Nestorova, Theodora

Theodora Nestorova

Bulgarian-British-American soprano, researcher, and teacher Theodora Ivanova Nestorova loves creating multidisciplinary and cross-cultural musical connections. A vocalist and scholar of diverse interests, Theodora conducts research on Vibrato Variability as well as Slavic Lyric Diction & Repertoire, while working as a voice pedagogue. Theodora is currently pursuing an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music and is a former Fulbright Study/Research Grant Recipient to Vienna, Austria, studying MA Lied/Oratorio at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien and voice science/vocology. Theodora received a MM (Vocal Pedagogy & Music-in-Education Concentration) from the New England Conservatory and a BM (Voice Performance/Musicology) from Oberlin College & Conservatory. Theodora has served as ACTOR's Knowledge Mobilization Committee Student Representative for 2021-22, and is involved in ACTOR's voice workgroup, including several research projects on the "Timbre Semantics of the Singing Voice" and "A Voice in the Orchestration". She also presented research on "Timbre Perceptions of Vocal Vibrato" at ACTOR's Y4 Workshop in Calgary in 2022.

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