Mezzo Soprano, Debi Wong, was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia.  Praised for her effective performances, Ms. Wong enjoys working as both a chamber singer, concert soloist and recitalist.

Her recent performances include Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers with Alexander Weimann in the Early Music Vancouver Festival, Bach’s St. John Passion with the Vancouver Bach Choir and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bruce Pullan, Beethoven’s Mass in C Major with Beverly Shangkuan and the Yale Repertory Chorus, and Messiah with William Boughton and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

In her 2009 – 2010 Debi performed Bach’s Singet Dem Herrn and Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott with Masaaki Suzuki (Bach Collegium Japan), Bach’s B Minor Mass conducted by Simon Carrington (King Singers, Yale Schola Cantorum) and Handel’s Te Deum and Haydn’s Salve Regina conducted by Nicholas McGegan, and she was also heard on the discovery series at the Oregon Bach Festival performing Bach’s Christmas Oratorio under the direction of Helmuth Rilling.

As well as performing and studying early music, Debi is also an active recitalist.   Recent collaborations include “Sweet and Low: The Songs of George Gershwin and Dana Suesse” with world renowned pianist, Sara Davis Buechner, and Schumann’s “Sechs Gedichte und Requiem” with internationally acclaimed pianist, Ted Taylor.

In 2008, Debi received her Bachelor of Music from the University of British Columbia where she was awarded the Catherine Cooke-Topping Medal for musical excellence.  Debi is also a recent graduate from the Yale School of Music and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, where she received her Master’s in Music in Voice, and the 2010 Margot Fassler award for her performances in Sacred Music.

This spring, Debi will make her debut in the world of Early Opera with Stephen Stubbs and his production of Monteverdi’s Il Ballo delle Ingrate. She will also be starting her doctoral studies in English Renaissance theatre and music through Sibelius Academy in Helsinki Finland.