RICHARD ZELINKA – Bass

Season Joined: 2017-2018

Hometown: I am originally from Toronto, but London has long been my home.

Education/Training: 
I am mostly self-taught, with a love of music; but more recently I have had voice lessons from Karen Schuessler.

Do you also have a non-singing “day job”? If so, what do you do?
I am an Urban Planning Consultant.

Where else do you teach/gig/conduct/sing/perform?
St. John the Divine Choir; Diocesan Choir (R.C. Diocese of London)

Where else have you sung in the past?
Church, High School and York University Choirs; solo folk singing with guitar; Fanshawe Chorus London

Favorite choral work(s): 
Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil (Vespers)

What London experience do you consider essential for visitors/newcomers? 
Downtown/Richmond Row; the University district; the “villages” (Wortley Village, Old East Village); Springbank Park.