Bio

Recent gigs


-Peretz Banquet in honor of Claire Klein Osipov
-Jazz Vespers in North Vancouver November 20, 2011
-Dal Richards at the Harmony Arts Festival on August 9th in West Vancouver


-CD Release Concert January 22 at the Norman Rothstein Theatre
-July 9th -The Jazz Cellar 
-Rocky’s Cafe in Whytecliff Park 
-August 8th- Dal Richards Orchestra at the Harmony Arts Festival 
-Starry Night on November 23rd at the Stanley Theatre
-Dal Richards at the Harmony Arts Festival on August 9th in West     Vancouver

BIO...

MISC APPEARANCES
Featured vocalist at the following:
Canadian and American National Anthems (numerous occasions including Seattle Mariners baseball game at the Seattle Kingdome),
The Arts Club "Starry Night",
Guest appearance with Dal Richards Band 2007, 2008, 2009 at the Harmony Arts Festival,
The Variety Club Telethons and Christmas parties,
Women’s Concert, Night of Song and Rising With The Rhythm Concerts,
Women’s Music Festival,
Various hotels, The Commodore Ballroom, The Ritz Showroom and various radio broadcasts.


EXPERIENCE

MUSICAL THEATRE
Phantom and Les Mise Concert Tour.Lead Performer
Tour of Western Canada Greased (All female "Grease" Lead (Jan)
The W.I.S.E. Club "Sheryl Rae and Friends"
Headliner/Producer
The Arts Club Revue Theatre "Happy Daze"...Lead (Paula)...Remy’s (Jeni LeGon-staging)
"Cabaret Capers"...Headliner...The Arts Club Revue Theatre
"Gold Coasters"...Lead (Suzanna York)
Fringe Festival (Norman Leggatt) "Little Shop of Horrors"...Customer/Hooker...T.U.T.S. (Jim Hibbard)
"Jesus Christ Superstar"...Soul Sister/chorus...N. Van Centennial Theatre
(Bill Murdoch/Trudi Forrest) "Anything Goes"...Singing chorus...M.U.S.S.O.C. and U.B.C. (Grace MacDonald)
"Broadway Revue"....Featured soloist/M.C...Gateway Theatre (Pat Ormiston)


TELEVISION
Featured vocalist on numerous shows including:
The Vancouver Show (UTV/CKVU), The Variety Club Telethons (BCTV), Timmy's Christmas Telethon (CBC), The Ida Clarkson Show (CHEK), Drop-In (CBC), The R & B Express (BCTV), The Diana Ricardo Show (BCTV), Marek Norman's Noel (CBC), and Rogers Cable (various shows) Production: The Alan Thicke Show (BCTV) and Rogers Cable (writer, producer, director, interviewer).


MISC APPEARANCES
Featured vocalist at the following: Canadian and American National Anthems (numerous occasions including Seattle Mariners baseball game at the Seattle Kingdome), The Arts Club "Starry Night", Harmony Arts Festival, The Variety Club Telethons and Christmas parties, Women’s Concert, Night of Song and Rising With The Rhythm Concerts, Women’s Music Festival, various hotels, The Commodore Ballroom, The Ritz Showroom and various radio broadcasts.


FILM
Stand-in for Ann Sothern, Doris Rogers and Jane Mortifee Extra in numerous films (including special extra)
CLUBS Bogarts, Restaurant, The Prince of Orange Jazz Club (London, England), Cafe Calabash and Rumours (Calgary), The Landmark Jazz Bar, Richards on Richards, Pelican Bay, The Classical Joint and numerous other clubs in the Lower Mainland.

MISC.
Vocalist and arranger in Hot Ice (female vocal trio), music duo with Gilles Parenteau, The Ormiston Entertainers, various private parties both locally and in Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco. Studio vocals on numerous recordings including jingle demo (Michael Conway Baker), Babe Gurr, Madrigal Choir, V/O for Fogg ’n Suds, etc., as well as numerous fundraising concerts.


TRAINING AND EDUCATION

VOCAL
Juilliard School of Music (NYC), Music Theory and the Entertainment Business, David Craig’s School for Musical Theatre, Jingle Singing and Backup Vocals (SDA-David Fryer), private vocal training (Elizabeth Howell and Jo Estill of New York, Jan Cooper, Frances Norman, Betty Stetson, Pat Ormiston, Bo Conlan, Ken Perry and Edwin Coppard).


ACTING
Alex Bruhanski Studio, Linda Darlow Studios (Film and Television, and Cold Reading..Deanne Henry, Linda Darlow, Donnely Rhodes, Lynne Johnson), Michael Shurtleff Intensive Workshops (Bernadette Jones of Toronto), Fiona Jackson Workshop, The Tony Shepherd Seminar (vice president of casting-Aaron Spelling Prod.), Jay Goldenberg Workshops (L.A. coach of Moon-lighting), Westcoast Actors’ Studio (Lynne Carrow and Marcy Schacter), Film and Television Acting and Commercials, and workshops with actress/comedienne/writer Valri Bromfield.


DANCE
9 years at Grace MacDonald School of Dance (tap, ballet, modern jazz, baton), Shelley Cromie (Dance Gallery), Jasmine Gardner Dance School, Valerie Easton, Eddie, Jr. and various workshops.


PIANO
9 years of training with various teachers. 2 awards for Best in Grade


MISC.
Creating Comedy (Nicola Cavendish, David King, Glenda Leznoff), V/O with Josanne B. Lovick Productions.

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