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Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh is delighted to be a part of the choral and music education communities locally, provincially, and nationally. She was honoured to be the invited the guest conductor of Waterloo Region District School Board Kod\u00e1ly Festival Choir in 2015 and 2016 as well as in 2024, through which she provided musical direction to approximately 1000 students and their teachers.\u00a0 In the classroom, Carolyn is an elementary school teacher for the Waterloo Region District School Board. She was also a sessional instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University for the Faculty of Music since 2007, teaching courses in elementary music education and choral techniques as well as conducting the Laurier Concert Choir for 8 years. Outside of the classroom, she is active as a clinician at local, provincial and national workshops and conferences, has served as the President of the Kod\u00e1ly Society of Canada and the President of the Kod\u00e1ly Society of Ontario. In August 2022, she was honoured by the Kod\u00e1ly Society of Ontario with a Lifetime membership for her contributions to music education in Ontario.<\/p>\n
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Carolyn\u2019s academic background includes a Bachelor of Music from Wilfrid Laurier University, an ARCT from the Royal Conservatory of Music, a Bachelor of Education from Brock University, and a Master of Arts in Music Education (Choral Concentration) from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, as well as courses in the Kod\u00e1ly method of music education at the University of Calgary and in Kecskem\u00e9t, Hungary.\u00a0 Carolyn\u2019s writing on music includes her Master\u2019s thesis \u201cChildren\u2019s and Conductors\u2019 Perceptions of Leadership Behaviors that Demonstrate Emotional Intelligence of Female Conductors of Children\u2019s Choirs\u201d. Carolyn is married to Ian VanderBurgh, the Associate Vice-President, Strategic Enrolment Management at the University of Waterloo. They enjoy working with choirs and raising their sons, Joshua and Daniel.<\/p>\n
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Christine Klaver-Schmidt<\/strong>\u00a0graduated from the Amsterdam Conservatory in piano pedagogy studying with Danielle Dechenne and Willem Brons. She continued her studies at Wilfrid Laurier University with Professor Garth Beckett in Piano Performance. Since graduating, Christine has worked numerous times as an accompanist, choir director, and church organist. Christine retired from the Beckett School at Laurier after 36 years, but continues to teach at her private piano studio. She has held the position of accompanist for the Inter-Mennonite Children\u2019s Choir since 2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh Conductor B.Mus, A.R.C.T., B.Ed., M.A. Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh is delighted to be a part of the choral and music education communities locally, provincially, and nationally. She was honoured to be the invited the guest conductor of Waterloo Region District School Board Kod\u00e1ly Festival Choir in 2015 and 2016 as well as in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n