Saige Carlson is an 18-year-old soprano in her sixth year of voice study with Lynne Leydier of Penticton.
Saige is representing BC at the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Associations National Voice Competition this summer from July 3rd to 6th. Since she started voice lessons, Saige has received awards at both local and provincial competitions. This past May she was runner-up in the BC Provincial Music Festival for National Voice. Other highlights include first place in the Senior Classical Voice and Senior Vocal Variety classes at the 2012 BC Provincial Music Festival, as well as first place in those respective classes at the Intermediate level in 2011. Saige also completed her Grade 10 Voice exam this June.
A multifaceted singer, Saige is also interested in musical theatre. She has performed in numerous musicals with Soundstage Productions in Penticton as an ensemble member, and she recently performed a lead role in their production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Whistle Down the Wind”. In addition, Saige enjoys playing the piano, recently completing her Grade 10 Piano exam.
Saige plans to stay in the Okanagan until the fall of 2014, when she will attend university to study voice. In the meantime, she will continue lessons with her amazing voice teacher, who has been instrumental in so many of Saige’s achievements.
I perform Thursday, June 27th at Medici’s on Fairview Road at 7:30 pm
This concert is a fundraiser to help me attend a competition that I have coming up, the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Associations National Voice Competition. This is a classical voice competition, with a competitor from each province; the three judges are internationally-known opera singers Isabel Bayrakdarian, Richard Margison, and Mary Lou Fallis.