Spinney is a recent graduate from the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphi. Immediately following the conclusion of her studies, she appeared as Dido in Dido and Aeneas and as Maddalena in Rigoletto at Central City Opera’s 2021 Summer Festival. In the 2019–20 season, cut short by the measures taken during the COVID19 pandemic, Spinney appeared at the Academy of Vocal Arts as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro and as Léonor in La favorite.  Her 2018–19 season included Mercédès in Carmen at Opéra de Montréal and appearing at the Academy of Vocal Arts as First Lay Sister and Infirmary Sister in Suor Angelica, Turnspit in Rusalka, and Dorabella in Così fan tutte. Concert work this season included the alto soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Kennett Symphony and Beethoven’s Mass in C major with the Guelph Symphony Orchestra.  Other notable engagements from past seasons include Ines in Il trovatore and Flosshilde in Das Rheingold, and covering Der Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Academy of Vocal Arts; Hansel in Hansel and Gretel with the Guelph Symphony Orchestra and alto soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Thunder Bay and Edmonton Symphony Orchestras. She sang Dora in A Little Too Cozy, a collaboration of the Banff Centre, Against the Grain Theatre and the Canadian Opera Company; Stéphano and Gertrude in Roméo et Juliette with the Jeunesses Musicales Canada; and soloist in Duruflé’s Requiem with the Choeur classique de Montréal. Spinney has also performed Hansel in Hansel and Gretel and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro at the Vancouver Opera. She spent two summers as an apprentice with The Santa Fe Opera, where she covered Clairon in Capriccio and Ruggiero in Alcina, where she received the Outstanding Apprentice Award in 2016.  Spinney has received numerous honours throughout her young career. She was a 2015 finalist in the Canadian Opera Company’s Centre Stage and a 2016 finalist for Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center. She won the People’s Choice Award in the Western Canada District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and went on to become a national semi-finalist in 2017. She received a bursary from the Jeunesses Musicales du Canada in 2017 upon her acceptance at the Academy of Vocal Arts. In 2018, she received an Encouragement Award from the Gerda Lissner Foundation.  Hailing from Montreal, QC, she obtained her Baccalaureate and Master’s degrees from the Schulich School of Music of McGill University. Upon graduating in 2013, she joined the roster of the Atelier Lyrique of Opéra de Montréal and made her company debut as Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. As a young artist, she also performed the role of Fatmé with Les Violons du Roy in their production of Zémire et Azor. Her upcoming engagements include her debut with Tulsa Opera as La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi and a series of concerts with the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques in Montreal. In 2022, she returns to Opéra de Montréal as Flora in La traviata and makes her debut with Manitoba Opera as Tisbe in La Cenerentola.