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!
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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. |
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.
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