Renee Cingolani – vocalist/pianist
Renée is a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of music in piano, voice (winner of the prestigious Reinhold scholarship), and oboe and the Glenn Gould Professional School in opera.
Renée has had the opportunity to work with such greats as Elaine Overholt, Roxolana Roslak, Claudette Le Blanc, Boyanna Toyich, and James Mason. She is a freelance musician, vocal coach, private music teacher, composer, professional music director, as well as singer-actor in many music theatre and opera performances.
Over the past 17 years Renée has worked both on and off stage for Theatre Collingwood, the Sunshine Festival Theatre Co., Talk is Free Theatre Co., Centre in the Square, Theatre by the Bay, the Glenn Gould Recital Hall, Mural Productions, South Simcoe Theatre Co., Kempenfelt Community Players, and the Mariposa Arts Theatre Foundation.
Select favorite performances include: Mabel in “Pirates of Penzance”, Woman 1 in “Closer Than Ever”, Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady”, and Angela in “The Last Resort”. Select favorite music direction credits include: “The Last Resort”, “Jekyll and Hyde”, “Little Me”, “Nunsense”, “Forever Plaid”, and “Urinetown the Musical” for which she won a THEA award for best musical direction.
In addition to theatre, Renée has toured North America with performances at Epcot Centre/Florida, Disneyland/Florida, Hershey Park/Pennsylvania, Princess Cruises/Bermuda, and a guest feature on Norwegian Cruise Lines/Alaska, with concert highlights including “The Messiah”, Berlioz’ “Requiem” with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, and “The Peer Gynt Suite” starring Christopher Plummer.
Renée is the recipient of the 2009 Barrie Arts Award for Excellence in the Arts from the City of Barrie and past owner/director of the Cingolani Academy of Music and Performing Arts, a third generation business founded in 1965 which closed on August 1st, 2011.
Recently and after a rigorous audition process, Renée was selected to join the Cirque du Soleil database of vocalists/instrumentalists for upcoming female roles. She is currently teaching out of her home in Oro-Medonte while avidly awaiting her contract.
