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.

Alexandra Harvey is a soprano and educator based in Toronto. A versatile performer of opera, oratorio, choral works, and art song, she has connected with audiences in the US, Canada, and Europe. Most recently, she has enjoyed singing as a soloist and ensemble member with the Cantabile Chamber Singers, a choir committed to presenting works by living composers.

On the opera stage Alexandra appeared as Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte and in the title role of Handel’s Alcina with Penn State Opera Theatre. Notable past solo performances include Bach’s Magnificat with Penn’s Woods Festival Orchestra and “Oh, Had I Jubal’s Lyre” from Handel’s Joshua with the AIMS Festival Orchestra while studying in Graz, Austria.

Originally from Massachusetts, Alexandra sang as an ensemble member with several Boston-area opera companies including Odyssey Opera, MetroWest Opera, and Lowell House Opera. She was a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Festival Chorus during 2010-2016.

Alexandra is a passionate music educator who guides students of all ages to build vocal confidence and lifelong relationships with the arts. She holds an MM in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from The Pennsylvania State University and a BM in Music Education from the Hartt School of Music.

American baritone Jorell Williams is known for his “solid vocal core and easy, natural production” (Opera News) and his “deliciously resonant baritone voice” (Broadway World). He has been heralded as “a rock-solid singer with a keen understanding of his own expressive depths” (The Washington Post), and is gracing the world’s most prominent concert and opera stages.

The 2023-2024 season showcases Mr. Williams in debut engagements with the Ottawa Choral Society, Symphony Nova Scotia, Opera Omaha, the Greek National Opera, Catapult Opera, and Canadian Art Song Project. He also has return engagements with the Elmer Iseler Singers, the National Philharmonic Orchestra and Brooklyn Art Song Society.

Now based in Toronto, Jorell is widely recognized for his concert work, having performed as a soloist in Bach’s Magnificat, Handel’s Messiah and Orff’s Carmina Burana, as well as Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. He has appeared with the Omaha Symphony, South Dakota Symphony, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Amadeus Choir, and Juneau Symphony.

The Ottawa Music Company was established as a collective of some of the city’s finest professionals. It was born in 2007 through its collaborations with various choral ensembles in Ottawa and since that time has appeared frequently with the Ottawa Choral Society and the Ottawa Bach Choir, and in presentations of the choirs of Christ Church Cathedral.