Benjamin Butterfield
Associate Professor
school of music
University of Victoria
Canada
Biography
Born in Halifax NS and raised in Victoria BC, Benjamin Butterfield began singing in school choirs and at his local church (Christ Church Cathedral). Performing at the local music festival and in summer variety shows he later pursued formal voice studies with Selena James at the Victoria Conservatory of Music while attending the University of Victoria in General Arts. He furthered his studies at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts in contemporary music theatre performing and touring with the Music Theater Studio Ensemble before accepting an entrance scholarship to McGill University to study under Jocelyn Fleury-Coutu and William Neil. After graduation he received grants from the Canada Council to work with David Gordon in Philadelphia, Diane Forlano in London and Leopold Simoneau in Victoria. He also received assistance from the Sullivan Foundation in New York City to study in Toronto, New York, London and Italy preparing operatic roles. Other mentors have included Sir Thomas Allan, Peter Schreier, Elly Ameling, Rudolph Piernay, Noelle Barker, Margreet Honing, Roger Vignoles, Michael Gormley, Paul Stewart, Stuart Hamilton, Don Tarnawski and Michael McMahon.
Research Interest
Voice, Opera, Head of Voice
Publications
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Williamson MG, Butterfield BP. Florida Exemption Laws--Haven for Debtors or Protection from Destitution. Stetson L. Rev.. 1985;15:437.
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Cavieres LA, Brooker RW, Butterfield BJ, Cook BJ, Kikvidze Z, Lortie CJ, Michalet R, Pugnaire FI, Schöb C, Xiao S, Anthelme F. Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity. Ecology Letters. 2014 Feb 1;17(2):193-202.
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akeda Y, Kazarov AR, Butterfield CE, Hopkins BD, Benjamin LE, Kaipainen A, Hemler ME. Deletion of tetraspanin Cd151 results in decreased pathologic angiogenesis in vivo and in vitro. Blood. 2007 Feb 15;109(4):1524-32.
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ass AJ, Thorsson V, Shmulevich I, Reynolds SM, Miller M, Bernard B, Hinoue T, Laird PW, Curtis C, Shen H, Weisenberger DJ. Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma. Nature. 2014 Sep 11;513(7517):202.
