Described by Opera Canada as having a "bright, attractive sound", Bud Roach has quickly made a name for himself as a performer of both early music and the contemporary. Beginning his career as an oboist, he began singing tenor in 2005, and since that time has performed with many of Canada's finest ensembles.

After earning a Master of Music degree from Yale University in oboe performance, Bud performed frequently with the orchestras of the National Ballet of Canada, the Canadian Opera Company, and Orchestra London. From 1997-2004 he held Oboe and English Horn positions in the United States, with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Opera Theater, and the Buffalo Philharmonic.

Since his invitation by Lydia Adams to join the Elmer Iseler Singers, Bud has had many solo opportunities with that ensemble, including the role of "Trickster" in the Melissa Hui/Thomson Highway opera The Journey, the first opera in the Cree language (Soundstreams Canada). This performance prompted the Toronto Star to declare him a "must-hear lyric tenor". The Globe and Mail was equally enthusiastic: "Bud Roach was superb…this oboist-turned-singer not only has a beautiful lyric tenor, but is a natural on stage".

In concert, he has appeared with the Toronto Consort, Soundstreams, The Toronto Chamber Choir, the Grand River Baroque Festival, the Ottawa Choral Society, the Amadeus Choir, Arcady, the Tallis Choir, the Toronto Continuo Collective, and the Jerusalem Early Music Workshop, performing the title role in Carissimi's Jephte. Bud has been a frequent soloist with the Aradia Ensemble, earning critical praise from the American Record Guide and BarnesandNoble.com for the Naxos label recording of Handel's Israel in Egypt. A second Naxos recording (Samuel Arnold's ballad opera Polly) will be released in May of 2010. On the operatic stage, Bud has appeared with Opera Atelier, the Canadian Opera Company, and performed the role of Tamino in Mozart's Die Zauberflote in Fidenza, Italy.

Recent projects include singing selected Bach arias for Sound in Silence, an Out of the Box Productions play by Gwen Dobie, and a workshop production of the new opera Savitri and Sam, by John Mills-Cockell and Ken Gass. Bud has also formed the chamber ensemble Capella Intima, which received a very enthusiastic welcome to the early music scene last winter. Further information can be found at www.capellaintima.blog.ca.

Highlights for the 2009-2010 season will be further touring of The Journey with Soundstreams, solo appearances with the Aradia Ensemble, a recital with The Musicians in Ordinary, singing tenor solos in a concert of the music of Peter Harvey under the direction of David Fallis for the debut of Choir 21 (Soundstreams), as well as performances with Capella Intima.