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Vicki St. Pierre

Dean of Arts; Associate Professor 鈥 Voice
Office
Dean's Office, Centennial Hall

Biography

Vicki St. Pierre鈥檚 warm, lush voice 鈥渋nvitingly combines clarity of expression and beauty of tone,鈥 and is described as 鈥渞ich with both a darkness and brightness.鈥

Past concert highlights include Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth Symphony with the Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra, Monteverdi鈥檚 Vespers of 1610 with the Toronto Consort, Zelenka鈥檚 St. Cecilia Mass with Tafelmusik, Stanford鈥檚 Requiem with the Orpheus Choir, Bach鈥檚 Magnificat with the Toronto Bach Consort, and Handel鈥檚 Messiah with Symphony Nova Scotia, the Edmonton Symphony, and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Tafelmusik, Victoria Symphony, Handel鈥檚 Dixit Dominus with Tafelmusik, and the music of Jommelli with Les Id茅es Heureuses of Montreal.

On the operatic stage, Vicki has appeared in Monteverdi鈥檚 Orfeo, Charpentier鈥檚 础肠迟茅辞苍, and Monteverdi鈥檚 Il ritorno d鈥橴lisse in Patria with Opera Atelier, Dido and Aeneas with Ensemble Masques de Montreal and Toronto Masque Theatre, Rossini鈥檚 Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Toronto Philharmonia, and L鈥橧ncoronazione di Poppea with Opera Atelier, Cleveland Opera and Early Music Vancouver.

Recent and upcoming engagements include the role Nutrice in Monteverdi鈥檚 L鈥橧ncoronazione di Poppea  with the Academy of Ancient Music in London, UK, the role of the Sorceress in Purcell鈥檚 Dido and Aeneas with Les Violons du Roy at Carnegie Hall, Messiah with Orchestra London, Pergolesi鈥檚 Stabat Mater with 13 Strings and Splendors of the Emperor鈥檚 Chapel with The Toronto Consort.

Vicki adjudicates music festivals and competitions, was Director of Music at the Cathedral Church of St. James in Toronto, taught voice at Wilfrid Laurier University, conducts an auditioned community choir, was the music director for the New Hamburg Live! festival of the arts, was a lecturer at the Royal Conservatory of Music, has been an assistant conductor with Opera Atelier, and most recently, was on faculty at COSI, a summer opera training program in Sulmona, Italy. She recently completed her doctoral studies in performance at the University of Toronto under the tutelage of Dr. Darryl Edwards.