Biography

Elizabeth Brodovitch is a professional singer and diction coach working in Vancouver, British Columbia. She holds a Combined Honors B.A. in French and German from McGill University, the ARCT in Voice Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto), and an M.A. in French Linguistics from Simon Fraser University. Her most recent publication, The Singing Qualities of the French Language, appeared in the September 2007 issue of the NATS Journal of Singing.

Ms. Brodovitch is a Faculty member of the School of Music of the Vancouver Community College (King Edward Campus) where she teaches Lyric Diction and sessions on French Vocal Repertoire. She teaches a variety of languages, including Czech, and specializes in French and German. She has attended workshops with Nico Castel and the late Gérard Souzay, and has conducted workshops on French and French liaison in Vancouver, Calgary, and Seattle. In September 2007, as guest Presenter, Ms. Brodovitch gave a French diction workshop at the NATS Regional Conference of the North-West United States, Alaska, and British Columbia.

Elizabeth Brodovitch has sung in solo performance with orchestra, in recital, and as a professional choral singer, most notably as a member of the prestigious Vancouver Chamber Choir. Ms. Brodovitch has provided French and German language coaching for all of the choirs with which she has been involved and has participated in numerous French radio interviews for publicity purposes on behalf of the choirs.

Elizabeth Brodovitch provided French translations for Arktos Recordings, formerly Alberta's largest producer of classical CD recordings. Ms. Brodovitch was French and German dialogue coach for Twentieth Century Fox Television Productions’ pilot The Time Tunnel (2003), directed by Todd Holland. She also holds the ESL- TESOL Tutoring Certificate from the Vancouver Community College and tutors in English and in French.