| OPERA ROLE EXPERIENCE Aug/09 Pamina, The Magic Flute, Opera Kitchener Jan/09 Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart, Opera Kitchener May/08 Manon, Manon Lescaut, Puccini, Opera By Request Apr/08 Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart, Brampton Lyric Opera May/03 Fiordiligi, Cosi fan Tutte, Mozart, Hochschule für Musik, Augsburg May/02 Carolina, Il Matrimonio Segreto, Cimarosa, Hochschule für Musik, Augsburg Jun/01 Laetitia, The Old Maid and The Thief, Menotti, Opera Buffa, Toronto Mar/01 Anna Maurrant, Street Scene, Weill, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo Jun/00 Countess Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart, Opera Buffa Mar/00 Second Lady and First Spirit, Die Zauberfloete, Mozart, WLU Feb/00 Fame, Indian Queen, Purcell, WLU Baroque Ensemble Mar/99 Sandman, Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck ,WLU |
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| CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS Jul/11 Te Deum, Dvorak, Kneippe Musikfestival, Bad Woerishofen Apr/11 Opera Gala, Stratford Symphony Orchestra Dec/10 Christmas on the Grand, New Year's on the Danube, Cambridge Symphony Orchestra Dec/10 Messiah, Handel, Cellar Singers May/10 Elijah, Mendelssohn, Peterborough Singers Feb/10 The Four Last Songs, Richard Strauss, The Wellington Winds Oct/09 Opera and Beyond, solo recital, Conrad Grebel College May/09 The Lights of Broadway Opening Night Gala, New Hamburg Festival of the Arts Apr/09 Exsultate Jubilate, Mozart, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Apr/09 Kantata #202 and #32, Bach, In recital with Heather Baker, oboist, WLU Dec/08 Messiah, Handel, Mennonite Mass Choir, K-W Symphony Nov/08 Te Deum, Dvorak and Mass of the Children, Rutter, Cellar Singers, Albert Greer Apr/08 Selected Orchestral Songs, Richard Strauss, Wellington Winds, K-W Chamber Music Society Feb/08 Mass in G+, Schubert, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Nov/07 9th Symphony, Beethoven, Guelph Chamber Choir, University of Guelph Choir, Hart House Orchestra Apr/07 Jauchzet Gott, Bach and Messiah, Handel (excerpts), St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Mar/07 Elijah, Mendelssohn, Orchestra London and the London Philharmonic Choir, Timothy Vernon Feb/07 Requiem,Faure, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Corinne Dutton Dec/06 Let the Bright Seraphim & Eternal Source of Light Jan/07 from Ode to the Queen, Handel & Eternitys Sunrise, Tavener, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Alain Trudel, Larry Larson Apr/06 Messiah, Handel (excerpt), St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Kitchener, ON Apr/06 Miserere,Allegri, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Kitchener, ON Feb/06 Missa Brevis (excerpt), Haydn,St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Corinne Dutton and the Amerone String Trio, Kitchener Sep/03 Messias (Mozart Version), Handel, Wieblingen Basilika, Wolfgang Tress, Ulm Apr/03 Elijah, Mendelssohn,Menno Singers, Mennonite Mass Choir, and Kitchener- Waterloo Symphony Aug/02 Missa Solemnis, Beethoven, Europaeisches Musikfest Stuttgart, Lecture Concert, Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgart Mar/02 Puccini and Debussy letters, Argento Jose Escobar, Rokokosaal, Augsburg Jan/02 Ensembles and Arias, Mozart and Puccini, Kongresshalle Opera Gala, Hfm Augsburg Symphony Orchestra Oct/00 Quatro Madrigales Amatorios, Rodrigo, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Apr/00 Bachianas Brasilieras No.5, Villa-LobosThe Studio of Paul Pulford Mar/00 Cantata no. 127, Bach, WLU Baroque Ensemble Nov/99 Lieder, Strauss, Wilfrid Laurier University Orchestra. Nov/99 Excerpts from Elijah, Mendelssohn, Barrie- Huronia Symphony. Nov/99 4th String Quartet, R. Murray Schafer, soundtrack recording with the Penderecki String Quartet, used in performance at the George Crumb Festival, National Art Gallery, Vancouver Festival, Parry Sound Music Festival, Auer Hall in Indiana, and other venues on 2000 tour. |
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| TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO Dec/08 Master of Music in Performance and Literature Instructor: Theodore Baerg HOCHSCHULE FÜR MUSIK NUERNBERG/AUGSBURG, Augsburg Germany Jul/03 Fortbildung Abschluss (post graduate exam) Jul/02 Kunstlerishes Diplom (artist's diploma) Instructor; Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY, Waterloo Canada Jun/01 Opera Diploma Apr/00 Honours Bachelor of Voice Performance Instructor; Victor Martens |
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| AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2007 Canadian Representative, International Festival of the Conservatories,St.Petersburg 2007 Laureate of "Les Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques" 2002 Mozart Society Bursary, Augsburg 2001 Canada Council for the Arts: Grant for Professional Musicians 2001 York Region Celebration of the Arts: Grant for Emerging Classical Singer 99/00 Charles Martin Voice Scholarship 99/00 Winner of the WLU Concerto Competition 1999 Winner of the Barrie-Huronia Symphony Concerto Competition |
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| MASTERCLASSES Jun/02 Brigitte Fassbaender Jan/02 Rudolph Piernay Dec/01 Rudolph Jansen Jun/01 Ermano Mauro Mar/01 Edith Wiens Nov/02 Sena Jurinac Mar/03 Margaret Baker-Genovesi Jan/03 Ian Burnside Aug/07 Vera Danchenko-Stern |
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| ACTING EXPERIENCE Feb/03 The Vagina Monologues, Kresslesmuehle, Augsburg, Germany |
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| OPERA CHORUS EXPERIENCE Jun/00 The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan, Opera Buffa Mar/00 The Magic Flute, Mozart, WLU Mar/99 Haensel and Gretel, Humperdinck, WLU Nov/99 Le Chien de Watteau, Purves-Smith, WLU (World Premiere) |
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| OTHER SKILLS Fluent German speaker, Introductory knowledge of French and Italian, have also sung in Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Farsi |
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