Mar 24, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog
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”;...Mar 17, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog
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...Mar 10, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog
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...Mar 3, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog
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...Feb 24, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog
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...Feb 17, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog
Cast, chorus, conductor and director of KWSO La traviata, February 12, 2023 It’s always a great moment as a teacher and mentor to be able to celebrate the fruits of our collective labours. Such was the occasion last weekend, when our Laurier students took to the...