hails from London, Ontario, and has worked as a session singer, and lead singer/pianist/guitarist in various Ontario and Alberta bands.

Val has been a soloist with various orchestras, made several CBC TV appearances, and recorded with Tommy Banks in Edmonton.

Val is a 30-year member of the Calgary Opera chorus, and is also a songwriter and vocal arranger.

Her two career highlights: being a singing Muppeteer in a movie, and; getting to sing Christmas carols at a private house party in Toronto accompanied by Oscar Peterson.

Val has been actively singing in a capella Christmas quartets in Calgary, since 1988 and before that in Ontario.

Many of our arrangements are credited to her.

moved to Canada from South Africa in 2000. Marina started to perform in public from the age of 5 and never stopped. She sang opera with PACOFS and PACT in South Africa and became a member of the Calgary Opera chorus after her immigration.

In 2007 Marina had a chance to perform in Los Angeles and that forever changed her musical path.  Since 2016 Marina has been performing as the lead vocalist for Sentimental Journey Big Band in Calgary and in October 2021 she debuted as the guest vocalist for Prime Time Big Band.

Since 2010, Marina has been part of an a capella carolling group, and even though she is naturally a soprano, she loves to sing harmonies and became an alto by choice.

When the need for Festive Voices was established, Marina was happy to bring her Marketing experience and never ending energy to the group.

While living in Regina, after graduating with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Saskatchewan, Brian joined a mixed choral group called ‘The Noteables’. They sang the national anthem at Sask Roughrider Games, performed at various events and did a lot of Christmas Caroling. After moving back to Saskatoon, he performed with various music theatre companies as well as the Saskatoon Opera.

Brian transferred with the Canadian Red Cross to Calgary in 1995 and threw himself into the local community theatre scene as a performer, Director and Music Director, winning various nominations for CAT Awards. Brian is a Past President of Front Row Centre Players and past Board member of StoryBook Theatre. He was an Adjudicator for many years and the Adjudication Coordinator for three. In 2014, Brian was the recipient of the Sandy Singer Award for outstanding contribution to Calgary Community Theatre.

His first season with the Calgary Opera Chorus was 1996/97 and he has performed off and on in various productions since then. You may have seen Brian as an usher at Theatre Calgary; a volunteer role he has had since 1996. Brian was a long-time member of Christmas Cheer, an acapella carolling group and looks forward to continuing the carolling tradition with Festive Voices!

Trish, who originates from Norquay Saskatchewan, has sung in community and church choirs since the age of 10. After moving to Calgary, she obtained her vocal training through Royal Trinity College London under teacher Robert Hooper.

She went on to perform as a soprano soloist in Calgary Choral society, Mount Royal Chamber Singers, and Knox United Church choir. She has also been a chorus member in the 1988 Olympic choir, the Calgary Philharmonic Chorus, Unisong Mass choir-Ottawa 2017, and most recently the Scarboro United Church Choir.

Trish has a musical theatre background, performing soprano roles such as Mother Abbess in Sound of Music, Mrs Bumble in Oliver, and The Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with the Painted Fish Theatre Society.

She has been actively singing in Christmas quartets in Calgary for over 15 years and is excited to be joining Festive Voices for the 2020 season.

Happily retired from a long career in agriculture, Tim now focuses his time and energy on his second passion: singing. 

A 13 year veteran of the Calgary Opera and several years with Western Hospitality Singers in close barbershop harmony, Tim has always sung with a church choir. He now sings with CORE Celebration Choir and has done a capella Christmas quartets for the past 2 decades.

Married and father of two (and grandfather of two more), Tim loves to share the Christmas spirit with others through the music of Festive Voices.

  Réjean Campbell is a conductor, educator, musician, and music director who hails from Calgary, Alberta. With nearly two decades of musical performance and direction to his credit, Réjean focuses his musical leadership activities on building relationships within his groups to foster a culture of trust, growth, and collaboration. His efforts have earned him nominations for a Calgary Theatre Critic’s Award (Fiddler on the Roof, Painted Fish Performing Arts Society) and multiple Calgary-ACTS CAT Awards (e.g. Beauty and the Beast, Painted Fish Performing Arts Society). Réjean is currently the Artistic Director of Blend Vocal Association and holds ongoing educator positions at The Calgary Boy’s Choir, Asylum for Art, Morpheus Theatre’s Gilbert & Sullivan Junior Theatre School, Storybook Theatre’s Theatre School, and Mount Royal Conservatory. Réjean is a long-standing member of the Calgary Opera Chorus and performs regularly with several professional and semi-professional choirs and orchestras around Calgary. Mr. Campbell is currently a finalist in the Timmins Symphony Orchestra's search for a new Artistic Director.  

  Melissa Wang Jackson studied at the University of Calgary, Vocal Performance.  Select roles include Marian in The Bridges of Madison County and Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes (Nightingale Arts Collective); Cinderella and Dot in Sondheim Tribute & Revue (Front Row Centre Players); Hannah in The Spitfire Grill and Mary in Vanities (Swamp Donkey Musical Theatre).  Melissa has performed in over 55 operas with Calgary Opera, singing roles such as Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Sister Catherine (Dead Man Walking), Page (Rigoletto), and Shepherd Boy (Tosca).  For Cowtown Opera Company, Melissa was First Lady (Magic Flute), Miss McLennan (Annie Davidson), Bottle (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), and Donna Anna (Who Killed Don G?).  She recently debuted as Anna (Nabucco) with Calgary Concert Opera.  Melissa is a soloist with choirs and orchestras, such as Kantorei and Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra. Melissa co-founded Nightingale Arts Collective, a grassroots organization dedicated to showcasing the amazing talent and passion of Calgary’s performing artists.  She has a holiday EP streaming on all platforms, Melissa Wang Jackson Christmas

Music started back when Arthur's mom started singing to try to get him to sleep. Instead of falling asleep he would try and sing along till he got the tune.
From there it was performing as the Scarecrow in Harold W. Riley Elementary School's musical premiere of The Wizard of Oz when he was in Grade 6. His voice was really good but should have played the Tin Man as he wasn't very flexible with his theatrical movement.
Shortly afterwards the next musical journey was with the Calgary Boys Choir under Doug Parnham.  Choir members would take the train downtown and play arcade games with fellow members before practices.
Then onto Forest Lawn High School doing the full music program of choir, concert band, and jazz combo which broadened his musical horizons. It was also a way of meeting girls and picking up easy high school credits.
Piano lessons were picked up along the way getting to Grade 8 RCM, by high school graduation. A score of 80% was given but could have been higher if he didn't try to improvise the sight-reading portion of the exam.
Knox United Church Choir was next on the list. He passed the audition by director Frank McKitrick by starting to sing "Happy Birthday".Arthur: "Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday...." Frank: "Stop. That's good enough. You are in!"Highlight of being in Knox Choir was playing King Arthur in the church musical "Castle Knox." 
He has had very, very small stints in other musical groups such as Encore Chamber Choir and Youth Singers Second Chants. 
More recent musical pursuits include organizing the Calgary Carol Festival at Knox United Church since 2020. He also plays keyboards and sings with Calgary Tennis Club's house cover band "40-Love" which is made up of semi-professional tennis players.

Tim began his vocal studies with his move to Edmonton, in the early 1970’s and continued with his singing following a relocation to Calgary in 1974. Originally from Melville, Saskatchewan, Tim’s passion for choral repertoire has kept him singing with local choirs in and around Calgary, Airdrie, and Canmore. This includes a wide variety of musical styles, including baroque, symphonic, contemporary, sacred and secular. 

Tim has preformed with the Calgary’s EnChor Chamber Choir 2016 ‘Kathaumixw’ Competition in Powell River, and the 2017 Unisong Mass Choir Concert of 2017 in Ottawa.

As well as a member of Festive Voices a capella quartet, Tim is an active tenor with the Calgary Philharmonic Chorus, the Calgary Bach Choir and the Firebird Symphony Chorus.

 Steven Morton is an award-winning performer, instructor, designer, and writer based in Calgary, AB. Described as a "virtuoso solo performer" (Calgary Herald) with "a beautiful, unique voice," he is comfortable in plays, musicals, and operas as well as comedic and dramatic roles. He has been seen on stage with more than a dozen theatre companies in Calgary alone. Performance highlights include: Little Women: the Broadway Musical, (Mr. Brooke), Billy Elliot (Dance Ensemble/Scab), The Light in the Piazza (Fabrizio), Les Miserables (Marius), Mary Poppins (Mr. Banks), Into the Woods (The Baker). Steven holds a BMus with honors in Voice. His alter ego (Aida Cupcake) is the star of the critically acclaimed solo show, Drag Me to the Opera. @musicalsteven  

Ethan is a multi disciplinary theatre artist based in Calgary. They are an Actor, Singer, Music Director, Dancer, Drag Artist, Voice Over Artist, Voice Coach, and they hold a Diploma in Musical Theatre Performance from Randolph College of the Performing Arts. Ethan has performed on stages across Canada and is excited to bring their own perspective to a stage near you. By day you can see them usually by a piano in a rehearsal hall but at night you can see them perform as Calgarys Latina Diva of Drag, Mira May. Select credits include.As Cast: Emmett in Legally Blonde (Hart House Theatre), The Emcee in Cabaret (Randolph College), The Cat in Honk! (Storybook Theatre), Clark in A Part of Myself (CROAP Festival)As Music Director: Ride the Cyclone (Brown Cow Collective), The Spongebob Musical, Ella Enchanted (Storybook Theatre)