Jennie's career has spanned the genres of oratorio, opera, recital and musical theatre. She is an alumna of Western University and the Royal College of Music (U.K). As an emerging artist she was a young company member with the Vancouver Opera Touring Ensemble, and the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble.
Jennie has sung principal roles with Broomhill Opera (U.K), Calgary Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Atelier, Pacific Opera Victoria, Opera Ontario, Vancouver Opera, Mirvish Productions, and the Canadian Opera Company.
As an oratorio soloist Jennie has performed throughout Canada, Germany and the U.K. She has been broadcast on CBC Radio, MDR (Germany) and the BBC (U.K), and has recorded works for CBC Records and the Naxos label.
Teaching and coaching is the cornerstone of Jennie's current musical work. She is a voice instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University, and the singing coach at the Stratford Festival and the
Birmingham Conservatory. 2024 will mark her 11th season with the company.
Additional vocal coaching credits include the Toronto production of Billy Elliot (Mirvish), The Hockey Sweater (NAC), and Opera NUOVA (Edmonton).
This season she will stage direct Opera Laurier's 2023/24 productions.
As an adjudicator Jennie has served for the Ontario Arts Council, and the Kiwanis and Rotary Festival organizations in regional and provincial competitions.
Awards include grants from the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, the USC Teaching Excellence "Honour Roll" Award (Western University) and a Tyrone Guthrie financial gift from the Stratford Festival.
Central Baptist Church Oakville
340 Rebecca St
Oakville, ON L6K 1K3
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:10:00 AM | Name:Marina Kelbas | Titles: Se tu m'ami by Alessandro Parisotti Dans un bois solitaire, 308 (295b) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Das erste Veilchen, op. 19 no. 2 by Felix Mendelssohn | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:10:15 AM | Name:YueYao Chen | Titles: Stizzoso, mio stizzoso, La serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Domine Deus by Antonio Vivaldi Au bord de l'eau by Gabriel Fauré | Home Festival:IMFC |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Lola Hu | Titles: O del mio amato ben by Stefano Donaudy Widmung, op. 25, Myrthen by Robert Schumann The Mermaid’s Song, Hob. XXVIa:25 by Franz Joseph Haydn | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:10:45 AM | Name:Gioia Bonifacio-Proietto | Titles: Cujus animam gementum by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Ici-bas!, op. 8, no. 3 by Gabriel Fauré Sure on this Shining Night, op. 13, no. 3 by Samuel Barber | Home Festival:Niagara |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Evelyn Esch | Titles: Laschia ch'io pianga by George Frideric Handel Das Veilchen by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dans les ruines d'une abbaye by Gabriel Fauré | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:11:15 AM | Name:Marie-Claire Fernandez Ayanegui | Titles: Charmant papillion by Andre Campra Ständchen by Franz Schubert El Majo Discreto by Enrique Granados | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:Anna Gaudino | Titles: The Ash Grove, Welsh Tune by arr. Benjamin Britten Ave Maria by J.S. Bach In The Bleak Midwinter by Eric H. Thiman | Home Festival:Lakehead |
Time:1:15 PM | Name:Audrey McDowell | Titles: Ici-Bas! op. 8, no. 3 by G. Fauré Un moto di gioia by W.A. Mozart In the Dark Pine-Wood by Ben Moore | Home Festival:Oakville |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Olivia Socol | Titles: Se tu m'ami, se sospiri by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi The Lake of Innisfree by Ben Moore Les Berceaux by G. Fauré | Home Festival:Oakville |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:Mathias Séror | Titles: Lungi Dal Caro Bene by Giuseppe Sarti Si mes vers avaient des ailes by Reynaldo Hahn Ubriaco non son io by Wolfgang A. Mozart | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:2:00 PM | Name:Thomas Paul Perrone | Titles: Sea Fever by John Ireland Die Forelle by Franz Schubert On The Brow of Richmond Hill by Henry Purcell | Home Festival:Grey County |
Time:2:15 PM | Name:Adrit Panda | Titles: Nebbie by Ottorino Respighi Dans un bois solitaire by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Leather-winged Bat by Jake Heggie | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:2:30 PM | Name:Rose Stratford | Titles: The Mermaids Song, Hob.XXVIa:25 by Franz Joseph Haydn Les Berceaux, op. 23, no.1 by Gabriel Fauré Das Veilchen, K. 476 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Workshop will be held from approximately 3:00 pm until 4:30 pm.
Announcement of the winners will happen at the end of the workshop.