Kellie Walsh

A native of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Kellie Walsh is the newly appointed Artistic Director of Shallaway: Newfoundland and Labrador Youth in Chorus, Founder and Artistic Director of Lady Cove Women’s Choir, and Co--‐Founder and Artistic Director of Newman Sound Men’s Choir. SHALLAWAY is an internationally award winning and celebrated youth choir. Most recently, the senior ensemble received highest marks in the treble youth choir category at the Béla Bartók International Competition, Hungry, and 3rd place overall in the Youth Choir Category, and the more than 250--‐member group has been invited to perform with the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa. Lady Cove Women’s Choir is a two--‐time winner of the CBC Radio National Competition for Amateur Choirs, in 2008 won first place in the prestigious Béla Bartók Contemporary Choir Competition, in Debrecen, Hungary, and was one of 25 choirs chosen to participate in the 9th World Symposium on Choral Music in Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Newman Sound has been a finalist in the CBC Radio’s National Competition for Amateur Choirs, and most recently won 1st place in the Male Chamber Choir Category at the World Choir Games in Cincinnati, 2012. Kellie also enjoys a busy schedule as a workshop clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator, regularly traveling to work with choirs of all genres. Kellie holds Bachelor degrees in both Music and Music Education from Memorial University, in addition to a Masters degree in conducting. She serves as an adjunct professor of choral music at Memorial University’s School of Music in Newfoundland. In March 2013, Kellie will receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, an award honouring significant contributions and achievements by Canadians.