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 and music to students and professionals alike. Arielle has music directed, accompanied, and instructed for numerous musical theatre companies in BC and Alberta, including Theatre Under the Stars, Capilano University, Studio 58, Gateway Theatre, Raincity Theatre, Sound the Alarm Music/Theatre, Alberta Opera, MacEwan University, 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 (Raincity Theatre), and in 2022 for her work on Stiles and Drewe's The 3 Little Pigs (Carousel Theatre).

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