Meet 2025 Emerging Artist, Isabelle Riche

Published 04 Oct, 2024

Opera on the Avalon is proud to reveal the participants of our 2025 Emerging Artist Program, designed to provide talented artists with unique opportunities to learn and grow. This program offers training, mentorship, and performance experiences, allowing emerging artists to develop their craft and make their mark in the world of opera. Through this initiative, we continue our commitment to fostering new talent and supporting the next generation of artists.

Isabelle Riche

Isabelle Riche is a Canadian composer and visual artist currently based in Newfoundland and Labrador. Isabelle graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Composition from the University of Kings College and Dalhousie University in 2020. She continued her studies and completed a Masters in Music Composition from Iceland University of the Arts in Reykjavík, Iceland in 2022.

Isabelle has studied under composers Jérôme Blais, Thurídur Jónsdóttir and Pétur Ben. She has worked as a film composer and sound designer for the National Film Board of Canada. Isabelles’ compositions have been performed by renowned groups such as the Sofia Philharmonic (Bulgaria), Caput ensemble (Iceland), Orkest de Ereprijs (Netherlands), and the Maritime Brass Quintet (Canada). Her music has been workshopped by Symphony Nova Scotia and the Siggi String Quartet. Isabelle has provided a broad range of visual artwork for theatrical posters & print. In addition to music and visual arts she is an award winning poet.

Our 2025 Emerging Artist Program

In 2025, Opera on the Avalon’s Emerging Artist Program will offer a rich blend of development, mentorship, and professional experience from October 2024 through June 2025. This hybrid program features monthly stipends and personalized coaching to help participants refine their skills. Additionally, participants will be given the opportunity to cover roles with our partner organizations, providing them with broader industry exposure. Participants will again collaborate with world renowned composers and librettists on new works, and then collaborating with filmmakers to create digital shorts, which will be filmed in Newfoundland. Additionally, mentorship from industry professionals and monthly seminars will provide tailored guidance to support each artist’s growth, culminating in a recital tour and project filming in May and June.

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