As artistic director of Citadel + Compagnie for nearly two decades, Laurence Lemieux has established herself as a leader within Toronto’s dance community. Her multi-faceted experience as a dancer, choreographer, teacher and presenter has guided the company’s mandate of community outreach and engagement and given rise to C+C’s distinctive artistic voice. Born in Québec City, Lemieux studied dance at L’École Supérieure...
Alastair Boyd studied music at the University of Toronto and at the Guildhall School of Music in London (England). His principal composition teachers were Lothar Klein and Derek Holman (Toronto) and Francis Shaw (London). He lives in Toronto, where for 10 years he served as head of the University of Toronto Central Library cataloguing department,...
Known for her attentive arrangements and immersive world-building, Hannah Kendall’s music looks beyond the boundaries of composition. Her work bridges gaps between different musical cultures, both honouring and questioning the contemporary tradition while telling new stories through it. Contrasting fine detail with limitless abandon, she has become renowned both as a composer and a storyteller,...
Dr. Duke Redbird is an elder, poet, activist, educator, and artist. With a legacy stretching back to the 1960s, he is a pillar of First Nations literature in Canada and has practiced a number of art disciplines including poetry, painting, theatre, and film. Duke Redbird reads two of his poems and is in conversation with...
Of Cree descent, Winnipeg-based composer Andrew Balfour is an innovative composer, conductor, singer, and sound designer with a large body of choral, instrumental, and orchestral works, including Mamachimowin, commissioned by the TMC. Andrew is also the founder and Artistic Director of the innovative, 14-member vocal group Camerata Nova in Winnipeg. With Camerata Nova, Andrew specializes...
Supriya Nayak is an Odissi dancer from New Delhi, based in Toronto since 2015. Odissi is a dance form from the state of Odisha in eastern India that draws its movement and repertoire from sculpture, painting, literature, theatre, and ritual practices. Supriya’s work has been built upon years of training, first under Kiran Segal (1992-96,...
Suba Sankaran is a Toronto-based composer, arranger, choral director, collaborator and world/fusion vocalist. She has won a DORA award and has been twice nominated for a JUNO award. Suba effortlessly combines musical worlds with Autorickshaw, master drummer Trichy Sankaran, FreePlay Duo (with Dylan Bell) and Retrocity (80s a cappella revue) and has performed across Canada,...
As TMChoir conducts a search for its next Executive Director, Denny Young has taken on the role on an Interim basis. He joined the TMChoir Board of Directors in 2019 and served as its Chair from 2021-2023. Denny’s 30+ year career in nonprofit management has included senior leadership roles in the performing arts, healthcare, and...
Anna Kajtár joined the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir as Executive Director in 2019. Raised in a musical family, Anna has always felt most at home in the world of music, and feels a deep need to contribute to the cultural fabric of the city. Throughout her almost 20-year career in arts management, she has helped forge...