Biography 

Julia Halfyard has delighted audiences in music ranging from popular to classical to musical theatre in settings ranging from cabaret clubs to the symphonic stage.   She has worked with a variety of Musical Theatre companies throughout Canada including the Sunshine Festival in Orillia, Ontario, the Charlottetown Festival in PEI, Spirit of Newfoundland, TaDa events, and the Stephenville Festival. Selected credits include, My Fair Lady, Annie Get Your Gun, The Mikado, Chicago, Cats and the ever-popular Divas shows in St. John’s.

Ms. Halfyard has also been invited to perform throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, and across Canada, entertaining dignitaries and officials including private performances for former US president George HW Bush, as well as John Crosbie,  Brian Tobin and Jean Charest. 

Her tremendously  successful Cabaret series at the exclusive Cigar Volante at Bianca’s in St. John’s led to a run at the ‘Velvet’, one of Montreal’s highly regarded Cabaret clubs.  Chosen by CBC Music Craft as a guest, Julia Halfyard also had the pleasure of hosting an hour long radio special on Cabaret music.  She was selected to sing in the 2002 Juno showcase series and the 2003 East Coast music awards, and in 2002 her colleagues at the Music Industry Association of Newfoundland nominated her as ‘Female Artist of the Year’.

Since completing her Master’s in Voice Performance at Memorial University, Ms. Halfyard maintains an active voice studio in St. John’s and produces a highly popular  annual  Summer Musical Theatre School.  She can be heard on her CD entitled, ‘Julia Halfyard – Meow’.

Julia Halfyard's dazzling showing at the 2007 Yale summer cabaret conference was heard by Cabaret and Broadway heavyweights like  Erv Raible, Sally Mayes and Tovah Feldshuh and industry luminaries such as Ron Abel, and Laurel Masse of Manhantten Transfer. In July she returned to Newfoundland to conduct her ever-popular Summer Music Theatre, overseeing an intensive series of training sessions focussing on dance, acting, singing, and collective script writing.  This season, Ms. Halfyard will be doing several new shows in St. John's, and will also be touring with pianist and music director Brian Way.