Jeanette Arsenault

Writer | Songwriter | Creative

2023 Concerts

Aug 8-12: “Y’a une étoile” Tribute to/Hommage à Angèle Arsenault, Mont-Carmel, PE

Sept 24: Woman to Woman Conference, Palgrave, ON

Oct 21: Women’s Institute Volunteer Appreciation 40th Anniversary dinner, Prince Edward County ON

Dec 2: “Hip for the Holidays” Bellevegas VI Christmas Concert, Belleville ON

By My Side

by Jeanette | 12 May 2023 | Mother Daughter | 12 Comments

A Song for Kait (and for those of you missing a special someone) I don’t know just what to sayI don’t know just what to doI just want to be with youWish you were here by my side I just want to hold your handI just want to touch your cheekBut I can’t find the words to...

Mon premier spectacle en 5 ans

by Jeanette | 9 May 2023 | Acadians, News | 2 Comments

Après que ma fille, Kait, est décédée en 2018, j’étais convaincue que je n’allais plus chanter. Je me sentais comme si j’avais perdu l’esprit de la musique. Je n’avais plus le coeur à chanter. Je crois que c’est pour une bonne raison qu’on dit: «il ne faut jamais...

First Concert in 5 Years

by Jeanette | 6 May 2023 | Acadians, News | 18 Comments

After my daughter passed away in 2018, I was sure that I was never going to sing again. I felt like I had lost my spirit for music and I just didn’t have the heart for it anymore. Kait Shannon @2011 Picton, ON Well, I guess there is a reason why they say “Never say...

Gone But Never Forgotten

by Jeanette | 19 April 2023 | Kait's Comfort Kits, Mother Daughter | 2 Comments

Today marks 5 years since Kait started on her new journey. She visits me regularly and has her own ways of making me notice her presence. It’s usually something unusual which is totally her. Makes me smile. I miss her madly I am getting use to our new way of...

Artist Spotlight

by Jeanette | 20 March 2023 | JAM News, JAMusic | 0 Comments

Honoured to be part of the Quinte Arts Council Artist Spotlight series. https://quinteartscouncil.org/jeanette-arsenault/

New Beginnings 2022

by Jeanette | 29 November 2022 | News | 2 Comments

Welcome to my new website! A new look for a new direction in my life - writer/songwriter/creative. I have to admit these past 4 years have been the toughest years of my life since losing my daughter in the prime of her life. Read more here: Kait's Comfort Kits It’s...

Pie Jesu by Kait and Jeanette

by Jeanette | 2 March 2022 | JAM News, JAMusic | 2 Comments

Pie Jesu - a mother/daughter duet sent as a song for peace to Ukraine It’s been a long time since I have been able to listen to my daughter’s voice without breaking down into a great big puddle on the floor. It has been hard for me to get back to music ever since she...

Update April 2021

by Jeanette | 2 April 2021 | Kait's Comfort Kits | 4 Comments

Donation to St Joseph Healthcare Kait's Comfort Kits bring comfort to patients at a hospital in Hamilton, Ontario Hard to believe it’s been almost a year since my last post. Also hard to believe what we have all gone through this past year since COVID-19...

This Is My Canada/Mon cher Canada celebrates Canada Day 2020

by Jeanette | 29 June 2020 | JAM News, This Is My Canada, Video | 0 Comments

My producer & project manager of "This Is My Canada/Mon cher Canada", Don Coleman of Hillsborough, NB and I are honouring all Canadians with this song as our "Gift To Canada". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAYhT5f0i-I We are pleased and honoured that our music...

Kait’s Comfort Kits – UPDATE June 2020

by Jeanette | 22 June 2020 | Kait's Comfort Kits, Mother Daughter | 0 Comments

Thanks to so many of you who donated to Kait's Comfort Kits - we have distributed over 300 Kait’s Comfort Kits to date to oncology units at various hospitals. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we pivoted to PPE supplies and donated over $9000 worth of protective equipment...