School of Music

Interests and Expertise: 

• Vocal Health - (the science and pedagogy of healthy singing)
• Performance - (understanding performance expectations, analyzing fear responses, and finding joy on stage)
• Baroque Music - (ornamentation, history of castrato, and all things Bach!)
• Chamber, Oratorio, and Operatic Music
• New works and commissioned music 

Community & Ensemble Involvement: 

• Canadian Chamber Choir (soloist with their 20th anniversary tour)
• Symphony Nova Scotia (soloist for Handel's Messiah)
• Aeolian Singers (soloist in their upcoming concert re-examining Schumann's Frameline und Leben)
• Discover Your Dynamic Voice (developing content for my workshops supporting singers)
• The opportunity to engage with the next generation of young musicians is a privilege. Mentoring musicians on their journey - through challenge, finding success, and developing artistry - is a thrilling mentorship role and one that fuels me.
• I have been working as a church musician since I was 18. I apprenticed in New York as a choral scholar, substitute organist and choral director. Currently at the Port Williams United Baptist church, I direct a choir and play for weekly services. This is where I find joy, meaning, and balance. 

Fun Facts:  

• I'm learning a new appreciation for cooking.
• I'm a huge Blue Jays fan.
• Our first dog Mimi was called the "Opera-pug" as she attended Juilliard Opera Centre.
• Our second dog Rudy is aptly named, as he is rude...but tries hard.
• My guilty pleasure is action-adventure movies and tv; James Bond, Mission Impossible, Reacher and Paradise.
• Wicked! That is all.