Town Talk: UBC opera students may be getting their own orchestra

MUSIC MAKERS: Nancy Hermiston, who heads the UBC school of music’s voice and opera division, relishes it when former students sing with renowned companies and their orchestras. Coloratura Hermiston herself performed at Carnegie Hall and for years with Nürnberg Opera. Graduate Simone Osborne’s career as a soprano has included working with New York’s Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Now planning is for students to