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The Canadian soprano, Bronwyn Thies-Thompson, has recently completed her undergraduate studies at Carleton University under the tutelage of counter-tenor Daniel Taylor, she has furthered her studies at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, the International Bachakademie Stuttgart, and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, and has received private instruction from a number of early music specialists including sopranos Emma Kirkby, Nancy Argenta and Suzie LeBlanc.
Bronwyn Thies-Thompson is a young soprano with an affinity for early music. She is sought after for her solid and inspired performances amongst small vocal ensembles, regularly performing and recording with Daniel Taylor’s Theatre of Early Music and Trinity Choir (including their JUNO nominated discs, "Four Thousand Winter" & "The Tree of Life"). Her “clean and clear voice” and “natural and assured musicianship,” informed by her musical upbringing as a cathedral chorister and instrumentalist in Ottawa, Canada, have been appreciated during collaborations with the The Tallis Scholars (Director: Peter Phillips) and Emma Kirkby. Recent solo highlights have included performances of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor (BWV 232) at St. John’s Smith Square with the London Handel Orchestra, Finzi’s rarely performed cantata Dies Natalis and a reconstruction of J.S. Bach’s St. Mark Passion (BWV 247) with Caelis Academy and the Ottawa Baroque Consort. Now based in Montreal, she regularly performs with Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, Choeur de l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and with the choir of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul.
Bronwyn Thies-Thompson has been fortunate to work with Canadian composer Andrew Ager, premiering song cycles, concert works, and appearing in his operas. She is also involved in musical projects exploring the traditional music of Ireland, England, Appalachia, and Quebec. |
