2025 Virtual Adjudicators

Alison Nystrom

Classical Voice

Alison Nystrom

Alison Nystrom, soprano, is a much sought after performer, teacher and adjudicator and is noted for her expressive singing. Her opera credits include: Pamina in The Magic Flute,Diana in Orpheus in the Underworld, Clorinda in La Cenerentola, and the Woodpecker and Innkeeper's wife in The Cunning Little Vixen.

She has performed as a soloist in Mozart's Requiem, Schubert's Mass in G, Bach's Coffee Cantata, Haydn's Nelsonmesse, Finzi's In Terra Pax, Rutter's Mass of the Children, Bevan's Nou Goth Sonne Under Wode, Vivaldi's Gloria, Handel's Messiah, Brahm's Requiem, Mendelssohn's St. Paul, Mozart's Coronation Mass, Mendelssohn's Lobgesang, and Poulenc's Gloria. She also premiered David Squires' new Oratorio, Gardens, in 2022. Ms. Nystrom has collaborated with VISI, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Whatcom County Chorale, and the Vancouver Bach Choir.

After studying Kinesiology in her undergraduate degree, Ms. Nystrom earned a Master of Music in Opera at the University of British Columbia. Post graduate studies have included singing at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, a Meisterkurs für Liedgestaltung in Husum, Germany and teaching as a NATS Intern at the University of North Carolina. She also holds an A.R.C.T. in Singing Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. For many years, Ms. Nystrom has taught at the UBC Summer Vocal Workshop and at and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. She currently teaches voice at Trinity Western University. She has a passion to see young people discover their voices and use them in a healthy way.