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:Joanne Markov | Titles: The Bird's Lament by Richard Rodney Bennett O cessate di piagarmi by Alessandro Scarlatti Heidenröslein by Franz Schubert | Home Festival:Oakville |
Time:10:10 AM | Name:Mia Kulinchenko | Titles: Sebben crudele by Antonio Caldara Crépuscule by Jules Massenet There Is a Balm in Gilead by arr. Mark Hayes | Home Festival:Oakville |
Time:10:20 AM | Name:Sarina Wu | Titles: Le papillon et la fleur, op. 1 by Gabriel Fauré Im Wunderschönen Monat Mai by Robert Schumann At the river by Aaron Copland | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Janae Layne | Titles: Chanson by Nadia Boulanger Non giova il sospira by Nicola Vaccai Water Parted From the Sea by Thomas Arne | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:Sofia Giuliano | Titles: The Willow Song by Arthur Sullivan Das Mädchen by Franz Schubert L’esperto nocchiero by Giovanni Bononcini | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:10:50 AM | Name:Mia Greatrix | Titles: Ich liebe dich by Ludwig van Beethoven The Green Dog by Herbert Kingsley Danny Boy by Traditional Irish Folksong | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Olivia Dennis | Titles: Caro mio ben by Giuseppe Giordani Adela by Joaquin Rodrigo The Green Dog by Herbert Kingsley | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:11:10 AM | Name:Lekha Sivakumar | Titles: Nina by Anonymous Minnelied by Felix Mendelssohn Now (more near ourselves than we) by Ellen Mandel | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:11:20 AM | Name:Taylor Horton | Titles: Danny Boy by Jeff Smallman The Sky Above the Roof by Ralph Vaughan Williams Jeunes fillettes by Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin | Home Festival:Niagara |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:Sofia Szeto | Titles: Ich liebe dich by Ludwig van Beethoven Danny Boy by arr. Jeff Smallman Le papillon et la fleur, op. 1, no. 1 by Gabriel Fauré | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:1:10 PM | Name:Gianna Spironello | Titles: Come and Trip It, L'Allegro by George Frideric Handel Erstes Grün, op. 35, no. 4 by Robert Schumann Voyage à Paris (no. 4) by Francis Poulenc | Home Festival:Sault Ste. Marie |
Time:1:20 PM | Name:Aude Nguyen-Caldwell | Titles: Non giova il sospirar by Nicola Vaccai Madrigal by Cécile Chaminade La cigale et la fourmi by Camille Saint-Saens | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Zander Li | Titles: A Madrigal by Herbert Howells Since First I Saw Your Face by Thomas Ford Le papillon et la fleur, op.1, no. 1 by Gabriel Fauré | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:1:40 PM | Name:Melody Farhang Nia | Titles: Se l'aura spira by Girolamo Frescobaldi Die Bekehrte, op. 13, no. 1 by Max Stange The Lass from the Low Countree by John Jacob Niles | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:1:50 PM | Name:Shira Mol | Titles: The Willow Song by Arthur Sullivan Danny Boy by arr. Jeff Smallman Pupille nere by Giovanni Bononcini | Home Festival:Woodstock |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:15 pm until 4:00 pm.
Announcement of winners and people chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.
Level 7 Voice Playoff will be held at Walton United Church - 2489 Lakeshore Rd. W. - from 4:30 pm to approximately 5:30 pm.
Please note that competitors will need to travel to Walton United Church.