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.
Glen Abbey United Church
1469 Nottinghill Gate
Oakville, ON L6M 1X7
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:9:30 AM | Name:Nathanael Olenewa | Titles: Grow For Me, Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman Anthem, Chess by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Tim Rice | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:9:45 AM | Name:Neila Hay | Titles: No One Else , Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy It Won't Be Long Now, In the Heights by Lin Manuel Miranda | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:10:00 AM | Name:Autumn Holmes | Titles: Vanilla Ice Cream, She Loves Me by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick One Perfect Moment, Bring It On by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt and Amanda Green | Home Festival:Niagara |
Time:10:15 AM | Name:Alexander Zhang | Titles: Dancing Through Life, Wicked by Stephen Schwartz Every Dream Will Do, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat by Tim Rice | Home Festival:North York Live |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Adrit Panda | Titles: Tale of the Oyster, Fifty Million Frenchmen by Cole Porter Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Shonmberg | Home Festival:South Simcoe |
Time:10:45 AM | Name:Mia Greatrix | Titles: Joey is a punk rocker, The Black Suits by Joe Iconis No One Is Alone, Into The Woods by Stephen Sondheim | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Cadence Waters | Titles: No One Else, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy How Lovely to Be a Woman, Bye Bye Birdie by Charles Strouse | Home Festival:Woodstock |
Time:11:15 AM | Name:Zara Comes | Titles: The Beauty Is, The Light In The Piazza by Adam Guettel How Can I Wait?, Paint Your Wagon by Frederick Loewe | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:11:30 AM | Name:Jasmine Melo | Titles: Burn, Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda Everlasting , Tuck Everlasting by Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen | Home Festival:London |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:Alessia Di Caro | Titles: All Falls Down, Chaplin, The Musical by Christopher Curtis Fly, Fly Away, Catch Me If You Can by Kerry Butler | Home Festival:Newmarket |
Time:1:15 PM | Name:Mya Deschamps | Titles: With You , Ghost The Musical by Rubin/Stewart/Ballard Nothing Short Of Wonderful , Dog Fight by Pasek/Paul | Home Festival:Peterborough |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Kiki Beniston | Titles: Green Finch and Linnet Bird, Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim Killer Instinct, Bring It On by Tom Kitt, lyrics by Amanda Green | Home Festival:Stratford |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:Alexia Ferrand | Titles: Only Love, The Scarlet Pimpernel by Frank Wildhorn, Nan Knighton Shy, Once Upon a Mattress by Mary Rodgers, Marshall Barer | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:2:00 PM | Name:Adaleigh Miles | Titles: Requiem, Dear Evan Hanson by B.Pasek I Love Play Rehearsal, Be More Chill by Joe Iconis | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:45 pm until 4:15 pm.
Announcement of the winners and top two competitors chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.
The Intermediate Musical Theatre Playoffs will be held at Chartwell Baptist Church – 228 Chartwell Rd. - from 4:45 pm to approximately 6:00 pm.
Playoff competitors will have to travel to Chartwell Baptist Church.