Meet Kathryn Whitney

We’re so pleased that Kathryn Whitney is leading Ensemble Laude as our interim Artistic Director for the 2024–25 season.

Based on Southern Vancouver Island, Kathryn Whitney is a singer, choral conductor, artistic director, voice teacher and arts entrepreneur. She has been music director of the Newcombe Singers since September 2022. Kathryn is also the founding Artistic Director of the SING THE NORTH global family of choirs and the One World Baroque Virtual Orchestra & Chorus, which she created in 2020 with Music Director, Daniel Taylor. She also directs the Pacific Song Collective (Victoria) and the SongArt Performance Research Group (London).

Raised in Victoria, Kathryn trained at Oxford (DPhil in music aesthetics), the Guildhall School of Music (PGDip Early Music Performance) and the University of Toronto (BA in Music & German). Artist in Residence at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (Walton Fellow), King’s College, London (Visiting Performance Fellow), and Wolfson College, Oxford (Creative Arts Fellow), she has performed across Canada, the UK and Europe.

Read an interview with Kathryn Whitney published in Christ Church Cathedral’s Music News, July 2024.

Welcome, Kathryn!

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