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DESCRIPTION:Programme\n\nJean-Sébastien Vallée\, Artistic Director\n\nMatti
 as Lundberg\, Matthew Boutda\, Jeffrey Chan\, Kody Pisney\, conductor\n\nC
 ristian Grases\, guest conductor (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Arti
 st) \n\nWorks by FRANCISCO FRANCO\, MIGUEL MATAMOROS\, CESAR ALEJANDRO CAR
 RILLO\, HUGO DENIS\, ALBERTO GRAU\, CARLOS GUASTAVINO\, ANTONIO ESTEVEZ\, 
 CRISTIAN GRASES\, HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS\, FRANCISCO DOVELAAY\, ALVARADO GENTR
 Y\, NOEL ESTRADA\, DUDA\, and CAPIBA \n\n\n	Tickets are available online\, 
 at the Schulich School of Music Box Office by phone (514-398-4547) or in p
 erson: Monday to Friday 15:00 to 18:00 (555 Sherbrooke Street West).\n\n\n
 \n\n\nCristian Grases joined the USC Thornton faculty in the Fall 2010 sem
 ester and is currently a professor of choral music\, conductor of the USC 
 Thornton Concert Choir\, and Vice Dean for the Classical Performance and C
 omposition Division. Born in Venezuela\, he earned degrees from the Simón 
 Bolívar University (MM) in Caracas\, Venezuela\, and the University of Mia
 mi (DMA). He has previously served as interim director of choral activitie
 s at Central Washington University\; assistant professor in choral music a
 t California State University\, Los Angeles\; and national coordinator of 
 choirs for EL SISTEMA under Maestro José Antonio Abreu. He also served as 
 conductor for the Women’s Chamber Ensemble of the University of Miami\, th
 e assistant conductor of the Miami Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Eduard
 o Marturet\, and the conductor of the Young Musician’s Orchestra. Addition
 ally\, he is an award-winning conductor and composer and has been commissi
 oned to write for several prestigious organizations such as the Piedmont C
 hildren's Chorus\, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale\, the Golden Bridge Choir\,
  the ORA Singers\, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.\n\nDr. Grases has p
 articipated in numerous festivals\, workshops\, and events as a guest cond
 uctor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and conducting pedagogue in North and So
 uth America\, Europe\, Asia\, and Australia. He has also presented session
 s in the World Choral Symposia in Denmark\, Argentina\, and South Korea. A
 dditionally\, he has presented at several ACDA regional and national conve
 ntions and conducted the National Latin American Honor Choir at the Salt L
 ake City ACDA National Convention.\n\nDr. Grases was elected into the Boar
 d of Directors of the International Federation for Choral Music in 2008 an
 d served as a member of the Executive Board as a Vice-President representi
 ng the region of Latin America and the Caribbean until December of 2020. I
 n addition\, Grases was the chair of the Ethnic Music Repertoire and Resou
 rces Committee for the Western Division of the American Choral Directors A
 ssociation (2009-2018)\, he was part of the editorial board of the Interna
 tional Choral Bulletin (2005-2018)\, was the editor of the Children’s and 
 Youth Column for the bulletin (2005-2017)\, was the founding Artistic Dire
 ctor for the Esperanza Azteca Los Angeles Orchestra and Amazonia Ensemble\
 , and serves in numerous international artistic committees including Songb
 ridge\, the World Youth Choir\, and chaired the Artistic Committee for the
  World Choral Expo 2019\; additionally\, he served in the Artistic Committ
 ee for the World Symposium on Choral Music celebrated in Istanbul\, Turkey
 \, in 2023. In 2013 Dr. Grases started a new Choral Series entitled “The C
 horal Music of Latin America and the Caribbean” published by Gentry Public
 ations as an editorial outlet for Latin American choral repertoire.\n
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LOCATION:Redpath Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2K6\, 3461 rue McTavish (M
 cTavish Gates)
SUMMARY:SOLD OUT | Schulich Singers\, ɬ�﷬ Chorus\, ɬ�﷬ Cam
 erata | Voices of Latin America
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