Bronwyn Thies-Thompson

Thesis supervisor: Miranda Crowdus

Thesis working title: Angels in Training: An Ethnography of the Canadian Anglican Choristership Tradition

Bronwyn Thies-Thompson (she/they) is a musician and researcher, currently pursuing their PhD in Religions and Cultures at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Bronwyn maintains a busy performance career, as a classically-trained soprano sought after for her solid and inspired performances as a soloist and amongst chamber ensembles, regularly curating and collaborating on live performances and recordings with the leading early music and contemporary music groups in Canada and abroad, including appearances alongside the Tallis Scholars and Dame Emma Kirkby. Her voice has been featured on film soundtrack recordings for Canada's National Film Board  productions, and on Juno-nominated discs with countertenor Daniel Taylor's Theatre of Early Music and Trinity Choir. Their 20 year ongoing practice as a church musician informs and inspires their autoethnographic and creative approach to their academic interests. These interests include: Anglicanism, liturgics, performance theory, and the intersections between the voice, gender and sexuality.

Bronwyn's primary research examines the Anglican choristership tradition in Canada, interrogating how aspects such as childhood professionalism, musical pedagogy, and gender perception/performance operate.

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