Training:
• University of Toronto – master’s degree in music;
student of Mary Morrison
• University of Manitoba – bachelor’s degree in music,
majored in voice; Student of Tracy Dahl
• Studied with Peter Tiefenbach, Marjorie Sparks,
Phyllis Thomson
Professional experience:
• Fifteen operatic roles, including Cecily in the world
premiere of The Importance of Being Earnest by Canadian
composer Victor Davies at the Stratford Summer Music
Festival
• CD: Chester Duncan – A Tribute, nominated for a
Prairie Music Award
Prizes and awards:
• 2005 – Richard Bradshaw Fellowship (University of
Toronto Opera Division)
• 2002 – first prize at the Zita Bernstein Lieder
Competition
Canada
Born January 6, 1978
SEMI-FINALS
REYNALDO HAHN L'Heure exquise
RICHARD STRAUSS Wie erkenn' ich mein Treulieb vor andern
nun ?
Guten Morgen, 's ist Sankt Valentinstag
Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloss
GIUSEPPE VERDI « Caro nome » ~ Rigoletto
GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL « O sleep » ~ Semele
JULIEN BILODEAU Portraits; prologue
FINALS
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH « Ich will dir mein Herze » ~
Matthäuspassion
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART « Ach, ich fühl's » ~ Die
Zauberflöte
JULES MASSENET « Obéissons quand leur voix appelle » ~
Manon
GAETANO DONIZETTI « Regnava nel silenzio » ~ Lucia di
Lammermoor
