Outremont

Singing lessons in Outremont with Nicole Ross. Soprano Nicole Ross has been praised for her “simple, unaffected acting and gorgeous vocal  tone.” Originally from Nova Scotia, Nicole is a recent graduate of the Voice Performance  program at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, where she studied under the tutelage  of Joanne Kolomyjec. She started studying voice and music at a young age, and has performed  both in ensembles and as a soloist in recitals and festivals across Canada.  

Nicole has been a very active performer during her time at McGill, and finds herself at home in a  variety of styles, from Early Music to Art Song and Opera.  

She has been the recipient of several prizes and scholarships, including McGill’s Oxford Music  Scholarship, the Evelyn Adamson Johnstone Memorial Prize for Promising Soprano, and support  from the Nova Scotia Talent Trust. She has also been recognized for her performances at the  Classical Singer Competition, where she placed Third in the University Intermediate Category,  and at the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals National Music Festival, where she placed  Second in the Voice category.  

Nicole’s Opera credits include Suzanne in Opera McGill’s Horizons Project Production of  Schubert’s La Croisade des Dames, Grace Davis in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, and Flora in  Britten’s The Turn of the Screw with Opera McGill. She also recently took part in Opera  McGill’s collaboration with Tapestry Opera on Digital Opera Projects, which highlighted the  works of living Canadian composers. Nicole is looking forward to her upcoming Emerging Artist  Residency at the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance this summer.