ANDREW PICKETT, Early Music

Andrew Pickett, counter-tenor, was born and raised in Moncton, New Brunswick. After earning a master’s degree in biochemistry at Dalhousie University, he went on to study music at Western University and then the Royal College of Music in London, with early music specialists including Dame Emma Kirkby, James Bowman and Michael Chance. While there, he was a finalist in international competitions and won Best Singer at the RCM’s New Song competition.

Andrew has performed major roles in operas from Monteverdi to Jonathan Dove, and has performed oratorio and chamber music across Canada, the USA and Europe. He is an alumnus of the National Youth Choir of Canada and of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, and was a lay clerk at Manchester Cathedral. 

Andrew now lives in Halifax where he is a voice teacher, early music coach, and artistic director of Galileo Chamber Choir and Helios Vocal Ensemble.