Mark Wilkinson
Style: Pop; Opera; Jazz; Folk; Classical; Musical Theatre
Bio:
Dr. Mark Wilkinson is an accomplished singing actor, vocal health clinician, and educator who specializes in the care and maintenance of the human voice. He has performed an eclectic range of repertoire, from classical to avant-garde, throughout North America and in Europe, and he has been heard on national CBC radio. Highlights include Ottawa Chamberfest, the Edmonton Symphony, the Early Music Festival of Alberta, Soundstreams Canada, Music and Beyond, the Ottawa Writers Festival, Les Plaisirs du clavecin, Le Nouvel Opéra, the Alberta Baroque, the Richard Eaton Singers, The Aldeburgh Connection, and recitals throughout Austria and the United States. He also enjoys his work as a voice-over artist, providing narration and character voices to companies and projects around the world in multiple languages.
Dr. Mark holds the Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance and the Certificate in Singing Health from The Ohio State University, a collaboration between the departments of music, speech and hearing science, and otolaryngology. At once a singing teacher, acting and speech coach, and voice scientist, Dr. Mark is one of Canada's leading voice pedagogues with a singular ability to habilitate and rehabilitate both professional and aspiring professional voice users. In addition to his rare background in clinical voice therapy and laryngology, he is known as an expert in educational psychology, curriculum design, and the neuroscience of learning.
He looks forward to guest-teaching at the University of Toronto this fall, in addition to being in service to NATS and his home chapters of Ontario and the National Capital Region. Dr. Wilkinson is a proud French-speaking resident of Ottawa, Ontario, the unceded and traditional territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.
Voice Type: Baritone
Music Styles Taught: Pop; Opera; Jazz; Folk; Classical; Musical Theatre
Availability: I am available as a performer; I am currently accepting private students; I am available as a clinician or presenter
