Leander Mendoza is a professional musician, and a voice teacher in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, Leander attended the University of Santo Tomas, where he took his vocal training under coloratura soprano, Gloria Dizon-Coronel. Soon after graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Music Education, Leander immigrated to Canada in 1995, and pursued further vocal studies with Philippine-Canadian soprano, Eleanor Calbes-Thompson.
Leander enjoys acting on stage and has performed in several musical plays, namely, The Music Man, West Side Story, The King and I, Cinderella, Man of La Mancha, Ragtime, Miss Saigon, and Evita. He has also performed in operas and operettas such as La Traviata, Madame Butterfly, Die Fledermaus, Amahl, and The Night Visitors, and The Gondoliers. Leander has worked as tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah at The Rose Theatre in Brampton, Ontario and with The Halifax Music Co-op at St. Paul's in Halifax.
Currently, Leander enjoys singing as tenor soloist in the Senior Choir at First Baptist Church Halifax, and performing regularly at several locations of Shannex Retirement Living (Parkland), The Berkeley Retirement Living, Melville Heights by GEM Health Care, and Northwood Care Assisted Living. Leander is also the musical director of the Harana Singers of Nova Scotia, a community-based singing group which was started in 2018, performing at various events and venues bringing the music of the Philippines to audiences in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, Leander attended the University of Santo Tomas, where he took his vocal training under coloratura soprano, Gloria Dizon-Coronel. Soon after graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Music Education, Leander immigrated to Canada in 1995, and pursued further vocal studies with Philippine-Canadian soprano, Eleanor Calbes-Thompson.
Leander enjoys acting on stage and has performed in several musical plays, namely, The Music Man, West Side Story, The King and I, Cinderella, Man of La Mancha, Ragtime, Miss Saigon, and Evita. He has also performed in operas and operettas such as La Traviata, Madame Butterfly, Die Fledermaus, Amahl, and The Night Visitors, and The Gondoliers. Leander has worked as tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah at The Rose Theatre in Brampton, Ontario and with The Halifax Music Co-op at St. Paul's in Halifax.
Currently, Leander enjoys singing as tenor soloist in the Senior Choir at First Baptist Church Halifax, and performing regularly at several locations of Shannex Retirement Living (Parkland), The Berkeley Retirement Living, Melville Heights by GEM Health Care, and Northwood Care Assisted Living. Leander is also the musical director of the Harana Singers of Nova Scotia, a community-based singing group which was started in 2018, performing at various events and venues bringing the music of the Philippines to audiences in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
