​PRESENTED WITH THE SUPPORT OF

Performances

AYC LIVE AT THE LEDCOR PARKADE
In-person concert
Sunday, 4 July 2021, 3:00 p.m.
Parkade, Ledcor Industries Inc.
7008 Roper Rd NW, Edmonton

AYC LIVE AT THE LEDCOR PARKADE
Sunday, 4 July 2021, 7:00 p.m.
YouTube Premiere event 
(video of the 3:00 p.m. concert)
Note that all tickets purchased as part of a single order will be seated as a cohort. If you are buying tickets for individuals who are not part of your cohort, please do so on a separate order. Thank you!

Guest conductor

Swiss-native Michael Zaugg is currently in his 9th season as Managing and Artistic Director Pro Coro Canada in Edmonton. Michael has also previously led other notable Canadian choirs including, the St. Lawrence Choir (2008-2013), and voces boreales (2006-2015), and the Cantata Singers Ottawa (2005-2014).

Active as a Guest Conductor, Michael has worked with groups including the Vancouver Chamber Choir, National Youth Choir of Canada, and the BBC Singers. As Chorus Master of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (2006-2011), he successfully prepared groups of up to 1500 singers for OSM Artistic Director Kent Nagano. Michael also prepared the Cantata Singers Ottawa for their appearances with the National Arts Centre Orchestra.

Michael Zaugg is strongly committed to his work with emerging artists. He is the Program Director of CHORAL ART at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, for which Pro Coro Canada received the Award for Outstanding Innovation from Choral Canada in 2020. He created the educational component #connect with Pro Coro Canada, which has young composers, singers and conductors working with the professional choir several times over the season.

Michael completed the post-graduate program for Professional Choir Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm and holds degrees in voice, conducting and music education from the University in Basel. In 2018 he was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music (Hon DMus) by Scotland’s King’s College, University of Aberdeen, and in 2020 received an Award from the Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund, recognizing his work as choral leader in Edmonton.

Apprentice conductor

​Inspired by her time with AYC, Sarah McLean pursued secondary studies in vocal performance. She has been a chorister and soloist with a number of exceptional choirs across North America and the UK, and currently sings with the Foothills Philharmonic and Spiritus Chamber Choirs. After time spent raising a family, Sarah reconnected with her goal of conducting, studying with James Jordan, Graeme Langager, Hilary Apfelstadt, and Caron Daley. She received a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Cambridge in 2020 where she studied with Stephen Layton, Sarah MacDonald, Graeme Ross, and Voces8. 

COVID-19 protocol

The health and wellbeing of AYC choristers is our top priority. As the circumstances pertaining to COVID-19 may evolve considerably before July 1, protocol will be finalized approximately one month prior to the AYC residency.

At present, our protocol requires that:
  • 3-metre distance be maintained between individuals at all times
  • Masks be worn by all individuals at all times
  • All rehearsals be held outdoors
  • A screening checklist be submitted on a daily basis prior to the first rehearsal of the day
  • A well-organized process for arriving at and departing from rehearsals be in place
  • Equipment or printed music not be shared
  • Car pooling be avoided; but that, if there is no other option, precautionary measures (which will be provided) be strictly followed
  • Any symptomatic individual not attend rehearsal
  • Any individual who becomes symptomatic during a rehearsal leave immediately