Responsibilities:
• Director-At-Large (Academic Musical Theatre Liaison)
With an incredible passion for teaching and working with youth, Breanne specializes in training
musical theatre and pop rock performers. She is on the Music Theatre Faculty at Sheridan
College as well as the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Guelph.
She holds an MFA in Musical Theatre from the Boston Conservatory and a BMus in Classical
Voice from Western. She has also earned Evidence-Based Vocal Pedagogy certifications with
Maddie Tarbox and can often be found adjudicating and guest lecturing at Ontario festivals,
universities and theatre companies.
Breanne is an active performer in the Canadian musical theatre scene and has performed
numerous roles, solo concerts and cabarets in New York, Boston and Toronto. Select roles
include Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins), Vivienne (Legally Blonde), Fantine (Les Miserables).
She is deeply dedicated to her studio and has coached numerous students to top honours and
scholarships with RCM, Kiwanis Music Festival and NATS. Having studied and performed in
both Canada and the States, Breanne is aware of what is expected of an actor on stage, in a
rehearsal and in an audition. Breanne provides her students with not only technical proficiency
and musicianship skills, but also storytelling and acting coaching. She has had students accepted
at Sheridan, NYU Tisch, Carnegie Melon and the Boston Conservatory and now they can be
found working at Canadian Equity houses including Mirvish Productions, Drayton
Entertainment, Neptune Theatre and Rainbow Stage.
It is Breanne’s goal to champion her students and provide a safe working space for exploration
and growth.
