Discipline: Choral
Specialties: General Choir, Vocal Health & Technique, Choral Jazz
Region: Halifax
Languages: English
Amelia McMahon (she/her/elle) grew up in the Annapolis Valley and recently returned to Nova Scotia after making her home in Montreal for 21 years. Having just joined Perform! as a choral artist, she will be directing a choir at École St. Thomas Lemarchant School. She is also the Artistic Director of the South Shore Chorale Society, Co-Principal Conductor of Eastern Horizon, Assistant Conductor of The Halifax Camerata Singers, and is on the vocal and choral faculties at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts. She regularly sings at St. George’s Round Church, with East Coast Carolling, has had roles in two operas produced by Vocalypse, and is excited to be a member of a new vocal jazz quartet which also features Frances Farrell, Ryan Billington and Kurt Sampson. Mentored throughout her career by Maestro Iwan Edwards, Amelia studied choral conducting at Université de Sherbrooke and holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Voice from McGill University.