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Vocalist-composer JESSIE RIVEST (b. 1990) creates choral art in the form of leitmotifs, tone poems, sentiment collages, and hyper-evocative works. She coalesces her experiences from classical, experimental, and barbershop singing into pieces that invite personal flavour and formative energy from conductors, vocalists, and audiences; pushing the choral performance landscape forward with modern subject matter and visceral storytelling.
Jessie has shared the stage with world-renown performers such as Cadence, Free Play, Rönninge, Hans Zimmer, and Tanya Tagaq. Her former barbershop quartet, Ripple Effect was the first mixed quartet to represent Canada at the BinG! International Competition in Munich, Germany, bringing home bronze medals and achieving the highest score of any Canadian mixed quartet. Other prestigious choral performances include: Legends of Zelda at the Sony Centre, Game of Thrones: Music is Coming at the Air Canada Centre, the Canadian premiere of Ēriks Ešenvalds ‘Nordic Light Symphony’, and the Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Tour. |
Her compositions draw influence from Caroline Shaw, R. Murray Schafer, Stephen Hatfield, Eric Whitacre, Meredith Monk, and Don Wright. She has worked extensively with conductors and coaches such as: Christine Duncan, Aaron Jensen, David McEachern, Casey Sokol, and Craig Pike, who have elevated her knowledge of harmony and intention through their penetrating methodologies.
She spent her early years in Woodstock, Ontario and studied in Toronto where she earned her B. Mus from York University and Arts Management Cert. from Humber College. She is exploring western Canada and is currently based on Pender Island, British Columbia.
She spent her early years in Woodstock, Ontario and studied in Toronto where she earned her B. Mus from York University and Arts Management Cert. from Humber College. She is exploring western Canada and is currently based on Pender Island, British Columbia.
CURRENT AND UPCOMING PROJECTS
To Be Announced
SELECTED MEDIA
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