National Youth Choir 2012 Conductor Announced

ACCC is pleased to announce that Ivars Taurins, founder and director of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, will be the conductor of the 2012 National Youth Choir. A passionate lecturer and teacher, Ivars Taurins teaches conducting and vocal ensembles at the University of Toronto and is in demand as a guest lecturer, adjudicator and clinician. He was guest lecturer at Podium 2000 and has been a guest teacher at the Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec, the University of Western Ontario, and at the University of Alberta. He is also director of the vocal/choral programme at the annual Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute.