Brooke Dufton

An experienced performer, teacher, conductor, and clinician, Brooke Dufton holds a doctorate in Vocal Performance specializing in Vocal Pedagogy. As a performer she specializes in early music and new Canadian classical music, and she has been praised for her ‘great skill’ (Globe and Mail), ‘strong presence’ (Peterborough Examiner), and ‘beautiful tone and control’ (The Chronicle-Herald). She also adjudicates, leads masterclasses and workshops, and maintains a global private studio with students in-person and online. Her students have been awarded prestigious solo opportunities, tours, and recordings, acceptances into performance programs in Canadian and American universities, awards and scholarships from festivals, and high standing in exams. 

Choir singing is near and dear to Brooke’s heart: Growing up in St. Marys, she was raised in the St. Marys Children’s choir system under Eileen Baldwin, and later worked with her and Linda Beaupré as assistant conductor in the Bach Children’s Chorus in Scarborough. Brooke has performed in professional choruses across Canada, including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chorus working under Iwan Edwards, Kent Nagano, and James Conlon, and Bach Festival Singers under Helmuth Rilling and Doreen Rao. Brooke has conducted a variety of ensembles in the past and is currently the director of the Festival Sounds Chorus in Stratford (a women’s acapella group - come join us, women!)

Dr. Dufton is passionate about teaching voice, and has trained in both classical and contemporary vocal methods, so she can focus on building healthy, sustainable voice function in singers, regardless of genre. She is an RCM-certified teacher, a member of several music teaching associations, including ORMTA, CMTA, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). Active as a scholar, she contributes regularly to conferences and has an upcoming publication with McGill University Press. Dr. Dufton has taught and guest lectured for a number of institutions, including the Royal Conservatoire Scotland; the Glenn Gould School; the University of Toronto, where she was nominated for a teaching award; and Mount Allison University, where she was also the director of the Opera ensembles.

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