Oshawa Piano and Vocal Academy

A graduate of the University of Ottawa, Kristine Dandavino is a pianist and singer based out of Oshawa, Ontario. Kristine started piano lessons at the age of 7 in Montréal. At the age of 11, she was accepted at the prestigious music school Pierre Laporte where she studied piano, choir, chamber music and harmony.
Upon graduation, Kristine made her professional debut singing Madame Flora in the title role of The Medium by Menotti under Maestra Agnès Grossman in Orford, Québec.

The following year, she performed in the Black Hills Summer Institute of the Arts, in South Dakota.Ms Dandavino has had the opportunity to sing in the chorus of Opera Mississauga. In 2002, she performed the roles of Zuleika and First Nymph in the North American premier of Nikola Subic Zrinjski by Zajc with Opera Mississauga.
Recently, she made a guest appearance with Durham Philharmonic Choir, Oshawa Durham Symphony Orchestra and performances with Music for Muses. Operatic and Operetta roles include Acuzena from Verdi's Il Trovatore, Magda Sorel from Menotti's The Consul, Aunt Marsh from Adamo's Little Women, Dinah from Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, Ortrud from Wagner's Lohengrin, Katisha from Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado and Little Buttercup from HMS Pinafore.