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Music Résumé

Choir Experience

 

Voices of Bahá (Soprano) conducted by Tom Price – 150 singers

India Tour of Summer 2010: Mumbai, Pune, Lucknow, New Delhi, and Agra (June 2010)

Chamber Singers (Alto) conducted by Michael Melton, Chicago, IL – 15 singers

Fall Concert: “Hebrew Love Songs” and “Leonard Dreams” by Eric Whitacre – Northeastern Illinois University (2/12/2009). 

Spring Concert: “A German Requiem” by Johannes Brahms – Northeastern Illinois University (21/04/2009). 

 

Bahá'í House of Worship Choir (Soprano) conducted by Van Gilmer, Wilmette, IL – 30 singers

Weekly performances at the Bahá'í House of Worship, Wilmette, Il. 

 

Park Ridge Chorale (Soprano) conducted by Edward Zelnis, Park Ridge, IL – 40 singers

Love Is... – St Luke's Lutheran Church (12/04/2008). 

 

Cantata Singers of Ottawa (Alto) conducted by Michael Zaugg, Ottawa – 40 singers

A Canadian Soundscape – Christ Church Cathedral (19/05/2006).  Live recording

 

Ottawa Classical Choir (Alto) conducted by Michel Brousseau, Ottawa – 30 singers

Italian Arias – Place des Arts, Montreal (07/06/2006) & Dominion Chalmers Church, Ottawa (01/06/2006)

 

Ottawa Festival Chorus (Soprano) conducted by Helmuth Rilling and prepared by Duain Wolfe, Ottawa – 80 singers

Bach B minor Mass – National Arts Centre (15 & 16/03/2006) – CBC Radio recording

 

Musica Viva Singers (Alto) conducted by James Calkin, Ottawa – 60 singers

Christmas concert – Christ Church Cathedral (06/12/2003) – Live recording

Spring concert – Christ Church Cathedral (09/05/2004) – Live recording

 

Les Chœurs de l'Union Européenne (Tenor) conducted by Dirk de Moor, Brussels, Belgium – 100 singers

Carmina Burana, Carl Orff – Charlemagne Chamber Orchestra conducted by Bartholomeus-Henri Van de Velde: Brussels (10/06/2003)

Lobgesang, Felix Mendelssohn – Brussels Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jacques Vanherenthals, Brussels (15/11 & 13/12/2002)

Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine, Gabriel Fauré – Brussels Symphony Orchestra, Brussels (21 & 22/03/2002) – Live recording

Requiem, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Brussels Symphony Orchestra, Ath (15/12/2001)

Le Cadre Noir, Saumur Horse Opera – Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles conducted by Mélanie Thiébaut, Brussels (28 & 30/11 & 1/12/2001)

Mass in E-Flat Major, Franz Schubert – Brussels Symphony Orchestra, Brussels (23/11/2001)

 

Voices of Bahá (Tenor) conducted by Tom Price

Caribbean Tour of Summer 2005 – 85 singers, Dominican Rep, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, & Jamaica

Carnegie Hall, New York – 550 singers, with Voices of Bahá Orchestra (30/06/2002) – Live recording

European Tour of Summer 2001 – 160 singers, with the Slovak National Radio Symphony Orchestra: Slovak Rep., Spain; France, Germany

 

Bahá'í Gospel Singers (Tenor) conducted by Evander Gilmer – 200 singers

Manhattan Centre, Hammerstein Ballroom, New York (28/06/2002)

 

Patchwork (Tenor) conducted by Pierre Weber, Brussels, Belgium – 15 singers

Czech Republic Summer Tour (July 2000)

Hungary Summer Tour (August 1998)

 

Les Pastoureaux (Alto) conducted by Bernard Pagnier, Waterloo, Belgium – 40 singers

  Various concerts (1976-1978)

 

Recitals


Vocal Music for a Sunday Afternoon - Rideau Park United Church, Ottawa (15/05/2005)

Recital - Rideau Park United Church, Ottawa (4/08/2005)

 

Choir Conducting
       

Bahá’í House of Worship Choir. See the Light of His Glory by Jack Lenz, Jim Seals & Tom Price - Wilmette, IL, 17 January 2010

Ottawa Bahá’í Choir. World Religion Day, Gatineau, Canada, 17 January 2006

Choral Ensemble. Rutter’s Noël Nouvelet & Il est né le divin enfant at Musical Offering for Christmas - Ottawa University, 2 December 2005

 

Musical Education and Training


Degrees :  

Northeastern Illinois University, M.A in Music, Vocal Pedagogy, May 2011 (CGPA: 4.0).

University of Ottawa, B.A. Music, Honours Degree, graduated Magna Cum Laude, May 2008.

 

Voice lessons :   

Robert Heitzinger – January 2010 to present

Kathleen Van De Graaff – January 2008 to present

Stephanie Coldwell, Assistant Voice Professor at Ottawa University – September 2006 to August 2007

Mary Enid Haines, Voice Professor at Ottawa University – September 2005 to April 2006

Denis Boudreault, Lyric Tenor, Ottawa – August 2004 to August 2005

Dillon Parmer, professor at Ottawa University – October 2003 to October 2004

 

Memberships


National Association for Music Education

National Music Teachers Association

Dalcroze Society of America

Illinois Music Teachers Association