Who I am

Kyle Briscoe is blazing his trail as a queer interdisciplinary artist focusing on opera performance and his love of pop music. From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Kyle is a prairie boy at heart and achieved a B.Mus. in vocal performance at the Desautles Faculty of Music while studying under Mel Braun. In the Fall of 2023, Kyle began his studies towards an M.Mus in Opera and Voice from McGill University in Montréal. In his short time at the Schulich School of Music, Kyle has performed a recital of Brahms songs as part of Michael McMahon’s song interpretation class, appeared in Opera McGill’s production of Sondheim at Segal and covered the role of Prince Ramiro in La Cenerentola.

‍Colleagues describe Kyle as a joy and light, praising him for his vocal tone and endearing vulnerability. Kyle was featured in the Winnipeg Free Press in “Survival Songs,” (August 2023) and was a guest on CBC’s Now or Never podcast (September 2023) where he was invited to discuss his unique career and share his music live on the air (There are many great singers in pop, but Briscoe’s precise voice, honed by hours of training at the U of M and other lessons — contrasts greatly from the breathy vocals that have dominated the charts in recent years - Alan Small, Winnipeg Free Press).

In December 2023, Kyle made his Messiah soloist debut with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for two sold out audiences at Knox United Church. Additionally, Kyle sang both the tenor and soprano solos in a project entitled, "Messiah Queered" spearheaded by colleagues Sandra Bender and Nathan Poole to raise funds for Sunshine House Winnipeg and bring together the Queer community.