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  • HOME
  • TEAM
    • 2025 Team
    • PREVIOUS TEAM MEMBERS
  • TAPPING IN THE PARK
  • JOIN RSS!
  • SONG RESOURCES
    • All My Loving
    • Annie's Song
    • Any Dream Will Do
    • Autumn Leaves
    • As Time Goes by
    • Blackbird
    • Blue Moon
    • Both Sides Now
    • Bridge Over Troubled Water
    • Bicycle Built For Two
    • California Dreaming
    • Calypso
    • Crocodile Rock
    • Danny Boy
    • Do-Re-Mi
    • Dream a Little Dream
    • Edelweiss
    • English Country Garden
    • Feed the Birds
    • Fly Me to the Moon
    • Good Morning
    • Good Morning Starshine
    • Hallelujah
    • Harvest Moon
    • Here Comes the Sun
    • I'd Like to Teach The World to Sing
    • I Got Rhythm
    • I See the Light
    • I Want to Hold Your Hand
    • I Just Called to Say I Love You
    • I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
    • I'll Be There For You
    • I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover
    • It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
    • It's a Lovely Day Today
    • Jolene
    • Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
    • Let's go Fly a Kite
    • Lean on Me
    • Let it Snow
    • L-O-V-E
    • Moon River
    • My Favorite Things
    • Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!
    • On The Street Where You Live
    • Over the Rainbow
    • Piano Man
    • Rhythm of My Heart
    • Side by Side
    • Sing
    • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
    • Singin' in the Rain
    • Singin' in the Snow
    • Sixteen Going on Seventeen
    • Smile
    • Song for a Winter's Night
    • Spoonful of Sugar
    • Sunshine, Lollipops, & Rainbows
    • Sunshine on My Shoulders
    • Stand by Me
    • Sweet Caroline
    • Swinging on a Star
    • Take Me Home, Country Roads
    • Tea for Two
    • Thankful
    • Thank You For Being a Friend
    • Thank You for the Music
    • The Rose
    • For Good
    • That's What Friends Are For
    • The Times They are a Changing
    • The Unicorn
    • They Can't Take That Away From Me
    • This is Me
    • The Addams Family
    • This Year
    • Tomorrow
    • Turn! Turn! Turn!
    • Twelve Days of Christmas
    • Walking on Sunshine
    • We Go Together
    • We Need a Little Christmas
    • What a Wonderful World
    • When I'm Sixty-Four
    • When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
    • Winter Wonderland
    • With a Little Help From My Friends
    • Yesterday
    • You Can't Stop the Beat
    • Sheet Music (Scores)
    • A YEAR IN THE LIFE (2020-21)
  • CREATE PROJECTS
    • A YEAR IN THE LIFE
    • GLOW
    • STICK PUPPETS
    • THE SPACE BETWEEN
    • THE 12 DAYS OF WINTER
    • WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
  • RESEARCH
    • OMEA Presentation
    • Inquiry at Queen's 2022 presentation
  • CONTACT
    • FAQ

2022–2023 TEAM


Colleen Renihan, Co-Principal Investigator & Music Facilitator

Dr. Colleen Renihan, Associate Professor and Queen's National Scholar in Music Theatre and Opera at the DAN School of Drama and Music, is a musicologist, singer, and voice teacher. Colleen's research is focused on contemporary opera and music theatre in Canada and the US. She writes about the ways that memory and historical processes and forms can be represented and enlivened through opera and music theatre.
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Julia Brook, Co-Principal Investigator & Music Facilitator

Dr. Julia Brook is both Director and Associate Professor at the DAN School of Drama and Music, Queen's University. Julia is a music educator and pianist who has taught individuals of all ages and abilities, first in Manitoba and now in Ontario.  Julia is looking forward to singing and dancing with the participants in Rise, Shine, Sing!
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Amy Booth, Dance Facilitator

Amy is a physiotherapist and dance educator in Kingston, sharing dance with individuals of any age and ability. She is thrilled to be a part of the Rise, Shine, Sing! program to help bring the joy of music and movement to participants!
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Wynnpaul Varela, Research Manager

Dr. Wynnpaul Varela, Research Manager and Adjunct Assistant Professor, holds a PhD in Education specializing in music studio instruction and how individuals of different ages take ownership of their music learning. Originally from the UK, Dr. Varela has lived and worked in England, France, and Japan, teaching in a wide range of educational settings. ​
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Cheryl Bruce, Graduate Research Assistant

 Cheryl Bruce joined the Rise, Shine, Sing! team in Fall of 2020. She is currently a PhD student in the Department of Cultural Studies at Queen's University. Cheryl's research examines the experiences of female leaders in the Canadian music industry. Cheryl is also a secondary and post-secondary school teacher, clarinetist, and former radio host. ​
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Emma Patterson, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Emma Patterson is a Concurrent Education percussion student in the DAN School of Drama and Music, also studying French and Psychology. Emma is the Academics Commissioner in the DAN School Undergraduate Society, she is a member of Queen's Bands Drum Corps, and she was a drummer in the 2022 Fort Henry Guard. She is looking forward to sharing and building on her music theatre experience through Rise, Shine, Sing!
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Thomas Cherney, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Thomas Cherney is in his third year of Concurrent Education, studying Vocal Performance and French. He is looking forward to being a new member of this project and sharing his love of music, theatre, and dance.
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Victoria Marmulak, Undergraduate Research Assistant

​Victoria J Marmulak is a third-year student majoring in Drama at Queen's University, with a focus on theatre academia. Victoria is extremely passionate about making the world and the arts more accessible. She works to create more opportunities and spaces for everyone to express themselves through and within art. She is absolutely thrilled to be a part of Rise, Shine, Sing! and to contribute to this incredible project.
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Benjamin Ma, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Benjamin Ma is a third-year concurrent education student majoring in Drama at Queen's University. He works at the hospital and is the co-producer of the Dan Studio Series. Ben is ecstatic to be on this year's Rise, Shine, Sing! Team, and to continue developing deeper relationships with music, theatre, and their ability to bring people together. ​
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Maysaa Alikhan, Undergraduate Research Assistant

​Maysaa Alikhan is currently in her fourth year of Concurrent Education studying both Drama and French. She is very excited to be joining the Rise, Shine, Sing! program and sharing her passion for music theatre!
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Felicia Holmes, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Felicia Holmes is a fifth-year Honours in Drama student who just graduated with a Bachelor's of Music Theatre degree at Queen's University. She works as a barista and teachers assistant, and she can't wait to sing and dance with you in Rise, Shine, Sing! Felicia is thrilled to help learn about making a form of art she loves so much accessible!
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Hanne Poulsen, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hanne Poulsen is a Concurrent Education student, studying Music as her major, and a minor in Drama. Hanne specializes in voice, and teaches many young voice students of her own under Harmony in the Home located in Oakville ON. Hanne is excited to learn more about music theatre performance through Rise, Shine, Sing! 
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