Nicole Burke

Instructor

Nicole focuses on healthy singing with her students who bring an array of genres to her studio
including pop, rock, country, musical theater and even opera! She provides guidance for healthy singing and a studio with a safe space for students to express themselves through music. Nicole has students of all ages and learning abilities. No two students are the same so she is prepared for any level of student who walks in her door. Singing should be fun and enjoyable for everyone!

Nicole is a classically trained soprano from Littleton, Ma. She has received her Master’s degree
from the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London, UK and her Bachelor’s degree from McGill
University. In November 2019 she performed in the opening ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall before the Champions Tennis Games. Her most recent events include JOSEPHINE in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The H.M.S Pinafore with the Grosvenor Light Opera Company, opera scenes concerts at the RCM where she played FIORDILIGI in Cosí fan tutte, CURLEY’S WIFE in Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men, covered the role of COUNTESS of Dunmow in Lennox Berkeley’s A Dinner Engagement at the RCM, the soprano soloist in Fauré’s Requiem and Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate with the Nashoba Valley Chorale, chorus in the RCM’s production of Robinson Crusoe, scenes from Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia where Nicole played the role of FEMALE CHORUS, DALINDA in Handel’s Ariodante as part of the Schulich School of Music’s production at McGill University, and EDITH in the McGill Savoy Society’s production of Pirates of Penzance. Contemporary works she has performed are Kaija Saariaho’s Tag des Jahr’s and selections by Libby Larsen.

Nicole has found success in national competitions, placing second in the Classical Singer Vocal
Competition in May 2018, having reached the finals in 2014 and the semi-finals in 2013. In 2011 Nicole placed first in the National Association for Teachers and Singers (NATS) competition and in 2012 placed third. In 2014 she won first prize in the Peter Elvins Vocal Competition.

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