Ms. Baron began her stage career performing with the Canadian Opera Company following her training at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the University of Toronto's Opera Department. After transitioning to Music Theatre, she went on to star in both musicals and plays in theatres across Canada, the United States, London's West End and on Broadway.
Ms. Baron has played leading roles in both musicals and plays. Her dramatic roles include Honey in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Grand Theatre, London), Celia in As You Like It (Stratford Festival), and Janet in the original production of Waiting For the Parade (Alberta Theatre Projects).
Some of her favourite musical roles include Sarah in Guys and Dolls (Stratford Festival), Amalia in She Loves Me (Grand Theatre, London), Lady Audley in Lady Audley's Secret (Shaw Festival) and Jenny in Company (CanStage, Toronto).
The successful meeting of Ms. Baron and Gilbert and Sullivan began at the Stratford Festival with leading roles in The Mikado, The Gondoliers and Iolanthe. These productions were filmed and televised on C.B.C. and HBO.
She reprised her role as Yum-Yum in The Mikado on tour in Canada, the United States, the Old Vic in London, England and on Broadway.
As an educator, Ms. Baron was the Head of the Vocal Discipline for the Music Theatre Performance Program at Sheridan College for 15 years.
Currently, she adjudicates Music Theatre in Festivals across Canada, conducts Music Theatre Performance Workshops and Master Classes and works with theatre artists in her Toronto studio.
Central Baptist Church Oakville
340 Rebecca St
Oakville, ON L6K 1K3
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:9:00 AM | Name:Junior Van Geffen | Titles: Where is Love?, Oliver! by Lionel Bart I Won't Grow Up, Peter Pan by Carolyn Leigh and Mark Charlap | Home Festival:London |
Time:9:15 AM | Name:Emma Stead | Titles: Lost In The Brass, Band Geeks by G. Alter, T. Newman and M. Allen Someone Handed Me the Moon, Anne & Gilbert by B. Johnston, J. Hochhauser & N. White | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:9:30 AM | Name:Léonie Jolicoeur | Titles: I'd Rather Be Me, Mean Girls by Jeff Richmond Requiem, Dear Evan Hansen by Pasek and Paul | Home Festival:Kingston |
Time:9:45 AM | Name:Chloe Sproule | Titles: Honey Bun, South Pacific by Oscar Hammerstein ll, Richard Rodgers What It Means to be a Friend, 13 the Musical by Jason Robert Brown | Home Festival:Lakehead |
Time:10:00 AM | Name:Claire Hogg | Titles: Sing Your Own Song, Dear Edwina by Marcy Heisler Live Out Loud, The Little Princess by Andrew Lippa and Brian Crawley | Home Festival:Peterborough |
Time:10:15 AM | Name:Adele Bishop | Titles: Where is Love?, Oliver! by Lionel Bart We're Off to See the Wizard, The Wizard of Oz by Harold Arlen | Home Festival:Sudbury |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Waverley Unsworth | Titles: The Girl I Mean to Be, The Secret Garden by Lucy Simon Quiet, Matilda by Tim Minchin | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:10:45 AM | Name:Emma Victoria Tagliabue | Titles: My New Philosophy, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown by Andrew Lippa Maybe, Annie by Martin Charnin and Charles Strouse | Home Festival:North York Live |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Violet Folino | Titles: It's Possible, Seussical the Musical by S. Flaherty Quiet, Matilda by Tim Minchin | Home Festival:Niagara |
Time:11:15 AM | Name:Raluca Eliza Hanciu | Titles: I Got the Sun in the Morning, Annie Get Your Gun by Irving Berlin Castle on a Cloud, Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schonberg | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:11:30 AM | Name:Kristen Lai | Titles: Quiet, Matilda by Tim Minchin Everlasting, Tuck Everlasting by Chris Miller | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
Time:11:45 AM | Name:Ashley Yong | Titles: Sayonara, How to Eat like a Child by John Forster What If, Addams Family by Andrew Lippa | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:1:15 PM | Name:Ariadne Deziel | Titles: Home, Wonderland by Frank Wildhorn I Know It's Today, Shrek the Musical by David Lindsey-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Nathan Van Elslander | Titles: Middle of a Moment, James and the Giant Peach by Pasek and Paul Proud of Your Boy, Aladdin: The Musical by Menken and Ashman | Home Festival:Oakville |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:Chloe Lamb | Titles: A Broken Old Doll, A Little Princess by Andrew Lippa My Grand Plan, The Lightning Thief by Rob Rokicki | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:2:00 PM | Name:Aubrey Demianchuk | Titles: I Whistle A Happy Tune, The King and I by Richard Rodgers The Girl I Mean To Be, The Secret Garden by Lucy Simon | Home Festival:Quinte |
Time:2:15 PM | Name:Emily Edwards | Titles: I Know Things Now, Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim Dance With You (Emma's Version), The Prom by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:2:30 PM | Name:Faye Kastelic | Titles: Up on the Fridge, Dear Edwina by Zina Goldrich Amazing Mayzie, Seussical the Musical by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty | Home Festival:Toronto |
Workshop will be held from approximately 3:00 pm until 4:30 pm.
Announcement of the winners and top two competitors chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.
The Elementary Musical Theatre Playoffs will be held at Glen Abbey United Church - 1469 Nottinghill Gate - from 5:00 pm to approximately 6:00 pm.
Playoff competitors will have to travel to Glen Abbey United Church