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April 28th-May 1st, 2016

New Era Music Festivals Presents the

Whistler, BC

Introduction | 3

April 28-May 1st, 2016

Director’s Message

Village. All are open to all students and the general public, so I hope you take advantage of hearing your peers in performance. We reserve Sunday morning for the “Adjudicator’s Picks” featuring ensembles recommended by our faculty.

The Friday evening concert features the UBC Wind Ensemble and due to huge enrolment, we have both a 7:00 pm and an 8:30 pm program – check your schedule to see which concert you are attending. On Saturday evening, we have a total of five different programs happening. The main concert in the Convention Centre Ballroom features the University of Pretoria Youth Choir all the way from South Africa! The 7:00 pm concert is for all choral students (and a handful of band students); and the 8:30 pm concert is for the remainder of the band students (it will be jammed!!). In the Hilton Hotel Ballroom, we have scheduled two concerts featuring the Semiahmoo Senior Jazz Ensemble – one at 7:00 pm and another at 7:45 pm. This is a smaller venue and primarily for our jazz students with standing room for additional students. We have attempted to assign interested groups to the two concerts, but can’t promise a seat for this outstanding ensemble. Our Saturday late night concert features the contemporary jazz choir “Nuf Sed” from Edmonton with help from Cap College rhythm section. This will be a special treat for our choral students.

Many thanks to our corporate sponsors – both Yamaha and Ludwig/Musser provide the instruments needed here in Whistler, and it is no small task getting them here. Special thanks to Tom Lee Music for their immense help – show them your support by looking over the materials they bring out to the festival located in the front of the Convention Centre. Several participating ensembles have also provided support through lending instruments, stands, amplification equipment et al – we couldn’t operate without your help.

Next year promises more great groups with the National Youth Band already booked as well as a phenomenal junior high band from Japan. We are also in the process of booking an outstanding professional choral group that should blow everyone away!! Our website (www.cantando.org) will keep you abreast of the latest news.

Dr. Dennis PrimeCantando Festival Director

Welcome to the Whistler Cantando Festival. Whistler has experienced its best year ever for tourists and ski buffs. This extends to our festival as our enrolment has posted new highs! No doubt part of the reason for this popularity is the great crew of adjudicators, guest artists, clinicians, student assistants, equipment managers, and terrific team of administrative support. This is our third Cantando festival of the season, with Edmonton and Sun Peaks already completed.

The festival opens Thursday evening with the Penticton High School Jazz Ensemble and the UBC Swing Kids. This is a great opportunity to meet students from other schools, as well as hear a great ensemble perform music from a different era.

Friday and Saturday day sessions are jammed with school band, orchestra, jazz, and choir performances in several venues in the

4 | Introduction

Whistler Cantando Music Festival

Festival-At-A-Glance

Friday April 29th

Saturday April 30th

Sunday May 1st

Morning Afternoon Evening

ConCert Band PerformanCes & WorkshoPs

ConCert and danCe

University of Pretoria yoUth Choir

UBC Wind ensemBle ConCert

ConCert Band PerformanCes & WorkshoPs

instrUmental masterClasses

Jazz ensemBle PerformanCes & WorkshoPs

sChool nominated PerformanCes

noon hoUr Jazz Jam session

Choral PerformanCes

Choral WorkshoPs

Choral WorkshoPs

Morning Afternoon Evening

Jazz ensemBle PerformanCes & WorkshoPs

Choral PerformanCes

noon hoUr Jazz Jam session

Thursday April 28th

nUf sed ConCert

semiahmoo seCondary senior Jazz ensemBle

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Whistler Convention Centre

Mt Currie Ballroom, Hilton Hotel

Whistler, BC

Maury Young Arts Centre

Delta Suites

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Concert BandFriday April 29th

Mt. Currie Ballroom, Hilton Hotel

Time Ensemble Name & Director Hometown

9:00 Walnut Grove Intermediate Concert BandShane Fawkes Langley, BC

9:30 Bowen Island Community SchoolCindy Fairbank Bowen Island, BC

10:00 M. E. LaZerte BandCorey Whaley Edmonton, AB

10:30 Oak Bay Grade 9 Concert BandJeff Weaver Victoria, BC

11:00 Mission Secondary Concert BandKim Grant Mission, BC

11:30 Notre Dame Intermediate Concert BandQuentin Paras Vancouver, BC

1:00 Ecole Okotoks 8/9 Concert BandSam Shumka Okotoks, AB

1:30 Semiahmoo Grade 9 Concert BandKevin Lee Surrey, BC

2:00 Mulgrave Grade 7 Concert BandColin Van de Reep West Vancouver, BC

2:30 Earl Marriott Grade 9 Concert BandRodger Owens Surrey, BC

3:00 Ecole Glenbrook Middle School Concert BandPeter Zaenker New Westminster, BC

3:30 Clayburn Middle School Concert BandDoug Pritchard Abbotsford, BC

4:00 Fleetwood Park Grade 8 Concert BandColleen Sheridan & Adam Gough Surrey, BC

4:30 Southridge Grade 9 Concert BandJenna Parker Surrey, BC

Warm-up 30 minutes before, Workshop 50 minutes after

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Friday April 29thSea to Sky Ballroom, Whistler Convention Centre


8:00 ATMS Concert BandJanet Wade Abbotsford, BC

8:30Calgary Girls’ School Concert Band

Quan Le Calgary, AB

9:00 Westmount Charter School Symphonic BandDr. Wendy Freeman Calgary, AB

9:30 Mount Baker Senior Concert BandEvan Bueckert Cranbrook, BC

10:00 Earl Marriott Grade 10 Concert BandRodger Owens Surrey, BC

10:30 Reynolds Secondary Concert BandDavid Flello Victoria, BC

11:00 Vancouver College Senior Concert BandLarry Olson Vancouver, BC

11:30 Mount Elizabeth High School Concert BandCourtney Preyser Kitimat, BC

1:00 Calgary Girls’ School Symphonic BandQuan Le Calgary, AB

1:30 Frank Hurt Concert BandSteven Ho Surrey, BC

2:00 Robert Bateman Concert BandKris Werner Abbotsford, BC

2:30 Delview Concert BandMel Hoskyn Delta, BC

3:30 Vancouver College Senior Wind EnsembleLarry Olson & Dr. Milan Milosevic Vancouver, BC

4:00 Mount Elizabeth Middle School Concert BandCourtney Preyser Kitimat, BC

4:30 Moscrop Intermediate BandJuliet Rundell Burnaby, BC


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Saturday April 30thSea to Sky Ballroom, Whistler Convention Centre


7:30 Fleetwood Park Grade 9 Concert BandColleen Sheridan Surrey, BC

8:00 Pacific Academy Junior BandAaron Hardie Surrey, BC

8:30ATSS Concert Band

Janet Wade Abbotsford, BC

9:00 G.P. Vanier Grade 9 BandAdam Mailman Calgary, AB

9:30 York House Junior Concert BandLia Wolfe Vancouver, BC

10:00 Fleetwood Park Senior Concert BandColleen Sheridan Surrey, BC

10:30 Moscrop OrchestraJuliet Rundell Burnaby, BC

11:00 Walnut Grove Senior Concert BandShane Fawkes Langley, BC

1:00 Penticton Secondary School Concert BandJustin Glibbery Penticton, BC

1:30 Eric Hamber Symphonic WindsNick Francis Vancouver, BC

2:00 Mulgrave Grade 8/9 Concert BandColin Van de Reep West Vancouver, BC

2:30 Moscrop Senior BandJuliet Rundell Burnaby, BC

3:00 G.P. Vanier Grade 8 BandAdam Mailman Calgary, AB

3:30 Johnston Heights Senior BandKeith Honeywell Surrey, BC

4:00 Vancouver College Grade 8/9 BandLarry Olson & Dr. Milan Milosevic Vancouver, BC


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Jazz Ensembles Friday April 29th

Rainbow Theatre, Whistler Convention Centre


8:30Vancouver College Grade 12 Jazz Band

Larry Olson Vancouver, BC

9:00 Ecole Okotoks Jazz BandSam Shumka & Warren Cummins Okotoks, AB

10:30 Penticton Secondary Senior Jazz BandJustin Glibbery Penticton, BC

11:00 Fraser Heights Secondary Jazz EnsembleMike Horn Surrey, BC

11:30 Mulgrave Grade 8/9 Jazz BandColin Van de Reep West Vancouver, BC

12:00 JAZZ JAM SESSION WITH CAP COLLEGE ALL STARS

1:30 Penticton Secondary Junior Jazz EnsembleJustin Glibbery Penticton, BC

2:00 Fleetwood Park Junior Jazz BandAdam Gough Surrey, BC

2:30 Moscrop Jazz BandKyu Min Sigerson Burnaby, BC

3:00 Westmount Charter School Big BandDr. Wendy Freeman Calgary, AB

3:30 Reynolds Secondary Jazz BandDavid Flello Victoria, BC

4:00 Mount Baker Jazz BandEvan Bueckert Cranbrook, BC

4:30 Mission Secondary Jazz BandKim Grant Mission, BC

5:30 Vancouver College Grade 11 Jazz BandLarry Olson Vancouver, BC


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Saturday April 30thRainbow Theatre, Whistler Convention Centre


9:30Robert Bateman Jazz Ensemble

Kris Werner Abbotsford, BC

10:00 Semiahmoo Grade 9 Jazz BandGary Tse Surrey, BC

10:30 Earl Marriott Senior Jazz BandRodger Owens Surrey, BC

11:00 Notre Dame Junior Jazz BandQuentin Paras Vancouver, BC

11:30 Vancouver College Grade 10 Jazz EnsembleLarry Olson Vancouver, BC

12:00 JAZZ JAM SESSION WITH CAP COLLEGE ALL STARS

1:30 Oak Bay Secondary Grade 9 Jazz BandJeff Weaver Victoria, BC

2:00 Semiahmoo Grade 9 Jazz BandDagan Lowe Surrey, BC

2:30 Midway JazzAdrian Smith North Vancouver, BC

3:00 Frank Hurt Senior Jazz BandSteven Ho Surrey, BC

3:30 Pacific Academy Grade 8 Jazz BandAaron Hardie Surrey, BC

4:00 Fleetwood Park Senior Jazz BandColleen Sheridan & Adam Gough Surrey, BC


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The UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble is excited to be performing at the Whistler Cantando Festival!

Take your place on stage!Visit www.music.ubc.ca forAudition information - ensembles open to all majorsNew dual degree in Music EducationSummer Music Institute (July 3–16)Wind Conducting Symposium (July 21–25)

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Concert Choir PerformancesFriday April 29th

Maury Young Arts Centre


8:00 Vancouver College Senior ChoirDr. Milan Milosevic Vancouver, BC

8:30Oak Bay Secondary Junior Concert Choir

Sally Murphy Victoria, BC

9:00 Robert Bateman Concert ChoirKris Werner Abbotsford, BC

9:30 York House Girls’ ChoirHeather Christiansen Vancouver, BC

10:00 Mulgrave Grade 8/9 Concert ChoirNatassja By West Vancouver, BC

10:30 Ecole Okotoks Chamber ChoirSam Shumka Okotoks, AB

11:00 Walnut Grove Concert ChoirMike Angell Langley, BC

11:30 Johnston Heights Chamber ChoirAlan Holmes Surrey, BC

12:00 MASS CHOIR REHEARSAL At the Whistler Convention Centre Ballroom

1:00 Mount Baker Concert ChoirEvan Bueckert Cranbrook, BC

1:30 Walnut Grove Chamber ChoirMike Angell Langley, BC

2:00 Victoria School Mixed Jazz ChoirBruce Cable Edmonton, AB

2:30 Victoria School Ladies Jazz ChoirBruce Cable Edmonton, AB

Warm-up 30 minutes before

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3:00 Oak Bay Secondary Jazz ExpressTina Horwood Victoria, BC

3:30 Gladstone Secondary ChoirMike Braverman Vancouver, BC

4:00 Eric Hamber Grade 10 ChoirLes Nerling Vancouver, BC

4:30 Fraser Heights Secondary Vocal Jazz EnsembleKristen Huskins Surrey, BC

Saturday April 30thMaury Young Arts Centre


8:00 Penticton Secondary ChoirJustin Glibbery Penticton, BC

8:30Ecole Okotoks Concert Choir

Sam Shumka Okotoks, AB

9:00 M. E. LaZerte ChoirCorey Whaley Edmonton, AB

9:30 Delta Community ChoirDanielle Hamilton Delta, BC

10:00 Mulgrave Grade 7 ChoirWaylon Ye West Vancouver, BC

10:30 White Rock Elementary ChoirLinda Woods White Rock, BC

11:00 Johnston Heights Senior ChoirAlan Holmes Surrey, BC

11:30 Mulgrave Middle School Vocal JazzNatassja By West Vancouver, BC

12:00 MASS CHOIR REHEARSALAt the Whistler Convention Centre Ballroom

Warm-up 30 minutes before

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1:00 Moscrop ChoirKyu Min Sigerson Burnaby, BC

1:30 Mount Baker Vocal JazzEvan Bueckert Cranbrook, BC

2:00 Okotoks & Robert Bateman SchoolsSam Shumka & Kris Werner

Okotoks, ABAbbotsford, BC

2:30 New Westminster Secondary Senior ChoirKelly Proznick New Westminster, BC

3:00 Northwest Girlchoir AmabileMelyssa Stone & Andrew Seifert Seattle, WA, USA

3:30 New Westminster Secondary Chamber ChoirKelly Proznick New Westminster, BC

4:00 Clayburn Middle School Concert ChoirDoug Pritchard Abbotsford, BC

4:30 LCI Chamber ChoirKaren Hudson Lethbridge, AB

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Concert Choir WorkshopsFriday April 29th

Maury Young Arts Centre & Delta HotelTime Ensemble Name & Director Room

2:00-2:50 Mount Baker Concert ChoirEvan Bueckert A

2:00-2:50Johnston Heights Chamber Choir

Alan Holmes B

2:00-2:50 York House Girls’ ChoirHeather Christiansen C

2:00-2:50 Oak Bay Secondary Junior Concert ChoirSally Murphy D

3:00-3:50 Victoria School Mixed Jazz ChoirBruce Cable A

3:00-3:50 Walnut Grove Concert ChoirMike Angell B

3:00-3:50 Walnut Grove Chamber ChoirMike Angell C

4:00-4:50 Mulgrave Grade 8/9 Concert ChoirNatassja By A

4:00-4:50 Robert Bateman Concert ChoirKris Werner B

4:00-4:50 Ecole Okotoks Chamber ChoirSam Shumka C

4:00-4:50 Oak Bay Secondary Jazz ExpressTina Horwood D

5:00-5:50 Gladstone Secondary ChoirMike Braverman A

5:00-5:50 Eric Hamber Grade 10 ChoirLes Nerling B

5:00-5:50 Victoria School Ladies’ Jazz ChoirBruce Cable C

5:00-5:50 Fraser Heights Secondary Vocal Jazz EnsembleKristen Huskins D

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Saturday April 30thMaury Young Arts Centre & Delta Hotel

Time Ensemble Name & Director Room

2:00-2:50 Vancouver College Senior ChoirDr. Milan Milosevic A

2:00-2:50 Mount Baker Vocal Jazz, Evan Bueckert B

2:00-2:50 Johnston Heights Senior ChoirAlan Holmes D

3:00-3:50 Penticton Secondary ChoirJustin Glibbery A

3:00-3:50 M. E. LaZerte Choir, Corey Whaley B

3:00-3:50 Ecole Okotoks Concert ChoirSam Shumka C

3:00-3:50 Delta Community ChoirDanielle Hamilton D

3:00-3:50 White Rock Elementary ChoirLinda Woods E

4:00-4:50 Mulgrave Grade 7 ChoirWaylon Ye A

4:00-4:50 Okotoks & Robert Bateman SchoolsSam Shumka B

4:00-4:50 New Westminster Secondary Senior ChoirKelly Proznick C

4:00-4:50 Northwest Girlchoir AmabileMelyssa Stone & Andrew Seifert D

5:00-5:50 Mulgrave Middle School Vocal JazzNatassja By A

5:00-5:50 Moscrop ChoirKyu Min Sigerson B

5:00-5:50 LCI Chamber ChoirKaren Hudson C

5:00-5:50 New Westminster Secondary Chamber ChoirKelly Proznick D

5:00-5:50 Clayburn Middle School Concert ChoirDoug Pritchard E

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Instrumental Masterclasses

Time Room Instrument9:00 Mt. Currie Ballroom Clarinet9:00 Black Tusk Bassoon9:00 Sutcliffe Trombone9:00 Cheakamus Percussion

10:00 Mt Currie Ballroom Flute10:00 Cheakamus Jazz Improv10:00 Sutcliffe Horn10:00 Black Tusk Oboe11:00 Mt Currie Ballroom Saxophone11:00 Cheakamus Trumpet11:00 Black Tusk Conducting11:00 Sutcliffe Low Brass1:00 Cheakamus Violin1:00 Diamond Head Viola1:00 Black Tusk Cello1:00 Sutcliffe Double Bass2:00 Mt Currie Ballroom Clarinet2:00 Black Tusk Bassoon2:00 Sutcliffe Trombone2:00 Cheakamus Percussion2:00 Diamond Head Electric Bass3:00 Mt Currie Ballroom Flute3:00 Sutcliffe Horn3:00 Black Tusk Oboe4:00 Mt Currie Ballroom Saxophone4:00 Cheakamus Trumpet4:00 Sutcliffe Low Brass

Saturday April 30thHilton Hotel

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Daytime Concerts

Sunday May lstMt. Currie Ballroom, Hilton Hotel

**schools will be nominated**

Time Ensemble9:00am Most Musical Junior Concert Band9:30am Most Exciting Jazz Choir

10:00am Most Mature Concert Choir10:30am Most Musical Senior Concert Band11:00am Most Exciting Junior Jazz Ensemble11:30am Most Exciting Senior Jazz Ensemble

Friday April 29th and Saturday April 30thRainbow Theatre, Whistler Convention Centre

Time Ensemble12:00 JAZZ JAM SESSION WITH CAP COLLEGE ALL STARS

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Evening ConcertsThursday April 28th 7:30PM

Sea to Sky Ballroom, Whistler Convention Centre

UBC Swing Kids with the Penticton High Senior Jazz Ensemble Justin Glibbery, Director

Open to all participants, come out and learn all about the dances your grandparents made famous. Come away knowing all about the Lindy Hop or West Coast Swing or a variety of others made famous by the big bands of the

1930’s and 40’s! This event is a lot of fun for the participants and a great chance to meet other music students from western Canada.

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Friday April 29th 7:00 & 8:30PMSea to Sky Ballroom, Whistler Convention Centre

UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble Robert Taylor, Conductor

Time Groups Assigned7:00pm Abbotsford Traditional School; Bowen Island Community School; Calgary

Girls’ School; Clayburn Middle School; Delview Secondary School; Earl Marriott Secondary School; Ecole Glenbrook Middle School; Ecole

Mission Senior Secondary School; Eric Hamber Secondary School; Frank Hurt Secondary School; Fraser Heights Secondary School; Georges P. Vanier School; Lethbridge Collegiate Institute; Midway Jazz; Moscrop Secondary School; Mount Baker Secondary; Mount Elizabeth Middle Senior Secondary School; Northwest Girlchoir; Penticton Secondary

School; Robert Bateman Secondary School; Semiahmoo Secondary School; Southridge School; Westmount Charter School Mid-High Campus; White

Rock Elementary School

8:30pm Delta Community Choir; École Okotoks Junior High School; Fleetwood Park Secondary; Gladstone Secondary School; Johnston Heights Secondary School; M.E. LaZerte High School; Mulgrave School; Notre Dame Regional

Secondary; Oak Bay Secondary School; Pacific Academy; Reynolds Secondary School; Vancouver College; Victoria School of the Arts; Walnut

Grove Secondary School; York House Girls’ School

Angels in the Architecture - Camille Holland, soprano

American Elegy - Allan McMurray, conductor

Blue Shades - Sydney Tetarenko, clarinet

…plus the following chamber group performances:

Strange Humors (UBC Saxophone Quartet)

Stubernic (UBC Percussion Trio)

March (Tuba/Euph Quartet)

Frank Ticheli

Frank Ticheli

Frank Ticheli

John Mackey

Mark Ford

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Whistler Convention Centre (Lower Level) 7:30-9:00pmDirector’s Reception



Saturday April 30thSea to Sky Ballroom, Whistler Convention Centre 7:00 & 8:30PM

University of Pretoria Youth Choir Lhente-Mari Pitout, Conductor

Time Groups Assigned7:00pm Clayburn Middle School; Delta Community School; École Okotoks Junior

High School; Eric Hamber Secondary School; *Fraser Heights Secondary School; Gladstone Secondary School; Johnston Heights Secondary School;

Lethbridge Collegiate Institute; M.E. LaZerte High School; *Moscrop Secondary School; Mount Baker Secondary; *Mulgrave School; New

Westminster Secondary School; Northwest Girlchoir; *Oak Bay Secondary School; Penticton Secondary School; *Robert Bateman Secondary School; *Vancouver College; Victoria School of the Arts; Walnut Grove Secondary

School; White Rock Elementary School; York House Girls’ School

A selection of the following will be sung: • Iza Ngomso / Come Tomorrow – Christopher Tin ( 1976 - ) • Grace Before Sleep - Susan La Barr ( 1981 - ) • Locus Iste - Paul Mealor ( 1975 - ) • Be Still My Soul – Jean Sibelius ( 1865 – 1957) Arranged by Molly Ijames • Tabula Rasa – Don Macdonald ( 1966 - ) • The Road Home – Adapted by Stephan Paulus ( 1949 – 2014)• Del Anima Sola ( Tree of the Lonely Soul) – Antonio Estevez ( 1916 - 1971) • I Sing Because I’m Happy – Charles Gabriel ( 1856 – 1932) • The Colour Purple – Allee Willis, Brenda Russell, Stephan Bray. Arranged by Rollo Dilworth • Endless Night – Hans Zimmer, Jay Rifkin & Lebo M. Arranged by Mark Brymer • Waiting on the world to change – John Mayer, Arr. Deke Sharon • Heal Our Land – Tom & Robin Brooks • Ke Na le Modisa - Arranged by David Mulovhedzi • Wildsbok / Psalm 42 – Arranged by Renette Bouwer • Ingoma – As sung by Ithemba Male Voices • Uyangithanda - Nqubeko Mbatha, Arranged Herman Swanepoel • Umahlalela – Arranged by Michael Barrett • The Crossing / O Siyeza – Johny Clegg / Savuka, Arranged Bernard Kruger • 1Kaapse Klopse/ Cape Minstrel Songs • Kgomo (Sotho wedding song – Jonas Gwangwa)

Festival Mass Choir will perform on the 7:00PM Concert only

**Note: Due to hall size constraints non-choral students from the bolded schools will attend the 8:30PM Choir Concert. There may be some wiggle room to add a few students who want to see the Mass Choir Concert rather than the Jazz concert, but please note that it will be on a first come first serve basis.**



Hilton Hotel Ballroom 8:30PM**Choral students only; first come, first serve**

‘Nuf Sed

Program to be announced from podium

Hilton Hotel Ballroom 7:00 & 7:45PM**For Band Students**

Semiahmoo Secondary Senior Jazz Ensemble Kevin Lee, Director

Time Groups Assigned7:00pm Earl Marriott Secondary School; Ecole Mission Senior Secondary School;

Frank Hurt Secondary School; MidwayJazz; Mount Baker Secondary; Penticton Secondary School; Semiahmoo Secondary School; Vancouver

College

7:45pm École Okotoks Junior High School; Fleetwood Park Secondary; Fraser Heights Secondary School; Moscrop Secondary School; Mulgrave School;

Notre Dame Regional Secondary; Oak Bay Secondary School; Pacific Academy; Reynolds Secondary School; Robert Bateman Secondary

School; Westmount Charter School Mid-High Campus

Program to be announced from podium

**Note: Standing room available for others; first come, first serve.**

Time Groups Assigned8:30pm Abbotsford Traditional School; Bowen Island Community School; Calgary

Girls’ School; Delview Secondary School; Earl Marriott Secondary School; Ecole Glenbrook Middle School; Ecole Mission Senior Secondary School;

Fleetwood Park Secondary; Frank Hurt Secondary School; Georges P. Vanier School; Midway Jazz; Mount Elizabeth Middle Senior Secondary

School; Notre Dame Regional Secondary; Pacific Academy; Reynolds Secondary School; Semiahmoo Secondary School; Southridge School;

Westmount Charter School Mid-High Campus



‘Nuf SedFormed in April 2002, the mandate of Today’s Innovative Music Edmonton (T.I.M.E.) is to provide young people with the highest level of musical training in contemporary music genres. A special focus on music technology and innovation is also a prime focus of the organization. T.I.M.E. is unique in Canada as the only community organization with a contemporary vocal music focus for small ensembles.

T.I.M.E.’s three vocal groups, FORM and ‘Nuf Sed, and J***Word have worked with and performed alongside numerous renowned vocal ensembles over the years including Rajaton, New York Voices, Cadence, Sixth Wave, the Beehive Singers, and Nitecap. They have also performed at many prestigious events including the Ontario Vocal Festival, the Vancouver Vocal Jazz Festival, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (Idaho), the International Society of Music Educators Conference (Canada), and the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference (New York City).

UBC Symphonic Wind EnsembleThe Symphonic Wind Ensemble is comprised of the most outstanding wind and percussion students in the School of Music. The group is dedicated to the performance of the finest wind repertoire, regardless of the period or size of ensemble. Although many members are music majors, students studying in other fields sometimes qualify for participation. Many students rotate between placements in the Symphonic WInd Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra throughout the season, which provides exposure to the full complement of repertoire for winds and the opportunity to work with multiple conductors.



Semiahmoo Secondary Senior Jazz EnsembleSemiahmoo Secondary’s music program has a long tradition of producing many fine bands and nurturing talented music students. Thanks to a supportive administration and a spectacular parent organization, it shows promise of continuing this tradition for years to come. Over 500 students are enrolled in the music program directed by Dagan Lowe, Kevin Lee, and Gary Tse. The Semiahmoo Music Program consists of three Concert Bands with approximately 100 in each, Six Jazz Bands, IB Music, and 10 Jazz Combos. The band has had many performances throughout the year and has participated in several festivals and tours. This year, the band has attended the Envision Jazz Festival, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho as well as performing in New Orleans.

This year, the Semiahmoo Grade 12 Jazz Band, has been invited to perform on the Sounds of Youth Stage at the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival! The Semiahmoo Secondary Grade 12 Jazz band is excited to perform at “The Whistler Cantando Music Festival” and hopes everyone attending will enjoy the music they have prepared!

University of Pretoria Youth Choir The UP Youth Choir represents a community of highly skilled and talented individuals who want to develop the youth of South Africa to be a ‘can do’ achiever through music, dancing and the arts. The University of Pretoria Youth Choir was formed in 2001, revived in 2005 starting with 9 singers and going strong with 91 teenagers ranging from 14 – 19 years old representing 33 schools in a diverse multicultural regional youth choir in 2015. The choir was revived with fresh new performance ideas in the latter part of 2012 with the aim to develop youth of all nationalities to achieve true development and innovation for our and other choirs and singers through our development projects. The choir hosted an impressive series of concerts and events involving not only the choir members but also local and international artists.

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Robert Taylor (Concert Band)

the Chicago-based contemporary music group, the MAVerick Ensemble, in addition to collaborations with a wide range of international artists—from Allen Vizzutti, Gail Williams, and Ingrid Jensen, to Manhattan Transfer and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. He has also made frequent appearances with young musicians, serving as principal conductor of the Puget Sound Youth Wind Ensemble and guest conductor of the CODA/ASTA Honour Orchestra, Humboldt Youth Academy Orchestra, and numerous honour groups.

As a passionate advocate of music in the schools, Dr. Taylor is in high demand as a rehearsal clinician and festival adjudicator. Recent appearances in western Canada include the Vancouver Heritage Music Festival, New Westminster Hyack Festival, Alberta International Band Festival, Alberta Band Association Festival of Bands, and BCMEA Honour Band, among others. Dr. Taylor received the Master of Music and Doctor of Music degrees in conducting from Northwestern University and the Bachelor of Arts degree in Trumpet and Music Education from Humboldt State University. His research has been published in GIA’s Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series and featured in presentations at several regional and national music conferences. He is a Jacob K. Javits Fellow, and a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Kappa Lambda National Honour Societies, College Band Directors National Association, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, Music Educators National Conference, and British Columbia Music Educators Association.

Robert Taylor is Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Conducting at the University of British Columbia. Prior to his appointment at UBC, Dr. Taylor served as Director of Bands at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA, and Chair of the Performing Arts Department at Eureka High School in northern California. Under his direction, the Eureka High Jazz Ensemble and Symphonic Band earned recognition for excellence by Downbeat Magazine, the Selmer Corporation, and Grammy Signature Schools, placing Eureka High among the finest school music programs in North America. Dr. Taylor maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor and clinician. Past engagements include performances with

Adjudicators

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Fraser Linklater (Concert Band)

Executive Board of the Manitoba Band Association for almost two decades and coordinates all three levels of the MBA honour band program. In October 2002, he received the MBA Award of Distinction for his services to music education in Manitoba. Nationally, Dr. Linklater is an assistant editor of Canadian Winds, the national journal of the Canadian Band Association. Over the past decade, Dr. Linklater has contributed almost twenty articles to this journal.

A trumpet player, Dr. Linklater has performed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Genève (Switzerland), and the Ron Paley Big Band, as well as being a founding member of the Winnipeg Brass Quintet. His trumpet teachers have included Vincent Cichowicz, Armando Ghitalla, and Edward Tarr. Dr. Linklater has studied wind conducting in numerous workshops with clinicians such as Frank Battisti, Eugene Corporon, Craig Kirchhoff, Allan McMurray, Larry Rachleff, and Mallory Thompson, as well as with H. Robert Reynolds at the University of Michigan. Dr. Linklater has guest conducted and adjudicated at various festivals and music camps across Canada as well as the United States. For almost a decade, Fraser Linklater was a co-director (with Dale Lonis) of the Canadian Wind Conductors Development Program, an international conducting and instrumental music education summer workshop. In May 2006 Dr. Linklater was the guest conductor of the National Youth Band of Canada and has also conducted guest wind groups several times at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Festival.

Fraser Linklater is presently an Associate Professor in the Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba, where he directs the Wind Ensemble, Concert Band and Chamber Winds and teaches courses in music education and conducting. A native of Winnipeg, Dr. Linklater holds a Master’s degree in Music Education from the University of North Texas and a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Michigan. He has published articles in the Journal of Research in Music Education, the Music Educators Journal, and the Canadian Music Educator. He has also presented at national music education conferences.

At the provincial level, Dr. Linklater has been on the

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Gary Green (Concert Band)

and A Cornfield in July and the River by William Penn.

During his tenure at the University of Miami, Professor Green continued the commissioning and performance of important new repertoire for winds and percussion. Under his direction, the Frost Wind Ensemble has performed on two separate occasions for the convention of the American Bandmasters Association as well as twice for the national convention of the College Band Directors National Association.

Professor Green is an active conductor and clinician and has appeared with international, national, and regional bands and intercollegiate bands in all of the continental United States and Hawaii. He has conducted the Texas All-State Band frequently and premiered Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre with that ensemble. He has also conducted in Taipei, Taiwan where he appeared with the Republic of China Army Band and the Taiwan National Wind Ensemble as part of the 2005 International Band Association Festival. Additionally he has conducted in Austria, Germany, Japan and England, having performed there in the Royal Academy of Music. In March of 2008, Professor Green hosted the annual convention of the American Bandmasters Association on the campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables.

Gary D. Green is Emeritus Professor of Music and Director of Bands at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. While teaching at the University of Miami Frost School of Music in addition to supervising all band activities, he was the conductor of the Frost Wind Ensemble, supervised all graduate conducting students in the wind and percussion area and served as the Chairman of Instrumental Performance for seventeen years.

Prior to coming to Miami, Professor Green served for ten years as Director of Bands the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. While at the University of Connecticut, Professor Green was influential in commissioning and recording new works for winds and percussion including Symphony No. 3 by David Maslanka

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John Harbison. He has conducted over two dozen premiere performances including works by Michael Colgrass, Jonathan Newman, Joel Puckett, Christopher Theofanidis, and Joseph Turrin. In addition, a recent performance of Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms under his direction has been given repeated airings on Georgia Public Radio.

Dr. Ambrose is founder and music director of the Atlanta Chamber Winds a professional dectet specializing in the promotion of music by emerging composers as well as lesser-known works of established composers. Their premiere compact disc, Music from Paris was released in 2009 on the Albany Records label and has received outstanding reviews in both Fanfare Magazine and Gramophone Magazine.

As a guitarist Ambrose has performed in dozens of jazz ensembles, combos, rock bands and pit orchestras. His rock band “Hoochie Suit,” formed with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, received rave reviews throughout the Chicago area.

Ambrose currently serves as Director of Bands, Professor of Music and Associate Director of the School of Music at Georgia State University, a research institution of over 50,000 students located in Atlanta, Georgia. As Director of Bands he conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, maintains a highly selective studio of graduate students in the Master of Music in Wind Band Conducting degree program, and oversees a large, comprehensive band program comprised of four concert ensembles and three athletic band organizations. He lives in Peachtree City, Georgia with his wife Sarah Kruser Ambrose, a professional flute player and daughters Isabelle and Hannah.

Robert Ambrose (Concert Band)Conductor Robert J. Ambrose enjoys a highly successful and diverse career as a dynamic and engaging musician. His musical interests cross many genres and can be seen in the wide range of professional activities he pursues. Ambrose studied formally at Boston College, Boston University, and Northwestern University, where he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting.

Ambrose has conducted professionally across the United States as well as in Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. His interpretations have earned the enthusiastic praise of many leading composers including Pulitzer Prize winners Leslie Bassett, Michael Colgrass, and

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Wind Ensemble (2001, 2002), WASBE International Youth Wind Orchestra (2005), and also a fellowship with the ASEAN Youth Culture Camp (2001). During 2007-2010, Chee Meng served as the Assistant Communications and Planning Manager for the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, developing the education & outreach programs, as well as implementing the daily operations of the orchestra. In addition to that, he also served as one of the saxophone instructors for the College of Music, Mahidol University, coaching private lessons, saxophone quartet and saxophone ensemble and serving the College as assistant to the Deputy Director for Academic and Research Affairs.

A recipient of the University of Alberta FS Chia Doctoral Scholarship, Chee Meng holds a Doctoral of Musical Arts degree from the University of Alberta Canada, under the guidance of William Street (saxophone) and Dennis Prime (conducting). While working on his degree, Chee Meng taught Band Technique and Aural Skills courses at the University of Alberta and served as the Graduate Teaching Assistant for the saxophone ensemble, symphonic wind ensemble, and concert band.

Chee Meng Low (Concert Band)Chee Meng Low, a native of Malaysia, is the director of the University of Lethbridge Wind Orchestra, as well as the instructor of saxophone and musicianship skills. He is also involved with the Symphonic Winds of NSO Malaysia, UofL Faculty Wind Sextet, Edmonton Saxophone Quartet, and has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Canada, Europe and Asia. Chee Meng has previously held positions in the Thailand Saxophone Ensemble (2005-2009), Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra (2007-2009), Southeast Asian Youth

Barry Valleau (Concert Band)

the senior band at the Penhold Air Cadet Summer Band Camp from 2000 - 2014 and the director of the junior band at the Prairie Bible Institute every spring from 1993 - 2005. He was chosen to direct the Northern Alberta Junior Honour Band in 2001. Since retirement in 2000, Valleau has worked as a guest conductor, adjudicator or clinician for 100’s of bands. Barry and his wife, Carol, have two sons both of whom are professional musicians.

Barry Valleau started his musical career as a trumpet player in the Canadian Army military bands for six years. He received his Bachelor of Education degree with a music major from the University of Calgary in 1973 and taught music in the Alberta school system for 27 years.

His school bands received numerous awards over the years including 3 invitations to National Festivals with both junior and senior high concert bands and jazz bands. His personal awards include: 1991 - Alberta Band Association’s “Director of the Year”, 1995 - The Tommy Banks Award, 2000 - The Canadian Band Association’s “Distinguished Director”, 2002 - The John Philip Sousa, Legion of Honour Award. He was the director of

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Allan McMurray (Concert Band)

Colorado Wind Symphony performed by invitation at major conferences and conventions, including the First International Conference for Symphonic Bands in Manchester, England; the All-Japan Band Conference in Nemo Nu Sato, Japan; the College Band Directors National Association Convention (twice); and the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in Hamamatsu, Japan. The ensemble has also released two CDs on the Klavier label featuring original works by Daneil Kellogg, Carter Pann and Frank Ticheli; and collaboration with the Kakacs String Quartet, Patrick Mason, baritone, and Jennifer Bird-Arvidson, soprano.

Professor McMurray’s internationally acclaimed DVD series on the Art of Conducting includes three DVD. Allan McMurray has received numerous honors and awards. He is Past-President of the College Band Directors National Association, he is recipient of the Bohumil Makovsky Award for outstanding College Band Directors from the National Band Fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi, and has been recognized by California State University Long Beach as “Distinguished Artist in Classical Music.” In December 2004, the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado designated Allan McMurray as the university’s 25th Distinguished Professor in recognition of his lifetime professional achievement in the teaching of conducting.

Allan McMurray remains active as an artist conductor, teacher and author. His schedule this year includes professional activity in California, Colorado, Oregon, Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, Washington D.C., Georgia, Florida, Canada and Australia.

Allan McMurray is Distinguished Professor and Professor of Conducting Emeritus at the University of Colorado. He served for 35 years as Director of Bands and Chair of the Conducting Faculty before retiring from CU at the end of the 2013 academic year. Prior to this position, he was on the faculty of the University of Michigan, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Considered one of the world’s leading teachers of conducting, Professor McMurray has guest conducted and taught conductors in 48 states and 13 foreign countries. He has been a featured visiting professor and conductor at over 200 universities and conservatories internationally.

During his tenure at Colorado, the University of

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Christin Reardon MacLellan (Concert Band)

Robert Spittal (Concert Band)

accessibility. This duality - the musician’s concern for aesthetic sophistication and artistic integrity, and for communicating more openly and directly to a listener - has been developing since his adolescent years as serious flute student in the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Prep progam, and a free-lance saxophonist in horn sections of jazz, r&b and other dance bands on the city’s west side.

An interest in wind music developed at Ohio State University, where he studied conducting with Craig Kirchhoff. He later studied with renowned wind conductors Michael Haithcock and Eugene Corporon, and received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1995.

Robert is a Professor of Music at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, USA.

American conductor and composer of music for band, orchestra, chamber ensembles and electronic media. His music has been described as “original”,”inventive and witty”, “intelligent” and “full of musicality” and is published by Shaba Road Music, Boosey & Hawkes Co., and Maestro and Fox Music. Robert ‘s works have won favor with the finest professional and academic musicians in North America, Europe and Asia.

His works frequently combine sophisticated art music forms and techniques with a non-patronizing sensitivity toward audience

maintains an active schedule as an in-demand clinician, guest conductor, adjudicator, and guest speaker. Christin has presented workshops and her research at numerous conferences and symposia in Canada and the United States, including the recent Canadian Music Educators Association National Conference. As President of the Coalition for Music Education in BC, she works closely with teachers, community members, and arts organizations to protect, promote, and advance music education in BC schools.

Christin has taught band, choir, and general music in the public schools of Manitoba.Christin earned her masters degree and is currently pursuing her doctorate in music education from Indiana University, where she has taught courses in music education and served as a university supervisor for music education student teachers. Christin’s research is published in the Journal of Research in Music Education and Music Educators’ Journal.

Christin Reardon MacLellan is the director of UBC Concert Winds. A dedicated music educator, she is also the Education & Community Programs Manager for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, where she develops, implements, and oversees a wide variety of educational programming for individuals of all ages, including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestral Institute at Whistler.

Christin is dedicated to supporting and advocating for quality music education in schools. She directs the Greater Vancouver Youth Music Academy (GVYMA) Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and

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Jerrold Dubyk (Jazz Band)

and expressive on the stage, Dubyk brings an inspired ability towards the melodic line and harmonic gestures in the saxophone tradition, with a devotion to his own personal sound.

Inspired by the diverse Canadian saxophonist, Ralph Bowen, Dubyk began his studies in his Masters in Performance at Rutgers University (New Jersey). This marked a major turning point for him. In pursuing deeper studies of his art, he boldly adopted a “total makeover approach” and “abandoned all his previous knowledge”.

Dubyk released his first album “The Way You See It” (2006) followed by a Canadian jazz festival tour the following summer. In 2008, he brought a new band together with Vancouver musicians Jesse Cahill (drums), Chris Gestrin (hammond organ) and multiple Juno award winner Brad Turner (trumpet) to create “The Maverick” – which won the 2009 Western Canadian Music Award for Jazz Recording of the Year, and set Dubyk’s mark in the Canadian jazz scene. For his third album, “/ˌIn.vɪˈteɪ.shəns/” , Dubyk combines his core Vancouver bandmates Brad Turner (piano), WCMA award winner Jesse Cahill (drums) and new band members, National Jazz Award Winner/Juno Nominated Jodi Proznick (bass) and Grammy nominated jazz musician Terell Stafford (trumpet).

An educator as well as a performer, Dubyk is the Director of Music at Strathcona High School, on faculty at MacEwan University where he teaches jazz saxophone.. In November 2012, to celebrate his contributions in the arts and youth of Edmonton, Dubyk was included into Edmonton’s Avenue Magazine “Top 40 under 40”.

Typically, there are two types of successful musicians: those that play well and those that are well schooled. Jerrold Dubyk has found a celebrated grouping of those elements that pour through his saxophone with each performance. Acclaimed jazz drummer Victor Lewis describes him as “a solid voice who performs with a sense of musicality and maturity that I expect from anyone who I perform.” With a desire for being versatile

Craig Brenan (Jazz Band)

released a self titled CD in 2001. Craig has appeared with almost every jazz musician and jazz group in Edmonton, including the Tommy Banks Big Band, latin group Bomba!, and groups outside of Edmonton, including the Bob Brookmeyer Big Band, Jim McNeely Big Band, the Gunther Schuller Jazz Orchestra and the Hugh Frazer Orchestra.

Trombonist, composer and educator Craig Brenan has been an active performer throughout Canada. A graduate of the New England Conservatory where he received his Master’s degree in Jazz Performance, Craig has had the opportunity to work and study with George Russell, Slide Hampton, Bob Brookmeyer, Danilo Perez, George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi and Marty Ehrlich. Craig Brenan is also the first trombonist in Canada to perform with a complex system of digital harmonizers and looping devices, creating a new sound for the trombone. Craig is a member of the Modo Trio which

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Jared Burrows (Jazz Band)

Before coming to Capilano, Jared taught at Douglas College, Simon Fraser University, University of Oregon, and the Stanford Jazz Workshop. Since 2008 he has curated the weekly Jazz at Presentation House concert series in North Vancouver. Past community music leadership roles include the South Delta Jazz Festival and Jazz Workshop (founder and co-director 2003-2013), Freedom Festival of Improvised Music (founder and artistic director 2000-2005), the Hundredth Monkey new music ensemble (co-founder and co-director 1998-2000), and East Van Jazz Orchestra (co-founder and co-director 2007-2010).

In addition to performing and composing, his research interests include cognitive theories applied to improvisation and Confucian, Taoist and Sufi philosophies applied to problems in music education. His work has been presented in academic conferences and in guest lectures across Canada, the US and the UK and has been published in College Music Symposium, Jazz Educators Journal, BC Music Educators Journal, Critical Studies in Improvisation, and in the Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies.

Jared holds a PhD in Arts Education from Simon Fraser University. His doctoral research explored an alternative paradigm for music education based on improvisation and his thesis supervisor was the pianist and philosopher, Yaroslav Senyshyn. He has a MMus in Jazz Studies from the University of Oregon where he was mentored by the great educator and musician, Steve Owen and studied composition under Robert Kyr and David Crumb. His early teachers included Rudolph Komorous, Martin Gotfrit, David MacIntyre (composition) and Ihor Kukurudza (guitar).

Dr. Jared Burrows is the Academic Coordinator of the Jazz Studies Department and teaches improvisation, conducting, arranging, and directs small and large ensembles. He is a dynamic force on the Vancouver scene as a performer, composer and community organizer. He works in a huge variety of ensembles in jazz, new music, and world music settings and leads the Jared Burrows Quartet and Sextet and the Vancouver Improvisers Orchestra. Jared performs as a sideman with Dave Robbins Electric Band, the Offering of Curtis Andrews, Sancharam Trio, Delta Quartet, Michael Vlatkovich Quintet, Colin MacDonald’s Pocket Orchestra, Koan, Len Aruliah Sextet, and the Brad Muirhead 4tet, to name only a few.

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Lisa Ward (Choral)

Scott Leithead (Choral)

currently teaching choir at École Secondaire Notre Dame High School for the 2015-2016 school year. When Lisa’s not at school or choir rehearsals, she teaches private voice and piano, and runs her gorgeousyoucosmetics.com business.

Lisa was the recipient of the Alberta Centennial Medal Award, has received the Con Spiritu Award presented by the ACF, and was nominated for an Excellence in Teaching Award. Most recently, she was a committee member and clinician for the Cantando Music Festival in Sun Peaks, BC, in April, 2015 and served as Artist-in-Residence at Victoria School of the Arts December, 2014, where she worked with 9 choirs and 240 singers. She has been an adjudicator and workshop clinician for the Ontario Vocal Festival, Saskatchewan Provincial Honour Choir, Saskatchewan and numerous school groups and festivals.

Lisa has fostered young people’s passion for choral music and led choral groups to national and international honours. She demonstrates excellence in teaching and directing and has tremendous energy and enthusiasm for her work. Working with choirs has been a tremendous source of joy and connection for Lisa and has enabled her to thrive, smile, grow and learn something new every day.

Lisa Ward has directed choirs in Red Deer, AB for over 28 years and is the founder of C-SUS (Choral Singers Unite Society) and artistic director of Brioso, Soliloquy, Selah & ihana Choirs and It’s Time Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Lisa taught choral music at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School 1989 – 2010 where she directed 5 choirs that were the recipients of national and international recognition for musical excellence in both the jazz and chamber choir fields. She has also taught elementary music, directed the Seton Singers children’s choir, and is

southern Africa. Scott is a longtime member of the advisory committee for the Canadian Rocky Mountain Festival. He is the president of the Brailletone Music Society for persons with disabilities and a member of three additional national boards as well as the National Youth Music and Art Development Foundation of South Africa. In 2014/15 he will present workshops across Canada and return to conduct numerous honour choirs including: The New Brunswick Youth Choir and The Ellison Canadian Honour Choir.

Scott Leithead is the Artistic Director of Edmonton’s Kokopelli Choir Association and TIME Association. He has conducted provincial and state honour choirs on seventeen occasions and has presented workshops across North America and beyond. Notable appearances include: conducting the Alberta Youth Choir for the Alberta Choral Federation’s 40th Anniversary; adjudicating both the ACCC National Competition for Amateur Canadian Choirs and the International Kathaumixw Festival.

In 2008, Scott was on sabbatical in Namibia where he worked with the Mascato Youth Choir and numerous other choirs from

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Benila Ninan (Choral)

from Kindergarten to Grade 12, including General Music at the elementary level, Grades 6 to 12 Choir, Jazz Choir, and provided musical direction for Musical Theatre. She has inspired many students to develop a passion for choral music; her approach to teaching encourages students to discover their individual voices while singing in different styles and genres. Ms. Ninan was a vital member of the performing arts team at Edmonton’s Victoria School of Performing Arts. She has also taught at Collingwood School in West Vancouver, and currently teaches at The Westside School in Vancouver.

Ms. Ninan’s experience as a choral singer and soloist is vast and accomplished. She has sung with Canada’s professional choirs including Pro Coro Canada (Edmonton), musica intima (Vancouver), and Luminous Voices (Calgary). Ms. Ninan was selected as a singer to represent Canada by the International Federation for Choral Music to participate in five tours with the World Youth Choir, where she had the opportunity to sing under the direction of master conductors and teachers such as Frieder Bernius, Steve Zegree, Peter Erdei and more. In 2008 and 2009 she was invited back to be a section leader for the choir. Highlights from these tours include performing for the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Equestrian Events in China and Europa Cantat in the Netherlands.

Ms. Ninan draws on her passion for education, her choral experiences from around the globe, and her strong musicianship skills in her approach to sharing the art of choral music with her students.

Ms. Benila Ninan is a music teacher, conductor, and clinician living in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is originally from Edmonton, Alberta, where she pursued her studies. Along with her degrees in Music (Voice Performance) and Education at the University of Alberta, Ms. Ninan also studied at the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy of Music in Hungary, where she specialized in Music Pedagogy.

Ms. Ninan has worked as a school music teacher and clinician in both British Columbia and Alberta. She has taught all age levels

Kathleen Luyk (Choral)

choral scene, Kathleen has been engaged as a clinician and vocal coach for high school and youth groups around B.C. and Alberta. Her compositions have been published and performed widely in North America.

Kokopelli Choir Association’s executive director Kathleen Luyk, B.Mus. (University of British Columbia, 2003), M.Mus. Choral Conducting (University of Alberta, 2005), is the conductor of the Oran Choir. Prior to finishing her post-secondary education, Kathleen spent two years as the assistant conductor of the U of A Madrigal Singers under the direction of Dr. Leonard Ratzlaff. Kathleen was the music director at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church until recently, where she led two adult choirs and a children’s choir. Now Kathleen is pleased to be taking on a new role as the executive director for the Kokopelli Choir Association. An emerging conductor and composer on the Alberta

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Lhente-Mari Pitout (Choral)

Choral Music) as part of a vocal jazz ensemble. Gold Company director Steve Zegree, conducted this 16 voice jazz ensemble that toured and gave concerts in Belgium, France and South Africa.

In 2003 she was one of five musicians recruited for the International S.O.U.L (Singers of United Lands) Project. In 2007 she established the Lesedi Show Choir Project in Heidelberg, Gauteng. The project forms part of HAMACC, Heidelberg Arts Media and Culture Centre model in Gauteng. In 2008 she was invited to Sweden for the 20th Anniversary of the World Youth Choir, performing in the chamber choir project representing South Africa and chosen to serve on the Alumni board.In 2010 she was invited to the World Youth Choir session in Tenerife/Spain working and conducting the choir as section leader.

Lhente-Mari is currently conducting the University of Pretoria Youth Choir along with the, Kempton Park Horskoolkoor, Pretoria Boys High Choir and Laerskool van Riebeekpark Seniorkoor. She is the conductor of the Singkronies Chamber Choir since 2009. She is also a founder member of the Jazz ensemble, Born South.

Lhente-Mari Pitout completed her studies at the University of Potchefstroom / North-West where she successfully completed a BMus majoring in the Pianoforte. She is an accomplished singer and pianist and is furthering her studies in choral conducting. She works as a musician, conductor and adjudicator in both classical and contemporary genres.

She was a member and later director of the A Cappella group, Boulevard Harmonists. They toured extensively and participated in all the major South African Music and Arts Festivals.

In 2001 she was selected by the IFCM (International Federation of

Frank Lee (Choral)

of Victoria studying trombone with Ian McDougall. He is currently a graduate music student studying choral conducting, under Dr. Graeme Langager, at the University of British Columbia. He is sought after as a clinician across Canada and Washington State. Frank has served as the chair for the BCMEA Honour Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Kiwanis Vocal Jazz Festival and is currently on the Canadian Rocky Mountain Music Festival Advisory Committee.

Frank Lee is in his fifteenth season as the choral director at Seycove Secondary School in North Vancouver, where he directs seven choral ensembles and a jazz studies course. The Seycove Chamber Choir was honoured with the distinction of Youth Choir of the World at the International Choral Festival, Kathaumixw, in 2007. In 2009 the Chorale was named top choir at the Canadian National Choral Festival and had their solo debut concert in 2011 at Carnegie Hall. His award winning vocal jazz ensembles have been featured in Western Canada and and Washington State.

Frank received his undergraduate music degree from the University

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Carrie Tennant (Choral)

worked as the assistant conductor to Diane Loomer, and in that role, conducted Chor Leoni in several major performances. In January of 2013 Carrie was selected to succeed Diane as Artistic Director of EnChor.

Currently, on top of her work with Vancouver Youth Choir and EnChor, Carrie is the conductor of the award-winning Coastal Sound Youth Choir, and Associate Artistic Director of Coastal Sound Music Academy. Under Carrie’s direction, Coastal Sound has been featured on CBC Radio, and this summer will be the subject of documentary for Telus Optik TV. Repeated award winners at the National Music Festival, in 2013 Coastal Sound was awarded first place in the youth choir category at the ACCC National Competition for Amateur Choirs, and was chosen, along with Elektra Women’s Choir, to represent Canada at the 2013 Chorus America Conference. In 2013, Carrie founded the Vancouver Youth Choir. This season, the choir will be an Associate Choir of the Vancouver Chamber Choir and will perform with them at three season concerts.

Carrie is an Affiliate Conductor with the Vancouver Chamber Choir, an Artist-in-Residence with the Vancouver School Board, and is a frequent clinician, adjudicator and retreat facilitator across Canada.

Carrie also tours, performs and records as a member of Vancouver-based indie-pop group, the Salteens (Boompa Records).

Carrie Tennant is the Artistic Director and founder of the Vancouver Youth Choir. Carrie began her career as a high school choir, building a nationally recognized choral program at Maple Ridge Secondary School before deciding to pursue graduate studies in choral conducting in 2009. From 2009-2012 Carrie directed the Vancouver Chor Leoni MYVoice Choir and the Sarah McLachlan Youth Choir. In 2012, Carrie

Allison Girvan (Choral)

vocalist for studio sessions for radio, T.V. and feature film.

Allison has worked extensively with Canadian Celtic Tenor, John McDermott on recordings, international tours, and the PBS specials, “A Time to Remember” and “Sharing Christmas”. Her debut solo cd, “Resonance”, combining her love of world music and her love of languages, was released in 2007. She now lives in Nelson, B.C. where she continues to record for television and feature film scores, directs the Nelson Youth Choir, the women’s choir, “Shenango”, corazón vocal ensemble, and is music director for the Capitol Theatre’s youth program.

Allison is a professional singer, arranger, director, clinician and adjudicator. She has been a featured soloist on recordings and in performance with ensembles including musica intima, Elektra Women’s Choir, The Vancouver Chamber Choir, the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and as a

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