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Resume

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Solo Performance Experience

Solo recital in the Ignatius Huis Lunchtime Concert Series, Amsterdam
Debut of duo project Intime Nigunim with Itamar Erez at In the House Festival
Soloist, VoxFest A Cappella Worldbeat Festival, Vancouver East Cultural Centre
Soloist, The Opera Project: Mother's Day Concert, United Memorial Church
Solo recital in Chutzpah! 2005 Festival, Norman Rothstein Theatre
Title Role in Zaide by Mozart, Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings Hall, England
Sun Rings by Terry Riley, Soloist with the Kronos Quartet, Cutler Majestic Theatre
Drumming by Steven Reich, Soloist with the Callithumpian Consort, Brown Hall
Premiered Body Without Organs by Gavin Steingo, Jordan Hall
Mass in B minor by J.S. Bach, Vox Consort Baroque Ensemble, Mission Church
Cantate Domino, Trio Cantata by Buxtehude, Jordan Hall
Klezmer Trio outreach performance, Brookline Community Center
New England Conservatory Jewish Music Ensemble concerts, Jordan Hall
Lo Fatal by Peter J. Evans, New England Conservatory
Premiered Joy is to Life by Camille Jentgen, Jordan Hall
Premiered Afternoon in Disguise by Daniel Blake, New England Conservatory
Handel’s Sing-Along Messiah, Vancouver Bach Choir, Orpheum Theatre
Magnificat in D by J.S. Bach; Gloria by Vivaldi, Vox Consort, Mission Church
Stabat Mater by D. Scarlatti, N.E.C. Chamber Choir Simon Carrington, Jordan Hall
Role of First Witch in Dido & Aeneas by Purcell, NECLOC, Boston Arts Academy

Summer Festivals

Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme, Suffolk, England
KlezKanada, a Festival of Jewish Music, Montreal, Quebec
Vancouver Early Music Festival Baroque Vocal Programme
Okanagan Vocal Arts Festival, Vernon, B.C.

Upcoming 

Johannes Passion
with the Nederlands Kamerkoor, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, 
        April 2006

Awards and Distinctions

Award, Canadian Aldeburgh Foundation, 2004 
Bursary, Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme, 2004
Scholarship, Vancouver Early Music Festival, 2004
Scholarship, KlezKanada, 2004
Scholarship, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, 2000 - 2004
British Columbia Arts Council Merit-Based Scholarship Assistance, 2000
First Place, British Columbia Festival of the Performing Arts, Provincial 
          Competition, 1999 and 1997

Education

New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
        Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, 2004
        Concentration in Music In Education
        Dean’s List, 2000 - 2004

Principal Teachers Coaches Masterclasses
Barbara Hannigan Ray Nurse Ellen Hargis
Heidi Klassen Paul McCreesh Anne Murray
Edward Zambara Stuart Hamilton Stuart Hamilton
Anna Relyea Jacquelyn Short Michael Cavanagh
Sylvia Cavanagh Leslie Dala Bernard Turgeon
Hankus Netsky Bruce Pullan

Related Skills

Piano (15 years), dance (10 years), conversational French