Matthew Adam - Baritone
Matthew Adam is a Canadian-born baritone hailing from Montréal, Québec, with a love and passion for performing opera and art song, including French mélodie and lieder. Having completed a double-dec in music and social science at Marianopolis College, Matthew then received his Bachelor’s degree in Voice Performance from the renowned Schulich School of Music at McGill University. While attending McGill, Matthew was recognized with many awards, which include: the prestigious E. Gordon Cleather Scholarship on the basis of excellence in performance, the Duncan L. Campbell Memorial Award demonstrating a keen interest in art songs and oratorio repertoire, and one of the first recipients of the Wayne Riddell Choral Award for showing outstanding interest in choral music and conducting. Matthew has represented both Québec and Canada, having been selected to sing with the National Youth Choir of Canada three times and the World Youth Choir, where he toured China and Inner Mongolia, respectively. He also attended Domaine Forget International Music Festival, and in the summer of 2023 received both the Austrian Society Scholarship from McGill University, and the Richard Owens Founder’s Scholarship, to attend the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria. Similarly, Matthew is a CANIMEX provincial and national finalist, and performs regularly with the Grammy Award-winning Shaar Hashomayim Choir and appears frequently in vocal masterclasses. Matthew just completed his Master’s in Voice Performance and Opera at the Schulich School of Music, with recent credits including Monsieur Presto in Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Opera McGill) and was the cover of Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Opera McGill).