Singer-Actor-Dancer, Yanik is a graduate from the University of Montreal (B.Mus-Voice Performance), the Canadian College of Performing Arts and the Chemainus Theatre Acting Internship Program. Originally from Quebec, he has been working for several years as a voice/piano teacher, vocal coach and music director, and has been teaching musical theatre at the Canadian College of Performing Arts, Victoria Dance Connection and Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Studio.

Also a performer, he had the chance to work on stage and television, with the Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra, Theatre North West, Chemainus Theatre, Belfry Theatre, Pacific Opera Victoria and Kaleidoscope Theatre to name a few. He participated in national and international tours and festivals across Canada and in Europe.

Yanik is a BC Registered Music Teacher in Voice, Associate of Trinity College London (UK) and also music director for Play With Your Food Dinner Theatre and The Victoria Male Voice Choir.

He also teaches piano.

For more information you can visit his website:
http://www.geocities.com/yanikgiroux

With 25 years experience as a professional singer and teaching for 12 years, her life coaching certificate and constant upgrading of knowledge, plus continued performance brings her expertise in goal setting, performance practice, dealing with resistance, self-expression & more. Body-centred training with warm encouragement!

See for more information her website:
www.studioamphion.musicteaching.info

Long to Sing, but too Shy to Try? Here's a place to start. Gentle, holistic method, experienced teacher. Beginners and mature students welcome. For me the study of voice goes beyond the mechanics of voicing music. The act of singing often reaches deep into the soul. For many, this is a healing journey, a process of discovery and change, a catalyst for confidence in speech and in song. Please see my website for info on method, philosophy & fees, plus a complete biography.

A veteran of many of North America's most prestigious stages, Barbara Livingston enjoys a successful career as an opera singer and concert artist. Her colleagues include Richard Margison, Benjamin Butterfield, Carol Vaness, Philip Langridge, Hakan Hagegard, John Avey and Peter Barcza. She has worked with conductors such as Bramwell Tovey, Mario Bernardi, Timothy Vernon and Donald Runnicles. Ms. Livingston has collaborated with renowned stage directors Bliss Hebert, Jay Jackson, Irving Guttman and Tom Diamond, among others.

Barbara Livingston is well known for her signature role of Puccini's Turandot, which she has sung with great success in Miami/Ft. Lauderdale (Florida Grand Opera) and Omaha (Opera Omaha.) Her other roles include Bellini's Norma (Pacific Opera Victoria), Leonora in Verdi's Il Trovatore (Pacific Opera Victoria, Opera Lyra Ottawa and Opera Saskatchewan), Amelia in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera (Pacific Opera Victoria, Opera Lyra Ottawa and San Francisco Opera.) Ms. Livingston's concert repertoire includes Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Victoria Symphony), Mahler's Eighth and Second Symphonies (Edmonton Symphony Orchestra), Britten's War Requiem (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kitchener/Waterloo Orchestra) and Verdi's Requiem (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Victoria Symphony, Orchestra London.)

Since 2003, Ms. Livingston has been teaching voice lessons at the Victoria Conservatory of Music to advanced students. She is also the Assistant Artistic Director/Administrator of the VCM's Opera Studio Program.

Visit here website: http://www.barbaralivingston.ca