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:10:30 AM | Name:Jane Hynes | Titles: Intorno all'idol mio by Marco Antonio Cesti Liebst du um Schönheit by C. Schumann Serenade by C. Gounod | Home Festival:Oakville |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:Alessia Di Caro | Titles: Me voglio fa' 'na casa, Tre canzonette RIC by Gaetano Donizetti Come Ready and See Me by Richard Hundley Liebst du um Schönheit, Lieder, op. 12 by Clara Schumann | Home Festival:IMFC |
Time:10:50 AM | Name:Hana Manji | Titles: Alma del core by Antonio Caldara Le Charme by Ernest Chausson The Sally Gardens by Benjamin Britten | Home Festival:London |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Alexander Zhang | Titles: Già il sole dal Gange by Alessandro Scarlatti Intorno all'idol mio by Marco Antonio Cesti Sonntag, op. 107, no. 3 by Johannes Brahms | Home Festival:North York Live |
Time:11:15 AM | Name:Claire Miller | Titles: I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly by Henry Purcell Liebst du um Schönheit by Clara Schumann For You There Is No Song by Leslie Adams | Home Festival:Grey County |
Time:11:25 AM | Name:Catherine Lei | Titles: Softly Flow, Thou Silver Stream by Thomas Augustine Arne arr. Henry Coleman Lied der Mignon by Franz Schubert Bel piacere by G.F Handel | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:Sullivan Thompson | Titles: Where'er You Walk by George Frideric Handel Gia il sole dal Gange by Alessandro Scarlatti Sonntag, op. 107, no. 3 by Johannes Brahms | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:1:15 PM | Name:Cadence Waters | Titles: Wenn Mein Bastien einst im Scherze by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Romance by Claude Debussy The Sky Above the Roof by Ralph Vaughan Williams | Home Festival:Woodstock |
Time:1:25 PM | Name:Althea Jean Timaan | Titles: Bel Piacere by George Frederic Handel Sonntag by Johannes Brahms Cool and Silent is the Lake by Gladys Davenport | Home Festival:Niagara |
Time:1:35 PM | Name:Claire Stewardson | Titles: Alma del core by Antonio Caldara Le charme, op. 2, no. 2 by Ernest Chausson The Green Dog by Herbert Kingsley | Home Festival:Lambton County |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:Nicholas Moreau | Titles: Vittoria, mio Core by Giacomo Carissimi Wohin? by Franz Schubert Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal by Roger Quilter | Home Festival:Toronto |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:15 pm until 3:45 pm.
Announcement of the winners and top two competitors chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.
The Level 8 Classical Voice Playoffs will be held at Walton Road United Church - 2489 Lakeshore Rd. W. - from 4:15 pm to approximately 5:30 pm.
Playoff competitors will have to travel to Walton Road United Church.