DMA Choral Conducting (U of T, in progress)
M.A. Music Education (U of T)
B.Mus.Ed (U Regina)
Dip. Mus. (Grant MacEwan University)
Cynthia Peyson Wahl is a graduate of the University of Regina and Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton. She has taught choir, jazz choir and Musical Theatre at Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute in Winnipeg, Manitoba and directed jazz choir Wholly Jazz at Canadian Mennonite University.
At DMCI, her jazz choir, DMCice, has been a featured performer at the Moose Jaw Band and Choral Festival and Choralfest Manitoba, has opened for Cadence, has sung onstage with M-Pact, and received a Gold Award for Superior Performance at MusicFest Canada. In 2010, DMCice was a featured performer at the biennial Podium conference in Saskatoon, and in 2011 DMCice was featured in their own showcase concert at the Canadian Rocky Mountain Festival in Banff, and in 2013 her Chamber Choir was featured in their own showcase concert, again at the Canadian Rocky Mountain Festival. Her concert choirs have won numerous awards, including the Earl Grey Trophy for outstanding choral performance of the Winnipeg Music Festival (2011, 2012), and the Lieutenant Governor’s Trophy for most outstanding performance of the Winnipeg Music Festival (2011).
In 2012, she was the recipient of the Michael J. Proudfoot award for “passion and excellence” in choral teaching. She is currently studying at the University of Toronto in the Master of Music Education program. Mrs. Peyson Wahl performs regularly as a vocalist and a flautist, and adjudicates and guest conducts frequently around Canada and the US.
Hobbies: Yoga, walking, reading
Musical influences: DeeDee Bridgewater, Nara Leao
Favourite food: Roti (Trinidad style)
Least favourite food: I haven’t encountered anything I don’t love yet!
Favourite music: Jazz (especially vocal!)
Favourite song: Aguas de Março –Elis Regina and Tom Jobim
Favourite movie: Away We Go
Favouirite movie music: Anything Hans Zimmer or John Williams
Favourite musical theatre/opera: Candide by Bernstein and Annie
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The First Book of Soprano Solos
This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U.S. Over 30 songs in each book, including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a sampling of beginning songs in German, Italian, Spanish and French. There is a completely different song selection for each voice type.
The Teen's Musical Theatre Collection: Young Women's Edition
These popular publications are compiled especially for the tastes and abilities of the talented teenage singer/actor. Songs span from classic stage musicals, to “the golden age of Hollywood,” to the stage and cinema of the 1980s and ’90s. Indispensible for teaching young singers, these book/audio packs also include notes on each selection. Piano accompaniments are accessed online via download or streaming.
The Teen's Musical Theatre Collection: Young Men's Edition
This publication is a hit! With almost 30 great songs in each volume from the stage and movie musicals, it has become indispensible in teaching young singers. There are plot notes included for each song. Hal Leonard has had many, many requests for recorded piano accompaniments for this two-book series. Now there is a new edition, with online audio access to accompaniments for practice.