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Alexandra (Ali) Garrison is a Toronto-based singer, performer, voice teacher and clinician. After co-founding the acapella jazz trio, the Waverlies, she graduated with her Vocal Performance degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and has since performed a huge variety of operatic and theatrical roles with local and regional companies.
Ms. Garrison is a frequent concert soloist in Canada and the U.S. She especially enjoys working in tandem with artists, improvisers and composers to foster new works and promote music for a more harmonious world.
Ali was a proud founding member and soloist with the renowned Nathaniel Dett Chorale, and as such performed for such luminaries as Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel, Muhammad Ali, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Jesse Norman, Kathleen Battle, Stephen Lewis and was privileged to be Canada’s “gift” to President Obama’s Inauguration festivities.
In 2022, Ali joined the cast and crew of the award winning Canadian Independent Feature Film, Really Happy Someday (IMDb 2024), in the role of Shelly, the protagonist’s vocal coach. The film has gone on to win accolades and awards at TIFF, BIFF, WIFF, Calgary, Whistler, Inside Out FF,
Ms. Garrison has been teaching voice privately in her Toronto voice studio since 1997 as well as leading and facilitating vocal clinics in voice and body work for both ensemble singers and soloists in Canada, the US and Guatemala. She is a member of ACTRA, and a Gemini Award winner.
This summer, Ali will be playing a role in Justice for Maurice Henry Carter at Toronto Fringe Festival as well as acting as assistant music director for the cast of Nicole Brooks’ Obeah Opera for the second year in a row.