Voice Teacher

Influences: Sumi Jo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Huguette Tourangeau.

Lorraine also teaches piano and

About Me:
Learning about your body in order to sing is so much fun. It gives you the technique to sing without a microphone. In fact, you learn to use your body as the amplifier. It's a great way to start learning to sing in general. For those who prefer other styles, once you've studied a few years of classical singing, then you can apply what you've learned to your pop or rock singing and be a very good singer because you have control over what you're doing. For those who just plainly love singing, I'll enjoy helping you to improve your sound.

As a native French speaker, I can teach you French songs and how to pronounce French correctly. I also teach in French.

Ages:
Elementary School, Pre-teen, Teenage, Adult

Experience:

• Have been teaching voice to all ages, as well as piano and percussion to beginners, and music awareness to pre-school children. I also teach French pronunciation to singers, choirs and choir conductors
• have sang in recitals, given a public speech/recital and participated in a Master Class with Kathleen Van de Graaff
• Sang soprano in the Bach B Minor Mass under the direction of Duain Wolfe, in Ottawa, Canada
• Sang in a choir that performed in Carnegie Hall in June 2002
• Conducted two choir concerts in Ottawa, Canada
• Sang in many choirs in Europe as well as in choirs who toured Europe and the Caribbean

Education:

• Music, minor in Voice (B.A.), Ottawa University [2008]
• Communications (B.A.), B.A. Communications: Vesalius College, Belgium [1999]

Studied With:

• Kathleen van de Graaff, Skokie [2007]
• Dillon Parmer, University of Ottawa [2003 - 2004]

Seminars and Workshops Attended:

• Dalcroze Eurhythmics for Graduate Credit, Longy School of Music [2008]
• Eutonia, University of Laval in Quebec, Canada [2006]
• Transcending the Vocal Performance Barrier, Denis Boudreault's Studio, Ottawa, Canada [2005]
• Alexander Technique, Queens Univeristy, Kingston, Canada [2005]
• Transcending the Vocal Performance Barrier, Denis Boudreault's Studio, Ottawa, Canada [2004]

Scholarships:

• The Gaston Heon Memorial Fund in Arts [2007]
• Anthony King Scholarship for Conducting [2005 - 2006]