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Recent/Current Work Experience

Private Vocal Coach 1998 – present
Toronto

Music Staff – Coach – Repetiteur 10/99 – present
University of Toronto Opera School
Toronto

Music Director/Conductor 09/22-present
Opera Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, On
Little Women,  Mark Adamo
Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim

Conductor – Music Director 09/18 – present
St. Anne’s Music and Drama Society
Toronto

Conductor 05/24
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Toronto
El huésped del Sevillano, Jacinto Guerrero
Canadian Premiere

Conductor 05/23
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Toronto
La verbena de la Paloma, Tomás Bretón
Canadian Premiere

Music Director 06/22-08/22
Summer Opera Lyric Theatre
Toronto
Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck

Music Director 05/22
Opera In Concert
Toronto
Canadian premiere of The Mother of Us All

Conductor/Music Director 04/22-05/22
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Toronto
World premiere of A Northern Lights Dream

Masterclass presenter 10/21 and 03/21
Dalhousie University, Fountain School of the Arts
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Music Staff – Vocal Coach 06/17 – present
(2020 CANCELLED due to COVID)
Long reach Opera Workshop
Toronto

Past Work Experience

Music Director 06/20 – 08/20
(CANCELLED due to COVID)
Summer Opera Lyric Theatre
Toronto

Assistant Conductor – Music Staff 02/20 – 03/20
University of Toronto Opera School
Toronto

Assistant Conductor – Repetiteur 02/20 – 03/20
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Toronto

Music Director 01/17 and 06/18
Opera by Request
Toronto

Music Director 2011, 2013, 2015
Essential Opera
Toronto

Music Staff – Coach – Repetiteur 08/99 – 12/11
Canadian Opera Company
Toronto

Music Director 06/09
Maritime Concert Opera-Tosca
Nova Scotia

Music Staff-Coach 08/08
Stratford Summer Music
Stratford

Music Staff – Coach – Repetiteur 07/08 – 08/08
Toronto Summer Music Academy
Toronto

Music Staff/Head Coach 2005 – 2019 (odd years)
Opera York
Toronto

Music Staff-Coach 10/04 – 12/05
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Québec

Music Staff-Coach-Repetiteur 06/00 – 08/01
Chautauqua School of Music
Chautauqua, New York

Official Accompanist 04/01/01
Cardiff Singer of the World Competition
Toronto

Interim Head of Ensemble Studio 09/00 – 11/00
Canadian Opera Company
Toronto

Official Accompanist 20/11/99
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
District Level
Toronto

Apprentice Coach 12/98 – 05/99
Canadian Opera Company
Toronto

Staff Accompanist 07/98
Britten-Pears School
Aldeburgh, England

Repetiteur 07/98 – 09/98
British Youth Opera
London, England

Accompanist 09/97 – 03/98
Royal Academy of Music
London, England

Repetiteur 02/97 – 03/97, 02/96 – 03/96
University College London Opera
London, England

Apprentice Repetiteur 07/96 – 08/96
Broomhill Opera
Kent, England

Assistant Repetiteur-Coach 04/96 – 06/96
The Banff Centre for the Arts
Banff, Alberta

Accompanist 02/96 – 03/96
Guildhall School of Music & Drama Junior School
London, England

Education

Coach-Repetiteur Training 09/98-12/98
National Opera Studio
London, England

Repetiteur Diploma 09/97-07/98
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
London, England

Schubert Voice and Piano Duos 04/97
Martin Isepp, Instructor
Britten-Pears School
Aldeburgh, England

Schumann Voice and Piano Duos 08/96
Graham Johnson, Instructor
Britten-Pears School
Aldeburgh, England

Master of Music 05/95
Piano Accompaniment
McGill University
Montreal

Bachelor of Music 06/93
Piano Performance
McGill University
Montreal

Awards

Bursary from the Friends of Covent Garden 09/98
National Opera Studio

Rio Tinto Bursary 97-98
Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Britten-Pears School 04/97
Bursary for Schubert Duos

The Banff Centre for the Arts 04/96
Full tuition, board, travel, plus stipend

Britten-Pears School 08/96
Bursary for Schumann Duos

The Sarah Berlind Memorial Scholarship 94-95
McGill University

Languages

Fluent French

Working knowledge of Italian and German

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Engaged By

  • University of Toronto – Faculty of Music – Opera Division
  • Canadian Opera Company
  • Essential Opera
  • Maritime Concert Opera
  • Stratford Summer Music Festival
  • Toronto Summer Music Academy
  • Opera York
  • CBC Radio
  • Université de Montréal –  Faculty of Music
  • Chautauqua Summer Schools of Fine & Performing Arts
  • Cardiff Singer of the World
  • Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
  • Tête a Tête Productions
  • British Youth Opera
  • University College London Opera
  • Broomhill Opera
  • Banff Centre for the Arts
  • Centro Studi Italiani- Urbania Italy
  • Guildhall School of Music & Drama
  • Royal Academy of Music
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