U of A Voice Area

Happy Convocation Day Voice grads! We are so proud of you! 🎓🎉

We wrap up our recital season with these two!

Save the dates:
• Hendrick Baerends' Master's Recital - April 21 at 5pm, Con Hall
• Serena Chen's Master's Recital - April 22 at 2pm, Con Hall

With collaborative pianist Shannon Hiebert 🎹

Next up!

Save the dates:

• Serena Chen's Master's Recital - April 9 at 5pm, Con Hall POSTPONED
• Alla Salakhova's Senior Recital - April 10 at 8pm, Con Hall

With collaborative pianist Shannon Hiebert 🎹

More recitals!

Save the dates:
• Kelan Lynch's Senior Recital - April 4 at 8pm, Con Hall
• Mandy Maher's Junior Recital - April 5 at 8pm, Studio 2-7

With collaborative pianist Shannon Hiebert 🎹

Recital season is here! We have two voice recitals coming up this month, with many more in April. 🎤

Save the dates:
• Erin Selin's Senior Recital - March 16 at 2pm, Con Hall
• Tynan Thorogood's Junior Recital - March 22 at 5pm, Studio 2-7

With collaborative pianist Shannon Hiebert 🎹

Congratulations to all on a fantastic concert last night! It was an absolute treat to see Voice Professor John Tessier, Lizzy Hoyt, four of our Voice students, and the Blue Crown Baroque Ensemble perform works by Bach.

That's a wrap on masterclasses for 2023/24! 🎉

Thank you Mairi-Irene McCormack, mezzo-soprano for an amazing masterclass! We appreciate you sharing your knowledge and passion with our students ⭐

A huge welcome to our next guest artist, Mairi-Irene McCormack! Mairi-Irene is no stranger to our Voice Area and we are so excited to have her back for the day.

Originally from Cape Breton, mezzo-soprano Mairi-Irene McCormack is a versatile performer and teacher based in Edmonton, Alberta. She holds a Performer Diploma in Vocal Performance from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music (2017) and a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Alberta (2019.) Mairi-Irene has had experience performing a wide-range of genres from folk and pop music to classical music and opera.

*LOCATION CHANGE: This master class will take place in Convocation Hall.*

We must say... everyone sounded fantastic at last night's Combined Voice Area Recital! Congratulations to all singers on their outstanding performances 🎵🎉

We think it's about time for another voice area recital! Join us for a varied program of art songs and arias performed by students from all three of our studios. 🎵

February 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Convocation Hall
Free Admission

Happy opening to all in Edmonton Opera's Don Giovanni!

We are so proud to have 5 of our voice students in the chorus, along with our head of voice & opera programs, John P. Tessier, in the role of Don Ottavio!

Toi toi toi! We can't wait to cheer you on from the audience 🎭🔥

We are so excited to have our very own Elizabeth Turnbull lead the next masterclass!

As a former U of A voice area instructor, Elizabeth significantly influenced the growth and expansion of our Voice Area and Opera Theatre programs. We are so lucky to have her back!

Canadian mezzo soprano, Elizabeth Turnbull, has been described as “totally convincing,” “a revelation,” and “ardent and expressive” by critics across Canada. She has many and varied credits including appearances with major orchestras and opera companies across North America and Europe.