Carrie Loring

Soprano Carrie Loring is the longest-serving active member of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, having joined in 1992. She received a BA from the University of Toronto, and her singing certificates from the Royal Conservatory of Music. Best known as long-time host of TV Ontario’s Polka Dot Door, she toured coast to coast with numerous children’s shows involving singing, storytelling, mime, and puppetry. Carrie has sung with Opera Atelier, Choir 21, The Elmer Iseler Singers, Elora Festival Singers, Soundstreams, Bach Festival Singers, Tallis Choir, Toronto Consort, The National Ballet of Canada, The Toronto Summer Music Festival, and the Theatre of Early Music.

Enjoying the challenge of singing in different styles, she has sung back-up vocals for Roger Hodgson (Supertramp), performed in the cast of Sondheim in September, and works as a voiceover artist and studio singer. She can be heard in the TV series The Tudors and The Borgias, the films Something About Mary Magdalene and Flightpath, in commercials including for Apple’s MacBook Air, and has sung on 26 CD recordings. Carrie teaches private lessons in both voice and guitar. She is the Director of the Kinder and Preparatory Choirs with the Bach Children’s Chorus.