Born in Mississauga, Ontario, Shannon Butcher has been singing since the age of six. Influenced by her parents' Frank Sinatra music collection, Butcher learned jazz at Cawthra Park Arts High School, inspired in part by a performing visit from future international superstar Diana Krall. Later, Butcher pursued post-secondary classical music studies at the University of Toronto. “I really wanted to learn about my instrument,” she recalls.

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