Dr. Jacqueline Woodley
271 Rue De Clairvaux, Laval,Canada
Summary
Accomplished singer and music educator with experience in vocal training for university-level students. Demonstrated success in fostering student growth through adaptive teaching strategies to meet diverse learning styles and perspectives. Committed to nurturing student creativity, critical thinking and confidence through supportive and engaging learning environments.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Voice Teacher
Private Studio
09.2004 - Current
- Guide mid-career professional singers through technical work and repertoire preparation
- Train classical and contemporary singers (extended techniques), theatre actors, and professional choral artists (e.g., OSM, OM, SMAM, OdeM)
- Support young professionals and recent graduates (BMus and MMus) in honing audition and competition skills and successfully entering the workforce
- Prepare students for Cégep and university auditions, resulting in multiple acceptances at top schools (e.g., BMus, MMus and Graduate diploma programs at McGill University, New England Conservatory, Université de Montréal, Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Concordia University; and various Cégep programmes in Montréal)
- Enable successful participation in summer programs such as Highlands Opera Studio, Banff Centre for the Arts, Institut canadien d’art vocal, Opera NUOVA, Festival de Lanaudière, Camp Musical des Laurentides; Coached students who became finalists in notable Canadian competitions (Eckhardt-Gramatté, Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques)
Voice Professor
Cégep de Saint-Laurent
Montréal, QC
08.2020 - 06.2022
Roles and Responsibilities:
Private Voice Teacher 2020-2023
- Weekly lessons: 1-hour per week for voice majors, 30 mins per week for voice as second instrument (vocal jazz/pop singers, instrumentalists)
- Prepared students for mid-session singing exams in December, final juries in May
- Developed a teaching methodology (technique and repertoire) and curriculum tailored for young adult singers (from 16-35, most between 17-20 years of age)
- Designed weekly seminars covering diction (International Phonetic Alphabet), interpretation and acting exercises, time management, practice strategies, mental health and wellness, how to collaborate with pianists, critical listening and repertoire development, reflective journals, studio performance classes, information on summer programs and universities, organized visits with various universities and teachers.
- Collaborated with pianists to prepare students for performance through joint pedagogical planning
- Organized masterclasses featuring industry professionals in acting, singing, yoga, Feldenkrais
Opera Vocal Coach
- Accompanied singers on piano while coaching diction, vocal technique and score learning for the opera production
Small ensemble professor
- Conducted the small vocal ensemble of first year singers, two concerts per year
- Taught collaboration, vocal technique and diverse vocal styles using duets, trios and small ensembles
- Chose music appropriate to the musical and vocal abilities of the singers
Co-director of l’Atelier d’Opéra de Saint-Laurent (2022)
- Stage director, costume director, set designer, and projections for Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
- Taught the opera course: acting classes and stage directing
- Created and implemented a curriculum for the Atelier d’opera course
- 2022-2023 Supported the new Director of Opera in course planning, and opera repertoire
- 2021-2023 Member of production team, coordination with Salle Émile-Legault
Atelier de chant professor (2022-2023)
- This seminar on production is for all singers in their final year
- Prepared students for the production: planned fundraisers, taught financial planning, programme notes, box office planning and publicity (posters, social media, invitations), wrote letters to government officials for support, community engagement
- Worked with singers to develop their final solo project: planned programs for recitals and opera, programme notes, producing recitals (publicity, created programmes, biographies, ticketing)
Online Group Class Instructor
Art Strollers Academy
01.2020 - 08.2021
- Online group singing classes (children; adult)
- Online opera appreciation class (children)
- "Yoga and Opera" (movement and singing class for parents and children)
Piano and Voice Teacher
Villa des Marcellines
Montréal, QC
09.2009 - 06.2010
- Private teacher
Piano and Theory Teacher
Private Studio
Montréal, QC
09.2005 - 06.2010
Education
Doctor of Music - Voice Performance (Dominique Labelle)
McGill University
Montréal QC´05-2025
Master of Music - Opera (Joanne Kolomyjec)
McGill University
Montreal, QC05-2009
Bachelor of Music - Voice Performance (Joanne Kolomyjec)
McGill University
Montréal QC´05-2007
Skills
- Patience and empathy
- Collaborative teamwork approach
- Creative teaching
- Body awareness and stage presence development
- Integration of vocal technique with interpretation and musicality
Research and Publications
Doctor of Music (4.0 GPA) McGill University, 2025
- “Singing after Childbirth: physiological, psychological, and occupational changes”
- Advisors: Dominique Labelle, Isabelle Cossette, John MacMaster
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council recipient, 2022-2025
Research Assistant to Liliana Araújo, McGill University, 2024-2025
- Scoping review: "Women’s lifecycles and the musician", researcher and author (ongoing)
Acoustic pilot project case study of a professional singer
- Study design and organization, qualitative research, author (ongoing)
- with Dr. Theodora Nestorova, Dr. Liliana Araújo, Dr. Isabelle Cossette
Academic Presentations:
- Life cycles and the voice, Invited lecturer, Vocal Pedagogy class, McGill University, 2025
- Singing after Childbirth, Presentation on DMus research, McGill University, 2025
- Women’s Health: What Vocologists Need to Know, PAVA Symposium (Houston), 2024; Presented "Women’s Voices through Puberty, Pregnancy and Postpartum" (online)
- Women’s Health Takes the Musical Stage, APS Hub, McGill University, 2024; Presented "Pregnancy and Postpartum: Changes, Recovery and Impact on Performance" with Claudia Brown; Performed and participated in roundtable
- Voice, Timbre, Metaphors and Materiality in Contemporary Music, CIRMMT workshop, 2024; Presented "Timbral Chiaroscuro in Kaija Saariaho Changing Light for soprano & violin" with Emmanuel Vukovich
- Voice and hormonal changes throughout lifespan, McGill University, 2024
Recordings:
- Woodley, J. (2022). Cup of Sins (Parisa Sabet). Redshift Records.
- Woodley, J., Bourdeau, M., Rancourt, P., Haug, A. (2022). Mélodies de Lionel Daunais. Centrediscs.
- Woodley, J., Patenaude, J., Patenaude, M., Hannigan, S. (2018). Ciel Convertible (Patenaude/Coppens).
- Woodley, J., Philcox, S. (2016). Cloud Light: Songs of Norbert Palej. Centrediscs. Canadian Art Song Project.
- Woodley, J., Patenaude, J., Patenaude, M. (2015). Alphabêtes/Cantiques de l’eau (Gilbert Patenaude/Patrick Coppens).
Conductor, Outreach, Recruitment
Invited guest/juror for Masterclasses; Summer programs; Young Artist Programs; cultural committees:
- Masterclass and Juror (voice students) Université de Québec à Montréal 2024-2025
- Masterclass and Juror (voice students) Cégep de Saint-Laurent 2023-2025
- Choral Conductor (Chorale pour tous) CAMMAC, QC 2024-2025
- Voice teacher, early music Les Boréades Académie baroque 2023-2025
- Organizing committee, Quebec Roundtable Opera Association of Canada 2024
- Competition judge Concours de musique Classique Lanaudière 2024
- Mentor (Invited artist and voice teacher) Tapestry Opera “Tapestry Songbook” 2019
- Mentor sessions McGill University 2018-2019
- Voice teacher, masterclasses, panelist Opera NUOVA, Edmonton 2018
Choral conductor:
- Conductor, Artistic Director Filles de l’Île, Montréal 2015-present
- Conductor, Artistic Director Les Chantres musiciens 2025-present
- Vocal Coach and substitute conductor Les Chantres musiciens 2015-2024
- Substitute conductor, Section Lead, Soloist present Choeur Enharmonique, Montréal 2015-present
- Substitute conductor, Section Lead, Soloist Les Berges de Brossard 2009-2018
- School Program conductor, teacher Orchestre symphonique de Laval 2018
Vocal coach, clinician for choirs:
- Vocal Coach Voix Boréales, Laval 2018-2021
- Clinician Myriad Vocal Ensemble 2021
- Clinician Chorus Niagara 2021
Professional Affiliations
- Union des artistes, Canadian Actor’s Equity Association, Alliance Chorale, Choirs Canada
Arts Administration
Co-general director Arts et Spectacles de Laval 2024-present
- Artistic planning; Financial planning; Accounting; Artist Contracts; Publicity
- Communications; Subscriber relations
- Organizing food buffet for Déjeuners Croissant-musique concert series
- Liaison with Maison des Arts, Laval (season planning, meeting with technical team, art exhibit visits)
Secretary, Board of Directors Arts et Spectacles de Laval 2024-present
- Annual General Meeting planning, agendas and minutes
Director Art Strollers Academy programs 2021
- Programmed and taught singing, opera, family classes; financial planning; publicity; administrator
Performance Experience
OPERA EXPERIENCE
- Little Sister Come Closer (Trew) (World Premiere) Opera5 2025
- Irina, Time Traveller Information: Montréal Oct. 1970 Chants Libres and Bradyworks 2024
- Zaunschlüpfer Die Vögel (Braunfels) Pacific Opera Victoria 2023
- Dafne Apollo e Dafne (Handel) Early Music Vancouver 2023
- Valencienne The Merry Widow Calgary Opera 2022
- Tina Flight (Canadian Premiere) Pacific Opera Victoria 2020
- Daphné Apollo e Dafne Ottawa Chamberfest 2019
- Staged Chamber Die Serenaden (Hindemith) Opera5 2018
- Seven Poems of Alexander Blok (Shostakovich)
- La musique Le Plaisir de Versailles (Charpentier) Clavecins en concert 2018
- Dafne Apollo e Dafne Festival Montréal Baroque/Les Boréades 2018
- Belinda Dido and Aeneas/Aeneas and Dido Toronto Masque Theatre 2017
- Soprano Tapestry Briefs Tapestry Opera 2017
- Nathaliya Oksana G. Tapestry Opera 2017
- Papagena Die Zauberflöte Canadian Opera Company 2017
- Woglinde (Cover) Götterdämmerung Canadian Opera Company 2017
- Dafne Apollo e Dafne Toronto Masque Theatre 2016
- Milica-Bride Svadba-Wedding San Francisco Opera 2016
- Papagena Die Zauberflöte Edmonton Opera 2015
- Belinda/2nd witch Dido and Aeneas Vancouver Early Music/Ottawa Chamberfest 2015
- Adele Die Fledermaus (English) Edmonton Opera 2014
- Galatea Acis and Galatea (Handel) Toronto Masque Theatre 2013
- Milica-Bride Svadba-Wedding (Sokolovic) Opera Philadelphia 2013
- Western Canada tour Edmonton Opera and Concerts 2013
- European concert tour Queen of Puddings Music Theatre 2012
- World premiere Queen of Puddings Music Theatre 2012
- Soprano Kafka-Fragmente Against the Grain Music Theatre 2013
- Olympia (Cover) Les contes d’Hoffmann Canadian Opera Company 2012
- Iris Semele Ensemble Performance, COC 2012
- First Priestess Iphigénie en Tauride Canadian Opera Company 2011
- Amore (Cover) Orfeo ed Euridice Canadian Opera Company 2011
- Najade (Cover) Ariadne auf Naxos Canadian Opera Company 2011
- Page Rigoletto Canadian Opera Company 2011
- Lucy The Telephone Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Series 2011
- Papagena Die Zauberflöte Cover and Ensemble Performance, COC 2011
- Isis/Sally Isis and the Seven Scorpions (Burry) Xstrata School Tour, COC Ensemble 2010-11
- Lace Seller Death in Venice Canadian Opera Company 2010
- Helena Midsummer Night’s Dream International Vocal Arts Institute, Israel 2009
- Lisette La Rondine Opera McGill 2009
- Pamina Die Zauberflöte Opera NUOVA 2008
- Serpina La serva padrona McGill Chamber Orchestra 2008
CONCERT EXPERIENCE:
- Soloist Ein deutsches Requiem Orchestre symphonique de l’Estuaire 2025
- Soloist Concert Spirituel 1730 Les Boréades de Montréal 2025
- Recitalist An die Musik (with Michael McMahon) Les Concerts de Saint-Grégoire 2024
- Soprano Requiem (Fauré) Filles de l’Île et Chantres Musiciens 2024
- Soloist Cantate du Café Cabaret baroque Les Boréades de Montréal 2024
- Soloist Mass in Blue 5e salle, Place des arts 2024
- Soloist Ein deutsches Requiem Grands ballets de Montréal 2023
- Soloist Bach: Spirit of the Cantor Arion Baroque Orchestre 2023
- Soloist Louange et espérance Clavecins en concert 2023
- Soprano Private Musick (Purcell arias) Les Boréades de Montréal 2023
- Soloist Brockes Passion (Handel) Metropolitan United Church Festival Choir 2023
- Recitalist La rosée du ciel (3 sopranos motets) Société de Musique Ancienne de Montréal 2023
- Soloist Elijah (Mendelssohn) Grand Philharmonic Choir 2023
- Soloist, choral cond. Choral Fantasy (Beethoven) Orchestre Classique de Montréal 2022
- Soloist Messiah Orchestre classique de Montréal 2022
- Soloist Ein deutsches Requiem Choeur de la Montagne, QC 2022
- Recitalist Musique 3 Femmes Aramusique, Répentigny QC 2022
- Soloist Bach Odyssey (airs de cantates) Chapelle historique de Bon-Pasteur 2019
- Soloist Messiah Edmonton Symphony; Regina Symphony 2019
- Recitalist Songs for my Children “Noon-hour Series”, Owen Sound ON 2019
- Recitalist Home for the Holidays Almonte in Concert, ON 2019
- Soloist Tapestry Songbook Tapestry Opera, Guest Artist and Clinician 2019
- Soloist Saint-John Passion Ottawa Choral Society 2019
- Soloist Messiah Chorus Niagara 2018
- Soloist Competition performance/workshop Musique 3 Femmes 2018
- Soloist Messiah Grand Philharmonic Choir, Kitchener ON 2017
- Soloist Magnificent Mozart (Concert arias) Edmonton Symphony Orchestra 2016
- Soloist There was a Child (Jonathan Dove) Grand Philharmonic Choir 2016
- Soloist Mass in Blue Choeur Saint-Laurent, Montréal 2016
- Soloist Messiah Symphony Nova Scotia 2015
- Soloist Messiah Société de musique ancienne de Montréal 2015
- Soloist Christmas Cantatas (Bach, Finzi, Donkin) Thirteen Strings, Ottawa 2015
- Soloist Recital of opera arias and ensembles Arles, France 2015
- Recitalist Mozart, Schubert and Strauss Lieder Les Concerts de la Chapelle (St-Camille) 2015
- Soloist Carmina Burana (Orff) Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra 2015
- Soloist Messiah (Dublin version) Aradia Ensemble, Toronto ON 2014
- Soloist Cantates (Bach) Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal 2014
- Soloist Vanitas Vanitatum (Les Voix baroques) Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival; Vancouver Early Music Festival 2014
- Soloist Requiem (Mozart) Choeur Enharmonique de Montréal 2014
- Recital Vesperee solennes de confessore Clavecin en Concert; La Fête de la musique 2014
- Recital Voix et Trompette Clavecin en Concert; La Fête de la musique 2014
- Soloist Cantate pour une joie (Mercure) Cégep de Saint-Laurent 2013-2014
- Soloist Messiah (Staged version) Against the Grain Theatre, Toronto 2013
- Soloist Symphony no. 8 (of a Thousand) Brott Music Festival, ON 2013
- Soloist The Creation (Haydn) Georgian Bay Concert Choir 2013
- Soprano role Kafka Fragments (Kurtag) Against the Grain Theatre, Toronto 2013
- Recital Works by Kaija Saariaho Washington, D.C. (presented by composer) 2013
- Recital Bachianas Brasileiras No 5, I and II Montreal QC, cond. Rodrigo de Carvalho 2013
- Soloist Carmina Burana (Orff) Orchestre à vents de Montréal 2013
- Soloist “Starry Nights and Musical Flights” Ottawa Choral Society 2013
- Soloist Messiah National Arts Centre Orchestra 2012
- Soloist Messiah Chorus Niagara 2012
- Soloist Requiem (Fauré) Voices of Hope Benefit for Maison du Parc 2012
- Concert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen NAC Summer Music Institute 2012
- Soloist Dona Nobis Pacem (Vaughan Williams) University of Toronto Hart House Chorus 2011
- Soloist Stabat Mater (Pärt) Queen of Puddings 2011
- Soloist Requiem (Fauré) Choral Society of St. Lambert, QC 2010
- Soloist Mass in b minor (Bach) Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, QC 2010
- Soloist Dixit Dominus (Handel) Choral Society of St. Lambert, QC 2009
- Soloist St. John Passion (Bach) Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, QC 2009
- Soloist Messiah (Handel) cond. Boris Brott National Academy Orchestra, ON 2008
- Recitalist “Lie Down Poor Heart”, Daniel Taylor Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée 2008
- Quartet Brahms, Schumann Solo Quartets Ottawa International Chamber Festival 2007
Accomplishments
P&B Shapiro Fellowship; Rachel and Benjamin Schechter Scholarship, McGill University, 2021
Festival Classica Competition (2nd prize) 2019
Les Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques (laureate) 2014
CMC Stepping Stone Competition (finalist) 2014
Prix d’Europe, Montreal (Prix Anisia Campos et Rémus Tzincoca for best opera aria) 2013
Ottawa Choral Society (Winner, New Discoveries Auditions) 2012
Royal Conservatory of Music (A.R.T.C. piano, grade 9 voice, grade 5 theory) 2003
Certification
Summer Institute of Music, National Arts Centre (Ottawa, ON) Benita Valente, 2012-2013
Canadian Opera Company Studio Ensemble (Toronto, ON) 2010-2012
International Vocal Arts Institute (Tel Aviv, Israel; Montréal QC) 2007-2009
Opera NUOVA (Edmonton AB) 2008
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
French
Native/ Bilingual
Teachers
Michael McMahon, Patrick Hansen (2007-present); Stephen Hargreaves (2020-present);
Marc Bourdeau (2014-2020, Montréal); Rachel Andrist (2012-2020);
Monica Whicher, Wendy Nielsen, Marlena Malas, Liz Upchurch (2010-2012, Toronto);
Joan Dornemann, Ruth Falcon (2007-2010, New York); Daniel Taylor, Elizabeth Koch (2007-2010, Montréal)
Websites
Timeline
Voice Professor
Cégep de Saint-Laurent
08.2020 - 06.2022
Online Group Class Instructor
Art Strollers Academy
01.2020 - 08.2021
Piano and Voice Teacher
Villa des Marcellines
09.2009 - 06.2010
Piano and Theory Teacher
Private Studio
09.2005 - 06.2010
Voice Teacher
Private Studio
09.2004 - Current
Doctor of Music - Voice Performance (Dominique Labelle)
McGill University
Master of Music - Opera (Joanne Kolomyjec)
McGill University
Bachelor of Music - Voice Performance (Joanne Kolomyjec)
McGill University
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