Gabrielle Gaudreault is the Artistic Director of the Ottawa Choral Society and the Saint-Lambert Choral Society. She is also an instructor in the Choral Department at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, where she directs the choral ensembles and supervises the graduate students in choral conducting. A sought-after conductor, pedagogue and collaborative pianist, Dr. Gaudreault has previously served as Assistant Conductor to Maestro Kent Nagano at the Staatsoper Hamburg, Associate Conductor of the National Children’s Chorus in Washington, D.C., Artistic Director of the South Shore Children’s Chorus in Saint-Lambert, QC, Music Director of the St-Augustine’s Church Choir in St-Bruno, QC, and Apprentice Conductor of the National Youth Choir of Canada.

In 2020, she co-founded CG Music Academy in Arlington, VA with her husband Chris. Gabrielle completed her Doctorate in Choral Conducting at McGill University in spring 2020 and holds an MA in Music Theory and Choral Conducting from Indiana University. Her research focuses on pedagogical approaches to the choral rehearsal and late-20th-century choral works by Québécois composers.

The Ottawa Children’s Choir (known as the OCC) is devoted to artistic excellence, community connection and, above all, the joy of singing.

Created in 1958 as the Ottawa Board of Education Central Choir for musically gifted students, OCC was incorporated as a not-for-profit charitable organization with a board of directors in 1998. The Choir exists to artistically enrich the lives of our choristers, families and the community, and fosters the next generation of choral musicians by offering a progressively rigorous instructional choral program for children from senior kindergarten through grade 12 (Prima, Viva, Concert, Chamber and Boys’), which includes musical training, rehearsals, performances, educational outreach, mentoring and social activities.

Choristers sing in a variety of styles, languages and levels of difficulty, with emphasis on Canadian compositions, including OCC-commissioned works. OCC choirs perform regularly within the National Capital Region, at self-presented concerts, as guest performers at concerts by other ensembles, at community venues and events, and in commemorative ceremonies.