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.

North American Irish Fiddle Champion Kyle Burghout joins forces with Justin Thériault (flute, whistles, uilleann pipes) and Susan Toman (Celtic harp) to perform a collection of traditional and contemporary Celtic music from Ireland, Scotland, and Canada. Kyle and Justin have played in sessions for many years around the Ottawa region, New York, Toronto, and Ireland, sharing a love for the music of Clare and Galway. Susan holds a passion for two musical worlds, holding expertise in the performance of Baroque and Classical music, and more recently the addition of the Celtic harp and Irish music. She spent several months in Ireland in 2014 while training with Gráinne Hambly, and is now highly sought after as a performer and instructor of harp.

Debbie’s journey with the bodhrán started at Colaisde na Gáidhlig/Gaelic College in Cape Breton where she continues to study each summer. She also studies under top bodhrán players in Ireland (at the prestigious Craiceann Bodhrán Summer School), the US, Canada, Scotland, Portugal and the UK. She has played at many ceilidhs and concerts, including local shows with Anna Ludlow (fiddler for the Toronto production of “Come from Away”), “A Homeland Christmas” concert production in Liverpool, NS, and for concerts with the Goulburn Male Chorus. She is currently working on a recording project with two Cape Breton based musicians. With her drum bag in tow, Debbie has played in a variety of sessions across Canada, the US, and Ireland. Debbie currently resides in Kanata, ON with her collection of drums and tippers.