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I am a PAVA-Recognized Vocologist and Designated Linklater Teacher specializing in contemporary voice technique and voice habilitation. I teach voice for singers at Wilfrid Laurier University and periodically coach actors at Sheridan College/University of Toronto. I also maintain a successful private studio in Waterloo, Ontario. My voice students have gone on to perform throughout Canada, on North American tours and in Broadway shows.
I am the Founder and Artistic Director of The Singer's Theatre, a summer music theatre training program that attracts singers from across North America since 2002, and has served as vocal director for various cruise lines. I adjudicate regularly for classical, choral, pop and music theatre categories. from coast to coast. I was Vice-President of the Ontario chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and am a published author for the NATS Journal of Singing and VASTA Voice and Speech Review.
I am the proud recipient of two Professional Development Grants from the Canada Council for the Arts. As conductor of the Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir for eight years, I led the choir to win competitions nationally and internationally, and to perform with grammy-winning recording artists and rock groups.
Faculty Advisor: WLU Snats (Student Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing).
- NATS Journal Of Singing “Managing Voice Problems in the Private Studio,” Vol. 64, No. 5, pp. 615-618. (May/June 2008).
- Brunk, A. (2023). Voicing for Life: A Study to Explore the Benefits of Linklater Voice in a Community Music Curriculum. Voice and Speech Review, 17(3), 260–268. https://doi.org/10.1080/23268263.2023.2246308
- “A Grand Christmas” (The Grand Philharmonic Youth and Children’s Choirs), 2016.
Teaching voice at Laurier is a joy. As the studio instructor for CCM (Contemporary Commercial Music), I get the opportunity to explore the many different ways one can be expressive using the human instrument, through all kinds of musical styles. With a healthy, free instrument, anything can be possible!