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DENISE WILLIAMS

Soprano,Voice Teacher in Toronto,
ACTRA,CAEA,NATS,ORMTA,RCME

Canadian Opera's Voice of
SOPHISTICATED SOUL

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ABOUT DENISE

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DENISE WILLIAMS, BSc, MA, ARCT

(Singer/Voice Teacher/Music Facilitator/Founding Artistic Director/Producer)

Denise Williams is a professional singer, music educator and facilitator.  She holds an ARCT in Singing Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music, a Masters in Community Music from Wilfrid Laurier University, and studied Arts and Entertainment Administration at Ryerson University.  

Her 30+ year international solo performance career has put her at home on the concert, opera, and theatre stages, presenting a myriad of self-produced concerts and working with, to name a few national companies,  The Nathaniel Dett Chorale, The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir,  Mirvish Productions, Eastern Front Theatre, Theatre Northwest as well as international appearances.  Highlights of her performance career include most recently a concert performance in with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Oriente in Cuba, and in Toronto, Walk Together Children - A Cross-Cultural Concert Celebration (Black, Jewish, Muslim) at the The Toronto Centre for the Arts, now known as the Meridian Arts Centre (Fall 2018),  the Nathaniel Dett Chorale’s concert performance of Treemonisha at Koerner Hall,  Andrew Craig's King’s Playlist at the Harbourfront centre's Fleck Dance Theatre (2017), the cast of Mirvish's North American Premier of The Sound of Music at the Princes of Wales Theatre (2008-2010), and other notable solo performances. Her CD, Walk Together Children, is a cross-cultural initiative, featuring music from the roots of Black & Jewish music.

Denise currently concentrates her time on performance education, and has founded No Strings Theatre with a desire to aid youth in developing their skills in music theatre as well as grow in their team skills for life.  She has been a private voice teacher for over 30 years (Voices of Colour Music studio), as well as Royal Conservatory of Music examiner and national adjudicator for over 20 years.   She is currently a part time faculty member in Sheridan College’s Music Theatre department, a certified advanced voice teacher for the RCM and sessional sacred music professor for the Canada Christian College.  

Professional memberships include President of The Central Toronto Branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association (ORMTA-CTB), executive of the National Association for Teachers of Singing (NATS), and the Canadian Actors Equity.

Denise has participated in  international symposiums, particularly addressing cross-cultural sharing of music traditions involving the African Diaspora.

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Zuiegnung by Strauss sung by Denise Williams

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Auf dem Wasser by Schubert sung by Denise Williams

Auf dem Wasser by Schubert sung by Denise Williams

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Weeping Mary arranged by Harry T Burleigh sung by Denise Williams

Weeping Mary arranged by Harry T Burleigh sung by Denise Williams

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