Tammy holds an Honours Bachelor of Music in Voice from Wilfrid Laurier University where she studied under the direction of Daniel Lichti and Kathleen Brett. She has attended the Banff Professional Musical Theatre Training Intensive (2012, 2013) and the NYU Steinhardt: Summer Study in Musical Theatre (2009) where she worked with many NYC choreographers, directors, and voice teachers. In 2010 Tammy worked as the lead female singer in the production cast onboard the Pacific Venus, Japan Cruise Line.
As a member of the ensemble Arcady, Tammy performs regularly under the direction of composer/conductor Ronald Beckett. Tammy has appeared as a featured soloist with the Richmond Hill Philharmonic Orchestra, The Habourtown Sound, and at the Cambridge Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts. Some of her most recent stage credits include, Amber in Hairspray, Holly in The Wedding Singer, Heather in Nana’s Naughty Knickers, Shelley in Batboy, and Penelope Pennywise in Urinetown. She also played the role of Boots in Dora’s Sing Along Adventure at Paramount Canada’s Wonderland. Tammy teaches voice from her private studios in Toronto and Cambridge, as well as musical theatre voice classes at Meyerhofer Academy of the Performing Arts.
She recently finished the NYU Summer Vocal Pedagogy Intensive in New York City and in 2012 completed Somatic Voiceworkâ„ The LoVetri Method (Levels I, II, III) from the Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University. Tammy is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and is passionate about helping students develop a healthy balanced instrument.
Tammy has provided acting, vocal, and dance coaching at Music Day Camp for the past 5 years and is one of the reasons that the Music Day Camp experience is so incredible. She has a special way of demanding excellence so that campers want to do what she believes they do! She pushes, but just the right amount and with lots of love! She’s a triple threat (dance, singing, and acting) and a dynamo!
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