Choir Staff
Accompanists
Madeline Weber
Collaborative Pianist, Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir
Ian VanderBurgh
Collaborative Pianist, Grand Philharmonic Choir
Anna Ronai
Collaborative Pianist, Grand Philharmonic Children's Choir
Emeritus
Howard Dyck
Artistic Director Emeritus
In Memoriam
Daniel Durksen
Main Choir Accompanist 1985-2018
Choir Administrative Staff
Board of Directors
The board of the Grand Philharmonic Choir meets monthly to govern the family of choirs. Board members are elected to serve three-year terms by members of the choir community, which convene each year for an annual general meeting.
Board chair Nancy Regehr is an experienced leader in the non-profit sector. She holds a certificate in non-profit and voluntary sector management from Ryerson University and has more than 30 years of experience in managing a non-profit. Now retired, she is also the board chair of MennoHomes, a charity that builds affordable rental housing in Waterloo Region, the chair of the Centre for Security Governance, a charity that studies global security challenges, and the treasurer of the World Federalist Movement Canada, a non-profit that promotes democratic and accountable global governance based on the rule of law.
Other directors:
Other directors:
Guy Lazure, vice-chair and secretary
David Taylor, treasurer
Rachel Behling
Ilona Busch
Johanne Fortier
Mercedes Geimer
David Imrie
Wendy Imrie
Heather Ivall
Shermeen Kahn
Andrew Mellanby
Sean Simpson