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Agnes McCarthy / The Northern Arts Academy

Agnes McCarthy
Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 3C8

About The Teacher/Business

Agnes McCarthy leads a busy life as Director of Sault Ste. Marie’s newest Performing Arts Studio The Northern Arts Academy, providing comprehensive multidisciplinary training for singers with diverse musical interests. She also currently serves as a music specialist with the Algoma District School Board and is an Adjunct Professor of Voice at Algoma University where she has taught private voice, directed The AlgomaU Choir and taught Musical Theatre and Elementary Music Methods courses since 1994. Agnes began her undergraduate studies in Voice with Carolyn Hart at Memorial University of Newfoundland. After completing her B. Mus. / B. Mus. Ed. degrees, she moved to Montréal to pursue graduate studies in Early Music Performance at McGill University. Under the tutelage of Canadian countertenor, Allan Fast, she completed her Master's Performance degree. That same year, Agnes relocated to Sault Ste. Marie as part of the Artist in Residence Program at Algoma University and has since served in the capacities of performer, voice instructor, choral conductor and coordinator of the vocal division of the Sault Ste Marie Music Festival. Her choirs and private students have distinguished themselves by winning numerous national awards, and many have gone on to professional careers. Agnes has spent her professional career in Sault Ste. Marie deeply involved in the musical life of the community as a teacher and performer. She has collaborated with The Algoma Conservatory of Music, The Sault Symphony, The Algoma Chamber Players, The Chamber Singers of Algoma, The Algoma Festival Choir and most recently with The Musical Comedy Guild of Sault Ste. Marie as Vocal Director for their productions of Les Misérables and Jesus Christ Superstar. She is also active as a choral and voice festival adjudicator.

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