Altos
Janet Dickson (Spring‘26)
Janet retired as the Head of Music at Waterford District H.S. She is an alumnus of Les Choristes (University of Western Ontario) and also sang with the Norfolk Singers. Janet plays trumpet and also serves as a Music Director for many community musicals in the Simcoe region. Her onstage performances include Maria in “the Sound of Music” and Sister Mary Amnesia in “Nunsense 1” and “Nunsense 2”.
Lisa MacDonald
Lisa performs as a Freelance Musician. in the Hamilton/Brantford area. She is a piper, singer, and guitarist and treats her audiences to a diverse/eclectic brand of music.
Jamie Marriott
Jamie is the Head of Music at St. John’s College, Brantford. In addition to singing, she is an accomplished saxophonist!
Courtney Porch
Courtney is currently the Program Manager for Hamilton Children's Choir, as well as the Music Director for Bayham United Church, Straffordville. She is an alumni of University of Waterloo where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music, piano performance. During her personal time, she has spent a number of years participating in church ensembles as well as the University Choir during her studies in Waterloo. Prior to working with HCC, she taught piano and vocal to various students aged 4-65 at Katie's Music Studio in Brantford.
Cara Blackwood (Fall‘25)
Cara is currently a member of Choral Connection in St. Thomas, and has been both a chorister and assistant conductor of Brantford's Grand River Chorus for too many years to count. She has also sung with Arcady and the Bach Elgar Choir, and has performed in several of Theatre Ancaster Classic Company's musicals. In her pre-retirement life, after earning her Honours Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education from University of Toronto, she taught high school music for many decades. She plays the piano badly and the flute better, and bakes well. Cara is delighted to join the Colamici alto section.