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Ms Annie Han-Jeon
Choir Director, Children's Choir
Annie Han-Jeon started music by playing the piano at early age. Her passion and appreciation for music grew when she started studying voice in the Academy program at the Mount Royal University. As a young singer, she competed at the Calgary Kiwanis Festival and was a member of different choirs in the city. Upon her high school graduation, she moved to Edmonton where she completed Bachelor of Arts and After Degree Education, specializing in Music Education. She has recently moved back to Calgary, where she is working as an elementary music teacher at the Calgary Waldorf School. She is currently a member of the Mount Royal Kantorei as a soprano.
Mr. Jean-Louis Bleau
Choir Director, Youth Choir
Jean-Louis Bleau has been very involved in the Calgary and area arts scene for a number of years – organizing numerous concerts and music events while maintaining a successful career as a choral conductor. He is a very active conductor who, in addition to directing the Mount Royal Youth Choir, also directs the Calgary Men’s Chorus, Cum Vino Cantus, and the choirs at Calgary’s St. Gerard’s Parish. He has also directed The Calgary Renaissance Singer’s and Players, and the Airdrie Community Choir. His passion for music, especially choral music, is evident through his unique and expressive conducting style, and his enthusiastic approach to rehearsals. He is known for asking his choirs to engage difficult music, always seeking to push the members past their perceived limitations in order to produce music which – while challenging – is ultimately, very rewarding.
Jean-Louis has always sought to push the boundaries of choral music and the concert experience through unique collaborations and concert events. This has resulted in performances around a lake in the heart of Kananaskis, concert events in the planetarium, parking garages, an industrial shop and most recently a swimming pool. He has work to collaborate not only with other choirs but also a variety of musicians, choreographers, dancers, and even synchronized swimmers.
Jean-Louis received his Master of Music in Choral Conducting at the University of Calgary and was honored in 2005 by the Fine Arts Department, when he was presented with the Creative Achievement Award for work he did to organize and execute a conference and music festival based on the music of John Cage.
Mr. David Ferguson
Artistic Director, Youth Choir Director
David Ferguson has been actively involved as a choral singer, teacher and conductor in Calgary for many years. He was appointed Director of Music at Western Canada High School in 1970, building and maintaining strong choral, orchestral and band programs for the next twenty-five years. He was appointed Artistic Director of the Choral Program at Mount Royal College Conservatory in 1990, and directed the Mount Royal Youth Choir from its formation in 1981 until his retirement as its conductor in 2001. Choirs under his direction have toured nationally and internationally, have been consistent winners in local and provincial choral competitions, and have earned twelve National Festival awards. Following his retirement in 1995, after thirty-four years of teaching for the Calgary Board of Education, he formed and directs Mount Royal Kantorei, an auditioned adult choir of 80 voices. He was Chorusmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic Chorus from 2000 to 2003, and serves as Minister of Music at St. Matthew's United Church.Mr. Ferguson holds a B.Ed. (Music) from the University of Calgary, an Associateship in Vocal Performance from the Toronto Conservatory, and a M.Mus. (Choral Conducting) from the University of Colorado in Boulder. He has been granted the Province of Alberta Achievement Award of Excellence for his outstanding contributions to choral music throughout the province. He has also received the Richard S. Eaton Award of Distinction from his colleagues in the Alberta Choral Federation, and, at the 1991 Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival, was honoured with the Dr. Gladys M. Egbert Memorial Rose Bowl, the Festival's highest tribute, as the Outstanding Participant in the Festival. He is the only conductor to have received this award.Widely known for his exceptional musicianship and dedication to the choral art, Mr. Ferguson serves as adjudicator, clinician and guest conductor.
Monica Micallef
General Manager, Mount Royal Choral Association
Monica Micallef is the General Manager of the Mount Royal Choral Association (MRCA). Monica is new to Calgary and new to the Mount Royal Choral Association. She is an Accountant and experienced Office Manager with an extensive musical background. This has been an exciting role for her, as it has allowed her to combine her administrative experience with her enjoyment for the performing arts. Monica and her family moved to Calgary in 2007 and she is happy to find such an amazing quality and quantity of arts organizations in Calgary.
