Jody Malone, Artistic Director
While currently tackling a career as a vocal/piano specialist and choral conductor at Cawthra Park Secondary School for the Performing Arts in Mississauga, Jody was then offered the opportunity to work with adults in a community choir setting in 2008. She jumped at the chance to work with the LGBTQ mixed choir community in Toronto, and loves working with adults of all age ranges and musical experience. This turn in her career offers the unique opportunity to strive for musical excellence and to participate in advocacy with the LGBTQ community.
Jody was educated at McGill University in Montreal, obtaining an Honours degree in School Music with a discipline in piano. She went on to Teacher’s College at the University of Toronto with a specialty in Music and French. Later on during a 2002 sabbatical year, she obtained a Master’s degree in Education with a discipline in Counselling Psychology.
Her passions include hiking, yoga, travel to England and abroad, dinner parties with friends, cycling trips, and most recently….’Downton Abbey’. Let’s hope there will be another season!
She thanks Singing OUT and our audience members and supporters for the privilege to serve them with the joy of choral music.
Beth Hanson, Accompanist
Since 2002, with the exception of a 2 1/2 year hiatus to work on solo repertoire, Beth has been the accompanist and erstwhile arranger for Singing Out. “The choir is my social network, my second family, and because of my career as elementary school music teacher, my link to the world of adult choral music. I get to keep up my piano technique with the Rutter, Lauridsen and Eric Lane Barnes we seem to keep in our repertoire. And, I will inflict my curling, cycling and drawing fanaticism on anyone willing to listen.”
Colette Carr, Choreographer
Colette has been choreographing professionally since the age of 18 when she got her start on the Miss Canada Pageant. Yes she’s been doing this for a long time!
Her career has given her the opportunity to choreograph trade shows, Garden Brothers Circus, musical theatre as in The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance, Annie, Oliver, Oklahoma, Nunsense, Anne of Green Gables, The Drowsy Chaperone…and TV shows. Her specialty is working with non-dancers and making them shine and love the movement.
She has really enjoyed this opportunity working with Singing Out and looks forward to a great show!
Her career has given her the opportunity to choreograph trade shows, Garden Brothers Circus, musical theatre as in The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance, Annie, Oliver, Oklahoma, Nunsense, Anne of Green Gables, The Drowsy Chaperone…and TV shows. Her specialty is working with non-dancers and making them shine and love the movement.
She has really enjoyed this opportunity working with Singing Out and looks forward to a great show!