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Nicola has been singing for as long as she can remember. She
studied voice at UBC, where she received
her Bachelor of Music.
While there, she had the
opportunity to study medieval music
style with Thomas Binkley and
Renaissance
style with Nigel Rogers.
Her voice teacher, Beth Watson
opened up many doors but it was just a
beginning.
After university, she resumed her studies with the
inspiring Luigi Wood of Vancouver who
helped her to turn a corner and take
steps to understand what her voice was
capable of.
Nicola has taught others ever since, preparing students
for exams, auditions and entrance into
university.
As a young woman, she was a member of the performing
arts team - the Cassation group - where
she received several years of diverse
experience singing contemporary music by
many Canadian composers including Truax,
Pennycook, Dolden, Shafer, and Czink.
In a more traditional realm her favorite
music to perform is that of the
renaissance composers.
More recently, she has been involved in many Perth
Community Choir productions, in small
vocal ensembles and is a regular soloist
for community events. She is a
member of the Cantata Singers of Ottawa,
and conducts two community choirs of her
own in the Perth area.
She is also proud to be the voice of Symphonium –
Ottawa Valley’s community orchestra.
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