She is a singer, pianist, conductor and teacher who earned her B.A. at Penn State University before studying for her Master of Music at Queens College, CUNY.
Her work as a singer has brought her critical acclaim and seen her working with many musicians that include Robert DeCormier, Zubin Mehta, Mark Morris, Steve Reich and Richard Westenburg.
As a conductor she is the Conductor of Kantorei with the Pennsylvania Girlchoir and the Director of Children’s Choirs at Manhattan’s Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Recordings she has performed on include Christmas Eve, The First Nowell and A Victorian Christmas by the Robert DeCormier Singers, Celestial Fires by Mary Jane Leach, Monk and the Abbess (Music of Hildegard von Bingen and Meredith Monk) by Musica Sacra, To Orpheus by the New York Virtuoso Singers and Mysteries Beyond: Songs and Chants in Praise of Mary by Voices of Ascension along with many others.
In the field of musical education she attended Westminster Choir College and James Madison University to complete her Kodaly certification and is an officer of Kodaly New Jersey. She was a New Jersey Master Teacher and directed choirs and taught music in New Jersey schools over a period of 11 years. She has been on the faculty of Adelphia University as a professor of aural skills and music theory and is a member of the American Choral Directors Association and the Music Educators National Conference.
Robert DeCormier Singers and Ensemble recordings
Blessed Be That Maid Mary (Traditional 15thC English/George Ratcliffe Woodward)
Arabesque Z6525 (CD – A Victorian Christmas’)
Conductor and arranger – Robert DeCormier
Carols Medley – Merry Christmas (Traditional)/Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies (Traditional English)/Everywhere, Everywhere Christmas Tonight (Phillips Brooks/Lewis Henry Redner)
Arabesque 6526 (CD: The First Nowell)
Arranger/Conductor – Robert DeCormier
Organ/Piano – David Ralph
Jingle Bells (as “One Horse Open Sleigh”) (James Lord Pierpoint)
Arabesque 6526 (A Victorian Christmas)
Conductor – Robert DeCormier
Soloist – David Dusing
Soloist – Maureen Haley
Soloist – Richard Scott
Soloist – Sandra Arida
She performs here…
Sources:
- http://pennsylvaniagirlchoir.org/staff.html
- https://www.cychoirs.org/pdf/CY-FY2011AnnualReport.pdf
- https://ignatius.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/03082020SIL.pdf
- https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/to-orpheus
- https://www.allmusic.com/artist/maureen-haley-mn0001262620
- https://www.discogs.com/artist/914827-Maureen-Haley