Vocal Teachers

Monique Nadeau has a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, Suma Cum Laude, from the University of Ottawa and studied with St¨¦phane Lemelin and David Jalbert. She has received her A.R.C.T. Performance Diploma for piano. Her previous teachers were Sandra Webster and Paulette Price. For several summers she studied with internationally known pianists Gilles Manny, Henri Brassard, Jean Saulnier, Richard Raymond and Andr¨¦ Laplante at the Orford Summer Music Academy. She also performed at several masterclasses for Nelson Delle-Vigne, Jean-Paul Sevilla, and Anton Kuerti at the University of Ottawa. She has been a Canadian Music Competition national finalist, Kiwanis Music Festival provincial finalist, ORMTA winner, and a NATS winner. She has performed at various Embassies in Ottawa and other community concerts.

This year she will play the role of ¡°Old Mackenzie¡± in the world premiere of ¡°The Park¡± an opera by Jos¨¦ Hernandez. The studio of Yoriko Tanno-Kimmons is performing with Stuart Hamilton as the Master of Ceremonies, Jos¨¦ Hernandez as the musical director and director of this production. She has performed the role of La Fe¨¦ (The Fairy) in Massenet¡¯s ¡°Cendrillon.¡± The studio of Yoriko Tanno-Kimmons performed this production with Micheal Cavanagh as the director. Monique performed as a child actor in the Livent production of ¡°Showboat¡± at the National Arts Centre. She performed in major roles in the ballet ¡°The Nutcracker¡± as Clara, the Nutcracker boy, and Snowflake directed by Linda Jamison School of Dance. Monique is currently focusing on a singing career, studying with Yoriko Tanno-Kimmons and Maestro Jos¨¦ Hernandez.

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