Laura
Palladino​

A choir director, soprano soloist, and music & language teacher, Laura Palladino made her professional debut as a chorister with Connecticut Grand Opera at age 17.  She was graduated from Boston Conservatory of Music with a B.Mus. in Vocal Performance, followed by studies in the MFA program in Voice at SUNY Purchase.  Laura has performed with several New York-based opera and operetta companies, including Opera Northeast, New England Lyric Operetta, New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, and L’Opéra français de New York, as well as abroad with the Rome Opera Festival.

A resident of French-speaking Québec for over 20 years, Laura studied in the program Français langue seconde at Université Laval, a French-language institution.  She also was graduated with a B.A. in éducation musicale (Music Education) from Université Laval and has taught music in French at both primary and secondary French-language schools.  Laura has also studied direction chorale (Choral Direction) with Alliance Chorale de Québec in Montréal, and is active as a choir director and sacred music soloist.  Passionate about music and languages, she knows that when students are having fun, they’re learning!

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

• Certificat, Programme de formation des chefs de chœur (Choral Direction), Alliance chorale de Québec, Montréal, Québec (2018)
• Certificato, corso di lingua e cultura italiana, Scudit scuola d’italiano, Roma, Italia (2014)
• Baccalauréat es arts, Éducation musicale (Music Education), Université Laval, Québec, QC, (2000)
• Certificat, Français langue seconde, Université Laval, Québec, QC (1996)
• MFA program in Opera Performance, State University of New York at Purchase (1991)
• B.Mus. in Vocal Performance, Boston Conservatory of Music (1989)