Arielle Ballance is a classically trained Royal Conservatory pianist who also holds a diploma in Theatre Arts from MacEwan University. For over fifteen years she has passed along her love of performing to students and professionals alike. Arielle has music directed, accompanied, and instructed for numerous musical theatre companies in BC and Alberta, such as Theatre Under the Stars, Capilano University, Studio 58 at Langara College, Presentation House Theatre, Alberta Opera, and Carousel Theatre for Young People, for which she earned a 2019 Jessie award nomination for Significant Artistic Achievement. She has received two Ovation Awards for Outstanding Music Direction: in 2019 for her work on Company with Raincity Theatre, and in 2022 for her work on Stiles and Drewe's The 3 Little Pigs with Carousel Theatre for Young People.

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