Directeur, Margaret Stubington
French translation will be available soon
Margaret Stubington was the successful candidate in the recent competition for the position of Music Director of the Canadian Centennial Choir. She will take up her duties August 2008 at the start of the 2009-10 season.
Marg is currently the music director for Musica Viva Singers. Marg, a native of Montreal, received a Bachelor of Music from McGill University (1984) where she studied piano performance with Tom Plaunt, choral arranging with Donald Patriquin, song interpretation with Jan Simons, and conducting. She held several church positions in Montreal as organist and choir director, taught piano, worked as accompanist, led a 100-voice children's school choir, and taught music theory and choir at the Suzuki Summer Institute.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Education at the University of Ottawa in 1991, she spent several years teaching English As A Second Language, Workplace Education, and Adult Literacy. In 1995 Marg founded Vox Femina, a 40-voice woman's choir. She has been the Artistic Director of Tone Cluster Chamber Choir and the Ottawa Gay Men's Chorus, and an instructor of music history and choir at the Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy. Marg was Music Director at Glebe-St.James United Church from 2001-2007.
In Vancouver (2005), Marg was invited to be one of six guest conductors with the Vancouver Chamber Choir, under director Jon Washburn, She was Festival Women's Chorus Conductor for GALA Chorus Festivals in Montreal (2004) and Vancouver (2006). In January 2008 she was Assistant Conductor for The Ewashko Singers for A Cole Porter Valentine: NAC Pops Concert.
Since September Marg has led KidSingers, a new children`s choir which is part of the Leading Note Foundation`s OrKidstra. Program. Aside from her regular conducting duties, Marg is a busy piano teacher, composer and arranger.
