The Dreaming Divas

A new guest here, Taylor Strande, a singer-turned-voice pathologist. We had the immense pleasure of meeting Taylor and learning about her journey to her career now, vocal health and injury prevention, and gender-affirming vocal training. What a delight to have you!    Find us here:   https://www.instagram.com/thedreamingdivas/  https://www.facebook.com/TheDreamingDivas  Check out our other podcast here:  https://anchor.fm/the-dreaming-divas

On this episode of the Dreaming Divas, we welcome A. Scott Parry (they/he)! Parry is noted for his incredible stage producing and directing and currently holds faculty at the Manhattan School of Music and New York University. He also works privately and in coordination with Dolora Zajick's Institute of Young Dramatic Voice.   Find Scott here:   https://www.ascottparry.com/2022/5/18/nxm4kds7w32skjj8bifel0nzl6c7xn  https://www.ascottparry.com/contact  Find us here:   https://www.instagram.com/thedreamingdivas  https://www.facebook.com/TheDreamingDivas  Check out our other podcast here:  https://anchor.fm/the-dreaming-divas

Join us for a wonderful talk with Canadian/American Soprano, Midori Marsh! We were able to talk about her experience in a Young Artist Program, personal identity as a singer and how to maintain a work/life balance. Find Midori here:   https://www.instagram.com/its_midori_marsh/?hl=en  https://www.instagram.com/its_midori_bitch/?hl=en   Find us here:   https://www.instagram.com/thedreamingdivas  https://www.facebook.com/TheDreamingDivas   Check out our other podcast here:  https://anchor.fm/the-dreaming-divas

Join us as we chat with the lovely Makenzie Morgan, the Canadian Opera Company's director of community partnerships and programs. We talked about the creation and necessity of this role as well as Makenzie's personal teaching and projects.    Find Makenzie here:  https://www.themorganproject.ca/curriculumdesign  https://www.coc.ca/COC-news1?EntryID=22521  https://www.instagram.com/missmakmorgan/  Find us here:  https://www.instagram.com/thedreamingdivas/  https://www.facebook.com/TheDreamingDivas  Check out our other podcast here:  https://anchor.fm/the-dreaming-divas

We are extremely exited to kick off our second season of Dreaming Divas with stellar diva Rebecca Cuddy. They are an outstanding example of the kind of singers we look up to and we're so lucky to have the chance to speak with them about their indigenous roots and connecting them to music.   Find Rebecca here:   https://www.rebeccacuddy.com/  https://www.instagram.com/rebeccacuddymezzo/  https://www.waapamishoofinearts.com/  https://www.instagram.com/waapamishoo/  https://www.coc.ca/about-the-coc/circleofartists  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aTbpp2rw74  https://www.coc.ca/land-acknowledgement  https://www.coc.ca/mountains  Find us here:   https://www.instagram.com/thedreamingdivas https://www.facebook.com/TheDreamingDivas Check out our other podcast here:  https://anchor.fm/the-dreaming-divas

Join us as we interviewed and had a lovely chat with internationally acclaimed baritone, Brett Polegato! We had a deep dive discussion about his international career, dedication to poetry and text, and the process involved when developing new roles!   Find Brett here:   http://www.brettpolegato.com/  https://twitter.com/brettpolegato?lang=en  https://www.instagram.com/brettpolegato/   Find us here:   https://www.instagram.com/thedreamingdivas/  https://www.facebook.com/TheDreamingDivas  Check out our other podcast here:  https://anchor.fm/the-dreaming-divas

It was the most enlightening experience to talk to soprano Channa Malkin about her career path, singing during pregnancy and postpartum and her artistic philosophy.    Find Channa here:   https://www.channamalkin.com/  https://www.channamalkin.com/blog  https://www.facebook.com/channamalkinsoprano/  https://www.instagram.com/channamalkinsoprano/?hl=en  https://open.spotify.com/artist/3cf5RNz2NDlNp6ezgmDpLT  Find us here:   https://www.instagram.com/thedreamingdivas/  https://www.facebook.com/TheDreamingDivas  Check out our other podcast here:  https://anchor.fm/the-dreaming-divas

What a pleasure it was to speak with the BRILLIANT Canadian composer Dr. Matthew Emery. Such enriching conversations about his composing process, dedication to poetry and much more!   Find Matthew here:   https://composermatthewemery.com/  Find us here:   https://www.instagram.com/thedreamingdivas/  https://www.facebook.com/TheDreamingDivas  Check out our other podcast here:  https://anchor.fm/the-dreaming-divas

We had the immense pleasure of having baritone Peter McGillvray on the show! We had some really interesting discussion on career motives, pedagogy and holding an international and provincial career!   Find Peter here:   http://petermcgillivray.com/  https://www.facebook.com/PeterMcGillivrayBaritone  https://twitter.com/pmcgillivray  Find us here:   https://www.instagram.com/thedreamingdivas/  https://www.facebook.com/TheDreamingDivas  Check out our other podcast here:  https://anchor.fm/the-dreaming-divas

Join us as we speak to the STELLAR Marcia Whitehead about her experience with muscle tension dysphonia and how she turned her experience into education for singers overcoming setbacks.    Find Marcia here:   https://www.marciawhitehead.com/  Find us here:   https://www.instagram.com/thedreamingdivas/  https://www.facebook.com/TheDreamingDivas  Check out our other podcast here:  https://anchor.fm/the-dreaming-divas

Check out this INCREDIBLE discussion with Teiya about beginning an opera company, queer identity in opera and how they received the title "Balcony Soprano". This is one you definitely do not want to miss.   Find Teiya here:  https://www.teiyakasahara.com/  https://www.instagram.com/teiyakasahara/  https://www.instagram.com/amplifiedop...  Find us here:   https://www.instagram.com/thedreaming...  https://www.facebook.com/TheDreamingD...  Check out our other podcast here:  https://anchor.fm/the-dreaming-divas

Join us as we speak with Morgan about how to run social media pages, maintain a balances portfolio career and much more! Find Morgan here:   https://www.morganreidsoprano.com/  https://www.facebook.com/morganreidsoprano  https://www.instagram.com/morganreidsoprano/  Find us here:   https://www.instagram.com/thedreamingdivas/  https://www.facebook.com/TheDreamingDivas  Check out our other podcast here:  https://anchor.fm/the-dreaming-divas

It was our PLEASURE to have soprano Leslie Fagan on the podcast to talk about her career, role preparation and more!   Find Leslie here:   https://www.lesliefagan.com/  Find us here:   https://www.instagram.com/thedreamingdivas/  https://www.facebook.com/TheDreamingDivas  Check out our other podcast here: https://anchor.fm/the-dreaming-divas

We had such an informative discussion with Shannon about their pedagogy and passion about educating teachers. Super interesting path they took!   Find Shannon here:   https://drshannoncoates.com/

What a pleasure it was to catch up with an old friend of ours Emma Pennell and talk about Indigenous activism, two-spirit identity and being a plus- size singer. You won't want to miss this!   Find Emma here:   https://www.instagram.com/qalipu_barbie/  https://www.facebook.com/emma.pennell.18/

It was a treat to speak with Kimberly about Body Mapping, Alexander Technique and trouser roles! There is so much to learn from this brilliant mezzo!   Find Kimberly here:   https://www.kimberlybarber.com  https://www.instagram.com/singandself/  https://twitter.com/thislandcanada

We are starting off 2022 right with Soprano SUPERSTAR Adrianne Pieczonka. We had wonderful conversations about education, differences between North American and European opera upbringing, queer identity in opera and more!   Find Adrianne here:   www.adriannepieczonka.com

Join us as we speak with Brazilian mezzo-soprano Camila Montefusco about moving to a new country, career goals, and incorporating multiple genres into a classical music career!   Find Camila here:   https://www.camilamontefusco.com/  https://www.instagram.com/cmontef/

Such an informative conversation with American Soprano Marissa Moultrie! From starting an LLC to yoga, music is carried through all these topics. Find Marissa here:   http://www.marissamoultrie.com  https://www.instagram.com/marissa.moultrie/

We had an amazing time chatting with the creators of EM2Connect, Emily Martin and Elizabeth McDonald about starting their own business where they teach voice lessons and career coach. We had amazing conversations about their experiences as singers and teachers, yoga, and the idea of success. Find EM2CONNECT here:   https://www.em2connect.com  https://www.fromthevoiceof.ca  https://www.instagram.com/fromthevoiceof_/ https://www.facebook.com/fromthevoiceof https://twitter.com/fromthevoiceof

After a small hiatus, we’re so happy to come back with a great interview with corrective phonetics specialist Steven Leigh! Steven has been working with the Canadian Opera Company for a number of years and is a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto. Find Steven here:   https://www.stevenleigh.ca/

We had the IMMENSE pleasure of speaking to a POWERHOUSE young soprano, Hannah Crawford. There were incredible discussions about plus-size singers, young dramatic voices and some shenanigans were had.

Join us as we speak to the spectacular Amanda Brunk as we talk about her experience with vocal injury, how that lead her to vocology and some fun musical theatre chats! Find more here: https://www.thesingerstheatre.ca/  https://www.thelinklatercenter.com/  https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html

Join us as we talk to Laura Curiale about the transition from performing to producing! It's important to know that it's ok to change your mind and embrace your true passions. Find more about First Steps Theatre here: https://www.firststepstheatre.com https://www.instagram.com/firststepstheatre/

A super exciting episode where we get to interview our STELLAR teacher Beth Hörst! We got to learn about the young artist path, becoming a teacher and crossing over genres. Check it out! Find Beth here: http://bethanyhorst.com/

Join us as we dive into the past with the stellar Beverly Sills! We had great fun talking about her roles, her business ventures, peeking at a couple videos and some notable quotables.

Hello and welcome back! We are so excited to have our first guest on the podcast, Nicole Katerberg! Join us as we dive into topics such as family, faith, imposter syndrome and much more!

Welcome!! We are the Dreaming Divas! We are so excited to be embarking on this journey!   Today we will talk about our vision for this podcast and share a little bit about ourselves! We hope you enjoy it!    Follow Cass on:   https://www.instagram.com/amorimcass