Breanne Dietrich is a Guelph based voice teacher and performer and is on the board of directors for NATS Ontario. She specializes in training musical theatre and pop rock performers and has a passion for training and working with youth. She is on the Music Theatre Faculty at Sheridan College and the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Guelph.
Breanne holds an MFA in Musical Theatre from the Boston Conservatory (Berklee) and a BMus in Classical Voice from Western. She has earned her Evidence-Based Vocal Pedagogy certification with Maddie Tarbox and in addition to working with her vocal students, she can be found adjudicating and guest lecturing at Ontario festivals, the NATS Vocal Showcase, universities and theatre companies.
Breanne is an active performer in the Canadian musical theatre scene and has performed numerous roles, solo concerts and cabarets in New York, Boston and Toronto. Select roles include Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins), Vivienne (Legally Blonde), Fantine (Les Miserables).
Breanne is deeply dedicated to her studio and has coached numerous students to top honours and scholarships with RCM, Kiwanis Music Festival and NATS. Having studied and performed in both Canada and the States, Breanne is aware of what is expected of an actor on stage, in a rehearsal and in an audition. Breanne provides her students with not only technical proficiency and musicianship skills, but also storytelling and acting coaching. She has had students accepted at Sheridan, NYU Tisch, Carnegie Melon and the Boston Conservatory and now they can be found working at Canadian Equity houses including Mirvish Productions, Drayton Entertainment, Neptune Theatre and Rainbow Stage.
Breanne is thrilled to be adjudicating at OMFA this year and is grateful to these talented and brave singers for sharing with her.