Since his arrival in Canada, Michael Zaugg has worked with youth and children’s choirs across the country: Nova Scotia Youth Choir 2011, Ontario Youth Choir 2012, Alberta and New Brunswick Youth Choirs 2021 and the National Youth Choir of Canada in 2016.

National Youth Choir of Canada, 2016

The National Youth Choir of Canada is a biennial project by Choral Canada. Michael Zaugg directed the choir in 2016 on a 6-city tour in Alberta, with a final performance at the Winspear Centre in Edmonton during Podium. Please click here for an abstract of the concert program … A Riveder Le Stelle

…. A Riveder Le Stelle

• Veljo Tormis - Curse Upon Iron

• Felix Mendelssohn - Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen Ps 22

• Francis Poulenc - Soir de Neige

• Kris Fulton* - O Seeker of Dreams, world-premier

• Stuart Beatch* - Resurrectio, world-premier

• Ugis Praulins - Laudibus in Sanctis

• Frode Fjellheim - Eatnemen Vuelie

• Nathaniel Dett* - On this Sabbath morn’

• Kathleen Allan* - The Frost

• Benjamin Bolden* - Tread Softly, world-premier

• Allan Gilliland* - There is a sound, world-premier

• Eriks Esenvalds - Long Road

• Cy Giacomin* - The Centenarian, world-premier

* Canadian composer, also pictured above