Biography
Ingrid Suderman, soprano, received her undergraduate degree B.R.E. from the Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg and her A.R.C.T. with the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto. Her graduate studies have been at the Nordwestdeutschemusikakademie in Detmold, Germany and the Banff Centre, Canada. She has received numerous awards and scholarships for vocal excellence throughout her years of study. Winning the Northwest Regional Metropolitan Opera Auditions in Seattle led to singing as a semi-finalist at Lincoln Centre in New York.
Teaching, adjudicating and giving vocal workshops are important aspects of her singing career. On faculty since 1989, she has further developed her teaching skills by attending Voice Conferences in Toronto, Philadelphia, Helsinki, Oslo and New Orleans. She has been an adjudicator for numerous festivals throughout the province and a judge for the Vancouver Foundation, the Metropolitan Opera Auditions - both district in Vancouver and regional in Seattle, for the Roberto and Mary Wood Competition in Victoria and for the National Association of Teachers of Singing Association Auditions on the district level in Victoria and Vancouver.
Ingrid Suderman was the chair of the International Congress of Voice Teachers 6th Conference held in Vancouver, August 2005. From 2006 - 2008 she was the Executive Director of the Vancouver International Song Institute held at UBC each June and is now an honorary member of the board. She has been teaching voice at TWU since September 1989.
Performance Highlights:
Solo work with:
- Vancouver Bach Choir
- Vancouver Chamber Choir
- Vancouver Society for Early Music
- Vancouver Cantata Singers
- Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
- CBC Radio Orchestra
- Victoria Symphony
- Festival Chorus of Calgary
- Kitchener-Waterloo Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet
- Calgary Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
- Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
- Richard Eaton Singers
- B.C. Choral Federation
- Ontario Choral Federation
- Saskatoon Symphony
- Trinity Western University Chamber Choir
Education
B.R.E. (Canadian Mennonite University);
A.R.C.T. (Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto);
Studies at Nordwestdeutschemusikakademie (Detmold) and the Banff Centre (Canada).
Areas of Expertise
Voice
Courses Taught at TWU
Applied Music Lessons - Voice
Vocal Performance