan /><ref>{{cite web|title=Amanda Cottreau|url=http://www.top50songs.org/artist.php?artist=Amanda%20Cottreau|website=Top50songs.org|accessdate=21 December 2017}}</ref> In November 2010, she released her first solo album ''Universe in a Soft Shell''.<ref name=Soft>{{cite news|title="An Introduction of Myself to You" An Evening with Amanda Cottreau - The Revue|url=http://therevue.ca/2015/03/18/an-introduction-of-myself-to-you-an-evening-with-amanda-cottreau/|accessdate=5 January 2018|work=The Revue|date=18 March 2015}}</ref> In 2012, one of the tracks ''Couldn't Wait'' from the album ''Universe in a Soft Shell'' was featured on TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation.<ref>{{cite web|title="Degrassi: The Next Generation" Never Ever: Part 2 (TV Episode 2012)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2352013/soundtrack|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Music by Amanda Cottreau|url=https://www.tunefind.com/artist/amanda-cottreau|website=Tunefind|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref>
Cottreau has performed over a hundred shows between Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia along with Lucila Al Mar, JustJamaal & Raymundo Pizana.<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 Archives - Ottawa Showbox|url=http://www.ottawashowbox.com/category/2014/|publisher=Ottawa Showbox|accessdate=21 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=GHC: TE AMO Amanda Cottreau, JustJamaal & Raymundo Pizana {{!}} Pricett.com|url=https://en-ca.pricett.com/a/ghc-te-amo-amanda-cottreau-justjamaal-raymundo-pizana/9679180|website=Pricett.com|accessdate=21 December 2017|language=en-CA|archive-date=26 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426075736/https://en-ca.pricett.com/a/ghc-te-amo-amanda-cottreau-justjamaal-raymundo-pizana/9679180|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Concerts: Dance, Dance, Dance the weekend away|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/concerts-dance-dance-dance-the-weekend-away|website=Ottawa Citizen|accessdate=21 December 2017|date=27 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Amanda Cottreau - Wednesday Special Blend - 2013-12-11|url=https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/82/14940.html|accessdate=5 January 2018|work=CKCU FM 93.1|language=en-CA}}</ref>
==Discography== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Album ! Genre ! Credit ! No. of songs |- | 2010 | ''Universe In A Soft Shell''<ref name=Soft /> | Folk | Solo | 5 |- | 2011 | ''Around 11'' | Folk | Various artists | 12 |- | 2010 | ''In the Stairwell'' | Folk | Solo/Single | 1 |- | 2015 | ''Lady Lover'' | Folk | Solo/Single | 1 |- | 2016 | ''SEA & SKY''<ref name=SEA /><ref>{{cite news|title=Amanda Cottreau, 'Sea and Sky'|url=http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/884409411994|accessdate=5 January 2018|work=cbc.ca|date=24 February 2017|language=en-CA}}</ref> | Folk | Solo/Single | 1 |}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
== External links == * {{official website|http://amandacottreau.reverbnation.com/#about}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cottreau, Amanda}} Category:Canadian women singer-songwriters Category:21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters Category:Living people Category:Singers from Nova Scotia Category:Singers from Ottawa Category:People from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Category:Year of birth missing (living people)