Tracy
Fehr's Biography
A classically trained Lyric Coloratura Soprano, Tracy Fehr has been featured on
HGTV’s Makeover Wish: Something to Sing About, Premier Christian Radio in London,
England, CHBC, Shaw TV, CBC radio, Okanagan Life Magazine, Who Among Us - Nov/Dec
2008. She has performed with the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, the University of Alberta
Symphony Orchestra, UBC Okanagan Minds and Music Series, and at the British Embassy in
Tunisia. Tracy has held numerous concerts and recitals across western Canada, Ontario,
Central America, North Africa and the UK. Active as a clinician in vocal pedagogy and
singing technique, Tracy performs frequently with a chamber music quartet, Masterworks
Ensemble. In solo recitals and concerts, Tracy offers a selection of Operatic Arias, Baroque
Chamber music, German Lieder, and Art Songs, as well as arrangements of African-
American Spirituals and Musical Theatre.
Tracy’s solo CD, Over My Head, a fusion of Classical, Jazz and Middle-Eastern
Influences was released in November, 2008. Over My Head was nominated for several
awards including the Gospel Music Association of Canada’s Covenant Award for
Classical/Traditional Album of the Year, Classical/Traditional Song of the Year, and for the
BC Interior Music Awards! Tracy received the “Rotary Vocational Award”, February,2010, at the Summerland Community Excellence Awards Gala event.
As an experienced vocal instructor at the Penticton Academy of Music, Tracy focuses
on the holistic approach to singing: healthy vocal production, understanding the support
mechanism, the emotional and spiritual elements of singing, and individual direction and
goals for singers. Tracy's "Women in Song" concert series gives a performing platform to
amateur singers while raising funds for projects in third world countries. Past projects have
seen funds donated to the Caia Connection’s project for HIV/AIDS orphans in the Caia
District of Mozambique, Watoto Child Care Ministries, the Asia Emergency Fund set up by
the Mennonite Central Committee, the Penticton and Area Women's Centre, as well as
several fundraisers for local Habitat for Humanity projects. On a humanitarian trip to
Guazacapan, Guatemala in March, 2008, Tracy was involved in musical projects with the
Casa Esperanza (safe home for abandoned/neglected children).
Tracy and ACT Development (http://www.actdev.org/) have launched a pilot
sponsorship program, A Song for Hope, for marginalized women in North Africa. Through
sponsorship, these women receive support and job training. Following the release of her CD,
Over My Head, Tracy toured North Africa and the UK, meeting the sponsored women and
promoting A Song for Hope through concerts and an interview on Maria Toth's "Women to
women" morning radio show in London. Tracy's newly released song, "Silenced Voices" was
featured during the radio interview.
Tracy holds a Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance from the University of Alberta
and an A.R.C.T. in Singing, Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music,
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