Professional & Experienced
In-person & Online
Marie Avery
Voice
Marie has her Grade 9 Vocal RCM, and has been song-writing, performing and recording for over 15 years. She has been teaching music for the past decade and works with students interested in performing (and writing) in popular styles, as well as those preparing classical repertoire for RCM exams or auditions. She studied piano and voice at Nipissing University and Prairie College. She is studying to complete her Vocal RCM Grade 10 in 2020.
In-person & Online
Shealagh Palangio
Voice
Shealagh is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based out of Hamilton. She holds an Honours Bachelor of Music in Voice from Humber College, and has her Grade 8 RCM in both Voice and Piano. She has been teaching vocals professionally for over 8 years and continues to be inspired by her students’ growth and motivation in their musical journeys. Shealagh enjoys teaching a variety of genres, specializing in vocal jazz, musical theatre, pop, folk, and classical (RCM prep).
You can find her original music under her artist name, Shealagh Rose.
Online Only
Harmony Deslauriers
Voice
Harmony has an Honours Bachelor of Music in jazz voice performance from McMaster University, with a concentration in Music Cognition. She is attending NYU for a Masters of Music in Composition/Songwriting, beginning in Fall 2024. This program has just an 8% acceptance rate and Harmony was hand-picked from many applicants into this competitive program to work with some of North America’s most prominent and experienced songwriters.
She has been singing, as well as playing piano and guitar for the last 13 years and teaching voice for the last 3. Harmony is a singer/songwriter who has performed with the Hamilton Philharmonic, the McMaster Cantemus Ensemble, and as well as her own acoustic works.
Harmony strives to bring her students into their own sound and fosters passion, drive, and artistry in them. She specializes in popular styles of music such as jazz, pop and R&B and has a background in musical theatre as well as classical voice.