Mimi Patricia Snider

A jazz vocalist who cares about creative and innovative communication through voice, rhythm, and movement.

Performing in both Toronto and Vancouver. 
 

I am back to vocal performances, after taking a bit of a hiatus to focus on percussion and to focus on other studies to explore the science of the voice and research methods. Why the change in focus from vocal performance the last little while?

In 2010 everything changed. After laryngeal spasms started occurring after a minor operation and my singing voice felt as though it had changed, where the flow and ease of singing disappeared,  I’ve been working at getting it back ever since, ensuring I sing with a raised palate, open throat, engaging the resonators and diaphragmatic support. I basically had to reteach myself to sing. It was as though I had lost the muscle memory. I returned back to practicing classical and musical theatre style singing in the practice room, and now, after all these years, I can finally say my voice is back!!  I look forward to sharing it again.

Mimi (derived from Miriam) Snider

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land and I recognize my presence on the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations. I acknowledge the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.  For thousands of years the area known as Tkaronto has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit and has been care taken by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Huron-Wendat.  This territory is subject of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant - an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.