October 22, 2021
Here’s how to oppose Bill 2 to support trans, non-binary, and intersex people living in Quebec.
April 5, 2019
When I am referred to as "she," I still feel excluded, invisible, misunderstood. This is a feeling that I do my best to transform into energy to educate would-be allies.
September 2, 2018
I have learned that there is a difference between my physical voice, and my voice in the broader sense. I have mastered my physical voice - all the nuances, the breaking points; learned the ways my voice likes to move and blossom. There is freedom and joy in the practise of using my voice in that way on stage. But I needed something more.
November 24, 2017
Inspired by a little silver plastic chip in my pocket that said “Women in Recovery” on one side and the serenity prayer on the other (and my phone full of new numbers), I found a desire within me that I hadn’t even known I wanted until I stepped into that meeting. I wanted myself back.
October 19, 2017
In order for you to believe us,You are going to have to learn to forgive yourself.And that is the hardest thing you’ll ever do.
September 17, 2017
Let yourself rage against all the reasons you stopped using your voice. Rage against money, capitalism, the lie of meritocracy, the optimism of youth, the institutions that lulled you into passivity, the warnings you did not heed, misogyny. Shame, emotional abuse, trauma, microagressions. Sore throats, lies. Shed your tears for all those moments of connection you lost because you did not sing.
October 11, 2016
I know I am not the first person to speak, and that the reason I am able to find the courage to do so is because I am adding my voice to the chorus of many who have come before me. I honour those who said the first word, then the second and third.
September 30, 2016
How do I embody a character fully, fall in love with the character, learn its idiosyncrasies, when that character must undergo torture daily on stage, sometimes multiple times, with increasing detail, depth, and dramatic timing? How do I rehearse trauma?
March 25, 2016
You want to.That’s how art gets made - when it is made today. No art ever gets made tomorrow.It will make your day ...
June 17, 2011
‘Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.’ -Thomas ...
May 22, 2011
I don’t want a summer job.
All year, I was supported by my Teaching Assistantship, my scholarship, grants, and ...
April 15, 2011
So – that was that. My master’s degree. Was I dreaming?
I have been recently hit with the common ...
March 12, 2011
I have been feeling very keenly lately the urgent need for variety in life. All year, as my posts have ...
February 24, 2011
This reading week, I am trying to complete all the coursework I have left for the semester, so I can focus on ...
February 10, 2011
As I draw closer to graduation, I find myself turning down opportunities.
I use all kinds of excuses – I ...
February 4, 2011
After my angst-ey previous post, I bet you are wondering, dear reader, how things went in Berlin!
Things went ...
January 29, 2011
If there was one word to describe Berlin, it would be 'angst'. The tumultuous history of the city still feels ...
January 27, 2011
I am going to try something new to blog about this trip. I will publish a series of posts focussing on my ...
January 17, 2011
How much control do we really have over our future? In my life so far, and especially in the past few years, I ...
January 7, 2011
So here we are - a new year, a new semester, a new decade, and I just turned 25. I don't really feel like ...
December 20, 2010
I woke up at 4:45am to catch the public transit to the airport. The goal: arrive in Manhattan in time to sing my ...
December 18, 2010
I want to share with you something that re-awoke in me the very essence of singing and what it means to be a good ...
December 15, 2010
CBC Radio is the reason why I love classical music, and why I initially came to love Canada, my country. Our ...
December 13, 2010
Do they come together? They did this week!
Snow: For weeks, we endured the dry-ish, rainy cold. No ...
December 3, 2010
This is a very funny video about a typical conversation between a singer and your average person, from the point ...
November 30, 2010
There is so much suffering, poverty, and injustice in this world. Some of us see it more often than others. I ...
November 28, 2010
I am not a patient person. For those of you that know me, this might even seem like an understatement. Even ...
November 8, 2010
What I would want if I had absolutely no limitations, followed by the percent chance of it happening within 2 ...
November 6, 2010
A colleague of mine recently initiated a wonderful peer-evaluating performance group. We meet every week and sing ...
November 5, 2010
A colleague of mine recently initiated a wonderful peer-evaluating performance group. We meet every week and ...
October 26, 2010
I am trying to stay focussed on the reason why I decided to make music for a living. Beyond all of the judgement ...
October 9, 2010
I am one of those crazy people.
You know, those people who decide that they would like to transport themselves ...
October 8, 2010
I am convinced: the best way to travel is by train. It is the greenest, safest, most scenic and most relaxing ...
September 30, 2010
Balancing school and a slowly growing singing career is very difficult. There is external pressure to invest in ...
September 15, 2010
Something special happened today.Mid-afternoon, I had my voice lesson. While singing the Presentation of the Rose ...
September 13, 2010
Wherever I am in fall, it always makes me nostalgic – either nostalgic in advance of the time when I will actually ...
September 7, 2010
I was five years old when I started Kindergarten. I remember my main goal in kindergarten was to be allowed to go ...
September 6, 2010
By Elia Kazan I will take my rightful place on the stage And I will be myself. I am not a cosmic orphan, I have no ...
August 11, 2010
What a summer this has been! Of course, I started the summer with the intention of learning Figaro, as well as ...
August 4, 2010
Wordsworth hits the nail on the head when he writes about the effect of modern society on the natural beauty of ...
July 22, 2010
As you may or may not know, the ability to travel to sing for various conductors and directors is essential in the ...
July 2, 2010
It is hard to live a balanced life when you are a singer, and even more so as a student. First of all, you have ...
June 24, 2010
People want to work with people who are interesting and who stroke their own egos. People don't want to work with ...
June 14, 2010
ENFJExtraverted 67% Intuitive 38% Feeling 62%Judging 22%ENFJs are the benevolent 'pedagogues' of humanity. They ...
June 11, 2010
I have alot of different interests. Someday, I would love to open a restaurant, a café, a bookstore. I always ...
June 7, 2010
I have quite a few people coming to visit Montreal this summer.... this is so great!I have formulated and tested ...
June 5, 2010
Love yourself.MAKE PEACE with who you areand where you at this moment in time.Listen to your heart.If you can’t ...
June 3, 2010
I recently posted a list of questions from Wolf Trap Opera's blog about pursuing a career in the performing arts. ...
May 26, 2010
The question always is:What is that intangible thing that distinguishes a good performer from a great ...
May 25, 2010
Today I started following the blog of someone I don't know, but which was recommended to me by a friend. It is ...
April 3, 2010
After making my recording last week, I needed a few epiphanies to help me start to really love my voice again, and ...
March 26, 2010
Making a recording is always interesting. In fact, I believe I began a blog post with that exact sentence about a ...
November 29, 2009
Firstly, all the voices without exception show remarkable flexibility, the tone is made to come and go in the form ...
November 27, 2009
...or am in the process of learning.-Even though embellishments and ornamentation are sometimes expected, the ...
November 25, 2009
Kay, Elster. Bel Canto and the Sixth Sense: A discursive and technical essay on the traditional Italian physical ...
November 21, 2009
My day spent in New York was, for the most part, one of those days where nothing goes wrong. We woke up to a ...
November 20, 2009
I haven't been to New York since two years ago when I was here with my mom. At that time, I was about to make the ...
November 15, 2009
It is 2 am and I am not supposed to blog, but that is when these things come to me. Inopportune times. In fact, ...
November 8, 2009
The past few days I have been sick. This is normally a bad thing, but this time it has enabled me to finish alot ...
October 28, 2009
Things have been clicking and clicking and clicking into place in the past few weeks. Finally, I am beginning to ...
October 13, 2009
For the Mozartian singer must use his voice with the same strength and agility as the ballet dancer uses his ...
September 19, 2009
I think most people know me as a fairly hard worker. I hate to admit it, but whenever someone has said that to ...
September 14, 2009
-Going into the practise rooms at 9:00pm on a Saturday night and having to WAIT for a practise room. It is so ...
September 7, 2009
Ever since before I began my undergrad, I wanted to attend McGill. Montreal seemed so far away and culturally ...