One thing at a time

One little troll (K. Barber, June 2022) A little whimsy might be in order this week, given that I’ve had a couple of weeks of no posts due to sheer and utter craziness. And since trolls are one of my favourite whimsical things, and since the theme of the week is...

Let go

Let go (sourced on Snappa, March 23, 2023) Let go. It’s one thing that one seems to say often as a voice instructor (and singer), whether to one’s students or to oneself. As one of my former teachers used to like to say, “let go and let God”;...

ImPerfect As We Are

The Court of Last Resort, Little Women 2023 (photo by Kaela Bosch @kaelaboschcaptures) from l-r Grace Ronan, MacKenzie Sechi, Keiko Larocque and Katrina Elms (Xander Bechard hidden!) Our Little Women opened, ran, and closed last weekend. It was a triumph for everyone...

Power Women

Power Women–taken at Little Women dress rehearsal, March 8, 2023 (l-r Kira Omelchenko, Kimberly Barber, Kate Carver, Dana Fradkin) In honour of International Women’s Day, I bring you: Power Women. At Opera Laurier, I have built a reputation for hiring...

Hear me roar

Roar (accessed on Snappa, March 2, 2023) I began teaching my inaugural EmPowering your Voice! workshops last night. These sessions have been circling around my artist-teacher brain for several years; I began a prototype of them in the first fall of the pandemic with...

We need to talk about Midori

Midori Marsh booting up backstage, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto (November 2019) So. We need to talk about Midori. A quick bio: Midori Marsh studied in my studio at Laurier for 5 years, from 2013-2018. She then went on to do her Masters at my alma mater, University of...