Organizing Committee

A message from the Co-Chairs

It is with great pleasure and excitement that we invite you to Montreal for the PODIUM 2024 conference and festival. What a wonderful opportunity to come together to share our love of singing with enthusiasts from all over the country and even internationally!

Come and meet conductors/leaders, singers, educators, singing groups to discover or rediscover, representing many musical genres and traditions. Through performances, conferences, talks, panels or workshops, we will be able to connect on subjects that speak to us, question us and help us progress in all aspects of the art of singing together. A unique opportunity to open our hearts and to forge links that will have repercussions well beyond this biennial event.

It is with gratitude and humility that we, as co-chairs, take over from the team that was in place in Montreal in 2020, when the pandemic paralyzed the whole world. We are pleased to take on this challenge and look forward to seeing you in large numbers to enjoy this exceptional gathering in a warm atmosphere in our exciting, welcoming and vibrant city.

— Louis Babin and Régis Rousseau

Staff Team

  • Meghan looks up and to her right. She has dark brown straight hair to her shoulders and is wearing a cream coloured blazer.

    Meghan Hila

    CHORAL CANADA
    Executive Director

  • Roxanne is laughing, she has small round glasses and her long dark curly hair is pulled back.

    Roxanne Croteau

    ALLIANCE CHORALE DU QUÉBEC
    Executive Director

  • Ryan has his arms crossed, looking up and to his right. He is wearing a grey button-up shirt with a black t-shirt underneath, and is standing outside in front of a wall of windows.

    Ryan Doyle Valdés

    PODIUM 2024
    Project Manager

  • Colin smiles, facing the camera. He has short dark hair and is wearing a dark shirt.

    Colin Frotten

    CHORAL CANADA
    Communications Director

  • Marie-Claire Fafard-Blais

    ALLIANCE CHORALE DU QUÉBEC
    Project and Communications Coordinator

  • Donald looks off-camera to his right. He is bald, and wears a dark grey shirt.

    Donald Roussel

    ALLIANCE CHORALE DU QUÉBEC
    Administrative Assistant

  • Clémence Modoux

    ALLIANCE CHORALE DU QUÉBEC
    Youth Coordinator

Volunteer Planning Committee

The volunteer planning committee is a dedicated group who have met monthly starting in Fall 2022 to share in developing the vision of Podium, as well as executing their plans to make PODIUM 2024 truly special. Committee members are often participating in one or more sub-committees. Sub-committees include Artistic Programming, Conference Programming, Virtual Conference Programming, Marketing & Communications, Special Projects, Jury Development, Technical Guidance and so much more!

  • Susan Astington

  • Louis Babin

    CO-CHAIR

  • Irène Brouillette

  • Photo of Andrée Dagenais

    Andrée Dagenais

  • Bruno Dufresne

  • Judith Edmison

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    Laurier Fagnan

  • Marlène is wearing a red shirt and glasses while smiling to the camera.

    Marlène Gosselin

  • Leo stands with a black tuxedo and conductor baton

    Leo Li

  • Yifan Liu

  • John Guzik

  • Bruce Mullock

  • Nayda Navas

  • Jocelyne Rancourt

  • Régis Rousseau

    CO-CHAIR

  • Marie-Claire Saindon

  • Lorenzo Somma