A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Caron has held past conducting appointments with the National Youth Choir of Canada, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, University of Toronto, St. Michael’s Choir School, and Salem Academy and College. She is frequently invited to guest-conduct, serving as guest Music Director of the Back Bay Chorale in Boston, MA in 2024, and conducting recent festivals in Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, and California. In 2024, she was awarded a Creative Development Award from the Heinz Endowments to establish a new professional choral ensemble, Archipelago, in Pittsburgh. Passionate about conductor education, Caron founded and led the Halifax Choral Conducting Institute from 2012–20, Choral Kaleidoscope from 2017–21, and in 2024, served as a guest clinician for the Graduate Conducting Masterclass at the American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division Conference in Providence, RI. As a singer, she has performed with the National Youth Choir of Canada, Festival Ensemble of the Backakademie Stuttgart, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Symphony Nova Scotia Chorus, Halifax Camerata, North Carolina Master Chorale, Bel Canto Company, and Columbus Symphony Chorus.
Her research on choral embodiment and musician injury prevention has resulted in conference presentations at the Oxford International Conducting Studies Conference, International Conference of Dalcroze Studies, Phenomenon of Singing Symposium, Symposium for Research in Choral Singing, Motor Speech Conference, and Voice Foundation Symposium, as well as publications in Canadian Music Educator, The Choral Scholar, Choral Journal, Journal of Singing, and the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing. Caron is a guest author in Teaching Music through Choral Performance Vol. 4 and Vol. 5, Choral Conductor’s Companion, Choral Repertoire by Women Composers (forthcoming) and The Oxford Handbook of Musician Health Advocacy (forthcoming). She has served on the editorial boards of The Choral Scholar and Anacrusis.
Caron is actively engaged in leadership activities as National Chair for 4-year Colleges and Universities with the American Choral Directors Association. She has previously served as President of the American Choral Directors Association of Pennsylvania, Board Member for the National Collegiate Choral Organization, and Vice President of Dalcroze Canada. At Duquesne, Caron chairs the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee at the Mary Pappert School of Music, sits on the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate, and serves as a Diversity Advocate for faculty searches. She leads the musician health and wellness initiatives at the Mary Pappert School of Music.
She holds a D.M.A. in Choral Conducting from the University of Toronto, an M.M. in Choral Conducting and M.A. in Vocal Pedagogy from The Ohio State University, an Artist Diploma in Voice and B.M. in Music Education from Western University, and an Associate Diploma in Voice from the Royal Conservatory of Canada.
