Shannon Canavin, soprano

Shannon Canavin, soprano, holds a Bachelor’s degree from New England Conservatory in voice and theory where she studied with D’Anna Fortunato and a Master’s degree from Case Western Reserve University in early music performances practices where she studied with Ellen Hargis. She currently studies with Pamela Dellal and has taken masterclasses with Julianne Baird, Andrew Lawrence-King, and Sequentia. Ms. Canavin has attended the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, Vancouver Early Music Programme, Amherst Early Music Festival, and Lute Society of America workshops. She has performed with Apollo’s Fire, Cappella Alamire, the Choir of the Church of the Advent, the Old North Festival Chorus, the Small Consort, and Cappella Clausura and can be heard on recordings by Apollo’s Fire, the Church of the Advent, and the Treble Chorus of New England. Ms. Canavin’s solo appearances include the Second Woman in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas with Christopher Hogwood, Luigi Rossi’s Il ballo delle ingrate with Paul O’Dette, and La Poésie in Charpentier’s Les arts florissants with Kenneth Slowik; 2005-2006 engagements include Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Monteverdi with Scherzi Musicali, the Bach Magnificat at the United Church of Christ (Lexington, MA), and Bach cantatas with the Newport Baroque Orchestra. In addition to her performing career, Ms. Canavin has worked on the staffs of Early Music America and the Boston Early Music Festival, where she is currently General Manager.