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Andrea
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Andrea (who has been studying music since the age of 3) is currently majoring in Music at Brock University and with be in her 5th year come Sept 2009. She received both music performance entrance scholarships and an academic scholarship from Brock University. Andrea has also received scholarships from the Brampton Caledon Music Festival and the Peel Music Festival. She has been singing with the Brock Chamber Singers for 4 years and enjoys it very much. Andrea has completed Grade 6 piano with First Class Honours. She sight reads with ease, and has an excellent musical ear.
Andrea attended Mayfield Secondary School for the Arts in Voice. At Mayfield she conducted my own auditioned choir of grade 9 and 10 students. She also assisted with directing a Grade 8 choir at Lagerquist Senior Public School. She has spent 4 summers working as an assistant English/Math teacher for grade 8 students with the Peel Board of Education. Andrea was involved in all Choirs at Mayfield including Chamber, Magnetics (Vocal Jazz), Women's Ensemble, Gospel, and Fanfare. Andrea has finished Grade 2 Theory and is currently working on Harmony and History, and has already completed the University Equivalent).
Andrea was involved in The Toronto Children's Chorus, recognized as one of the world’s leading choral ensembles for children, for 7 years. With this choir She trained new choir members (apprentice trainer) from the age of 12, and toured all over the world to places such as Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa etc.
Andrea has been performing since a very young age, and she loves it very much. She has performed in many concert halls around the world with the Toronto Children’s Chorus such as the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto and Royal Albert Hall in London, England. Andrea also performed solo at the Rose Theatre in Brampton and for functions such as weddings, anniversary parties, competitions, and much more! Andrea performed with Celine Dion at the Air Canada Centre when she was 11 years old as part of a small accompanying choir.
In 2005 Andrea received the Carl Duggan Memorial Medal of Excellence for achieving the highest mark in Canada in Grade 9 voice for Conservatory Canada. Andrea is classically trained, and enjoys singing Classical/Opera, Music Theatre (Broadway), Pop, Jazz, r and Rock and even Gospel!
