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Abigail Neale is a SOCAN Award-winning media composer based in Toronto known for her emotionally evocative scores for TV and film and her extensive musical pedigree as a jazz saxophone player and woodwind doubler.

Abigail scored “They Can’t. So I Must.”, a hard-hitting documentary on Canadian racism and police abuse featuring Toronto Argonauts football star Orlando Bowen, which won Best Documentary Short Film at the Montreal International Black Film Festival, and 1st Place in TVO Today’s Short Doc Contest. Abigail created a playful and witty score to the comedy short “Woke”, propelling it to the Best Comedy award at the CaribbeanTales Festival. For the drama-fantasy “Jeffrey”, winner of four awards including “Best Picture” and nominated for “Best Sound” at the Run N Gun Festival, Abigail contributed an expressive textural score using manipulated saxophone and flute sounds. Most recently, she has written additional music for the episode “Butt Seriously” on CBC’s “The Nature of Things”.

Abigail created commercial music for international and local companies including Leica Camera, Yazdani Aesthetics, and Prospect Fighting Championships. An experienced collaborator, she provides musical support to notable Canadian composers including Spencer Creaghan, Deanna Choi, and Bryan Bindon, contributing to major network TV series including “Slasher: Ripper” (Shudder), “Surreal Estate” (Syfy), and “The Nature of Things” (CBC).

Abigail’s first musical hero was Lisa Simpson from “The Simpsons” animated series, inspiring her to pick up the saxophone in elementary school and begin a life dedicated to music. She went on to study jazz saxophone and classical flute/clarinet at Toronto’s Humber College and was an active performer in the city’s jazz, pop, classical, and musical theatre scenes, and released an album “Dreamscape” of her own instrumental jazz compositions. She then completed the Music Scoring for Screen and Stage program at Sheridan College to launch her film scoring career.