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 community events such as the Junior Treble Festival, TCDSB Music Festival, Ontario Vocal Festival, Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival, and OMFA Provincial Festival. In recent years, she has been especially passionate about working with adult community choirs, most notably as co-mass choir conductor at the Owen Sound Choir Camp, where she collaborates annually with over 100 singers. From 2015–2023, she was a faculty member at the University of Toronto, conducting the Soprano-Alto Chorus. Internationally, Elaine headlined the 2022 Bangkok International Choral Festival as guest conductor, and in 2023/24 she led choirs and workshops at the Windsor Choral Festival, ChorFest Saskatchewan, the Ontario Vocal Festival, and the 2024 Ontario Youth Choir. Looking ahead, in 2026 she will guest conduct for AMIS in Düsseldorf, Germany, and also lead Singsation with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.

Elaine is also a strong advocate for Chinese orchestral and choral music. From 2010–2017, she was conductor of the Toronto Chinese Orchestra and now continues her connection as Guest Conductor and Educational Outreach Representative. In 2018, she founded Babεl, an SATB choral ensemble with a mission to bridge cultures through choral music. Babεl collaborated with over 200 musicians across Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau during its 2019 tour, was featured in the Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series in 2023, highlighted the 2024 PODIUM National Choral Conference, and has partnered with international ensembles such as the Philippine Madrigal Singers.

Elaine holds doctoral and master’s degrees in choral conducting from the University of Toronto, where she studied with Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt and Dr. Doreen Rao. Elaine is the recipient of the Ontario Arts Council’s Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting (2023).