Profile Category: Conductor

Karen Burke is the co-owner of Burke Music Inc., a Gospel music production and publishing company. Burke is an Associate Professor in the Music Department at York University, and the Artistic Director and Co-founder of the Juno award-winning Toronto Mass Choir. In 2005, Burke developed the first post-secondary gospel music courses in Canada and has...

Scott Pietrangelo is a Toronto-based music director, performer, singer, keyboardist, arranger, and vocal coach. He is the Artistic Director and Producer of newchoir, Toronto’s first rock choir, the Founder and Artistic Director of SoundCrowd and the newly appointed music director at Donway Covenant United Church. Theatre credits include appearances in the Canadian premieres of The Hobbit...

Based in the United States, Shohei Kobayashi is Director of Choral Studies and Assistant Professor of Music at Reed College in Portland, Oregon and serves as Co-Artistic Advisor and Associate Conductor for Resonance Ensemble. Kobayashi is an active guest conductor and has enjoyed recent appearances with Portland Symphonic Choir, Resonance Ensemble, and First Presbyterian Church...

Michael Denomme is a Canadian musician, educator, conductor, and performer, holding a Bachelor of Music with honorary standing from the University of Toronto. With a background in classical piano and music education, he is currently studying choral conducting at the Masters level with Dr. Jamie Hillman at the University of Toronto. Michael has also had...

Matheus Coelho is a Brazilian-born conductor, baritone, and clarinetist. With engagements in symphonic, choral, operatic, and popular music, Matheus has been trained in multifaceted settings that correspond to his versatile performance style and production. Matheus was part of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra Academy of Music, studying under the guidance of Marin Alsop and Wagner...

Klaudia Zając is a Polish conductor and singer. She first studied piano and classical singing at the W. Żeleński State Music School in Kraków. She graduated with honours in conducting at the Academy of Music in Krakow and at Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hannover. In 2018, Klaudia moved to Brussels, Belgium to...

Jamison Stevens is a conductor and composer from Redlands, California. He is currently finishing a master’s of music degree in choral conducting from the University of Redlands. There, he also received, with honors, a bachelor’s of music degree in music composition with a minor in religious studies. He is a student of Nicholle Andrews and...

Heeseong Lee, a native of South Korea, is a DMA student in Choral Music, minoring in Instrumental Conducting and Organ at the University of Southern California. She is currently the director of the Los Angeles Full Gospel Church Choir and assistant conductor of the Los Angeles Zimyiah Choral and Korean Community Christian Singers in Los...

Elaine Choi (D.M.A.) immerses herself in Canada’s vibrant choral community as a conductor, educator, adjudicator, chorister, and collaborative pianist. She currently serves as Director of Music at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Artistic Director of Pax Christi Chorale, and Founder & Artistic Director of Babεl. As an educator, Elaine is active as an adjudicator and clinician for...