CONSERVATORY of MUSIC
eLIZABETH RAYCROFT
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About
Elizabeth Raycroft, soprano, trained in Edmonton, Houston and in Vienna. She has performed with Edmonton Opera and many local symphony orchestras. She has worked with world renowned conductors and directors. She shares her experience and knowledge in masterclasses, workshops and through adjudicating festivals throughout the province.
Her students consistently excel at local, provincial and national festivals. Many of her students have won the Northern Alberta Concerto Competition, performing with the Edmonton Youth Orchestra in the Winspear Centre. Her students perform in local, provincial and national musical theatre productions, with the Edmonton Opera, and in international opera houses.
She maintains an active and full studio at MacEwan’s Alberta College Conservatory of Music and is also on the faculty of The King's University College where she teaches voice, diction and vocal pedagogy.
Lessons
Elizabeth offers private voice lessons online and in-person at her private studio in the Ritchie area.
She teaches ages 10+ from beginner to advanced levels for classical, musical theatre, rock, jazz and performance techniques.
If you are an adult interested in taking singing lessons for the first time, Elizabeth will provide you with a solid foundation.
Request lessons with Elizabeth to discuss lesson availability and rates.
Education
- Bachelor of Music, University of Alberta
- Master of Music, University of Houston
- Oratorio and Art Song studies, Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Vienna
Performances / compositions / recordings
- For three years, Elizabeth performed the role of Mother with “edmonton coOPERAtive’ during their Christmas performances of Amahl and the Night Visitors.
- In 2014, Ms. Raycroft performed in the Edmonton Fringe megahit “Propylene Glycol, Maltodextrin, Retinol Palmitate and Other Words I don't Understand Like Love”, which also toured throughout Alberta in June and July 2015.
- She is an avid performer of new music and recently performed the World Premiere of “Four Songs, Op.15” by Joseph Lai.
- Signora Naccarelli in "The Light in the Piazza", Walterdale Theatre, 2019.
Professional associations and memberships
- RMT - Registered Music Teacher (ARMTA)
- NATS - National Association of Teachers of Singing