2024

   •.  Voice Teacher to Heidi Duncan, Vancouver Opera's Young Artist Program, 2023-24.

   •    Voice Teacher to Teresa Tucci, Arizona District Winner of the Metropolitan Opera-Laffont

        Competition. 

   •.  Voice Teacher to Chiara Urban, scene composer in UofT Opera's Lysistrata, and leader of the Chiara

        Urban Band.

   •.  Voice Teacher to Jacob Abrahamse, Santa Fe Opera Young Artist, 2024.  

   •.  Voice Teacher to Arieh Sacke, Calgary Opera's McPhee Artist Development Program, 2023-24.

   

2023

    •.  Voice Teacher to Ana Isabella Castro, soprano, Nathania-Rose Chan, mezzo-soprano, Benjamin Done,

         tenor, Burak Yaman, tenor, and Wesley (Jun Lam) Hui, bass.  University of Toronto Opera Composer             Collective: Disobedience. YouTube Link. January 22, 2:30 pm. 

    •  Artistic Director: The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan) in concert. COSA Canada with the

         Northumberland Orchestra, John Kraus, Conductor. Trinity United Church, Cobourg, ON.

        January 28, 7:30 pm.

     •  Conductor: La Cenerentola (Rossini & Ferretti) in concert. Concerts at Sandringham. 181

        Sandringham Drive, North York. February 25, 7:30 pm.   Eventbrite Ticket Link

    •  Workshop Clinician: Kitchener-Waterloo Grand Philharmonic Choir, Mark Vuorinen, Artistic Director.

        Saturday, March 25, 10:30 am.

    •  Artistic Director: COSA Canada at Mount Allison Summer Vocal Intensive. June 18-25.       

        Applications available on Yaptracker.com and via cosacanada.org in January, 2023.

     • Voice Teacher and Consultant: University of Toronto Choral Conducting Symposium. Prof. Jamie

        Hillman, Director of Choral Studies. July 4-7. 

    •   Voice Adjudicator: Canada West Music Festival, Edmonton, Alberta.  July 20-23.

    •   Voice Teacher and Consultant: Edvard Grieg Vokal Ensemble, Bergen, Norway. October 12-20.

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2022

    •   Voice Teacher: Studio students in University of Toronto Opera's A Comic Trilogy. Nov. 24-27. 

    •   Voice Teacher and Consultant: Toronto Children's Chorus and Toronto Youth Choir with the Toronto

           Symphony Orchestra: Gustav Holst's The Planets. Nov. 9-12, 2022. Roy Thomson Hall. Peter

           Oundjian, conductor, Zimfira Poloz, TCC A.D., Matthew Otto, TYC A.D. 

    •   Voice Teacher and Consultant: Edvard Grieg Vokal Ensemble, Bergen, Norway. October 16-23.  

    •   Artistic Director: COSì à la carte. The Centre for Opera Studies in Italy, sponsored by the Centre for

        Opera Studies and Appreciation (cosacanada.org). July 10-19, 2022. Registration & Info. link here.

    •   Voice Teacher and Consultant: University of Toronto Choral Conducting Symposium. Prof. Jamie

        Hillman, Director of Choral Studies. July 5-8, 2022. Information Link Here.

    •  Conductor. Golden Harvest. Oratorio by Larysa Kuzmenko and Talia Zajac.  Mia Bach,

        pianist. The vocal artists of COSA Canada in solo and ensemble. Humbercrest United Church, June 7,

        2022. Proceeds for Canadian Red Cross Ukrainian Humanitarian Crisis Relief.   Click here to watch and

        help: $35. 

    •. Conductor. OraSTORYo! In this Broad Earth of Ours: Oratorio Ensemble (4th-Yr. 

        Undergraduate and Graduate Classes). Dr. Kathryn Tremills, pianist. Trinity-St. Paul's Centre for Faith,

        Justice, and the Arts. March 7, 2022. Linked here.

    •. COSA Canada Online Productions, 2021-2022. To watch and support, the links are as follows:

       >Endymion's Dream, by Samuel Coleridge Taylor, with text by C.R.B. Barrett

       >A Spot of Pirates (from The Pirates of Penzance), by Gilbert & Sullivan

>La Clemenza di Tito, by W.A. Mozart, libretto by Caterina Mazzolà, after Metastasio

>The Art of Love, by Norbert Palej, with his curated texts by Ovid

>The Shop Girl, Caryll and Monckton, with book by Dam and Ross.

COSA Creative: Our Artists in Three Curated Performances to Compelling Themes:

>Queens and Martyrs

>Dispatches from Lockdown

>Canadian Songscapes

 

2020

• OraSTORYo! Conductor.  Oratorio Ensemble (4th-Yr. Undergraduate). Walter Hall, The University of Toronto Faculty of Music. January 16. 

• Coffee with Saints, Prophets, Soldiers & Færies. Feb. 9,  St. Andrew's U. Church, Toronto. The University of Toronto Graduate Oratorio Ensemble. February 7.

• Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore in Concert. Conductor. Concerts at Sandringham. February 9. 

• Oratorio Ensemble (4th-Yr. Undergraduate). Conductor, with the Toronto Youth Choir, Matthew Otto, Conductor. Calvin Presbyterian Church, Toronto. March 4.

• Mozart: Apollo et Hyacinthus in Concert. Conductor. Concerts at 100. March 7.

• Memorial University of Newfoundland. "The Solo Singer in the University Choral Ensemble" Three-Part Online Events: Lecture, Interview, and Q&A with students. Dr. Jakub Martinec, Director of Choral Activities.  September 18 and October 1. 

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2019

• New Brunswick, Canada: Provincial Music Festival – Adjudicator: April 26-May 1

• China: Opera Chengdu: Artistic Director – L’Elizir d’Amore, May 7-29

• Italy: Centre for Opera Studies in Italy. Sulmona. July 1-21

• Brazil: University of Rio de Janeiro. Public Master Classes, Teaching. August 15-22

• COSI Connection:  Trial by Jury & HMS Pinafore.  Feb. 15: Tickets: eventbrite.ca, or at the door.

   Mar. 2, For seats, email concertsat100@gmail.com
   Ruddigore. Oct. 26, for CONCERTSat100. For seats, email concertsat100@gmail.com

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2018

• Ruddigore – in Concert! Conductor – COSI Connection. February 16th (Calvin Presbyterian, Toronto), Feb. 18th CONCERTSat100, Toronto. Lakefield United Church: Oct. 20th, Lakefield, ON. 

• Edmonton, Canada. Alberta Provincial Music Festival.

• Elijah: tenor soloist. London, Canada. London Symphonia, London Pro Musica, First-St. Andrew’s United Church Choir. Terry Head, Conductor. April 20

• China: Recitals, Master Classes: Sichuan University of Arts & Sciences, Sichuan Conservatory, Xi Hua University. May 14-28.

• The Merry Widow – in Concert. The COSI Connection. CONCERTSat100: September 8, Christ Church Deer Park: November 30. 

 

2017

• Lieder des Fahrenden Gesellen: tenor soloist. (North American Premiere for chamber orchestra). University of Toronto: Faculty Friends Orchestra. Uri Meyer, conductor. Nov. 30

• Singapore: OMARTIS International Music Festival: Adjudicator: July 28-August 1

• Artistic Director for the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy. Productions of Puccini’s Don Giovanni (Leslie Dala, conductor, Stuart Barker, Stage Director), Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore (Anna Theodosakis, Stage Director, and Nathalie Doucet, conductor), Puccini’s Suor Angelica (James Marvel, stage director and Shannon Hiebert, music director). 

• China: Master Classes: Sichuan University of Arts & Sciences, Xi Hua University.

• Gilbert & Sullivan. Ruddigore, Conductor: Concerts@100, COSI Connection. February 18th.

• Mozart: Apollo et Hyacinthus, COSI Connection. Conductor. Calvin Presbyterina Church, Toronto. Nov. 20

 

2016

• August 12th-14th, 2016. Voice Adjudicator: National Music Festival of Canada. Edmonton, Alberta.

• May 18th, 2016. Artistic Director: Concert Premiere of Lloyd Burritts’s opera,  Miracle Flight 571. A co-production of the Centre for Opera Studies and Appreciation (COSA) and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, William Rowson, conductor. What Next Festival of  New Music, Hamilton, ON: Christ’s Church Cathedral.

• April 5th, 2016, 7:30 pm.  CHRISTUS! Music of Bach, Telemann, Salieri, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Verdi and Elgar. Presented by the Oratorio Ensembles Class of the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, and Mia Bach, pianist. Sponsored by the “Family Music Series” at St. Basil’s Catholic Church, Toronto. John Paul Farahat,  Principal Organist and Director of Music.

• March 5th, 2016: Orff. Carmina Burana. Fanshawe Chorus London, David Holler, conductor. Dundas Centre United Church, London. 7:30 pm.

• February 20th, 2016. Artistic Director: Waltzing in a Winter Wonderland. COSI Connection: Caitlin Wood, soprano, Lyndsay Promane, mezzo-soprano, Bradley Christensen, baritone. Concerts@100.

• January 12th, 2016. 12:10 pm. OraSTORYo! An oratorio program presented by the Oratorio Ensembles Class of the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, and Mia Bach, pianist.

 

2015

• December 13, 14, 2015: Handel, Messiah. Tenor Soloist. Peterborough Singers, Syd Birrell, conductor, Ian Sadler, organ. George St. United Church, Peterborough.

• December 1st, 2015. Exsultate! Presented by the Graduate Students of the Oratorio Ensembles Class of the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, and Mia Bach, pianist. Sponsored by the “Family Music Series” at St. Basil’s Catholic Church, Toronto. John Paul Farahat,  Principal Organist and Director of Music.

• Weekends: October and November, 2015: Audition tour and masterclasses for the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy.

• September 18th and 20th, 2015. Music Director, Conductor: The Yeomen of the Guard – in Concert. A COSI Connection Production. Concerts@100, Toronto (Sept. 18th), then First-St. Andrew’s United Church, London (Paul Merritt, Director of Music).

• July 28-30, 20015. Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee: Annual Meeting and Conference: Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS).

• August 30-September 4, 2015: Voice Consultant and Teacher: Toronto Children’s Chorus at Appleby College, Oakville, ON. Elise Bradley, Artistic Director.

• June 21-July 19, 2015. Artistic Director for the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy. Productions of Mozart’s Così fan tutte (Leslie Dala, conductor, James Marvel, Stage Director), Cavalli’s La Calisto (Timothy Nelson, Music and Stage Director), and Oratorios:  Dvorak Mass in D, Mozart Litaniae K 243, Verdi Te Deum (Darryl Edwards, conductor, Shannon Hiebert, chorus master).

• May 20, 2015: “Opera Night” at George! Centre for Opera Studies & Appreciation.

• May 1, 2, 2015. Artistic Director: World Premiere of Andrew Ager’s opera,  Führerbunker. A COSI Connection Production. Michael Albano, Stage Director, Andrew Ager, Composer & Pianist. Costumes: Lisa Magill. Stage Manager: Isolde Pleasants-Faulkner. Tranzac Club. 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, ON.

• April 8th, 2015 Et Resurexit! Handel’s La Resurrezione. Presented by the Oratorio Ensembles Class of the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. St. Basil’s Catholic Church, Toronto. John Paul Farahat, Director of Music.

• February 28th, 2015, 4:00 pm. Music Director for Borrowed Passions: Settings of the Suffering of Christ. Lenten Twilight Concert Series, Michael Bloss, Artistic Director. Christ’s Church Cathedral, Hamilton.

• February 21st, 2015, 7:30 p.m., Music Director for First Love, Lasting Love. “100 Lyndhurst” Concert Series. Andrea Nuñez, soprano; Krisztina Szabo, mezzo-soprano; Tonatiuh Abrego, tenor; Dimitri Katotakis, baritone; Suzy Smith, pianist. Pay what you can. Suggested donation: $50.

• February 6th, 2015 (tbc). St. Elizabeth’s H.S., Thornhill. Masterclass & Workshop for Young Singers (classes and students of Romina Di Gasbarro).

• January 23, 2015. Claude Watson School for the Arts. Masterclass & Workshop for Young Singers (classes and students of Dr. Timothy Sullivan).                                                    

• January 8th, 2015. North Toronto Collegiate Institute (classes and students of Carol Woodward).

 

2014

• October-November, 2014. Masterclasses and coordinators: Dalhousie University (Prof. Marcia Swanston), Memorial University of Newfoundland (Prof. Jane Leibel and Prof. Jakub Martinec). Lethbridge University (Prof. Blaine Hendsbee), University of Alberta (Shannon Hiebert, Elizabeth Turnbull, and Prof. John Tessier). These were concurrent with COSI auditions at the above institutions, as well as at:  Western University (Prof. Patricia Green), McGill University (Prof. Michael McMahon), The National Opera Center, New York City, and the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto.

• September 19th and 21st, 2014. Music Director, Conductor: HMS Pinafore in Concert! A COSI Connection Production. Calvin Presbyterian Church, Toronto (Sept. 19th), then First-St. Andrew’s United Church, London (Paul Merritt, Director of Music).

• August 26-31, 2014: Voice Consultant and Voice Teacher, Toronto Children’s Chorus. Appleby College, Oakville, ON. Elise Bradley, Artistic Director. 

• August 17-23, 2014. Artist in Residence, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro School of Music (Prof. Carol McDavit).

• June 22-July 21, 2014. Artistic Director for the Centre for Opera studies in Italy. Productions of Puccini’s La Bohème (Leslie Dala, conductor, James Marvel, Stage Director), Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Timothy Nelson, Music and Stage Director), and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria (Leslie Dala, conductor, Shannon Hiebert, chorus master).

• June 7-11, 2014. Master Classes and Lessons: Vancouver International Song Institute. University of British Columbia.

• May 9, 2014. Artistic Director: COSI Connection Double Bill: In Recital: Katherine Whyte, soprano and Steven Philcox, collaborative pianist. Andrew Ager’s opera farce: Casanova. Andrew Ager, pianist. St. James Cathedral Centre, Toronto, ON.

• January 27, 2014. Presenter for Choirs Ontario:  “Vocal Tone in the Voice Studio AND Choir Rehearsal”

• January 19, 2014. Performance with composer and pianist, Jack Behrens, for the Ontario Registered Music Teacher’s Association (Toronto).

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2013

• September 18, 2013. Recital: Arts and Letters Club, Toronto. Darryl Edwards, tenor, Steven Philcox, piano.

• June 8, 2013. Songfire Festival: Vancouver International Song Institute. Poems for Music(Robert Hillyer), by Jack Behrens. Darryl Edwards, tenor, Steven Philcox, Piano.

• May 14-15, 2013. COSI’s world premiere of Andrew Ager’s Opera, The Wings of the Dove. Michael Patrick Albano, stage director, Andrew Ager, composer and pianist. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue. Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

• May 10, 2013. La Bella Notte. COSI Connection. Christ Church, Calgary. Fundraiser organized by Amber Quarrington, COSI’s Marketing and Events C0-ordinator. 

• May 9, 2013. Master Class, St. Elizabeth’s Catholic High School, Thornhill. Michelle Jansen, voice and choir teacher.

• May 3, 2013. Masterclasses, Canadian Operatic Arts Academy, Western University, London, ON. 

• April 28, 2013. Gilbert & Sullivan Pops. London Pro Musica and Orchestra London Canada. Vicki St. Pierre, conductor.

• April 21, 2013. Benjamin Britten: Saint Nicolas. First-St. Andrew’s United Church, London, ON. 3:00 p.m. Paul Merritt, conductor.

• January 10, 2013. The Mikado, with the Concert and Opera Group, U of Toronto’s Vocal Advance! community engagement program, and the choirs of North Toronto Collegiate Institute. Guests: Jackson’s Point Choir Retreat. 

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2012

• Nov. 27, 2012. COSI Auditions and Master Class: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.

• Nov. 25/26, 2012. COSI Auditions and Master Class: University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

• Nov. 24, 2012. COSI Auditions and Master Classes: Arrata Centre (Calgary Opera Emerging Artists),  Mount Royal College Conservatory, AB.

• Nov. 9, 2012. COSI Auditions in Montreal: Jeunesses Musicales Building, Montreal, QC.

• Nov. 5, 2012. COSI Auditions and Master Class in Halifax, N.S.

• Nov. 3, 2012. COSI Auditions and Master Class in St. John’s, N.L.

• Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. COSI Auditions in Vancouver, Ontario

• Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012: COSI Auditions in London, Ontario.

• August 26-31, 2012: Voice Consultant, Toronto Children’s Chorus. Appleby College, Oakville, ON

• August 24, 2012: Masterclass – Singers from the cast of Anne of Green Gables, and with participants of the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Singing. Charlottetown, Prince Edwards Island.

• August 23, 2012. In Recital: Department of Music, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown.

• July 12, 2012. World premiere of Andrew Ager’s song cycle for tenor and piano, Ovid Songs. Sulmona, Italy, in the COSI Opera Festival. Cortile Annunziata. Andrew Ager, piano

• June 10, 2012: Vancouver International Song Institute. World premiere of  Image-Nation for tenor, horn and piano, based on the poetry of Robin Blaser. Composed by Lloyd Burritt.

• April 18-29, 2012: Masterclasses in China (Beijing’s Central Conservatory, Xi’an Conservatory)

• April 27, 2012: Recital: Xi’an Conservatory of Music, Xi’an, China. Darryl Edwards, tenor, Zhao Lei, piano

• April 4, 2012, Easter Concert: Czech Boys Choir and Filharmonie Hradec Králové, Czech Republic: Excerpts from Bach’s  St. Matthew Passion and Handel’s Messiah.

• April 2nd, 2012: Masterclass, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

• March 5, 2012: Masterclass with singers at the Amsterdam Opera Studio.

• November 13th, 2011. Beethoven Symphony No. 9. Symphony on the Bay, Masterworks of Oakville Chorus. Burlington Performing Arts Centre. 7:30 p.m.

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2011

• November 5th, 2011: Master Class with singers from the Marcel A. Desautel School of Music (Eva Clare Hall, 2-4 pm), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

• November 6th, 2011: Master Class with singers from Calgary Opera Emerging Artists program, Arrata Opera Centre, Calgary.

• November 8th, 2011: COSI/Jeunesses Musicales Auditions, Montreal

• November 17th-18th, 2011: COSI/Jeunesses Musicales Auditions, Toronto

• November 19th, 2011: COSI/Jeunesses Musicales Auditions, London, ON

• December 2nd, 2011: Master Class with singers from Memorial University School of Music (in PC Hall from 2:00-4:00 p.m.), St. John’s.

• December 3rd, 2011: Master Class with singers from Dalhousie University School of Music, from 3-5 pm, Room 406 (MacAloney Room), Halifax