CHORAL MUSIC EDUCATOR. COMPOSER. VOCALIST

Without a doubt, Kathryn's contribution to choral music is quickly becoming recognized all over the world.  She is known for being a major influence in Calgary's choral community because of her enthusiastic and passionate approach with her choirs.  With a mission to inspire singers with quality music and vocal training, Kathryn aims to encourage self-awareness and confidence through performance opportunity, music education and literacy, and community involvement.  Over the years Kathryn has trained hundreds of students who have subsequently become professional singers, performers, and educators in the areas of vocal pedagogy, musical theatre, music therapy, theory and composition, tv and film, and opera. 

 

Currently, Kathryn (b. 1981) is the principal director for a large youth show and concert choir with the Youth Singers of Calgary as well as the director of the University of Calgary Chorus and Chamber Choir at the School of Creative and Performing Arts in Calgary, Alberta.  Her choirs consistently earn top rankings at competitions and festivals in North America. In March of 2020, Kathryn founded and was the Artistic Director for the Calgary Physician Choir- a choir of women physicians who sought music to cope with the stresses of being on the front lines during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  In addition to teaching private music students, she is a frequent adjudicator and clinician for several schools and music festivals in and around Alberta.  Several treble and mixed choir compositions are published by​ Cypress Music Publishing in Vancouver, B.C, and Alliance Music Publications in Houston, Texas.

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Kathryn holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance and a Master of Music degree in Music Education, specializing in Choral Conducting.