B.Mus Oboe and voice

principal oboe PGSO
competition winner, soloist with orchestra as oboist and singer (including song cycles, oratorios and opera arias).

Soloist on tours as singer and oboist.

Advanced classes with distinguished singers and instrumentalists.

Specialist in early music education including classes in Orf method and Kodaly method including study with a student of Kodaly.

Former music instructor CDC Prince George

Touring this fall as a singer .

featured work: Schubert's The Shepherd On The Rock, D 965

Each voice lesson is as unique as the student.  I am here to help you achieve your goals as a singer. 

 Whether you would like to sing in a choir, perform solos in church, sing a lead role in a musical or just sing for your own enjoyment, voice lessons can help.  We begin each lesson with a warm up to get your voice ready to sing.  In the warm up I will teach you how to breath, there will be exercises to relax the voice, exercises to improve the resonance of your voice and to improve your range.   If you have developed some bad habits over the years or specific issues with your singing we will work on those.  Then we work on the music.  I will help you choose music but the style of music is your choice.  I encourage to sing music you love. 

Student's describe me as easy going.  I like that they think that.  I constantly encourage my students and challenge them to get to the next level.  In my mind I am nudging them on maybe even pushing.  The fact that they see me as''easy going'', shows that their steady progress is enjoyable to them and doesn't feel difficult.  This is ideal, the student progresses steadily without frustration.  I enjoy teaching very much and enjoy it more and more every year.  With music there is always something new to learn and even with my University degree and 20+ years of performing experience, I am still challenging myself through reading, workshops and the occasional lesson with my mentors.  I have a wonderful group of students of all ages and levels and from different walks of life.  Each student learns in their own unique way and I love the challenge of understanding how they think and how I can help them.