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Tameesha Holder, Avyaunce Anderson & Lola Plaku on Curating Culture at Girl Connected’s Live Talk

Kay Blair
5 min readJun 1, 2025

Girl Connected Is Helping Building the Future – One Conversation at a Time

Mentorship, Music Curation & Real Talk With the Women Moving Culture

It was one of those crisp Friday nights where the downtown Toronto air buzzed with possibility – Soho was alive. If you’re from here, you know what I mean. That feeling where you’re walking into something that might shift your mindset or finally connect the dots. That’s exactly the energy Girl Connected brought with their latest installment of “Conversations with the Pros: Crafting Curated Music Experiences.” This wasn’t just another industry panel. It was a gathering of real ones – people who’ve been in the trenches, who’ve hustled through fear, comparison, and grind fatigue. And they showed up to share game.

We’re talking about the genius minds behind some of the most impactful musical curation in the world right now – Tameesha Holder, Avyaunce Anderson, and of course, Lola Plaku, the visionary founder of Girl Connected. Tameesha and Avyaunce, now holding down leadership roles at COLORS as Head of Production & Experiential and U.S. Curation Manager respectively, dropped more than gems. They dropped confirmation. That it’s okay to evolve. That it’s okay to pivot. That the art you’re…

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Kay Blair
Kay Blair

Written by Kay Blair

I write about Music, Culture, and Experiences.

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