Nick Halley is a drummer/percussionist, keyboardist, composer, conductor, and music educator based in Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the Founder & Artistic Director of Capella Regalis Choirs and the Assistant Director of Music at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax. As a drummer and world percussionist, Nick has performed and recorded internationally with a wide range of musicians, and taught workshops in percussion, music theory, and rhythm at various venues around the world. Born in New York City, he studied drumming and percussion with Jamey Haddad from an early age, majored in jazz and classical percussion at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan and spent a year training and performing in Brazil prior to returning to New York City to attend The New School University's jazz and contemporary music program. Nick is a uniquely versatile percussionist, at home in a variety of musical genres including traditional Jazz, Brazilian, North African and South Indian.