Saturday, March 9, 2024
1:30-4:00pm
West Vancouver United Church Sanctuary (2062 Esquimalt Ave.)
Hosted by Pacific Spirit Choir and the BC Choral Federation

Registration:

• $25 – walk-in
• $20 – pre-registered 
• $12 – BCCF individual members
• $10 – students 

CLICK HERE to register. Pre-registration closed; walk-in registrations available on the day

Refreshments included

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Topics:

Encouraging good vocal production through the following:

• good breathing
• breath support
• posture

We will look at issues like:

• tuning
• vowel formation
• working through register breaks

ALL VOICE TYPES WELCOME

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Mezzo-soprano Melanie Adams is a prominent member of Vancouver’s music community. As a soloist, her repertoire ranges from early music to world premieres of new music by prominent Canadian composers. She has collaborated with many musical and theatrical organizations, including the Erato Ensemble, the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, the Vancouver Island Symphony, the Fraser Valley Symphony, Redshift Musical Society, and the Health Arts Society of BC. Most notably, she created the dual role of “Margot/Amelia McGillen” in the world premiere of Supernatural Noir, she created the role of “Spirit of the Maple Tree” in the world premiere of Shadow Catch, and in 2017 she created the role of “The Counsellor” in the world premiere of Kayoi Komachi.

For 20 years, Melanie was very well-known as a member of Vancouver’s musica intima, with whom she has toured extensively in Canada and the United States, as well as France, Ireland, and Korea, and has appeared on 8 of their 10 recordings. Since January 2012, she has also been a soloist and section leader with the Vancouver Cantata Singers. She has recently been appointed the Director of Music for the new Trinity Presbyterian Church in New Westminster and Burnaby.

Teaching is also a very important facet of Melanie’s career, and she owns and operates an active and thriving studio from her New Westminster home. Her students have performed very successfully in and won awards for RCM examinations and music festivals. Many of her former students have studied music at the university level, and have music careers of their own.

More about Melanie can be learned through her website at melanieadams.musicteachershelper.com.