Canadian soprano Danielle Girard is a recent graduate of the University of Ottawa (MMus ‘22, BMus ’20). While there, she received the Ernest Gagnon Scholarship for a recital featuring art songs by French-Canadian composers and was a finalist in uOttawa’s 2022 Concerto Competition, performing Alban Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder.

Passionate about art song, Danielle’s recital performances have included George Crumb’s Apparition for soprano and amplified piano, a chamber ensemble performance of Ravel’s Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé and full works by Debussy, Poulenc, Hétu, Roy, Schoenberg, and Villa-Lobos. Her affinity for the art song repertoire has led her to study at Barachois Summer Music and Source Song Festival.

Operatic performances include Dido and Aeneas (Dido), Le nozze di Figaro (Barbarina), Così fan tutte (Despina), Cendrillon (3ème Esprit and chorus), and scenes from Cendrillon (Cendrillon), Ariadne auf Naxos (Echo), and Book of Faces (Rachel). Danielle has performed as a soloist for Rideau Hall (the Governor General of Canada), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ensemble Allure, the Ottawa Winter Music Festival, the Strings of St. John’s, the Mont-St-Joseph Convent, Le Choeur Pleinchant d’Ottawa, and several downtown Ottawa churches.

Danielle is a student in the Juris Doctor program at Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law, on a generous scholarship. She continues her vocal studies with Allyson McHardy.