Tristan Cleveland-Thompson is a Halifax-based choral conductor and singer. He returned to Nova Scotia in 2009 from Edmonton to take the position of Music Director at the Presbyterian Church of Saint David in downtown Halifax. Tristan has had many musical opportunities offered to him privately and through the Halifax School System, to which he accredits a lot of his training. In addition to singing, Tristan plays the violin, viola, piano, piano, and pipe organ. Tristan studied pipe organ at First Baptist Church Halifax under the late Allen Wayte as well as at the University of Alberta in Edmonton under Neil Cockburn and Dr. Belinda Chiang. Tristan moved to Edmonton after high school, where he performed with the Kokopelli Youth Choir and worked as the collaborative pianist for the Festival Singers of Sherwood Park.
During his time in Edmonton, Tristan began working in the fashion industry with H&M Canada, a career which he has continued on the East Coast. He is currently the assistant conductor of the Halifax Camerata Singers under direction of Jeff Joudrey, and is a regular member of the Canadian Chamber Choir. Tristan has also performed with the Nova Scotia Youth Choir, the King’s College Chapel Choir, and the National Youth Choir of Canada.
