Lutzen Riedstra is a Postulant for Ordination in the Diocese of Toronto (Anglican). He holds a Master of Divinity from Wycliffe College, conjoint with the Toronto School of Theology and University of Toronto, specializing in Church Planting and Anglican Studies; and a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance, specializing in Opera studies, where he studied with Lorna MacDonald and Nathalie Paulin. Other notable teachers are bass-baritone Gary Relyea, Barbara Steed Young, and Earl Clark.
He has been the bass section lead and soloist at several churches of different denominations, including Kingsway-Lambton United church in Etobicoke, and Trinity-St. Paul’s, Toronto, as well as 8 years at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Other choral positions include being a Sidgwick Scholar for four years with the Orpheus choir of Toronto, under the direction of Robert Cooper, CM, and singing with the Hedgerow Singers, under the direction of Eric Robertson. Currently, he can be heard singing with the Annex Singers, the Hedgerow Singers, the Oakville Choral Society, and other pop-up groups in the GTHA.
Biography
Lutzen Riedstra is a Postulant for Ordination in the Diocese of Toronto (Anglican). He holds a Master of Divinity from Wycliffe College, conjoint with the Toronto School of Theology and University of Toronto, specializing in Church Planting and Anglican Studies; and a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance, specializing in Opera studies, where he studied with Lorna MacDonald and Nathalie Paulin. Other notable teachers are bass-baritone Gary Relyea, Barbara Steed Young, and Earl Clark.
He has been the bass section lead and soloist at several churches of different denominations, including Kingsway-Lambton United church in Etobicoke, and Trinity-St. Paul’s, Toronto, as well as 8 years at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Other choral positions include being a Sidgwick Scholar for four years with the Orpheus choir of Toronto, under the direction of Robert Cooper, CM, and singing with the Hedgerow Singers, under the direction of Eric Robertson. Currently, he can be heard singing with the Annex Singers, the Hedgerow Singers, the Oakville Choral Society, and other pop-up groups in the GTHA.
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