MEMBRES DU JURY
Dr. Lisette Canton，Chef
Dr. Lisette Canton assume les fonctions de chef de chœur et d'orchestre, de coach et de technicienne en entraînement de la voix, de chef de chœur invitée, de juge de compétition, d'animatrice d'ateliers, en plus d'être spécialiste en musique ancienne. Elle est fondatrice et directrice artistique du Chœur Bach d'Ottawa, en ensemble qui jouit d'une réputation internationale, ainsi que professeure agrégée et directrice du programme de direction chorale à l'Université York de Toronto où elle dirige quatre ensembles (le chœur de chambre, le chœur de concert et les chœurs de femmes et d'hommes) et est responsable du programme d'études supérieures en musique chorale.
Avant d'occuper ces fonctions à York, Dre Canton a aussi été professeure et chef de chœur à l'Université Carleton, l'Université d'Ottawa, l'Université de l'Illinois à Urbana-Champaign et l'Université McGill. Elle a récemment été chef invitée au Carnegie Hall et au Lincoln Center à New York, et a effectué quatre tournées européennes couronnées de succès avec le Chœur Bach d'Ottawa (2014, 2009, 2007 et 2005), incluant une invitation à se produire dans le festival prestigieux Bachfest Leipzig 2014—une première pour un ensemble vocal canadien. Dre Canton a dirigé divers chœurs à Leipzig, Londres, Paris, Venise, Lübeck, Stuttgart, Bayreuth, Vienne, Salzbourg, Linz, Prague, Amsterdam, Groningen, Mexico, Montréal et Halifax ainsi qu'au Roy Thomson Hall de Toronto et au Centre Winspear d'Edmonton, et a préparé des chœurs pour Franz-Paul Decker, Johannes Ullrich, Pinchas Zukerman, Helmuth Rilling et John Rutter. Elle a été invitée à diriger dans le cadre du Festival international de chorales de Caen, en France, pour commémorer le 60e anniversaire du Jour de Débarquement. Elle a effectué deux tournées internationaux avec le chœur de chambre de l'Université York (2015, 2012), et a dirgé des concerts avec OBC dans le prestigieux festival international Meet in Beijing, en avril 2016, à Pékin et à Shanghai, en Chine. Mme Canton a récemment été nommée directrice artistique du Festival choral international du Canada, pour lequel elle a signé une entente au Comité mixte Canada-Chine sur la culture en février 2018 devant la ministre canadienne du Patrimoine, Mélanie Joly, et le ministre chinois de la culture, en partenariat avec le Festival choral international de Chine pour des concerts, des tournées et des collaborations au Canada en en Chine. Elle a aussi été invitée diriger dans une série au Carnegie Hall à New York en 2019.
Née à la Nouvelle-Orléans, en Louisiane, Dre Canton a surtout habité au Canada. Elle détient un baccalauréat en musique et interprétation de l'Université McGill et une maîtrise en musique (direction chorale et chant) de la Eastman School of Music. Son doctorat de l'Université de l'Illinois à Urbana-Champaign portait sur les arts musicaux (direction chorale et chant). Elle a fait des enregistrements pour la radio et la télévision de la Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) et de la Société Radio-Canada (SRC), et fût chef d'orchestre invitée pour plusieurs ensembles musicaux au Canada et aux États-Unis. Elle était membre du jury national pour le Concours de chorales d'amateurs de la radio de Radio-Canada.
Lisette Canton a étudié la direction avec Donald Neuen, Don V. Moses, Ann Howard Jones, Paul Vermel, Chet Alwes et Fred Stoltzfus. Elle étudia le chant avec Jan Simons, Lorie Gratis et James Bailey, et le piano avec Esther Master et Dorothy Morton. Elle est membre de nombreuses associations professionnelles.
Avant d'occuper ces fonctions à York, Dre Canton a aussi été professeure et chef de chœur à l'Université Carleton, l'Université d'Ottawa, l'Université de l'Illinois à Urbana-Champaign et l'Université McGill. Elle a récemment été chef invitée au Carnegie Hall et au Lincoln Center à New York, et a effectué quatre tournées européennes couronnées de succès avec le Chœur Bach d'Ottawa (2014, 2009, 2007 et 2005), incluant une invitation à se produire dans le festival prestigieux Bachfest Leipzig 2014—une première pour un ensemble vocal canadien. Dre Canton a dirigé divers chœurs à Leipzig, Londres, Paris, Venise, Lübeck, Stuttgart, Bayreuth, Vienne, Salzbourg, Linz, Prague, Amsterdam, Groningen, Mexico, Montréal et Halifax ainsi qu'au Roy Thomson Hall de Toronto et au Centre Winspear d'Edmonton, et a préparé des chœurs pour Franz-Paul Decker, Johannes Ullrich, Pinchas Zukerman, Helmuth Rilling et John Rutter. Elle a été invitée à diriger dans le cadre du Festival international de chorales de Caen, en France, pour commémorer le 60e anniversaire du Jour de Débarquement. Elle a effectué deux tournées internationaux avec le chœur de chambre de l'Université York (2015, 2012), et a dirgé des concerts avec OBC dans le prestigieux festival international Meet in Beijing, en avril 2016, à Pékin et à Shanghai, en Chine. Mme Canton a récemment été nommée directrice artistique du Festival choral international du Canada, pour lequel elle a signé une entente au Comité mixte Canada-Chine sur la culture en février 2018 devant la ministre canadienne du Patrimoine, Mélanie Joly, et le ministre chinois de la culture, en partenariat avec le Festival choral international de Chine pour des concerts, des tournées et des collaborations au Canada en en Chine. Elle a aussi été invitée diriger dans une série au Carnegie Hall à New York en 2019.
Née à la Nouvelle-Orléans, en Louisiane, Dre Canton a surtout habité au Canada. Elle détient un baccalauréat en musique et interprétation de l'Université McGill et une maîtrise en musique (direction chorale et chant) de la Eastman School of Music. Son doctorat de l'Université de l'Illinois à Urbana-Champaign portait sur les arts musicaux (direction chorale et chant). Elle a fait des enregistrements pour la radio et la télévision de la Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) et de la Société Radio-Canada (SRC), et fût chef d'orchestre invitée pour plusieurs ensembles musicaux au Canada et aux États-Unis. Elle était membre du jury national pour le Concours de chorales d'amateurs de la radio de Radio-Canada.
Lisette Canton a étudié la direction avec Donald Neuen, Don V. Moses, Ann Howard Jones, Paul Vermel, Chet Alwes et Fred Stoltzfus. Elle étudia le chant avec Jan Simons, Lorie Gratis et James Bailey, et le piano avec Esther Master et Dorothy Morton. Elle est membre de nombreuses associations professionnelles.
Antonio Llaca
Cuban born, Antonio Llaca is an active choral conductor, teacher, and clinician. He studied choral conducting and classical guitar both in Canada and in South America. He holds a Master’s degree in Choral Conducting from Université de Sherbrooke (Montreal) and has studied with masters such as Michael Zaugg, Christopher Jackson, Robert Ingari, Patrick Roux, Laurence Ewashko and Luis Zea.
Since 2009, Mr. Llaca has conducted Coro Vivo Ottawa (CVO). He teaches choral, as well as instrumental conducting at Carleton University in Ottawa. Mr. Llaca is a professor at the Conservatoire de Musique de Gatineau where he conducts the choirs and orchestra. In this position he founded and currently conducts the award-winning Choeur de Chambre du Conservatoire. In addition to this, he often collaborates with numerous ensembles and prepares choruses for Canadian orchestras and artists such as The Tenors and touring international orchestras such as the China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra. His choral ensembles have performed at the national and international stage including, the National Arts Centre, Canada, the Tintqiao Performing Arts Centre, China, and Carnegie Hall, USA.
Mr. Llaca is sought-after choral clinician, having had a chance to present workshops at various Canadian and international institutions and festivals including with the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) in Beijing 2018. As an instrumentalist, he has had the opportunity to perform in several festivals and instrumental ensembles across Canada including the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa and Montreal's Orchestre Métropolitain.
Mr. Llaca is an advocate for Canadian choral music, incorporating prominent Canadian content in his programming, as well as commissioning choral pieces for his concerts from local composers. He has been known for his ability to program new works as well as seldom-performed works of music. In addition, Mr. Llaca has brought to the Ottawa music scene the works of colonial composers such as William Billings, Esteban Salas, José Angel Lamas, and Manuel de Zumaya, among others.
Mr. Llaca has toured in Canada, Latin America and Asia with his ensembles. He has earned a reputation for being a passionate conductor and pedagogue who is regarded for his musicality and knowledge of the choral art. Mr Llaca’s 2019-2020 season will include performances with visiting choral ensembles from USA and the Czech Republic as well as a performance of the Brahms Requiem with the Orchestre Symphonique de Gatineau.
Since 2009, Mr. Llaca has conducted Coro Vivo Ottawa (CVO). He teaches choral, as well as instrumental conducting at Carleton University in Ottawa. Mr. Llaca is a professor at the Conservatoire de Musique de Gatineau where he conducts the choirs and orchestra. In this position he founded and currently conducts the award-winning Choeur de Chambre du Conservatoire. In addition to this, he often collaborates with numerous ensembles and prepares choruses for Canadian orchestras and artists such as The Tenors and touring international orchestras such as the China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra. His choral ensembles have performed at the national and international stage including, the National Arts Centre, Canada, the Tintqiao Performing Arts Centre, China, and Carnegie Hall, USA.
Mr. Llaca is sought-after choral clinician, having had a chance to present workshops at various Canadian and international institutions and festivals including with the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) in Beijing 2018. As an instrumentalist, he has had the opportunity to perform in several festivals and instrumental ensembles across Canada including the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa and Montreal's Orchestre Métropolitain.
Mr. Llaca is an advocate for Canadian choral music, incorporating prominent Canadian content in his programming, as well as commissioning choral pieces for his concerts from local composers. He has been known for his ability to program new works as well as seldom-performed works of music. In addition, Mr. Llaca has brought to the Ottawa music scene the works of colonial composers such as William Billings, Esteban Salas, José Angel Lamas, and Manuel de Zumaya, among others.
Mr. Llaca has toured in Canada, Latin America and Asia with his ensembles. He has earned a reputation for being a passionate conductor and pedagogue who is regarded for his musicality and knowledge of the choral art. Mr Llaca’s 2019-2020 season will include performances with visiting choral ensembles from USA and the Czech Republic as well as a performance of the Brahms Requiem with the Orchestre Symphonique de Gatineau.
Kathleen Allan
Kathleen Allan is the incoming Artistic Director and Conductor of the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto and is the Artistic Director of Canzona, Winnipeg’s professional Baroque choir. Originally from St. John’s, NL, Ms. Allan is in high demand as a conductor, composer and clinician and is equally comfortable working in early, contemporary, and symphonic repertoire. Until 2019, Ms. Allan served as the Director of Choral Studies and Associate Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra at the Vancouver Academy of Music and was the Associate Conductor of the Vancouver Bach Choir. She was the 2016 recipient of the Sir Ernest MacMillan Prize in Choral Conducting which accompanied her role as Apprentice Conductor of the National Youth Choir of Canada. In 2015, Ms. Allan made her Asian debut conducting Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in Japan. She is a founding co-Artistic Director of Arkora, an electric vocal chamber consort dedicated to blurring lines between the music of our time and masterworks from the ancient repertoire.
Her compositions have been commissioned, performed and recorded by ensembles throughout the Americas and Europe and have been featured at two World Symposiums on Choral Music. Her collaboration with Labrador youth choir Ullugiagâtsuk was featured at the National Arts Centre Canada Day celebrations on July 1, 2017. She is published by Boosey and Hawkes, Cypress Choral Music, and is a MusicSpoke composer. Also an accomplished soprano, she has appeared as a soloist with the National Broadcast Orchestra, Berkshire Choral Festival, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. In addition to freelancing regularly in Canada and the US, she has performed with the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Early Music Vancouver, the Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Vienna), Skylark Vocal Ensemble (Atlanta), and the Yale Schola Cantorum. She holds a degree in composition from the University of British Columbia and a master’s degree in conducting from Yale University.
www. kathleenallan.com
Her compositions have been commissioned, performed and recorded by ensembles throughout the Americas and Europe and have been featured at two World Symposiums on Choral Music. Her collaboration with Labrador youth choir Ullugiagâtsuk was featured at the National Arts Centre Canada Day celebrations on July 1, 2017. She is published by Boosey and Hawkes, Cypress Choral Music, and is a MusicSpoke composer. Also an accomplished soprano, she has appeared as a soloist with the National Broadcast Orchestra, Berkshire Choral Festival, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. In addition to freelancing regularly in Canada and the US, she has performed with the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Early Music Vancouver, the Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Vienna), Skylark Vocal Ensemble (Atlanta), and the Yale Schola Cantorum. She holds a degree in composition from the University of British Columbia and a master’s degree in conducting from Yale University.
www. kathleenallan.com
Dylan Bell
In a word… multifaceted. Juno-nominated Dylan Bell’s musical curiosity has kept him effortlessly crossing and blurring musical boundaries.
Since he first discovered his parents’ eclectic Beethoven-to-Bob Dylan record collection, Dylan’s musical curiosity has kept him effortlessly crossing and blurring musical boundaries. Dylan is a mainstay on the Canadian music scene, having sung with many of Canada’s premiere vocal ensembles such as Cadence; Hampton Avenue, the Nathaniel Dett Chorale, The Watch, the eclectic FreePlay Duo, and the 1980s-era vocal pop group Retrocity. When he’s not singing, he freelances as a keyboard player and bassist, working with varied artists from world-music’s Autorickshaw, to veteran rockers Honeymoon Suite, to his own Police tribute band, Synchronicty III, as well as studio and theatrical work.
Behind the mixing board, Dylan has produced or engineered several award-winning albums, including a Juno co-nomination as Best Engineer for the Cadence album Twenty For One, the album Ferris Wheels with the world-renowned Swingle Singers from London, England, and the most recent, Juno-nominated album with the a cappella legends The Nylons, Skin Tight.
Dylan’s work as a composer and arranger has garnered international recognition, as winner of the John Lennon International Songwriting Competition and a Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award. When it comes to vocal arranging, Dylan wrote the book… literally. His major work “A Cappella Arranging” (co-written with Deke Sharon) was published by Hal Leonard Music in 2013 to international acclaim. His choral compositions can be heard in such varying contexts as the Victoria Scholars, the Canadian Chamber Choir, and Cadence. Dylan is also in demand worldwide as an instrumental teacher and vocal/choral clinician.
www.dylanbell.ca
Since he first discovered his parents’ eclectic Beethoven-to-Bob Dylan record collection, Dylan’s musical curiosity has kept him effortlessly crossing and blurring musical boundaries. Dylan is a mainstay on the Canadian music scene, having sung with many of Canada’s premiere vocal ensembles such as Cadence; Hampton Avenue, the Nathaniel Dett Chorale, The Watch, the eclectic FreePlay Duo, and the 1980s-era vocal pop group Retrocity. When he’s not singing, he freelances as a keyboard player and bassist, working with varied artists from world-music’s Autorickshaw, to veteran rockers Honeymoon Suite, to his own Police tribute band, Synchronicty III, as well as studio and theatrical work.
Behind the mixing board, Dylan has produced or engineered several award-winning albums, including a Juno co-nomination as Best Engineer for the Cadence album Twenty For One, the album Ferris Wheels with the world-renowned Swingle Singers from London, England, and the most recent, Juno-nominated album with the a cappella legends The Nylons, Skin Tight.
Dylan’s work as a composer and arranger has garnered international recognition, as winner of the John Lennon International Songwriting Competition and a Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award. When it comes to vocal arranging, Dylan wrote the book… literally. His major work “A Cappella Arranging” (co-written with Deke Sharon) was published by Hal Leonard Music in 2013 to international acclaim. His choral compositions can be heard in such varying contexts as the Victoria Scholars, the Canadian Chamber Choir, and Cadence. Dylan is also in demand worldwide as an instrumental teacher and vocal/choral clinician.
www.dylanbell.ca
Anna Lynn Murphy
Anna Lynn Murphy received a Bachelor of Music degree from Queen’s University. As Founder and Artistic Director of Young Singers, Anna Lynn continues to proudly share her musical expertise, her love of singing and her energy. She maintains a private voice studio and enjoys working with singers of all ages. She adjudicates at music festivals and often provides clinics for school boards, churches and community choirs. Anna Lynn is Music Director at St. Dunstan of Canterbury Anglican Church.