Meet Noelle

Noelle Kuntz is a Calgary-based soprano, voice instructor, and researcher whose work brings together performance, teaching, and a deep curiosity about how singers experience and understand their voices.

Raised in Calgary, Noelle began her musical life through choral singing and show choir before pursuing classical voice more seriously. She spent ten years with the Youth Singers of Calgary and later studied in Central Memorial High School’s Performing and Visual Arts (PVA) program. Both experiences fostered her love of music and performance. Noelle went on to study at the University of Lethbridge, completing her Bachelor of Music in 2024 and the requirements for her Master of Music in August 2026. Throughout her training, she developed experience across solo, choral, recital, and festival settings, alongside her work as an educator and choral leader. 

As a performer, Noelle's work is rooted in classical voice. Now based once again in Calgary, she is a member of the Calgary Opera Chorus for the 2026–27 season.

Teaching has become an equally important part of her musical work. Her experience includes private voice instruction, work as a graduate teaching assistant in studio voice, choral leadership, and work with young musicians. She particularly values helping singers understand their own instruments and develop the technical and musical tools to work with increasing confidence and independence. 

Alongside her performing and teaching, Noelle is a researcher with a particular interest in absolute pitch and the singing voice. Her master's research explored the experiences of singers with absolute pitch, including its influence on vocal practice and participation in choral environments. Her work reflects a broader interest in the internal processes of singing and in bringing singers' lived experiences into conversations about music research.

Across each part of her work, Noelle is interested in the same fundamental questions: how singers understand their voices, how musicians develop their craft, and how musical experience shapes the way we hear, learn, perform, and communicate.