Nicholas Halley

Nicholas Halley is a Canadian conductor, keyboardist, and composer based in Nova Scotia. Halley is the founder and Artistic Director of Capella Regalis Choirs, and the Assistant Director of Music at the All Saints Cathedral in Halifax. Career From 2005 to 2008 Halley worked as the assistant director of Chorus Angelicus, a children’s choir, and Gaudeamus, a professional adult chamber choir, both founded by his father, Paul Halley. During this time, he performed as a conductor at Tanglewood’ Ozawa Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, as well as on national and international tours. In 2008, Halley moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to continue studying under his father, who moved to Nova Scotia to become Director of Music at the University of King’s College, St. George’s Round Church, and the Atlantic School of Theology. As an apprentice to his father, Halley continued to develop his musical life, focusing on developing skills in liturgical music, pipe organ and choral direction. From 2008 to 2021, Halley was the assistant director of Music at the University of King’s College in Halifax. Working together with his father who was Director of Music at