Nova Scotia – Canadian Chamber Choir

Jun 19, 2015

Conducting Fellow Selected for Upcoming Tour

Congratulations to Nova Scotia conductor and music educator Heather Fraser who has been chosen to be the Conducting Fellow for the Canadian Chamber Choir’s upcoming tour of Newfoundland. The CCC will visit Newfoundland for the first time from Sept 24 to Oct 4, 2015. The Canadian Chamber Choir’s Conducting Fellow Program offers emerging or established Canadian choral conductors a unique opportunity to hone their skills through the preparation and rehearsal of challenging repertoire under the leadership of CCC Artistic Director Dr. Julia Davids. Conductors benefit from advanced in-depth training and immersion in a professional music-making environment while on tour for…

Sep 07, 2010

Tristan Cleveland-Thompson

Tristan Cleveland-Thompson is a Halifax-based choral conductor and singer. He returned to Nova Scotia in 2009 from Edmonton to take the position of Music Director at the Presbyterian Church of Saint David in downtown Halifax. Tristan has had many musical opportunities offered to him privately and through the Halifax School System, to which he accredits a lot of his training. In addition to singing, Tristan plays the violin, viola, piano, piano, and pipe organ. Tristan studied pipe organ at First Baptist Church Halifax under the late Allen Wayte as well as at the University of Alberta in Edmonton under Neil Cockburn and…

Sep 07, 2010

Christopher Bowman

Christopher Bowman (M. Mus Memorial University, B. Mus Mount Allison University) enjoys making music in many forms – as a conductor, solo and choral singer, educator, and composer. He is full-time Minister of Music at First United Church in Truro, Nova Scotia, and Artistic Director of the Cantabile Society of Truro, where he conducts the Cantabile Singers and co-conducts the Cantabile Boys’ Choir. He also sings with the Juno-nominated Canadian Chamber Choir and takes great delight in the fact that choral music has given him the opportunity to sing in every Canadian province. Chris is active as a baritone soloist;…

A founding member of the Canadian Chamber Choir and its Artistic Director since 2003, Dr. Julia Davids has led the ensemble on concert and workshop tours of every province, and conducted four recordings including their Juno-nominated 2015 release, Sacred Reflections. Born in London, Ontario, she grew up singing in the Amabile Youth Singers, the Ontario Youth Choir, and the National Youth Choir, for whom she was the first Apprentice Conductor. She is currently the Stephen J. Hendrickson Professor and Director of Choral Activities at North Park University in Chicago, Illinois. She is passionate about mentoring the next generation of choral conductors and committed to giving emerging and established Canadian composers a forum for their work. Read More

Dr. Joel Tranquilla is a conductor and music educator noted for his versatile musicianship and creative programming. Associate Conductor of the Canadian Chamber Choir since 2015, Joel also recently returned home to the Maritimes to assume the positions of Artistic Director of the Halifax Camerata Singers and Chorus Master of Symphony Nova Scotia. Formative choral experiences include touring with the American Boychoir as a boy soprano and singing as a member of the Nova Scotia and National Youth Choirs. He holds degrees from Mount Allison University, the University of Michigan, and Michigan State University where his doctoral research was in the area of Canadian choral-orchestral works. Read More

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