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Rosalind began her career as a singer, achieving her degree in music (voice) from the University of Toronto. She then went on to perform with Theatre Calgary, Calgary Opera, Opera York, The Mousetrap, Theatre Orangeville, Lighthouse Festival
Red Barn Theatre and numerous others.
Throughout this time, Rosalind was music directing numerous
productions which included: Schoolhouse Rock Live (Annex Theatre), I love you, you're perfect now change (Theatre Muskoka), pump boys and dinettes (Theatre by
the bay), Don't tell Mama (buddies in bad times), Perfect Life (US premier) and "Chandeleirva (Patron's pick, Toronto Fringe, Second place, Montreal Fringe).
Rosalind was the Resident Music Director for the professional series at the Rose Theatre, Brampton, for five years. She music directed: She Loves Me, A Christmas Carol, A Chorus Line, Cabaret, The Last Resort, Little Shop of Horrors, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Blood Brothers and many others
As a voice coach, Rosalind has worked with professionals who have opened for KISS, Bon Jovi (ACC) and Amanda Marshall; singers from Chicago, the movie, Mama Mia, Matilda, Stratford, Fun Home, Strictly Ballroom, Annie and several TV shows. She also recently coached on "Transplant" NBC/CTV. She also speaks at events on communications and vocal skills for business, performance and life. Upcoming she is speaking at the UofT Women's LeadHership conference.
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. She has scored "Bagged" for CBC, starring Kristin Booth, "Marv Freetell's wedding day" / BRAVO. 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 at the Red Sandcastle and she co-composed and music directed “The Musical McCoy”, which ran at the PaperMill Theatre and is supported by The National Arts Centre, The Shaw Festival, The Grand Theatre and others. Her piece "The Eumenides" premiered the first 20 minutes in May of 2025 with Musicata Hamilton.
Rosalind Mills is currently a professor at Centennial College in the Music, Theatre and Performing Arts Departments, and has taught voice as a sessional lecturer at the University of Toronto Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies. She was previously a voice coach at Randolph College for the Performing Arts. She was awarded two ARIFS research grants to study the impact of private and public performing arts education on college post-secondary performing arts admissions. The second phase of this research was the creation of a website to assist up-and-coming artists in finding accessible professional training and opportunities. She has recently completed her Master's in Musicology from York University. Upcoming, she is music directing "Forever Plaid" for Theatre by the Bay.
rosalind@ivorystorm.com |
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