Jolaine Kerley (she/her)

is active as a soprano soloist, voice instructor, choral conductor, adjudicator, and clinician. She has earned a MMus in Choral Conducting and Vocal Performance from the University of Alberta and an MMus in Early Music Vocal Performance from Indiana University. She is currently Assistant Professor of Music at Concordia University of Edmonton. Jolaine is in her tenth season as the conductor and artistic director of Ariose, and she is also conductor of the Archbishop Jordan High School Choirs. As artistic director of Ariose, Jolaine exposes her singers to a wide variety of styles, genres, and composers, and has highlighted many new works by Canadian composers in recent seasons. Most recently, Ariose performed the Alberta premiere of a co-commission written by Edmonton-based composer Laura Hawley, The Secret Wisdom of Flowers.  
Alongside her role as a choral conductor, Jolaine is active as a soprano soloist with choruses and orchestras throughout North America. Notable solo engagements include Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem with Pro Coro Canada, Allan Bevan’s Nou Goth Sonne Under Wode at Carnegie Hall in New York City, and with the Portland Symphonic Choir, Allan Bevan’s Last Light Above the World  and Beethoven’s Mass in C with the Richard Eaton Singer’s, Bach’s Johannes Passion with Calgary’s Professional vocal ensemble Luminous Voices, and an immersive Game of Thrones production with HBO and Giant Spoon Productions in Austin, Texas. Jolaine performs regularly with Early Music Alberta and upcoming solo engagements include a concert of the music of Monteverdi in fall 2023.