An enthusiastic proponent of contemporary music, Ms. Pauls is a frequent guest with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival - performances include John Taverner's To a Child Dancing in the Wind, Jocelyn Morlock's Lacrymosa, and for 2003, Jeffrey Ryan's chamber opera The Laurels, all broadcast on CBC Radio 2. She has premiered works by a number of Canadian composers, including Randolph Peters, Sid Robinovitch, and Glenn Buhr. Her collaboration with guitarist Ian Hodges on the CD "Canciones" includes premier recordings by Robinovitch and Leo Brouwer.
Ms. Pauls' other concert and solo recital work is frequently broadcast on CBC Radio 2. A Valentine's 2004 Radio 2 feature program will include vignettes of story and song called "Love Lives of the Composers" co-created and sung by Ms. Pauls. Other recent recital collaborations include a program with pianist Michael McMahon.
On the Manitoba Opera stage Ms. Pauls has been seen most recently in Mozart's Magic Flute and Bizet's Carmen. She was also part of the development of the Banff Centre and Calgary Opera workshop production of Filumena, a new opera premiering this season, and sang the role of Anna in Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins for the Manitoba Theatre Centre's Brechfest 2002. This April she will sing the role of Belinda in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
Recent studies have included work with Early Music specialist Emma Kirkby and internationally acclaimed lyric soprano Edith Wiens. Ms Pauls teaches at the University of Manitoba and the Canadian Mennonite University and holds a Master's degree in Vocal Performance from McGill University.