Chamber and Schubert’s Winterreise to great acclaim in Montréal, Victoria, England, Paris, and, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the piano, in Toronto. Alexander has also been heard frequently on CBC Radio Canada in recital and concert . Music and Coleman Lemieux Dance Company, Alexander graduated from the University of Toronto Opera Division and the Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario with Honours. He is also an alumnus of the Music Theatre Program at the Banff Centre, Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, the Steans Institute for Young Artists at Ravinia, and L’Atelier Lyrique de L’Opera de Montreal. Alexander is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes including those from the International Voice Competition of Paris (including the Edward Marshall Association Award for Outstanding Baritone), the Jeunesses Musicales National Competition, the Marilyn Horne Competition (Music Academy of the West), and the Jacqueline Desmarais Competition. Alexander just started teaching Applied Voice this Fall at Mount Allison University. An ardent singer since childhood, Alexander's solo début was at twelve years old, as a treble soloist in the Canadian premiere of Lloyd Webber's Requiem under conductor Elmer Iseler. NICK HALLEY is a drummer/percussionist, keyboardist, composer, and conductor. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of Capella Regalis, and Assistant Director of Music at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax. Nick founded and for eleven years (to 2021) directed The King’s Chorus, a choral society for members of the King’s and Dalhousie University communities. Nick was also the Assistant Director of the University of King’s College Chapel Choir from 2008 to 2021. In 2012, Nick was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his contribution to Canada and Nova Scotia through the arts, particularly for his work with Capella Regalis Men and Boys Choir. For the 2013 — 14 season, Nick was the Host of CBC’s national radio program Choral Concert . As a drummer and world percussionist, Nick performs and records internationally with a wide range of musicians including American musical icon James Taylor, the late Oscar Castro-Neves, Dinuk Wijeratne, Sandeep Das, Chris Norman, Old Man Luedecke, Nazih Borish, Kinan Azmeh, Suzie LeBlanc, Paul Halley, and Viradouro Escola de Samba. He has taught at Boxwood Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, Interlochen Summer Festival, LAMP, and in other workshop venues around the world. For more information, visit www.nickhalley.com.
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