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Nick Halley is a drummer/percussionist, keyboardist, composer, and conductor. He is the founder and Artistic Director of Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir, and the founder and Director of The King’s Chorus, a choral society for members of the King’s and Dalhousie University communities in Halifax. He is also the Assistant Director of the University of King’s College Chapel Choir, and Assistant Director of Music at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax. In 2012, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his contribution to Canada and Nova Scotia through the arts. For the 2013-2014 season, he was the Host of CBC’s national radio program, Choral Concert.
As a drummer and world percussionist, Nick Halley performs and records internationally with a wide range of musicians including American musical icon James Taylor, the late Oscar Castro-Neves, Dinuk Wijeratne, Chris Norman, Old Man Luedecke, Suzie LeBlanc, Paul Halley, and Viradouro Escola de Samba. He has taught at Boxwood Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, Interlochen Summer Festival, and in other workshop venues around the world. |
