MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Mandy Griffin
Born and bred on the Isle of Man, Mandy began singing at Peel Clothworkers School and QE11 High School and was also a member of the Manx Youth Choir under the leadership of Alan Pickard. Mandy undertook her BA (Hons) in Music and Drama in Liverpool and followed that up with an MA and PhD in music at Durham University.
Since returning to the Island in 2004, she has been a soloist with the Isle of Man Choral Society on many occasions and performed in numerous shows and concerts for various societies in the Gaiety Theatre, Erin Arts Centre and Peel Centenary Centre. Mandy has also been awarded the Cleveland Medal on 4 occasions before retiring from singing in the Manx Music Festival in 2014. She has also worked professionally off Island having sung regularly in opera, oratorio and recital in France, the UK, New Zealand and Australia as well as a guest entertainer for Fred Olson Cruise Lines.
These days Mandy is semi-retired from singing and her time is now taken up with working with both the Isle of Man Choral Society and the Isle of Man Arts Council Community Choir (formally The Isle of Man Government Staff Choir), as well as teaching singing to students of all ages and all levels of experience. An avid learner, she has subsequently continued her own studies with Alison Wells in London and furthered voice-teacher training in London and New York.
