Nicky is a graduate of New York Vocal Coaching's Voice Training and Teacher Certification Program under master vocal teacher Justin Stoney. Most recently, she became certified in Voice Function 101 and Mechanics of Mix and Belt through Maddie Tarbox's Evidence Based Voicework's Pedagogy Program. She also received a certificate of achievement in Natalie Weiss' "Breaking Down The Riffs" course. Nicky has been privileged to have been mentored by Tony and Grammy award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda and to have worked with musical theatre legend Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell).

 

She has studied voice at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, trained in music through the Berklee School of Music, and is a member of the Advanced BMI musical theatre workshop where she was awarded the Jean Banks Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theatre.  She is the recipient of multiple ASCAP Plus Awards and is a graduate of Ryerson University's Theatre Acting program. She is also the co-writer of the The Tweens 'N Teens Songbook - a new piano/vocal book of ten brand new musical theatre songs written for the adolescent performer.