Join Katherine Chan for a special performance of Vivaldi’s Gloria. The festival chorus will perform with the New York City Chamber Orchestra and soloists as part of MCP’s Masterwork Series. Singers will represent a variety of ensembles from across the country.

Australian conductor, Katherine Chan, is known for her energy and enthusiasm on the podium. As Director of Choral Activities and Associate Teaching Professor of music at Northeastern University, Chan conducts the Northeastern University Choral Society Chorus, Chamber Singers, and Mosaic Advance Treble Ensemble. A sought-after choral clinician, Chan also serves as the Artistic Director of Boston Choral Ensemble, and ACDA East Region Collegiate Repertoire and Resource (R&R) Chair.

Chan’s unique blend of talent and energy has also been on display at the numerous prestigious international festivals in which she’s been privileged to participate. In 2010, Chan was a presenter at the Australia National Choral Association's Choralfest and in the same year, was awarded the Sydney Symposium Choral Foundation’s Fifth Choral Conducting Scholarship. Chan has been a conducting scholar with Maestro Helmuth Rilling at the Oregon Bach Festival (2011), Taipei Bach Festival (2012), Hong Kong SingFest (2012). In 2015, she was invited to conduct at the national conductor master class with John Nelson at American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Convention, and with an invitation to conduct at the 2016 National Conductors’ Symposium, Canada. In 2017, she placed among the top four finalists at the ACDA National Graduate Conducting Competition, international top-12 finalists in the World Choral Conducting Competition 2019, and top 6-finalists at the Romano Gandolfi International Competition for Choral Conductors in Italy in 2023.

Known for her highly innovative collaborations, Chan partnered with librettist Michael Dennis Browne in 2015 to present a semi-staged performance of Fauré’s Requiem with singers from the Minnesota Chorale. Other notable conducting engagements includes guest conducting Minnesota Chorale, Xi’an Symphony Chorus (China), ACDA Honor Choirs, Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Cantata Singers, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Back Bay Chorale.

Prior relocation to the United States, Chan was extensively involved in Australia’s choral community. She held positions on National Council, and Queensland & Northern Territory State Committee for Australian National Choral Association (ANCA). She held numerous positions throughout Australia including as the musical director of Choral Connection, and choir director St Andrew’s Uniting Church, Brisbane. In addition to conducting, Chan also actively performs as a soprano and pianist/accompanist.

Chan received her Bachelor of Music Performance and Pedagogy in piano from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University, and won numerous awards including the Brisbane Women’s Club and Yvonne Hayson Bursary, the Ruby C. Cooling Piano Bursary, and M. K. Lassell Piano Scholarship. She received her Master of Music degree in choral conducting from the University of Washington, and Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the University of Minnesota (UMN) under the mentorship of Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey.

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