Schedule
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PRE-REHEARSAL PREPARATION
Saturday, 12 June 2021 [Date TBC] Online, via Zoom REHEARSAL RESIDENCY 1-3 July 2021 Parkade, Ledcor Industries Inc. 7008 Roper Rd NW, Edmonton |
FINAL PERFORMANCE & LIVESTREAM
Sunday, 4 July 2021 Parkade, Ledcor Industries Inc. 7008 Roper Rd NW, Edmonton Livestream details will be announced closer to the event. Live audience attendance (if any) will be determined based on COVID-19 restrictions. |
Recommend singersConductors and teachers from across the province are encouraged to recommend their strongest singers for an audition. An audition form should be completed by each singer, which is uploaded with your recommendation.
Deadline to recommend singers: Friday 9 April 2021 |
Apply for an auditionChoristers may also independently apply for an AYC audition. Please note that choristers who are recommended by their conductor/teacher do NOT need to submit an audition application.
Deadline to apply: Friday 9 April 2021 |
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:
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
Guest conductor
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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. |