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University of Toronto/Western University – Honors Bachelor of Voice Performance
ARCT in Voice Performance - Royal Conservatory of Music
AIMS Opera Program – Scholarship study in Austria
Grade 10 Piano - Royal Conservatory of Music
Toronto based Canadian Actor-Muso Donna Garner was raised on a dairy farm near Stratford, Ontario in a home filled with music. That set the tone. Her classical voice studies took her to Western University, The University of Toronto and to the AIMS Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.
Donna works onstage as an actor, singer, pianist and multi-instrumentalist. She recently founded Garner Theatre Productions - Canada’s first theatre company with a mandate to cast and celebrate Actor-Musicians in thought-provoking works.
Her performing has taken her across Canada, the U.S., Austria and Japan. Select theatre credits include Dr. Silver (World Premiere-Musical Stage Company & Outside The March); The Sound of Music (U.S. First National Tour); Once (U.S. First National Tour, Mirvish, Neptune); Two Pianos, Four Hands (across Canada and the U.S.); Fiddler On The Roof (Persephone) to name only a few. Her recent TV/Film credits include Private Eyes (Global); Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu); Anne (Netflix/CBC); Designated Surviver (ABC).
When not on stage, Donna works as a voice specialist for masterclasses and lectures, as an adjudicator, as a private voice teacher, repertoire coach, accompanist, and as a Music Director.
She shares her life with her talented Actor-Muso husband Rick Hughes.
Barrie, Brockville, Burlington, Carbonear, Charlottetown, Chatham, Fredericton, Grand Falls-Windsor, London, Mitchell, Peel, Stirling, Stratford, St. Thomas, Porcupine/Timmons, Walkerton
(Many multiple times)