Jackie Hawley is the founding Artistic Director of the Cantiamo Choirs of Ottawa. She has conducted and toured internationally with adult, youth and children’s choirs and has been a clinican for choirs and schools throughout Canada for nearly 30 years.

Ms. Hawley has presented at numerous events including Festival 500, Podium and the International Symposium of Singing and Song II . She was on the ACCC Podium Committee (Ottawa), wrote the children’s choir column for Anacrusis from 2013 to 2016 and is a Choirs Ontario Board Member. Ms. Hawley has adjudicated nationally and was a jury member for the National Competition for Canadian Amateur Choirs (2017). Ms. Hawley was also Artistic Director of the Ottawa Children’s Choir and Music Director of its Chamber Choir from 2008-2015.

Ms. Hawley is the Music Director of the National Arts Centre’s 500-voice “Music Monday” choral event, and works frequently with the Education Department of the National Arts Centre. A former music educator with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Ms. Hawley continues to offer courses on music leadership to in-service teachers. A co-founder of the Nipiit-Katittut – Voices United (NKVU) educational engagement project, Ms. Hawley has developed an educational initiative that connects choristers with youth in Iqaluit to build community and promote leadership skills, musical artistry and cultural enlightenment.

Ms. Hawley graduated from University of Toronto with an honours degree in Music Education and from University of Ottawa with a Bachelor of Education.

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