For All the City: Haydn's "Mass for troubled times"

Sinéad White is an Irish-born soprano now living in Halifax who is praised for her "luminous soprano" (The Whole Note), "gorgeous and subtle vocal palette" (La Scena Musicale), "soft and dreamy vocals" (Oxford Daily Info, UK) and "lovely, precise coloratura" (OperaRamblings). Sinéad maintains an active performing and teaching schedule in North America, and performs regularly with ensembles such as the Elora Singers, Toronto Mendelssohn Singers, Theatre of Early Music, the Toronto Bach Festival and Tafelmusik Orchestra & Chamber Choir. A graduate of McGill University, she is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Historical Performance at the University of Toronto. 

Marie-Andrée Mathieu is a mezzo-soprano from Quebec. Named “Jeune espoir lyrique québécois” by the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques, she has been invited to sing in Germany, China, Slovakia and Italia. She has appeared in many operatic roles from Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro to Eurydice and Zerlina in Don Giovanni. Her engagements as guest soloist include Handel’s Messiah with Symphony Nova Scotia and the Orchestre classique de Montréal, Beethoven’s C major Mass with the Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, and several Bach cantatas with Arion Orchestre Baroque, the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal and the Orchestre métropolitain. Marie-Andrée Mathieu holds a master’s degree in classical singing performance from Université Laval.  

Philippe Gagné, tenor, is praised for his rich expressivity, refined musical sensitivity, rare vocal agility, and the beauty of his timbre. Specializing in the Baroque repertoire, he has performed on many of the world's great stages and worked with a number of renowned ensembles, including Les Talens Lyriques, Tafelmusik, Les Violons du Roy, Les Voix humaines, Arion Orchestre Baroque, Ensemble Masques, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Québec, L'Harmonie des saisons, Ensemble Caprice, Le Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, and many others. He is recognized as an exceptional interpreter of the French Baroque repertoire, as well as the music of J. S. Bach. 

Alexander Dobson is a British-Canadian baritone who has been praised for his musical and dramatic artistry on both opera and concert stages, having performed major roles in innumerable productions with Florentine Opera, L’Opera de Montréal, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, and many others. As Opera Canada wrote of him: “Dobson, one of the most impressive Canadian baritones of this generation, is a wonderful actor and has a beautiful, rich and commanding voice, that is also as smooth as silk.” Alexander graduated from the University of Toronto Opera Division and the Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario with Honours. Last Fall, he began teaching Applied Voice at Mount Allison University. An ardent singer since childhood, Alexander's solo début was at twelve years old, as a treble soloist in the Canadian premiere of Lloyd Webber's Requiem under conductor Elmer Iseler.