Meghan Lindsay

soprano

Praised as being equal to “the best Mozart interpreters anywhere in the world”, Canadian soprano Meghan Lindsay continues a diverse practice as a performer, creator, and researcher. An artist eager to stretch the bounds live theatre, Ms Lindsay co-created and performed in an installation for the Contact Festival/Division Gallery with visual artist Alex McLeod, is co-creating a piece of chamber music with Latvian composer Krists Auznieks, is recording a digital album of Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben, and is involved in the development of an integrative piece of theatre with Montreal Playwright’s Workshop. She is a frequent performer with Canada’s Opera Atelier, in addition to her extensive international performances.

Meghan is the Co-Founder of New Art/New Media- a collective of Canadian artists dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration. She is the Research Lead with Willendorf Cultural Planning, the Assistant-Editor Newest Magazine, a researcher with the North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative, and a PhD Candidate in Cultural Studies at Queen’s University, where her research investigates unmarked settler colonialisms in arts impact discourse. She is a researcher on ‘Being Together’ a SSHRC-funded project examining perspectives of ‘liveness’ and ‘realness’ in contemporary theatre audience and is a Research Fellow at Agnes where she examines anti-oppressive methodologies in museological strategic planning. She holds a master’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership from Carleton University, has both moderated and curated academic panels on Canadian arts practice, and is an OGS recipient for her research on classical music organizations in North America. Ms. Lindsay is a proud recipient of the Ottawa Arts Council Career Award for artistic achievement.