Adrienne Grange-founding Director/choreographer

Adrienne is originally from Toronto and started dancing at the age of 5. She has trained in classical ballet at some of the world's prestigious schools including Canada’s National Ballet School, Vaganova Ballet Academy (St. Petersburg, Russia), and Kirov Academy (Washington D.C). A professional dance career has given her opportunity to share the stage with many great ballet artists and has performed both corps de ballet and principal roles with well-known ballet companies including Ontario Ballet Theatre, National Ballet of Canada, and The Kirov Ballet. In addition to ballet, Adrienne has many years experience in other dance styles such as jazz, tap, flamenco, contemporary, lyrical, ballroom, and European folk dancing. 

Over the past 10 years, Adrienne has taught and choreographed for dance studios, musical theatre productions, musical theatre camps, and recently for an elementary school show choir. She also continues to be a local performer in community musical theatre productions. 

While recognizing her affinity for choreography and passion for show choir productions Adrienne became founder of Island Show Choir and choreographer. She has a passion for teaching and believes in each individual’s unique ability and gift for performance. Adrienne is delighted to share her great knowledge of dance, music, and choreography and hopes to instill a joy for performance among all Island Show Choir performers and patrons.

Sasha Moriarty-Schieven

Sasha has a Bachelor Degree in Musical Theater and Playwriting from Hampshire College and nearly thirty years of experience as a singer, actor, and playwright. She has twenty eight years of experience in musical theatre, and several years as a professional actress in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Sasha local directorship credits and has directed numerous productions for both community theatre and musical theatre camps. Most recently, Sasha directed Four Seasons Musical Theatre productions of “Dr. Dolittle” (November 2016) and “High School Musical” (November 2017). She is also behind the creation and a performer with Theatre El Dente, a local dinner theatre company performing their original production of “Phantom of The Light Opera” throughout the summer. This summer Sasha is also directing and instructing four musical theatre camps by Four Seasons Musical Theatre for children ages 6 to 17 years old, and will oversee three productions including “Peter Pan”, “Alice in Wonderland”, and “Into the Woods”.

Passion for music and teaching extends even into Sasha’s day job, where she works as a caregiver at St. Michaels University School. Sasha’s reputation as being a talented performer, teacher, and director makes her a huge gift to Island Show Choir’s team of instructors. Sasha is music director for Minuet and Melody glee choirs.

Mandy Wiltshire

Mandy Wiltshire has a performer’s heart. She got her start by singing with the Vancouver Bach Children’s Choir and since then, has performed in several musicals (Little Women - Blackbox Productions, The Little Mermaid - Four Seasons, Shrek, and Mamma Mia - VOS) and with choirs in the community (UVic Chamber Singers, Vox Humana, Ensemble Laude). As well as a diploma in Vocal Performance, she currently holds two Bachelor’s Degrees in Music and in Education from UVic.  and teaches music and theatre in the Saanich School District (Royal Oak Middle - band, choir, and musical theatre) and privately through VOS, Brentwood School of Music, and Vancouver Island Show Choir.

Mandy is music director for Intermezzo.

Sadie Karlsson

Sadie Karlsson is a singer, dancer, actress and multi-instrumentalist born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia. Sadie has been immersed in the world of music and fine arts for the better part of her life, having started taking piano lessons at the age of two and singing chorally at the age of six. She is currently the President of the Belmont Secondary School Music Department, as well as a member of their Concert Choir, Concert Band, Jazz Band and Vocal Jazz ensembles. Sadie has also been an active member of the local musical theatre scene in Victoria over the past six years and currently works as a Character Performer at Island Princess Parties.

Although Sadie has spent much of her life performing on stage, including as a previous member of Island Show Choir, she is no stranger to musical direction and has taken on various leadership roles in everything from ensemble rehearsals to full-scale musical productions. She most recently music directed Theatre Al Dente’s youth production of The Sound of Music this past August and will be returning to the position this coming March as they present The Lion King Jr.

Sadie is thrilled to be joining the Island Show Choir team as its musical director and looks forward to working with the 2022 Competition Choir!

Sadie is music director for 2022 Competition Choir