NHIMA Staff
SHELLEY HAZEN
Administrative Assistant
Shelley Hazen was raised in a musical home, where her father played jazz piano and her mother supported all of her musical interests — including making costumes for performances. Music was a constant presence in her life, with frequent jam sessions and a household filled with music at all hours.
She began playing the flute in high school and has remained connected to music ever since. That passion carried into her family life as well, where she encouraged and supported her two sons, both of whom became skilled piano players.
Shelley is an active member of the New Horizons Band at the Don Wright Faculty of Music in London, Ontario. She began in the Intermediate Band playing flute, and has progressed to the Advanced Band. Recently, she started learning the alto saxophone and currently plays it in the Intermediate Band as well. The saxophone has become a new and exciting part of her musical journey.
Shelley also brings a strong background in administration and organization, with experience that includes working at an arts-based school. She is thrilled to bring both her musical and administrative experience to her work with NHIMA.
In her spare time Shelley also teaches yoga, golfs and plays pickleball. She lives just outside London, Ontario, with her husband, two dogs, and two cats.
Nikki Attwell
NHIMA Newsletter Editor
Focusing on the arts, the non-profit sector, and small business, Nikki Attwell specializes in graphic design and typesetting and offers other services in media relations, PR, writing, and editing.
Nikki was born and raised in Vancouver, then lived in London, Ontario for 25 years. Returning west in 2004, she is now based in BC’s beautiful Okanagan Valley. Nikki’s client roster has included symphonies and choirs, non-profit organizations and small businesses from Nanaimo, BC to Ottawa, ON. Her background includes 15 years as the Public Affairs Coordinator for the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University in London, Ontario (where she was editor of the faculty’s alumni newsletter, ensemble.) She also holds a professional certificate in Communications and Public Relations from Western’s Centre for Continuing Studies.
Nikki is very active in the world of handbells, as ringer, conductor and organizer. She began ringing in 1977 and since then has been a member of four choirs in three provinces, and was a charter member of the Bellissima Ringers handbell quartet. In 2006 she established a handbell program from scratch at First United Church in Kelowna, BC and continues to direct the Alleluia Ringers there. She is a past president of the BC Guild of English Handbell Ringers, and has been editor of the Guild’s newsletter, Quarternotes, since 2004. She was co-chair of the planning committee for the 2016 International Handbell Symposium in Vancouver, which welcomed approximately 750 handbell musicians from around the world.
Nikki looks forward to being part of the NHIMA team.
