南希·赫米斯顿(Nancy Hermiston)的歌剧事业曾带她走遍加拿大、美国和欧洲。她在纽约卡内基音乐厅与玛丽莲·霍恩(Marilyn Horne)和马里奥·伯纳第(Mario Bernardi)合作演出。她的欧洲首演为她赢得了与著名的纽伦堡歌剧院的长期合作机会。她曾担任多个职务,如音乐大师音乐学院和多伦多大学歌剧和表演部门的声乐教师和导演。她于1995年被任命为UBC声乐和歌剧部门的协调员。

In 2008, Professor Hermiston was the recipient of the Dorothy Somerset Award for Performance and Development in the Visual and Performing Arts and in the 2009/2010 academic year received a Killam Teaching Prize. Hermiston is chair of the School of Music’s Voice and Opera Divisions and also serves as University Marshal. In 2014, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for her achievements as an opera singer, stage director and educator.