Catherine Crouch, Soprano

From an early age, Catherine has been performing as a choral singer and as a soloist. Her music studies started in Toronto, Ontario at the Royal Conservatory of Music and since moving to Vancouver in 1992, she has studied under Lars Kaario, and has been coached by Ray Nurse, Ellen Hargis, and Doreen Oke.

Catherine has been a principal singer with the professional chamber choir Laudate Singers for the past 9 years. She has performed as soloist in many concerts, most recently in works by Monteverdi and Gabrieli with Vancouver’s La Cetra. Catherine is also a featured soloist on two recent CDs by Laudate Singers: “A Baroque Christmas” and “Winter Light”.

Catherine toured Italy with the Capilano College Singers in 2002, performing as a soloist in many beautiful cathedrals. For two summers, Catherine sang in the Festival Vancouver Chorus under the batons of Helmuth Rilling, Tõnu Kaljuste and Jon Washburn.

For six years Catherine was the soprano soloist and section leader at St. Andrew's United Church in North Vancouver and performed there as a featured soloist in numerous oratorios. She has also performed at the Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre under Lars Kaario.

Currently, in addition to her work with Laudate Singers, Catherine is a section leader at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver. She also loves to encourage other singers by giving workshops in vocal technique and music theory. Catherine runs a successful private voice studio in North Vancouver.

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