Wendy Coles
Centre Director
Wendy has enjoyed an extensive, professional career in theatre having
performed on stages across Canada & the US, as well as in film
& television, including numerous commercials.Born in Timmins, her
background includes studies of piano and music theory through the Royal
Conservatory of Music, as well as years of dance and figure skating
training. She is a graduate of the American Musical & Dramatic
Academy in New York City, & the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in
London, England. Wendy has successfully completed the Music Together®®
Teaching Workshop developed by the Center for Music and Young Children,
Princeton, New Jersey.
Cyndi Carleton
Cyndi is a Toronto-based music theatre performer and has
performed in theatres across Canada. A graduate of Wilfrid Laurier in
Theatre and English, she also studied acting at
the University of Windsor. Her music studies have included Voice,
Music Theory, and Flute. Cyndi has written and directed for youth and
teen music theatre programs, and she has taught for the after school
drama program Arts Express. She has also enjoyed volunteering her time
to perform at the Hospital for Sick Children. Cyndi has successfully
completed the Music Together® Teaching Workshop developed by the Center
for Music and Young Children, Princeton, New Jersey.
Amber Mills
Amber Mills is a Toronto-based actor and the Artistic Producer of Direct Flight Theatre(www.directflighttheatre.com). A graduate of the theatre program at Queen's University, Amber
has studied voice and sung in choirs from the time she was very young
and is currently a member of That Choir, conducted by Craig Pike. As an
artist educator Amber has taught theatre programs for Arts Express,
Thumbprint Adventures, Queen's Enrichment Studies, Shakespearience,
Theatre Prospero, English Break(in Rimini, Italy), Umbrella
Child and Family Centres, and most recently in schools throughout
Toronto with her own theatre company, Direct Flight Theatre. She
completed the Music Together Teaching Training Workshop developed by
the Centre for Music and Young Children, Princeton, New Jersey in
Edmonton, AB.
Lara Martin
Lara Martin is a songwriter and actor who studied theatre, music and dance at the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts. She has
sung in choirs and music ensembles since childhood. She has performed
music around the world in Scotland, Uganda, Cameroon and the Congo.
Lara has performed music in a diversity of styles and settings which
include musical theatre, classical music in choral groups, African folk
songs, jazz at weddings, and she has sung back up for folk acts, and a
hip hop band.
She recently released her first EP entitled “For Giving”. In addition,
Lara has been a teacher of art, music and drama through various
organizations which include: Discoverability, Abelard Centre for
education, St Albans Boys and Girls club, and the Avenue Road Arts
School. Lara has successfully completed the Music Together® Teaching
Workshop developed by the Center for Music and Young Children,
Princeton, New Jersey.
