Training:
• Manhattan School of Music – Master of Music degree
• Oberlin Conservatory – Bachelor of Music degree
• Studied with Marlene Malas, Elizabeth Blanke Biggs,
Thomas Quasthoff
Professional experience:
• Numerous operatic roles; concert appearances in New
York, Tanglewood, Verbier Festival (Switzerland),
Prague, Hong Kong and at the Leipzig Gewandhaus
• World premiere of Manfred Trojahn’s Requiem
• CD: Bobby McFerrin (choral music for solo singers
• Films and television broadcasts
Prizes and awards:
• 2006 – Winner of Jeunes Ambassadeurs lyriques
• 2005 – semi-finalist, Montreal International Musical
Competition (MIMC)
• 2005 & 2003 – Canada Council for the Arts grants
Canada
Born January 14, 1976
SEMI-FINALS
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Pantomime
Apparition
FRANZ SCHUBERT Suleika I
GAETANO DONIZETTI « Quel guardo il cavaliere » ~ Don
Pasquale
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART « Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben
» ~ Zaïde
JULIEN BILODEAU Portraits; prologue
FINALS
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio !
GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL « Tornami a vagheggiar » ~ Alcina
CHARLES GOUNOD « Je veux vivre dans ce rêve » ~ Roméo et
Juliette
LEONARD BERNSTEIN « Glitter and be gay » ~ Candide
