2023
luna premit
Asitha Tennekoon, tenor; Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, piano; Music on Main, Vancouver
hyacinth
Laura Strickling, soprano; Daniel Schlosberg, piano; Guarneri Hall, Chicago
hyacinth
Laura Strickling, soprano; Daniel Schlosberg, piano; Washington Square Contemporary Music Society, New York
Songs of Cecilia Livingston
Canadian Opera Company Concert Series, Toronto
Penelope
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo; Secrest Artist Series, North Carolina
Die Lorelei (Clara Schumann, arr. Cecilia Livingston)
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo; Toronto Symphony Orchestra, cond. David Robertson
Kalypso, Penelope
Christina Haldane, soprano; Carl Gionet, piano; University of New Brunswick Contemporary Music Festival
mark
Steven Dann, viola; Alex Samaras, voice; Ryan Scott, percussion; Gregory Oh, celeste; Choir 21, cond. David Fallis; Tim Albery, director; Soundstreams; TD Music Hall, Toronto
Mark Rothko & Music: Morton Feldman & Cecilia Livingston
Soundstreams’ TD Encounters Series, in collaboration with Koffler Arts, Toronto
Parting
Simone Osborne, soprano; Gordon Gerrard, piano; Vancouver City Opera
arrangements for voice and orchestra of Clara Schumann’s lieder
Alex Hetherington, mezzo; National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa
Two Dreams
Jonelle Sills, soprano, Viano Quartet; Prince Edward County Chamber Music Festival
luna premit
Rachel Krehm, soprano; Janelle Fung, piano; Canzona Chamber Players, Toronto
Moon
Jenna Simeonov, piano; Waterside Summer Series, Ontario
Penelope, Moon
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo; Sophia Muñoz, piano; Viva Musica! Festival, Slovakia
Penelope
Michaela Kelly, soprano; Toronto Summer Music
hyacinth: songs of the Minotaur
Laura Strickling, soprano; Shawn Chang, piano; SongFest Sorel commission, TN
luna premit
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor; Steven Philcox, piano; Canadian Art Song Project
Penelope
Sarah Nelson Craft, mezzo; Mila Henry, piano; Brooklyn Art Song Society, NY
“The Labours of Love: Resurrecting Haydn’s Orfeo”; symposium, University of Toronto
luna premit
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor; Steven Philcox, piano; Canadian Art Song Project
Lullabies, Mercy, Two Dreams
Rebecca Cuddy, mezzo; Craig Terry, piano; Eckhardt-Grammatté Competition Gala
Three Memories for Piano
Michael Park, piano; Erato Ensemble Solo Series, Vancouver
Cover feature, La Scena Musicale magazine, Vol. 28 No. 6. PDF edition here.
Bright Wings
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Breath Alone, for soprano and piano (20’)
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano; Katelan Trân Terrell, piano; Carnegie Hall, NY
Penelope
Christina Raphaëlle Haldane, soprano; Carl Philippe Gionet, piano
Collegia Musica, Mount Allison University
Penelope, Moon
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo; Sophia Muñoz, piano; L’Auditori Barcelona, Spain
Penelope, Moon
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo; Sophia Muñoz, piano; Koerner Hall, Toronto
2022
Kalypso, Penelope
Lindsay McIntyre, soprano; Wesley Shen, piano
Penelope
Amy Petrongelli, soprano; Blair Salter, piano
Opera America, Awards for Digital Excellence in Opera
finalist: Garden of Vanished Pleasures, dir. Tim Albery, Soundstreams
Bright Wings
Vancouver Chamber Choir, cond. Kari Turunen
Penelope
Lillian Brooks, mezzo; Claire Harris, piano
Heliconian Hall
Pay the Piper wins Best Opera, RESEO Youth Music Awards
Penelope, Moon
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo; Sophia Muñoz, piano
Park Avenue Armory Recital Series
Penelope
Kait Saik DeLugan, soprano
Five College New Music Festival
Penelope, Moon
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo; Kevin Murphy, piano
Ravinia Festival
Garden
Angela Schwarzkopf, harp; Étienne Levesque, vibraphone
Ottawa Chamberfest
Penelope
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo; Sophia Muñoz, piano
Festival Castell Peralada
Homesung
Mireille Asselin, soprano; Steven Philcox, piano
Toronto Summer Music
Penelope
‘Singing in the Northland: Songs by Living Canadian Composers’
presentation-recital: Susan Gouthro, Patricia Au, Rachel Wood
National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) National Conference
Faculty, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: Opera in the 21st Century
Strange Flesh
Din of Shadows at The Music Gallery
Stacie Dunlop, soprano
Angela Blumberg, choreography
Fanfare for ‘The Wreckers’
brass of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Glyndebourne
Penelope and Moon
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo; Sophia Muñoz, piano
Konserthuset Stockholm
Capture, for chorus and cello
commissioned by the Fountain School of the Performing Arts, Dalhousie University
Penelope
Michaela Kelly, soprano; Christine Teng, piano
Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California
Sooner than Later
Tapestry Opera: Songbook XI
Kalypso, Penelope
Lindsay McIntyre, soprano; Wesley Shen, piano
Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
Singing Only Softly
Opera Laurier, Wilfrid Laurier University
Pay the Piper
Glyndebourne
Stephen Langridge, director; Johann Stuckenbruck, conductor
Penelope, for soprano and piano
Amy Petrongelli, soprano; Blair Salter, piano
Baylor University School of Music
Moon, for solo piano
Christine Tithecott, piano
Faculty Concert series, Western University
Singing Only Softly
song-opera inspired by the life of Anne Frank
libretto by Monica Pearce
filming for 2024 release
Loose Tea Music Theatre
2021
composer-mentor, Université de Montréal
supported by the Association of Canadian Women Composers
Penelope
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo and Sophia Muñoz, piano in recital
streaming via Deutsche Grammophon’s DG Stage
Penelope
Christina Raphaëlle Haldane, soprano and Carl-Philippe Gionet, piano
Debut Atlantic
Penelope
Mireille Asselin, soprano
re:Naissance Opera’s IndieFest 2021
Kalypso
Lindsay McIntyre, soprano; Wesley Shen, piano
”Celebrating Mary Morrison”, Walter Hall, Toronto
Penelope
Amy Petrongelli, soprano; Blair Salter, piano
Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series
University of North Florida School of Music
Garden
Michelle Colton, vibraphone; Angela Schwarzkopf, harp
Walter Hall, Toronto
Garden of Vanished Pleasures
Soundstreams. Dir. by Tim Albery
‘Postcards from Canadians’ livestream event, Canada-UK Foundation
with singer-songwriter Storry, soprano Sarah Parkin and Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Cesar Corrales
Canada House (Canadian High Commission), London
Penelope
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo; Sophia Muñoz, piano
New Town City Hall, Prague, CZ
I’m Awake, from Singing Only Softly
Sara Schabas, soprano; Marie-Ève Scarfone, piano
filmed at Opernhaus Zürich. Highlands Opera Studio recital
Penelope
Hannah Penn, mezzo; Nathalie Fortin, piano
Eugene Opera’s ‘Songs for Quarantine’ film project
Penelope
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo; Sophia Muñoz, piano
Kennedy Center recital, with Vocal Arts DC
Sea Glass
Jani Parsons, piano
The Bagatelles Project, Latitude 49 in support of the Coalition of African Americans in the Performing Arts
find the album on Bandcamp here
concerts and guest artist talks with
Banff Centre (Canada)
Debut Atlantic (Canada)
Elizabethtown College (USA)
Equilibrium Young Artists (international)
Eugene Opera (USA)
Georgia Southern University (USA)
Glyndebourne (UK)
Highlands Opera Studio (Canada)
Kennedy Center (USA)
Louisiana State University (USA)
Music in Bloom Festival (USA)
Musicians Club of Women Artists in Performance (USA)
Nachtigall Artists (Europe)
National Association of Teachers of Singing (USA)
re:Naissance Opera (Canada)
Royal Northern College of Music (UK)
Sam Houston State University (USA)
University of Alberta (Canada)
University of North Florida (USA)
University of Strathclyde (UK)
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Wisconsin (USA)
2020
Women Opera Makers’ Empowerment Course with Katie Mitchell
Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, Royal Opera House
The Yellow Wallpaper
Opera McGill Digital Opera Projects with Tapestry Opera
Michael Hidetoshi Mori, dir.
Marfa Songs, featuring Penelope and Kalypso
album release 21 August 2020
Danielle Buonaiuto, soprano; John Wilson, piano
Starkland
”outstanding beauty of sound, sensuality, dance rhythms,
and wonderful new ideas”
(Phyllis Bryn-Julson on Livingston’s Kalypso and Penelope)
Singing Only Softly nominated for 2020 Dora Mavor Moore Awards
Outstanding New Opera
Outstanding Performance by an Individual, soprano Sara Schabas
JUNO Awards presentation event
Angela Schwarzkopf’s album detach on Redshift Records
wins Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber
featuring Garden, with Michelle Colton, vibraphone
JUNOFest Classical Showcase
presented by CBC Music and the Canadian Music Centre
*cancelled*
including performances by JUNO nominees The Canadian Art Song Project
(including excerpts from CASP-commissioned Homesung)
and a performance by Angela Schwarzkopf
from her JUNO-nominated album detach, which includes Garden)
showcase March 14: details here; streaming on CBC March 15
Kiss Goodnight, for men’s chorus
Camerata Nova at the Winnipeg New Music Festival
Gone with the Winds, for wind sextet
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
concerts and guest artist talks with
Adams State University (USA)
Against the Grain Theatre (Canada)
AMP Strathmore (USA)
Bishopsgate Institute (UK)
CBC Radio (Canada)
Cincinnati Song Initiative (USA)
Eckhardt-Gramatté competition (Canada)
Ensemble Vocal Arts Quebec (Canada)
Gallery Players (Canada)
Georgia Southern University (USA)
National Arts Centre (Canada)
National Showcase of Teachers of Singing (USA)
New Music Edmonton (Canada)
Tapestry Opera (Canada)
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Western Ontario (Canada)
UNK New Music Festival (USA)
2019
detach album release at Burdock Music Hall
Angela Schwarzkopf, harp. Redshift Records.
includes Garden for harp and vibraphone
Singing Only Softly, chamber opera - world premiere
with the support of the Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes
and the Ontario Arts Council
Loose Tea Music Theatre in partnership with Musique 3 Femmes
Kiss Goodnight, for a cappella men’s choir
Pro Coro Canada with Chor Leoni Men’s Choir
Three Memories for Piano
R. Andrew Lee, piano
CMC Presents, curated by Nick Storring in association with Riparian Acoustics
Singing Only Softly, chamber opera - excerpts
with the support of the Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes
Musique 3 Femmes
presentations at: Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Canadian Opera Company
Tapestry Opera
University of Ottawa
University of Calgary
Mount Allison University
concerts and guest artist talks with
2021 Concerts and Borough New Music (UK)
Avaloch Farm Insitute (USA)
Canadian Art Song Project (Canada)
Fashion Art Toronto (Canada)
Fox Islands Concerts (USA)
Great Lakes International Summer Music (Canada)
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts (Canada)
King’s College London (UK)
McMaster University (Canada)
National Opera Centre - Opera America (USA)
Peace Region Music series (Canada)
San Francisco Conservatory of Music (USA)
Tapestry Opera (Canada)
Thirsty Ears Festival (USA)
Ton Beau String Quartet (Canada)
TorQ Percussion Quartet (Canada)
University of Toronto (Canada)
2017-18
concerts and guest artist talks with
Bicycle Opera Project (Canada)
Borough New Music (UK)
Cantabile Choirs Kingston (Canada)
Central Washington University (USA)
Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition 2017-2018 winner's tour, Canada and USA
Edmonton International Choir Festival (Canada)
Glyndebourne Tour (UK)
Grande Prairie Collins Recital Hall (Canada)
Kingston Symphony (Canada)
McGill University (Canada)
Music on Main (Canada)
Musique 3 Femmes at Opera Canada’s 2018 Summit (Canada)
National Opera Center, Opera America (USA)
Nuit Blanche Toronto (Canada)
Photophobia (Canada)
Pocket Concerts (Canada)
Pro Coro Canada
ProArts Calgary (Canada)
Soundstreams (Canada)
Tapestry Opera (Canada)
Ton Beau Quartet (Canada)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra (Canada)
TorQ Percussion (Canada)
University of Alberta (Canada)
University of Michigan (USA)
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
University of Toronto (Canada)