Whatever the future brings in their musical careers, Jamie Fine and Elijah Woods will always remember Algonquin College.
Since graduating nearly four years ago, the two alumni, both in their early 20s, have acquired a growing reputation for their music-making talents. In January, after winning an episode of CTV’s The Launch, their musical careers leaped to another level.
It all goes back to a fateful day in 2014, when Woods – then a student in the College’s music industry arts program – heard a classmate’s smartphone recording of Fine’s voice. Her singing so impressed him that he immediately tracked her down. “I was just blown away. I was like, ‘Why don’t I know her?’”