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ACTOR Project Coordinator/Research Assistant, Schulich School of Music, McGill University Schulich School of Music |
Research Interests
- Voice Science
- Auditory Perception
- Multimedia Composition and Sound Design
- Gender Theory, Perception, and Semiotics
- Critical Disability Theory
- Equity and Diversity
Education
- Vanier College, Audio Recording Technology, 2017
- University of Miami, Doctorate of Musical Arts, Vocal Pedagogy and Musicology, 2011
Thesis: Effects of Bulimia Nervosa on the Voice: A Guide for Voice Teachers - McGill University, Artist’s Diploma, Opera Performance, 2005
- McGill University, Master of Music, Opera Performance, 2003
- McGill University, Bachelor of Music, Early Music and Modern Vocal Performance, 2001
Selected Professional Experience
- ACTOR Project Coordinator, Schulich School of Music of McGill University, 2018-present
- Assistant to the Dean of Music, Schulich School of Music of McGill University, 2017-2018
- Director of School Music, St. Patrick School, 2008-2016
- Graduate Assistant and Course Lecturer, Frost School of Music, University of Miami, 2005-2008
Selected Conference Presentations
- Unpacking the Female Werewolf: Gender Semiotics in Bitten, Queer Research Colloquium, Institute for Gender and Feminist Studies, McGill University, 2019
- A Collaborative Labour of Queer Love: Creating Diversity in College Voice Programs through the Creation of New Multi-Media Art and Online Networking, IGSF Off-Script Conference (part of the Htmlles Festival), 2018
- Tackling Opera’s Diversity Issues with Love Honour and Technology, Lesbians Who Tech Montreal Summit, 2018
- Contralto Screening & Discussion with Sarah Hennies, The Arts of Trans, Gender Diverse and Two-Spirit Lives Conference, Chair, 2018
Selected Vocal Performances
- Soprano Soloist, Brey: Three Songs to Joannes, Queer History Month @ Schulich (Canadian Premiere, 2019)
- Soprano Soloist, Mozart: Missa Brevis, Cantiamo Montreal
- Soprano Soloist, Bach: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, The Miami Bach Society
- Hanna Glawari, Lehar: The Merry Widow, Frost Opera Theatre
- Elisabeth, Glass: Les Enfants Terribles (excerpts @ Stamps Family Distinguished Visitors Series), Frost Opera Theatre and Florida Grand Opera
- Violetta Valéry, Verdi: La Traviata (excerpts at Art Basel), Florida Grand Opera
Selected Commissions
- Them (multimedia opera), excerpts premiered at Queer History Month @ Schulich, Montreal, 2019
- The Death of a King (electronic/vocal), Commissioned by Black Theatre Workshop for The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, Montreal, QC, 2018
- A Children’s Mass (treble choir), premiered by St. Patrick’s Children’s Choir, Miami Beach, FL, 2014