Countertenor Richard Whittall has been singing professionally since the age of 11, first under Dr. Derek Holman as a treble. While studying at McGill University for his Bachelor degree in philosophy he joined La Chapelle de Québec under Bernard Labadie, and Le Studio Musique Ancienne de Montreal under Christopher Jackson. Under the ad hoc tutelage of countertenor Matthew White, his “forceful falsetto tone” (Montreal Gazette) landed him gigs as a soloist for the Renaissance Singers in Kitchener, Susie Napper’s Les Voix Humaines alongside Nathaniel Watson and Suzie LeBlanc in Montreal, the Lameque Baroque Music Festival in New Brunswick, and in numerous other festivals. He now resides in Toronto working at the University of Toronto in student services, and has been singing with Tafelmusik since December 2005 with other “baroquen” people.