Soprano Nicole Ross has been praised for her "simple, unaffected acting and gorgeous vocal tone." Nicole is a recent graduate of McGill University's Schulich School of Music, where she studied voice under the tutelage of Joanne Kolomyjec. She is currently a student of Mezzo-Soprano Ariane Girard.

She has been the recipient of several prizes and scholarships, including McGill's Oxford Music Scholarship, support from the Nova Scotia Talent Trust and the Canada Council for the Arts.  She has also been recognized for her performances at the Classical Singer Competition, where she placed third in the University Intermediate Category, and in the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals National Music Festival, where she placed second in the Voice category.

Nicole's Opera credits include Suzanne in Opera McGill's Horizons Project Production of Schubert's La Croisade des Dames, Grace Davis in Kurt Weill's Street Scene, and Flora in Britten's The Turn of the Screw with Opera McGill.  She also recently took part in Opera McGill's collaboration with Tapestry Opera on Digital Opera Projects, which highlighted the works of living Canadian composers. This summer with new company Opéra Queens, Nicole performed scenes from Dido and Aeneas as Belinda, and recorded concert performances of art songs composed by women. Nicole just finished an Emerging Artist in Residence at the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance where she is focused on the performance of art song composed by women.