Elaine Quilichini, one of North America’s premier directors, founded the Calgary Girls Choir in 1995 to provide a unique and creative choral music experience with world-class instruction and performances. Since then the Choir has received international acclaim.

Originally from Saskatchewan, Ms. Quilichini also directs the University of Calgary’s Women’s Choir. She made her debut as maestro at Carnegie Hall in 2003, conducted her choirs at three National Conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, conducted the Texas All State Women’s Choir, and was twice the National Conference Choir Director for the Organization of American Kodály Educators.

Ms. Quilichini is the Artistic Director of the Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Summer Choral Program and conducted the 2005 Nebraska State High School Honor Choir. She is the conductor of summer programs at the Kodály Music Institute, New England Conservatory in Boston, Wichita State University and joined the faculty of the International Summer Academy of Choral Conducting and Music Pedagogy, Canary Islands. in 2007, Ms. Quilichini will be guest lecturer at the university of Sao Paulo, Brazil and guest conductor of the Provincial High School Honor in Saskatchewan and the International High School Honor Choir in Osaka, Japan.

A most rewarding endeavour is commissioning new choral works, her own series being published by Alliance Music Publications. She recently premiered a series of Canadian folksongs arranged for the Calgary Girls Choir by British composer Michael Neaum, and is currently working with Canadian composer Allan Gordon Bell.

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