Originally from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Nicholle Andrews D.Mus. is founder and conductor emeritus of the professional chamber choir La Ceilagh. Formed in 2003, this 24-voice chamber choir was created with a mission to perform contemporary Canadian choral music.

Nicholle has worked with composers Imant Raminsh, R. Murray Schafer, alcides lanza and Krystoph Penderecki, and eminent conductors Bramwell Tovey, Sir David Willcox, Bobby McFerrin, Tõnu Kaljuste, Georg Titner, Lydia Adams and Jon Washburn.

Nicholle was technical director of the celebrated international non-competitive festival of choral music, Festival 500 Sharing the Voices from 1999 to 2005. This heralded choral festival and academic symposium bring together singers, conductors and scholars from cultures worldwide.

She served as special programs coordinator at the Banff Center for Fine Arts Music and Sound department in 1999 and 2002.

At the university, Nicholle's areas of specialization include choral conducting (University Chorus, Madrigal Singers), early music history, choral education methods, ear training and musicianship. She also conducts a graduate seminar on performance anxiety.

Nicholle completed her doctorate and master's in choral conducting at McGill University where she studied with Professor Iwan Edwards, Dr. John Baboukis, and Dr. Julian Wachner. While at McGill University, Nicholle taught musicianship, instrumental conducting and choral conducting.

She completed her Bachelors of Music in oboe performance, and music education at Memorial University of Newfoundland where she studied conducting with Dr. Douglas Dunsmore.

Nicholle has also taught music (kindergarten to grade 12) in several public schools throughout Canada and England.