Ian has been a professional musical theatre performer for over 35 years and is currently the Canadian regional rep for Musical Theatre Educators' Alliance. He is a graduate of Queen's University (Bachelor of Music in voice) and Sheridan College (Diploma in Music-Theatre Performance). He has been on faculty in the Music Theatre - Performance department at St Lawrence College since 2014 and has been a voice teacher at Sheridan College in the Music Theatre Performance program.
Over the years, Ian has performed vocal styles from Operetta to Pop/Rock. His vocal pedagogy studies include NATS Conference (Chicago), Penn State Vocal Pedagogy (Mary Saunders-Barton, Bel Canto, Can Belto), Somatic Voicework TM (Levels I, II, III with Jeanie LoVetri), Soul Ingredients TM (Dr. Triniece Robinson- Martin, Princeton University), Boston Conservatory Vocal Pedagogy (Kevin Wilson, Jared Trudeau), and Rock the Audition Teacher Training (Sheri Sanders). He continues his studies of contemporary commercial voice with such courses on Belting, Training Transgender Voices, What is Mix?, Voice Acoustics, and Vocal Health and Pathologies.
As an actor/singer Ian has worked at such theatres as the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Shaw Festival, Charlottetown Festival, American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and played Harry Bright in US National Tour of Mamma Mia! where he toured to over 144 cities across Canada, the US, and Mexico. He has worked with Tony nominated directors Frank Galati, Susan H. Schulman, Gary Griffin, Brian Macdonald, and Brian Bedford; Olivier nominated director Phyllida Lloyd; and esteemed Canadian directors Donna Feore, Robert McQueen, Jackie Maxwell, Christopher Newton, and Richard Monette. He has sung internationally with The Orchestra Japan across Japan and Taiwan. You can also see him in guest starring roles on CBC's Diggstown and Murdoch Mysteries.
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church - Chapel
54 Benton St.
Kitchener, ON N2G 3H2
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:9:00 AM | Name:Annie Dear | Titles: Naughty, Matilda by Tim Minchin The Wizard and I , Wicked by Stephen Schwartz | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:9:15 AM | Name:Emma Stead | Titles: Shy, Once Upon A Mattress by Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer Home, Beetlejuice by Eddie Perfect | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:9:30 AM | Name:Cinri Xu | Titles: I'd Rather Be Me, Mean Girls by Jeff Richmond Home, Beauty and the Beast by Alan Menken | Home Festival:Star-MVP |
Time:9:45 AM | Name:Marcus Ngo | Titles: Waving Through a Window, Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Proud of Your Boy, Aladdin by Alan Menken | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:10:00 AM | Name:Jingzi Zhu | Titles: Johnny One Note, Babes in Arms by Richard Rodgers Alone in the Universe, Seussical the Musical by Stephen Flaherty | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
Time:10:15 AM | Name:Alcina Wojkowski | Titles: My Grand Plan, The Lightning Thief by Kristen Stokes Sing Your Own Song, Dear Edwina by Zina Goldrich | Home Festival:Chatham |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Max Luan | Titles: Middle of a Moment , James and the Giant Peach by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul What If, The Addams Family by Andrew Lippa | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:10:45 AM | Name:James Elia | Titles: Different, Honk by Stiles & Drewe Think Positive, Willy Wonka by Leslie Bricusse | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Lucy Cerkwonyk | Titles: Everything's Coming up Roses, Gypsy by Jule Styne Home, Beetlejuice by Danny Elfman | Home Festival:Oakville |
Time:11:15 AM | Name:Emily Yip | Titles: On My Own, Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg Don't Rain on My Parade, Funny Girl by Jule Styne | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:11:30 AM | Name:Lucas Lee | Titles: Little People, Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer What If, Addams Family by Andrew Lippa | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:1:00 PM | Name:Lisa Geimer | Titles: Johnny One Note, Babes In Arms by Richard Rogers Quiet, Matilda by Tim Minchin | Home Festival:IMFC |
Time:1:15 PM | Name:Kyla Johnston Potter | Titles: What it Means to be a Friend , 13 the Musical by Jason Robert Brown Home, Beetlejuice by Eddie Perfect | Home Festival:London |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Evelyn Topham | Titles: Up On The Fridge , Dear Edwina by Music by Zina Goldrich and lyrics by Marcy Heisler Six Hours as a Princess , Children's Letters to God by Music by David Evans and lyrics by Douglas J. Cohen | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:Sophie Dicks | Titles: Home, Wonderland by Frank Wildhorn & Jack Murphy Naughty, Matilda by Tim Minchin | Home Festival:Grey County |
Time:2:00 PM | Name:Ethan Wang | Titles: Alone In The Universe , Seussical the Musical by Stephen Flaherty When I Get My Name In Lights, The Boy From Oz by Peter Allen | Home Festival:Toronto |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm.
Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.
The top two competitors from this class will proceed to the playoffs.
The playoffs will be held at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church - Sanctuary
54 Queen St. N., Kitchener, ON N2H 2H2