Clare Maguire is a singer-songwriter and speech-language pathologist from Truro, NS now based in Montreal, QC. A long-time musician, Clare took part in a variety of youth music initiatives growing up, including the Nova Scotia Honour Jazz program, the Nova Scotia Youth Choir, and the National Youth Choir. Now, Clare writes, performs, and releases music as independent folk-pop artist Clare Siobhan, and her debut EP “Seek the Sun” will be released in early October.

Outside of her musical pursuits, Clare has recently completed a master’s program in speech-language pathology from McGill University, and is looking forward to starting her career as a pediatric speech-language pathologist soon.

About our Host, Christina Acton

Christina Acton (they/them) is a Masters of Choral Conducting student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where they are studying under Dr. Jakub Martinec. Christina completed their Bmus in Voice Performance at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, where they studied voice under Monette Gould, and choral conducting under Dr. Kiera Galway and Dr. Gayle h. Martin.

Christina is passionate about accessible and inclusive music education; in 2022 they were the ArtsNB Arts Matters Undergraduate Conference winner for Best Research Presentation, for their research on transgender inclusive vocal pedagogy, research which they updated and presented again at the 2023 Newfound Music Festival Symposium. Want to hear more Christina? Well you’re in luck because they also co-host a radio show, Blind Date with Christina and Hannah, on CHMA 106.9FM.