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The Canadian contralto/mezzo-soprano and music educator, Leah Giselle Field, obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Music- Opera from the The University of British Columbia (2002-2006); her Master's Degree in Music- Literature and Performance in Voice from the University of Western Ontario (2006-2008); and her Doctor of Musical Arts, Music- voice and opera from The University of British Columbia (September 2008-February 2015). She is a graduate of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program, a Vancouver Opera Foundation Amatori bursary recipient and regional winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Leah Giselle Field has been a freelance professional singer since 2010. She is noted for her versatility as a vocalist and the strength of her dramatic presence. Praised for “soaring tone and spectacular low notes” in her “sumptuous” instrument, her performance highlights include Cavalleria Rusticana, Eugene Onegin, W.A. Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel with Vancouver Opera, recitals with pianists Leslie Dala and Richard Epp, George Frideric Handel's Messiah, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, L.v. Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 with the Vancouver Chamber Choir, appearances in the Vancouver Opera Chamber Music Festival, and productions of Luisa Miller, Suor Angelica, Cendrillon, and Aida in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia. Upcoming engagements include oratorio and recording projects with BC composers.
Leah Giselle Field has sung in North America, Europe, and China in opera, recital, and with orchestras and chamber ensembles. She has performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, Sea to Sky Symphony, Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Toronto, West Coast Symphony Orchestra, and UBC Symphony Orchestra, and as a recitalist throughout British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario.
Leah Giselle Field has also been Artistic Director of Dodson Concert Series in UBC Libraries (2010-2012); Voice teacher/administrator at UBC Summer Voice Workshop (2014); Voice Teacher at VSO School of Music (since September 2021). |
