Anika-France Forget

French-Canadian mezzo-soprano and composer Anika-France Forget has been praised for her exemplary stage presence, playful artistry, and impressive vocal ability. She holds a Master of Performance in Voice from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, UK, a Master of Music in Composition from the University of Ottawa, and a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from the University of Toronto. Most recently, she has been appointed the Music Director of the Capital City Chorus in Ottawa. 

Anika-France’s compositions have been performed throughout Canada, the United States, France, and the UK. Most recently, she has been commissioned by the Canadian Viola Society. Her work has been premiered during the 50th International Viola Congress at the Conservatoire Municipal Nadia et Lili Boulanger in Paris in January 2026. In October 2024, Anika-France was invited as featured composer in the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra’s New Generation Composer’s Program. During this mentorship project, she worked alongside conductor Ron Royer and composer Daniel Mehdizadeh. Her composition has been released on an SPO commercial album titled Midnight Garden in November 2025. Upcoming premieres include a commissioned work for the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra and Bach Children's Chorus (Toronto) in November 2026, as well as the world premiere of her orchestral composition, Once Upon a Third Moon, by the Parkdale Orchestra (Ottawa) in February 2027.

Anika-France has participated in numerous masterclasses and private coachings, including those with Lise Davidsen, Joyce DiDonato, Sarah Connolly, Julia Bullock, Iain Burnside, Richard Hetherington, Ann Murray, and Graham Johnson. In May 2022, she was selected, alongside five other singers, to participate in the week-long Internationaal Lied Festival Zeist, in the Netherlands, where she was given the opportunity to learn from the best in the industry—world-established artists like soprano Elly Ameling, bass-baritone Robert Holl, baritone Roderick Williams, and pianist and Grammy Awards nominee Hans Eijsackers.

Over the years, she has received many noteworthy accolades: She was the recipient of the University of Toronto’s 2017–2021 Robert William Bygrave Entrance Scholarship and the laureate of the Prix d’excellence artistique provincial du Fonds ARTES 2017. She is a 2017 RCM Gold Medalist. She was awarded the 2021 Delius Society Prize during the London Song Festival in December of that year. She is a proud recipient of a Leverhulme Arts Scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, U.K. 

Anika-France is the founder of The Bird & The Bean Music Studio in Alta Vista (Ottawa), which serves more than 80 students. Her passion for community engagement has led her to organize Salon-Concert events in her hometown, featuring premieres and performances by students from the University of Ottawa and celebrating the work of emerging composers and performers.