Welcome! I’m Suzanne (she/her) a coloratura/soubrette soprano born and raised in Dartmouth/Punamu’kwati'jk, Nova Scotia/Mi'kma'ki, where I began my singing craft on the living room hearth at three years old.  Coming from a musical family, with fiddler grandfathers, a music teacher / pianist mom, and a jazz saxophonist / concert band clarinetist dad, music has always been an important part of my life. 

 

I studied Vocal Performance at Acadia and Memorial Universities, and Opera at University of British Columbia with my Masters of Music in Opera Performance. Directly after the completion of my degrees I joined l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montreal which gave me a wonderful opportunity to ease into the professional singing world. As did studies and performances and studies at Mozarteum in Salzburg, International Vocal Arts Institute, Merola Opera Program, San Francisco, Tanglewood, l’académie de Musique française de Michel Plasson and an artist residency at Lunenburg Academy of Music. 

 

Singing has given me the opportunity to develop a love of travel and culture. I have been lucky enough to sing across China, Estonia, Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, Israel, France, Germany, England, Indonesia, from coast to coast in Canada and the United States, as well as on the seas near the Caribbean. I have lived across Canada as well as in Berlin for five years, as past studies and travels in Germany had drawn me to its rich cultural and performing opportunities.

 

My career has given me the immense joy of performing lead roles with Vancouver Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, l'Opéra de Montréal, Opera Company of Middlebury, Opera Nova Scotia, Maritime Concert Opera and Merola Opera Centre. In concert, I have sung with San Francisco Opera Orchestra, L’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, Berlin Orchestra, Victoria Symphony, Ensemble Caprice, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra London, Symphony Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, North West Florida Symphony and Ústí nad Labem Orchestra in Czech Republic and recitals in Indonesia and across China. 

 

Alongside my professional singing career I have been passionate about teaching and maintaining a private music studio. In 2018 I co-founded Musique3Femmes (now Opéra Magnolia), a performance ensemble and non-profit organization committed to fostering the next generation of Canadian women and non-binary opera creators. In 2023 I also co-founded OperAtlantic which offers interactive operatic experiences in unexpected venues while featuring local and up and emerging artists.

 

Until recently I was working with Halifax Regional Arts directing school-aged choirs which was lovely to reconnect with my love of choral singing. I was also a part-time lecturer at Dalhousie University teaching the Applied voice students, lyric diction and vocal literature courses as well as sustaining a private music studio. 

 

In fall of 2026 I will be splitting my time between my home in Halifax and Vancouver where I am excited to be returning to my Alma Mater to be Assistant Professor of Voice and Opera at UBC.