Lorinda Van Wyk, Music Director
“Lorinda is a South-African Canadian choral conductor and educator based in Brampton, Ontario. She completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting at Western University’s Don Wright Faculty of Music under the leadership of Dr. Mark Ramsay.
She is currently the Artistic Director for the Woodstock Choralaires, and she leads Global music workshops and directs small choirs at the Owen Sound Choir Camp. Lorinda frequently provides language and movement coaching to choirs performing South African repertoire. She is passionate about choral education for all ages and levels and has a fondness for programming recent and socially relevant repertoire.
MOREWhile living in South Africa Lorinda earned a Performance Diploma in Musical Theatre, a Postgraduate Teaching Certificate, an Advanced Diploma in Choral Conducting, and a Bachelor of Music Honours in Choral Conducting. In Canada she completed a Master of Arts in Community Music at Wilfrid Laurier University before her advanced studies at Western.
Trevor Price, Music Accompanist:
Trevor Price is an accomplished keyboardist with advanced choral conducting/accompanist training from the Royal Canadian College of Organists. Trevor has served as Music Director in many religious and secular settings for decades across the Greater Hamilton-Burlington-Niagara area. He has also been Musical Director for many musical theatre productions and beyond, including at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre and at Conestoga College Convocations.
Trevor joined the Canadian Orpheus Male Choir in its 2021-22 season. He is now retired from teaching music with the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board and lives in Hamilton with his wife and two daughters.”