When this scholarship is open to applications from December 1, 2018 to March 1, 2019 at 2:00 PM, with your responses ready, submit online at:
KEN FLEET CHORAL CONDUCTING SCHOLARSHIP ONLINE APPLICATION
Funded by the Ken Fleet Choral Conducting Scholarship Fund, this award provides $1,000 for choral conducting workshop professional development to an individual Ontario resident with formal music education currently studying choral conducting or planning to continue their studies in this field.
In honour of Ken Fleet, who was London Pro Musica Choir’s well-respected conductor for 23 years, London Pro Musica Choir established the Ken Fleet Choral Conducting Scholarship Fund. The fund is intended to reflect Ken Fleet’s passion for the education and development of young Canadian choral conductors, and also to represent Ken’s steadfast dedication to the London Choral Community.
Application for Conductor Internship Programme with the Ontario Youth Choir is now open
The Conductor Internship Programme runs every summer in conjunction with the Ontario Youth Choir and provides opportunity for emerging choral conductors to work with a renowned guest conductor and provincial honour choir. Two successful applicants work closely under the guidance of guest conductor, directing choir in rehearsals, sectionals, conduct selected repertoire, participating in master classes and more. The program offers mentorships as well as hands-on podium experience and development of practical skills. Other responsibilities may include (location permitting) assisting with repertoire selection, chorister auditions, and participating in OYC’s outreach events.
Conducting Interns will stay in residence with the Ontario Youth Choir and travel with the group during its tour around southern Ontario. In 2019, participants will work under conductor Vicki St. Pierre at Western University from August 9 to 18, 2019.
Applicants must be Ontario residents, have completed their undergraduate music degree or equivalent and have received conductor training as part of their education.
Each conductor’s responsibilities include studying and learning the scores before arriving and working with others to make the Ontario Youth Choir experience a valuable one for all. The fee of $795.00 includes conducting lessons and masterclasses, sheet music, residence accommodation, meals, tour travel and a concert recording. Conductors are responsible for their travel costs to and from the program location.
Application Deadline: February 15, 2019. Acceptance letters will be sent via email in early March.
Apply online at https://choirsontario.org/ontario-youth-choir/#OYC3
THE CONDUCTOR
Dr. Vicki St. Pierre has been conducting choirs, operas and theatrical productions for over 20 years. She was the Artistic Director of the Bel Canto Singers of Fredericton (2017-18), London Pro Musica Choir (2012-16), and the Woodstock Fanshawe Singers (2000-2003), as well as a frequent guest conductor for these and many other choral ensembles. Dr. St. Pierre was the Director of Music at the Cathedral Church of St. James in Toronto, where she led both an 18-voice professional choir and a volunteer parish choir. Vicki was also Director of Music for Zion United Church in New Hamburg, Ontario, where she grew the choir from 9 members to 25 members during her tenure. This summer, she will be conducting the choir of Calgary’s Cathedral Church of the Redeemer in residencies at Salisbury, England, and Dublin, Ireland.
Dr. St. Pierre served as Assistant Conductor for several Opera Atelier productions, including Mozart’s Die Zauberflote and Idomeneo, Gluck’s Orphée, and Lully’s Armide. She has also conducted productions of Handel’s Alcina, Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, and Canadian composer Elisha Denburg’s Regina.
Currently, Dr. St. Pierre is Associate Professor of Voice at Mount Allison University, where she teaches studio voice, lyric diction, vocal pedagogy, and opera workshop; she also serves as the Director of the Drama Studies Program.
Vicki is thrilled to be conducting the Ontario Youth Choir, as it was instrumental in her early musical development those many years ago!