Harmony College Northwest 2025

Donya has been around Barbershop her whole life, and has made a career of working with performers. She's been teaching voice for over 20 years and is a Certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, and became a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in 2020. Her beginning as a dancer (culminating in a BFA Dance from Simon Fraser University) gave her a fascination with all things body- and movement-related, so her interests in performance range from nervous system function in performers to body percussion to full-bodied singing practices.
She has spent the last 17 years producing learning tracks, has written and arranged a handful of pieces for a cappella singers, and produced an album of holiday music entitled Sister Grinch. Donya sings in two quartets: Fandango, specializing in holiday performances, and Metzin' Around, a mixed group with brothers Tom and Mark and husband Phil, which sings a wide variety of genres. She is currently working toward a Master's of Counselling and has an independent practice working with voice and trauma clients. Donya is the Performance Director of brand new mixed chorus, VanCity Harmony.