Doctor of Musical Arts (incomplete) - 1986
The Juilliard School
New York, New York, USA

Master of Music - 1985
The Juilliard School
New York, New York, USA

Honours Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance - 1983
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada

Summer programs - 1991, 1982
The Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies
Aldeburgh, UK

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (incomplete) - 1977-1979
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada

• Associate Professor of Voice
  School of Music, James Madison University
  Harrisonburg, VA
  2009 – present
• Masterclass at the Staunton Music Festival ‘Springfest’
  2010
  
• Masterclass at the Staunton Music Festival
  2009
• Adjunct Professor of Voice
  Don Wright Faculty of Music,
  University of Western Ontario
  London, Ontario
  1998 – 2009
  
• Private students
  1988 – Present
  
• Adjudicator, Conservatory Canada Examinations
  2003 – present
  
• Masterclasses, University of Manitoba
  2009
  
• Adjudicator, Burlington Rotary Music Festival
  2007
  
• Adjudicator, Winnipeg Music Festival
  Winnipeg 2005
  
• Adjudicator, Niagara Falls Kiwanis Music Festival
  Niagara Falls 2004
  
• Clinician, First Annual Don and Lillian Wright National Vocal Masterclass
  London, Ontario 2003
  
• Masterclasses, University of Windsor
  Windsor, Ontario 2003
  
• Artist in Residence, Memorial University, Newfoundland
  St. John’s, NL 2003
  
• Clinician, Ontario Registered Music Teacher’s Conference
  Timmins, Ontario 2002
  
• Masterclasses, Victoria Conservatory of Music
  Victoria, British Columbia 2002
  
• Masterclasses, San Diego State University
  San Diego, California 2000
  
• Masterclasses, Queen’s University
  Kingston, Ontario 1999
  
• Masterclasses, University of Saskatchewan
  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1998
  
• Masterclasses, University of Alberta
  Edmonton, Alberta 1998
  
• Masterclasses, Bishop’s University
  Lennoxville, Quebec 1998
  
• Masterclasses, University of Manitoba
  Winnipeg, Manitoba 1997
  
• Masterclasses, Guelph Spring Festival
  Guelph, Ontario 1997
  
• Masterclasses, Mt. Royal College
  Calgary, Alberta 1996
  
• Masterclasses, Alberta College
  Edmonton, Alberta 1996
  
• Masterclasses, University of Regina
  Regina, Saskatchewan 1996
  
• Masterclasses, Brandon University
  Brandon, Manitoba 1996
  
• Masterclasses, Lakehead University
  Thunder Bay, Ontario 1996
  
• Masterclasses, University of North Dakota
  Grand Forks, North Dakota 1996
  
• Masterclasses, University of Western Ontario
  London, Ontario 1992 – 1996
  
• Examiner, Western Ontario Conservatory of Music
  1992 – 1998
  
• Juror, CBC Radio Competition for Young Performers
  Ottawa, Ontario May 1995
  
• Juror, Masterclasses, CIBC National Festival of Music
  Calgary, Alberta August 1995
  
• Masterclasses, Memorial University
  St. John’s, Newfoundland 1993

Canada Council Artists in Mid-career Grant
2000 – 2001

Canada Council Career Development Grant,
1986 – 1990

Canada Council Arts Grants “B”,
1983 – 1986

Full Tuition Scholarship, The Juilliard School,
1986

Chalmers Fund Grant, Ontario Arts Council,
1983

Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002
For outstanding public service to the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario in honour of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

Licentiate in Music, Honoris Causa 2002
Conservatory Canada, London, Ontario

JUNO Award Nomination, 1998 NAC Recordings - Exquisite Fires
Bouchard: Songs for an Acrobat
National Arts Centre orchestra, Conductor: Trevor Pinnock

JUNO Award Nomination, 1996
Dorian Recordings - Bach: Secular Cantatas
Les Violons du Roy
Conductor: Bernard Labadie

JUNO Award Nomination, 1994
Marquis Records - Schwanengesang - Franz Schubert
Lev Natochenny, piano

Grammy Award, 1992
London/Decca recording - Carmina burana - Carl Orff
San Francisco Symphony and Chorus
Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt

JUNO Award Nomination, 1992
CBC recording - “Lieder on Poems of Heinrich Heine”
Michael McMahon, piano

Gramophone Award, 1991
London/Decca recording - Nielsen, Symphonies Nr. 2 and 3
San Francisco Symphony,
Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt

JUNO Award Nomination, 1989
Marquis Records - “Songs of Britten and Vaughan Williams”
John Greer, piano

Richard Miller
Vocal Technique and Pedagogy, 2000

Greta Kraus
German Lieder, 1986

Elly Ameling
German Lieder, 1984

Marguerite Meyerowitz
French Chanson, 1983 – 1986

Madeleine Marshall
English Diction, 1984

John Shirley-Quirk
English Song, 1981

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
German Lieder, 1982

Sir Peter Pears
English Song and Oratorio, 1981 – 1982

Gabriel Dobner
Virginia

Margo Garrett
New York

John Greer
Toronto/Virginia, MD

Andreas Haefliger
New York

John Hess
London, ON

Angela Hewitt
London

Leonard Hokanson (deceased)
Bloomington

Warren Jones
New York

Martin Katz
Ann Arbor

Michael McMahon
Montréal

Jon Kimura Parker
New York

Rena Sharon
Vancouver

Paul Stewart
Montréal

Eric Carle Production
Mozart - The Magic Flute (role of Papageno) 2001
Springfield Symphony and Chorus, Conductor: Mark Russell Smith
PBS Television Broadcast

“Canada 125 Super Concert”
CBC Television Special for Canada’s 125th Anniversary, 1992
Olympic Stadium Montreal

“The Music Must Go On”
Profile: Kevin McMillan
CBC Sunday Afternoon Arts and Entertainment 1990
Narrator: Veronica Tennant

“Canada Day Celebrations with Queen Elizabeth from Parliament Hill”
CBC Television Special for Canada Day 1990

“Handel’s Messiah”
CTV Special with the Edmonton Symphony for Christmas 1990
Edmonton, Alberta