Staff

Suzie LeBlanc | Artistic & Executive Director

Suzie LeBlanc took on the position of Artistic and Executive director of Early Music Vancouver in January 2021. Born in Acadia, the charismatic soprano is well-known for her passionate performances of Early Music, art song, contemporary music and Acadian traditional repertoire. She began her international singing career in the Consort of Musicke (London) and continued to specialize in early repertoires, researching and recording a substantial amount of unpublished material.

She appears on over 75 recordings including the Grammy award-winning album Lully’s Thésée with the Boston Early Music Festival. She won an ECMA for Best Classical Album for “I am in need of music”, an album she produced on poems by Elizabeth Bishop. She has also recorded for ATMA, Hyperion, Chandos, Harmonia Mundi, Teldec, Analekta, Pasacaille and Das Alte Werk. Prior to coming to EMV, Suzie founded and directed Montreal’s Le Nouvel Opéra, a company that produces early and contemporary chamber opera performances. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2015 for her contribution to Early Music and Acadian culture.

Jonathan Evans | Production Manager

604-732-1610 ext. 5 | [email protected]

Jonathan is a Vancouver native, and has worked in the cultural sector for most of his adult life with an emphasis on music. He is a graduate of Capilano University’s Arts & Entertainment Management program.

Julia Halbert | Executive Assistant & Project Manager

604-732-1610 ext. 3 | [email protected]

Julia has studied voice, acting, and dance for over 15 years and has performed classical, theatrical, and contemporary music all over Canada and the United States. Before starting at EMV in June of 2021, she worked as an Assistant Sales Manager for Brown's Shoes and as the Digital Marketing Assistant for Business Reach Marketing in Rossland, BC. She spends her free time helping the community as the Membership and Social Events Director for the Vancouver Young Professionals Rotaract Club, part of Rotary International.

Nathan Lorch | Business Manager

604-732-1610 ext. 6 | [email protected]

As Business Manager, Nathan provides oversight of EMV’s financial matters including preparation of the annual budget in partnership with Executive & Artistic Director, monitoring of budget to actual results, recording and processing all financial transactions, and preparation of financial statements to Treasurer. He also provides office and administrative support to ensure staff is properly supported by the appropriate systems and technology and generally does what is required to support the Society, the office, and concert performances. Having handled the accounting for other charitable societies, he started working with EMV thirteen years ago as a part-time bookkeeper when the Society was interested in having its accounting handled in house by a staff member and was promoted to the position of Business Manager in late 2015.

Adele Marsland | Marketing & Communications Coordinator

604-732-1610 ext. 4 | [email protected]

Adele Marsland is an arts administrator and digital content creator with a passion for music as a means of storytelling. In the summer of 2023, Adele finished a Master of Arts in Musicology at the University of British Columbia, with a research focus on Early Modern England that combines music, theatre history, and gender studies to examine the role of seventeenth-century singer-actresses. She has presented on Medieval and Renaissance music and women's music-making to students at the University of British Columbia as a Teaching Assistant, and more recently gave a talk on Music & Gender in Jane Austen's World to the Vancouver Chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America. Adele is a faculty member at the Vancouver Academy of Music where she teaches music history.

Adele was EMV's Production & Marketing Assistant in the summer of 2022, followed by time at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts as a Communications Assistant. In her free time she enjoys choral singing, amateur photography, and perusing obscure medieval manuscripts.

Carmen Murphy | Donor Relations Manager

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After a long career at a large financial institution, Carmen took on fundraising and donor development at a major local performing arts organization. Her shared love of music and the performing arts forged many strong relationships with donors over 13 years. Giving back to the community has also been important to Carmen, as she has volunteered for the Burnaby Art Gallery, the City of Burnaby and Burnaby RCMP. She enjoys baking, cooking, reading, travel and cheering on the Vancouver Canucks.

Natalie Rostov | Patron Services Manager

604-732-1610 ext. 1 | [email protected]

Natalie is a graduate of the English Department Graduate Studies program of the University of British Columbia. Her research mainly focused on film adaptations of Philip K. Dick's works. Before starting at EMV in May 2022, Natalie was the office administrator of The First Nations Drum Newspaper and a shift manager at a small local restaurant.

Aside from work, Natalie volunteers for Push International Performing Arts Festival and likes to spend her free time reading in the sun and taking photos.