Biography

 

Mariah Picot has spent her life in the arts. “Growing up in a musical family certainly helped”, she says. “We always had family jam sessions and my first public performance was at the age of 5.” She completed her Bachelor of Music, in voice at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario.  She then started a professional career in musical theatre, with lead roles in many musicals and cabarets in Toronto and across Western Canada.

 

During this time, she was also doing extensive theater training with teachers from CAST [Centre for Actors Study in Toronto], where she was the assistant administrator for a year,  and Herbert Bergoff Studio in NYC. Because of this affiliation, the teachers that were brought in had a wealth of experience and skill to share with them. 

 

Mariah was a guest soloist with the London [ON] Symphony, and was commisioned to sing for the Canadian Command Performance at Massey Hall, along with other guests including Jim Carey, Rich Little & Buffy St. Marie. She was the only performer that evening to have 2 paragraphs written about her by the reviewer in the Toronto Star: “A dynamic singer” - Ray Conalogue.

 

During the mid Eighties, she changed her focus to performing in piano bars, which includes Tom Jones Steak House, right in the middle of the theater district, for approximately 3 years.  She has also performed  music for numerous private and corporate events in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, and Los Angeles