Meet the team

Melissa Doiron is an active musician/conductor who performs with groups such as Chebucto Orchestra, Nova Sinfonia and the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra. She is also a co-founding director of the all female Wind Ensemble, Glass Winds, an ensemble focused on highlighting female performers and composers. She has been teaching music with the HRCE since 2007. She was awarded the Don Wright Scholarship in Music Education, and nominated for an HRSB "Teachers Make a Difference" award in 2014.

Melanie O'Hara is a lifelong lover of the performing arts. She has participated in over 15 musical productions as actor, director and musical/vocal director in both French and English. She has also worked as Front of House Manager and Shakespeare Camp Instructor for local professional company Shakespeare By The Sea. Melanie was awarded the Quink As A Wink Theatre Society "2021 People's Choice" Award for her role in their 2020 production of Sister Act.

Francois Weber teaches Drama here at CPA and is entering his 22nd year of teaching. He is an award-winning playwright and stand-up comedian. He has appeared at the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festical, The Halifax Comedy Fest and CBC's The Debaters. He is also the owner and operator of PEI's Eddie May Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre for the past 25 years.