Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Biography
Rosalind Mills is a voice coach, music director and composer. She is a sessional faculty member teaching voice at the University of Toronto Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies. Additionally, she is a professor at Centennial College in the Theatre and Performing Arts Fundamentals and was previously a voice coach at Randolph's College for the Performing Arts. She was awarded an ARIFS research grant to study the impact of private and public performing arts education on college post-secondary performing arts admissions. The second phase of this research involves DEI in pathways to performing arts post-secondary education and careers.
As a voice coach, she has worked on Transplant CTV/ NBC and coaches professional performers who have worked for Mirvish. Stratford, Netflix, AppleTV and bands that opened for Bon Jovi and Alanna Miles.
She was the resident music director for the professional company at the Rose Theatre Brampton where she conducted: She Loves Me, A Chorus Line, Little Shop of Horrors, Blood Brothers, Cabaret, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, A Christmas Carol, Forever Plaid and You’re a good man Charlie Brown. Other music direction credits include shows at Theatre By the Bay, Smile Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times, and The Alleyway in Buffalo, New York.
Composition Credits include: The Auction CBC/ Global, audience choice award Sprockets (TIFF), Rock Garden (NFB), and credits on OMNI, Global, CityTV, MenTV, Prime and CBC. Her musicals have been produced across Ontario and have played at the Academy Theatre Lindsay, Waterloo Stage, The Orillia Opera House, The Gravenhurst Opera House and others. Rosalind composed the musical Ingenew, which ran in May 2023 at the Red Sandcastle and she co-composed and music directed The Musical McCoy, which is supported by The National Arts Centre, The Shaw Festival, The Grand Theatre and others.
Selected Theatrical works:
The Musical McCoy - Co-Composer
Ingenew - Composer
Wendy, Darling - Composer
Wake Me When It’s Over - Composer
Scenes from my Dock - Composer
Selected filmography (composer):
Searching for Wonder, NFB
The Auction, CBC, Global
Marv Freetell’s Wedding Day, Bravo
Bagged, CBC
Colour Me Free, OMNI
Rock Garden, A Love Story, CBC, NFB, BRAVO
The Weekend Guy Series, Global
Awards and Nominations:
Ingenew 10 Broadway World nominations 2023
Wake Me When It’s Over 1st place Brampton New Works Festival
Searching for Wonder Special Jury Award Houston World Fest
Time To Shout Nominated Best New Media Campaign, Canadian Media Awards
The Auction Winner audience choice award: Sprockets a division of TIFF
- Children’s Jury Prize for best live-action short - Children’s Film Fest Seattle
- Selected for the John Van Duzer Children’s Film Collection, at Tiff Bell Lightbox
Colour Me Free
Official Selection Montreal World Film Festival, Bergen International Festival
Rock Garden, A Love Story
Winner of the Global Audience Award for best Anarchy Film Slamdance Festival
Winner Special Jury Award, Gold Remy Houston WorldFest