Our Classical & Musical Theatre Voice adjudicator: Dolores Scott

Dolores Scott is a gifted musician whose mastery of the art of singing continues to bring her before audiences both nationally and internationally. She has performed in an extraordinarily diverse variety of styles and settings: as opera lead in the soprano roles of Rosina in The Barber of Seville (Burnaby Lyric Opera), Musetta in La Bohème and Josephine in HMS Pinafore (Tri-Cities Opera, Binghamton, NY), and Pamina in The Magic Flute (Western Washington University); in music theatre, she was critically 

acclaimed for her portrayal of Tuptim in The King and I (Richmond Gateway Theatre); and as soloist with symphony orchestras, including the Oneonta Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony, Burnaby Symphony, Chilliwack Symphony, Kelowna Canada Day Orchestra and Sinfonia of the North Shore. She has also toured throughout Hungary and Germany as a soloist for several Early Music ensembles and choirs.

As a member of Vancouver Chamber Choir, Dolores sings and solos as a mezzo soprano and soprano. Her most memorable experiences include having the honour of performing for Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan, singing “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” with Canadian opera superstar Ben Heppner, and working with Eric Whitacre. She is particularly keen to attend and perform in VCC’s National Conductor’s Symposiums as a singer and as a conducting participant. Dolores’ first vocal studies at the post-secondary level were in jazz; she ultimately graduated with a master’s degree in music/opera from State University of New York at Binghamton where she also taught voice, and where she was a resident artist with Tri-Cities Opera. Dolores is regularly hired as a soloist for Health Arts Society and the Pan Pacific Oceans 99 Opera Buffet and is soloist at Second Church of Christ Scientist in Vancouver BC.

Currently, Dolores is Artistic Director of Young People’s Opera Society of BC, and formerly, Music Director of the Bethany Newton United Church Choir, Panorama Children’s Choir and the Children’s Choir at Walnut Grove School of Music and Dance. Programming concerts, music for worship services and theatrical productions, as well as working with youth is a great passion of hers, and she has the reputation of being an effective and positive leader. Her work with the Panorama Children’s Choir/Bethany Newton United Church Summer Camps produced popular, well attended educational events that introduce children grades K–6 to music, singing and performing. In addition to this, Dolores created and built the preschool music program at Somewhere to Grow Montessori Preschool and Kindergarten.

Dolores also teaches voice and piano at her home studio in Surrey, BC. You can read more about Dolores’ teaching studio at www.doloresscott.com.