BRONWYN
Thies-Thompson
Photo: Rafael Alexandre (2025)
MUSICIAN & SCHOLAR | MUSICIEN•NE & CHERCHEUR
Bronwyn Thies-Thompson is a musician and researcher pursuing their PhD in Religions and Cultures at Concordia University. Maintaining a busy performance career as a soprano, their 20-year ongoing practice as a professional church musician informs their autoethnographic and creative approach to their research, including their SSHRC-supported doctoral research project, which examines the liturgical child choristership traditions in Canada, interrogating how aspects such as childhood professionalism, musical pedagogy, and gender performance operate in relationship with the voice.
Bronwyn Thies-Thompson est musicien•ne et chercheur, et poursuit actuellement des études doctorales en religion à l'Université Concordia à Montréal, ainsi qu’une carrière de performance bien remplie en tant que soprano. Dans le cadre académique, son approche autoethnographique et créative est informée et éclairée par ses 20 années de pratique musicale continue en tant que musicien•ne d’église. Ses recherches sont soutenues par le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada et portent sur la tradition chorale anglicane canadienne, explorant les enjeux de la professionnalisation musicale des enfants, la pédagogie et la performance du genre.
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Photo: Rafael Alexandre (2025)
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“A sensitive and innately communicative musician”
“The angelic, pure-white tone she can conjure up in her top register would thrill any Emma Kirkby fan”
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