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Cari Burdett Mezzo Soprano Chanteuse ______3228A Gibbins Rd., Duncan, B.C Cari Burdett Mezzo Soprano Chanteuse __________________________________ 3228A Gibbins Rd., Duncan, B.C. V9L 1G8 Canada Cell: 250 710 4174 [email protected] www.CariBurdett.com https://soundcloud.com/cari-burdett/ https://www.facebook.com/cari.burdett EPK: http://cariburdett.com/press-kit/ ______________________________________ “An eclectic mix with influences ranging from art song and opera to jazz and gypsy. Threading it all together is Burdett’s sultry voice, a smoky mezzo-soprano” – Victoria Times Colonist, March 2015 “Her warmth and humanity bubble up through the rich honey of her voice” – Citizen, 2013 “Burdett a standout in Stabat Mater” – Cowichan Citizen, 2010 “Cari Burdett made a star turn out of Baba the Turk” – Rodney Milnes, OPERA, 2002 DATE OF BIRTH 14th January 1974 HEIGHT six feet LANGUAGES Italian, French, Swedish (fluent), Russian and German (beginner) ALSO Contemporary, ballet, modern dance, musical theatre MENTORS/TEACHERS: Nancy Argenta/classical voice; Anne Schaefer/singer-songwriting & arrangement; Corbin Keep/cello; Dave Lieffertz/piano; Rhiannon/Vocal Improvisation; Par Ahlbom/Vocal Improvisation & composition Discography: ‘Magnolia’ - Debut Album release March 2015 – Magnolia – Dramatic Gypsy Cabaret. Nominated for World Album of the Year – by the Western Canadian Music Awards. ‘Winter’ – Released 2010 – Children’s Cd of winter songs, stories and verses. EDUCATION Accepted to Banff Centre of Fine Arts, Music Residency Program, for composition/arrangement/research with Timothy Francis. Nov. 21 - Dec.6, 2015 Vocal Student of Nancy Argenta, 2007–2011 Royal Academy of Music, London, England, 1998–2001 Master of Music Degree course with merit in performance, 1999–2001 Master’s thesis: ‘How can Musical Improvisation be used for the development of the Self?’ Postgraduate Performance Course, 1998–1999 Licentiate in Vocal Studies Teacher, 1999 Professor: Penny Mackay Coaching: Jonathan Papp (Main), Paul Esswood (Baroque), Ian Partridge (Lied), Emanuela Ferrari- Osborne (Italian), Hilary Summers (20th- century), Ingrid Surgenor (Opera) McGill University, Montreal, 1992–1998 Bachelor of Music (with Distinction in Performance) Professor: Winston Purdy, Coaching: Michael McMann (Song), Dixie Ross Neil (Opera) FORTHCOMING Feb 14th, 2016 Soloist performing songs from Magnolia with Orcherstra, Sooke Philharmonic, Norman Nelson, Sooke, BC Magnolia Tour of the Islands, Vancouver, BC, Alberta, March 2016 5th Annual Winter Solstice Music Show with Miles Black, Richard Moody, Sara Marrieros, Anne Schaefer and Cari Burdett Dec 18th, Christian Reformed Church, Duncan, Canada Dec 19, Art Spring Theatre, Salt Spring Island, BC Dec 20th, Harbour City Theatre, Nanaimo, BC Dec 21st, Oak Bay United Church, Victoria BC Nov 22- Dec 4th – Performances with Timothy Francis at the Banff School or Art, Banff. CABARET SHOWS – Soloist, Artistic Director and Producer of events. Oct 8th, #ImagineOct 20th Concert, Duncan Garage Showroom. Producer and performer. August 12th Guest Astist w with Quinn & Qristina at Twisted Vine Concert Series, Duncan BC. August 5th – Upstairs Jazz Club, with Chad Linsley and Solon McDade, Montreal, Quebec. July 26th 39 Days of July Festival, Magnolia and Jazz. Mid Island Magnolia Tour with Miles Black, Richard Moody, Marc Atkinson, Kelby MacNayr and Sean Drabitt. 29th May, Harbour City Theatre,Nanaimo, BC, 30th May, Char’s Landing – Port Alberni, BC, Miles 31st – SOLD OUT , Ken Hicks Concert Series at Quamichan Inn, Duncan BC, Cd Release Tour Full Band - with Miles Black, Richard Moody, Sean Drabitt, Kelby MacNayr and Marc Atkinson March 22 –, All Saints By the Sea, Salt Spring Island. March 21 –, Upstairs Lounge Oak Bay, Victoria, March 20 –Sylvan United Church, Mill Bay. March 19 – Magnolia CD Release Tour, Temple Concert Series, Sooke, BC Magnolia CD release tour with Jodi Proznick, Miles Black and Kelby MacNayr, Vancouver CMC and St Marks’Church. 4th Annual Winter Solstice, Sold out with Sara Marreiros, Richard Moody, Adrian Dolan, Alex Remple, Corbin Keep and 2 dancers, matinee and evening performances, Dec 20th, 2014 Special Christmas soloist with Corbin Keep for Fairbridge Carols, Cowichan, Dec 13th, 2015 Magnolia Cd Pre Release Tour, Cumberland, Studio Live, fully video documentation with live audience, Victoria, Hermann’s Jazz club and Mill Bay, Sylvan Church, with Miles Black, Richard Moody, Sean Drabitt, Kelby MacNayr and Marc Atkinson. Nov., 2014. Magnolia Pre release cd performance of Magnolia at the Old Firehouse Wine Bar, with Corbin Keep and Dave Lieffertz, Oct, 2014 31 Days of July Festival, Duncan BC, with Corbin Keep. Performances in North of China, invited as special guest for teaching and performing, June 15th – July 1st, 2014 Invited special performer to represent the Cowichan Valley Arts Council in a full concert, May 3rd, 2014 Representative of the ‘ north’ invited guest as performer for the 10th Annual Cowichan Aborigional film and art Festival, performance with Richard Moody, April 2014 Invited as special guest with Dave Lieffertz, piano - for International Women’s Day, March 2014 Invited special guest with Dave Lieffertz, piano and John Robertson, Bass - Celebrating Women in Music on Island Duncan Garage Showroom, Feb. 2014 Finals of Vancouver Island Songwriting competition, July 2013 Dec. 21, 3rd Annual Winter Solstice, Sold out with Sara Marreiros, Richard Moody, Adrian Dolan, Alex Remple, Corbin Keep and 2 dancers, 2013 Solo cabaret evening, with piano and bass at Old Firehouse Wine Bar, Sept 28, 2013 Solo concert at Averill Creek Vineyard with piano, Dave Lieffertz Dec. 21st , 2nd annual Solstice Cabaret, Sold-out performances, 2012 Red Blue Yellow, Cabaret, Sold-out performances, with 2 dancers and instrumentalists, 2012 Dec. 21st Solstice Cabaret, Sold-out performances, 2011 Deep Listening Improvised music, Sara Marreiros, Chris Bertin & Massimo Pintus, Threshold Event, June 2011 Vocal Explorations – Improvisation, Folk, Cabaret – Duncan Garage Showroom, Jan 2010 & March 2011 Vocal Explorations – Improvisation, Folk, Cabaret – El Centro, Duncan, April 2011 VOCAL IMPROVISATION Thirteen years of intensive study with Rhiannon, including being invited for the first All the Way In year-long intensive Over ten years studying with Par Ahlbom, Jarna, Sweden. Vocal & movement improvisation, avant-garde compositional techniques and study SOLO WORKS WITH ORCHESTRA/ CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Alto Soloist for Bach’s Christmas Oratoria, Full length with Jim Stubs, Bach on the Rocks, Salt Spring, Jan 6th, 2015 Alto Soloist for Beethoven’s 9th, Cowichan Orchestra, Robert Mari, Nov. 16, 2013 Alto Soloist for Christmas Concert, Cowichan Orchestra, Dec. 7, 2013 Alto Soloist Mozart and Salieri Requiems, Bach on the Rocks, Salt Spring, Dir. Jim Stubbs, June 15/16, 2013 Alto Soloist/Narrator for new work, The Earth Chants, Cowichan Orchestra, Robert Mari. Soloist for Opera arias with Victoria Philharmonic Choir. Dir., Peter Butterfield, April 2012 Alto Soloist, Messiah with Alan Wade, Parksville, Dec. 2012 Alto Soloist Christmas Concert, Cowichan Orchestra, 2012 Trio Japan - Brahms op.91 with Guyonne le Louarn and Yoko Hirano, May 2011 Alto Soloist, Stabat Mater, Karl Jenkins, Duncan Frater, Duncan, May 2010 Bach Cantata 197, Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria, BC, March 30, 2010 Messiah, Handle with Wade Noble and the Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestra, Nanaimo, BC, Dec. 2009 Christmas Oratorio, Bach with Wade Noble, Victoria, BC, Dec. 5 & 6, 2009 Bach and Handle Aria and Duets, with small ensembles, Oratorio course, Vocal Academy, VCM, Victoria, BC, 2009 Christmas Oratorio, Bach with Norman Nelson, Victoria, BC, Dec. 6 & 7, 2008 Ruckert Leider, (Mahler) with (chamber ensemble), Con. Edward Gardner, Duke’s Hall, February 2000 Chanson Perpetuelle (Chausson) with string quartet, piano and voice, RAM 1999 Gebet, Symphony No 3 (Galina Utvolskaya), Quartet (trumpet, tam-tam, piano and voice), Duke’s Hall, RAM, January 1999 & Pollack Hall, McGill University (Con. Denys Bouliane), 1998 Mass in E Flat (Schubert), McGill University (Con. Ewan Edwards), 1997 RECITALS Song recital with Leah Hokanson, Solo Recital at St. Michael’s Presents Society, Chemainus, March 17, 2013 Robert Burns Concert, Robert Burns evening, 2012 Song recital with Leah Hokanson, Gabriola Island, Nanaimo & Duncan, 2012 Slavic Sacred Music Concert, March 2011 Song Recital with Kim Cousineau, St. Michael Presents, Chemainus, BC, March 2010 Schumann’s Fraunen Lieben und Leben, Robert Holliston, Fairfield Church, Victoria, April 19, 2009 St. Michaels Presents Society, Song concert, 20th Century Canadian Song Recital with Kim Cousineau, Chemainus, BC, May 25, 2008 Recital of contemporary music and English song with pianist Anna Tillbrook, May 2001 Recital of German Leid, English Song and 20th Century music, with pianist Alessandro Talevi, Portsmouth Music Club, June 2001 Charm of Lullabies (Britten) with pianist Alessandro Taveli, Duke’s Hall, RAM, February 2001 20th Century Canadian music ‘ Multitudes’ with pianist Chris Lyssak, Vancouver and Victoria, Canada, summer 2000 Recital with pianist Philip Howard, Regent’s Hall, London, June 2000 Recitals of premieres by Maxwell Steer and works by Gershwin, Porter, Tisbury, Wiltshire, 2000 Recital (English Song, Scottish Folksongs, Gershwin and Porter) with pianist Philip Howard, Portsmouth, 2000 Recital (Mahler, Handel, Berlioz, Weill, etc.) with pianist Ian Farringdon, St. Olave’s Rectory, Tower Bridge, London, 2000 Italian Song Recital and Russian Song Recital, Duke’s Hall, RAM, 1999 Sea Pictures
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