Tara Marlena Laberge
Style: Opera; Classical; Musical Theatre
Bio: A multi-disciplinary artist, Dr. Laberge has been a performer, vocal pedagogue, music director and stage director in Canada and the United States. Directing credits include Ambrose Arts, Minnesota Opera’s Project OPERA program, the University of Minnesota Opera Theatre and Summer Music Theater workshops, the Minnesota Fringe Festival, and Storybook Theatre’s Summer Intensive Program. Music Directing credits include; Bring it on, Sister Act, Junie B. Jones, Les Misérables, RENT, Grease!, Beauty and the Beast, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, Pinkalicious, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown/A Charlie Brown Christmas, Into the Woods, Teddy and Alice, 13, and Joseph…Technicolor Dreamcoat. A specialist in Musical Theatre history and pedagogy, Dr. Laberge is also a regular music festival adjudicator, and lecturer on vocal health for singers and actors. She has been on the teaching faculty in Music and Theatre with the Saint Paul Conservatory of Performing Arts, Rocky Mountain College, Mount Royal College Conservatory and Ambrose University. Dr. Laberge is also currently on faculty at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School in Calgary, AB teaching middle and senior school choir and musical theatre.
Voice Type: Soprano
Music Styles Taught: Opera; Classical; Musical Theatre
Availability: I am available as a performer; I have a wait-list for private lessons; I am available as a clinician or presenter
