2018 Adjudicators

Elaine Choi

Community Choirs

Elaine Choi contributes to Toronto’s vibrant music community as a conductor, adjudicator and collaborative pianist. She is a four-time recipient of the Elmer Iseler Fellowship in Choral Conducting.

As Director of Music at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Elaine oversees four choral ensembles including singers from age 5 to 80. As an active adjudicator and clinician, Elaine has worked at the Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival (2016-2018), Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s Singsation Saturday! (2015) and CAMMAC’s Reading Sessions (2016). From 2010-2017, Elaine was the conductor of the Toronto Chinese Orchestra.

Elaine recently completed doctoral studies in choral conducting at the University of Toronto under the tutelage of Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt. Her research focuses on Mandarin lyric diction and Chinese choral compositions.

Elaine currently serves as President of Choirs Ontario.