• Artistic Director and founder of the children's choir Cor Vivaldi-Petits Cantors de Catalunya (Ambassador 2017 IFCM)
• Pianist, pedagogue and conductor
• Adjudicator in international competitions
• Artistic Director of the festival "Canta al Mar" in Calella since 2017

• Chairperson of the Belarusian Choir Director Association
• Head of the Choral Conducting Department and Artistic Director of the awarding-winning Student Choir of the Belarusian Academy of music
• Author and initiator of a great number of choral projects in Belarus including Open Conductor’s competition named after V. Rovdo, Choral pages of the XX-th century, etc.
• Regularly invited specialist for lectures and master classes on Russian, Belarusian Orthodox and modern choral music in Europe, Russia and China
• Adjudicator, conductor and teacher of conducting, developer of such a phenomenon in Belarus as a "choral theater"

• Conductor University of Johannesburg (UJ) Choir and Afrikaans Hoër Meisies Pretoria (AHMP) Choir
• Composer and arranger
• Soloist, organist
• Adjudicator and clinician

• Artistic Director Orpheus Choir of Toronto, Chorus Niagara, Opera in Concert Chorus and the Ontario Male Chorus
• Recognized guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator
• Recipient of the Order of Canada, Honourary Doctorate (Brock University), Queens Jubilee Medal, Distinguished Service Award (Choral Canada) for contribution to the Canadian choral community

• Presenter of Choir Workshops / Voice coaching
• Adjudicator of National ATKV Choir Competition / eisteddfods
• Conductor of various Children and Youth Choir’s / Previous champions at Choir Games
• National award winner for developing / promoting choral singing among the youth

• Singing teacher, juror
• Artistic Director of the Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode
• Representative of Music Education at the Landesgymnasium für Musik Saxony-Anhalt
• Founder of the "Kammerchor Wernigerode"

• Composer, arranger, adjudicator, voice trainer and producer of choral, classical and jazz music concerts
• Founding Director of Voices of Cape Town, Ingoma Music Ministries and Township Opera Company
• Former Founding member of South African Choral Music Association (SACMA), South African Tertiary Institutions Choral Association (SATICA) and Western Cape Choral Music Association (WECCMA)
• Chairman and Conductor of "Young Voices South Africa"
• Member of the IFCM
• Current President of Choral Music Federation of South Africa (COMFESA)

• Judge on TV Show "Varsity Sing" for KykNet, South Africa
• Chorus Master at Cape Town Opera
• Voice Teacher at University Of Western Cape, Performing Arts Centre
• Chorus Member of Internationally Acclaimed Opera Chorus at Cape Town Opera

• Conductor of women’s choir Carmen manet – the winner of Eurovision choir of the year 2017. They are worldwide award winning choir with many golden prizes (Maribor, Montreau, Guangzou, Riga…)
• Artistic Director of musical center DO RE MI in Bled specialized in working with children with special needs and children with autistic spectrum disorder
• International jury member and musical arranger

• Conductor of the Meadowlands Zone 3 Church Choir of the Seventh-day Adventist, Clusters of the Harvest, and the internationally acclaimed SDASA Chorale
• Associate conductor of the Oregon Adventist Men’s Chorus
• Former conductor of the University of Pretoria Chorale
• Jury member of the Southern African Music Rights Organisation Overseas Scholarship for piano and composition
• Past president of NewMusic South Africa, the south African chapter of the International Society of Contemporary Music
• Taught counterpoint and composition at the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of South Africa

• Artistic Director of the Drakensberg Boys Choir School, South Africa (since 2016)
• Previously Director of the Kearsney College Choir, Champions of the WCG (Scenic Folklore 2012, Scenic Pop 2014)
• Composer and arranger of choral/instrumental music
• Frequent adjudicator, workshop facilitator, clinician and guest conductor

• Choral and orchestral conductor
• Former choirmaster at The Royal Danish Opera
• Artistic Director of the Copenhagen Concert Society
• International adjudicator, conductor and guest lecturer
• Jury member at eight editions of the World Choir Games and member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council

• Director of "Sound of the Nation Choir" 2016 Large category National champions (OMNCF)
• Director of "Bagale Chorus" Large category North West Champions 2010-2015 (OMNCF)
• Directed the International Children Outreach Ministries Honours Chorus of South Africa in 2008-2012 in USA
• A conductor, composer, facilitator, accompanist, choral practitioner and coach, adjudicator of many choral events in South Africa and neighboring countries
• Head of Music at Soshanguve Secondary School

• Conductor of the choir and orchestra of the University of Abomey-Calavi
• Founder and director of several choirs, among them the "Children's Choir of Bénin"
• Created the festival "Les Rencontres Polyphoniques du Bénin"
• Guest conductor and lecturer

• African Musical Arts Specialist in African Music and Dance, including marimba and African percussion, African traditional and indigenous music
• Adjudicator, conductor and music director
• Active composer and arranger

• Professor of Ewha Womans University
• Conductor of Ansan City Choir
• Conductor of Ewha Chamber Choir
• Broadcasting host for FEBC-FM Christian
• President of KFCM (Korean Federation for Choral Music)

• Conductor, producer, educator, founder/Artistic Director Estonian Television Girl’s and Childrens Choir
• Artistic Director of HM Elizabeth II and Their Majesties Japanese Emperor and Empress State Visit Concerts, European Film Awards TV-live Gala
• Worked with Michael Jackson
• Guidoneum Award of Arezzo Foundation, Order of White Star of the Republic of Estonia, Prize of the UNICEF National Committee, Musician of the Year by Estonian National Broadcast
• World premieres and recordings of Arvo Pärt, Veljo Tormis, Urmas Sisask, Roxanna Panufnik / BBC, WDR, Danish Radio etc.
• Member of INTERKULTUR World Choir Council

• Founder of South African Vocal Ensemble
• Founder of Drumming and Umakhweyane ensemble
• Director of the University of Zululand Choir and voice lecturer
• Seasoned adjudicator on choral and cultural music

• Receiver of the 1996 Elizabeth Cornell/Samro Award,for Best Voice Student at Wits University
• One of the founder members of the South African Tertiary Institutions Choral Association
• A fully recognised,dedicated contributor towards discovering and unleashing singing talent in Southern African Schools(Workshop facilitator, adjudicator and trainer)
• Member of the panel of adjudicators,for the leading Southern African Eisteddfod-The Old Mutual National Choir Festival

• Professor of Choral Music Education at Florida State University
• Artistic Director of the Tallahassee Community Chorus
• Author, composer, arranger and two instructional videos
• Robert Shaw Award (highest honor bestowed by ACDA)
• Lifetime Achievement award NCCO
• Extensive international conducting and adjudicating credits

• Choir Development Officer of ABC Motsepe Schools Choral Eisteddfod (Buffalo City Metropolitan District)
• Co-Founder and President of Euphoric Utterances Chorale (EUCHO)
• Conductor of Uviwe Senior Secondary School
• Silver Medallist at ATKV Applous with Uviwe Senior Secondary School Choir (2013)
• Province of the Eastern Cape’s Representative with Uviwe Senior Secondary School Choir at ABC Motsepe Schools Choral Eisteddfod (2017)
• Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of SIA Music Promotions

• Founder and director of the multi-cultural Nelson Mandela University Choir (formerly NNMU Choir) selected to perform at:
  • 9th IFCM World Choral Symposium - Argentina 2009
  • Guest choir - IFCM World Choral Summit Beijing, China - 2012 and 2014
  • Guest choir - First IFCM World Choir Expo - Macau, China 2015

• Member of the artistic committee of the 12th IFCM World Choral Symposium, Barcelona, 2017
• Clinician, lecturer and adjudicator

• Founder, Musical Director and Trustee of Barnsley Youth Choir. Founder and Artistic Director of Barnsley Singers
• Deputy Director of Education for the Astrea Trust (20 schools). Worked as an Advanced Skills Teacher and Advisory Teacher and has worked in over 100 schools and Universities
• A composer and arranger
• In demand as a clinician and workshop leader and has worked throughout Great Britain, Sweden, Spain, Russia, France and South Africa working with choirs and conductors from across the world

• Founder of The Esoterics, a professional-caliber chamber choir in Seattle that specializes in contemporary choral music, director of this ensemble for 25 years
• Holds Masters and Doctoral degrees in Choral Conducting and Music Theory from Yale and the University of Washington
• Fulbright Fellow in choral music in Stockholm, performed with Swedish Radio Choir and Eric Ericson Kammarkör
• Winner of the 2010 Dale Warland Singers Commission, as well as awards from Chorus America, New Music USA, and the National Endowment for the Arts

• Founder and artistic director of "Estudio Coral Meridies", an award winning-choir that has represented Latin America in several international festivals
• Conductor of children and youth choirs at the "Instituto Coral de Santa Fe", Argentina
• Jury member and workshop teacher at numerous international festivals in Europe and Latin America
• Professor of Choral conducting at "Tactus – Grupo de Estudio de Dirección Coral”
• Member of the national board of "Adicora" (Association of Argentinian Choral Conductors)

conductor, artistic director, adjudicator

• Artistic Director of the “Maulbronn Chamber Choir” (until 2016) and the “Kantorei Maulbronn”
• from 1979 until 2013 Artistic Director of the Festival Klosterkonzerte Maulbronn (UNESCO world heritage)
• chair of the advisory board of the German Music Council and artistic leader and chairman of the jury of the German Choir Competition
• since 2014 Artistic Director of the International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf
• awarded the Georg-Friedrich-Handel-Ring 2013
• About 30 CDs with the Maulbronn Chamber Choir, from that 10 Oratorios by G.F. Händel

conductor, adjudicator, lecturer

• National first class awarded conductor
• Vice president of Chinese Chorus Association
• Director of Mass chorus committee of CCA, president of Guangdong Chorus Association
• Founder & Artistic Director of Shenzhen Star Bright Choir
• Artistic director of Shenzhen Wednesday Teachers choir, Guangming teachers choir
• Founder of Guangdong International choral directors Symposium (it has been held for 8 years)

concert pianist, collaborator and choral director

• Associate of the Royal College of Music, London.
• Founder and Director of 'Soul Sounds' Sri Lanka's premiere female ensemble, and the Soul Sounds Academy  based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
• Recognized adjudicator, lecturer, and member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council.

composer, conductor, associate professor, adjudicator

• Associate Professor of choral and orchestral conducting at the Jerusalem  Academy of Music, Israel
• Composer of more than 100 compositions, including choral and chamber music, operas, concerti, oratorios and symphonic music, many of which have been performed not only in Israel, but worldwide
• Received the Life Achievement award of ACUM (Authors and Composers in Israel) in 2008 for life's contribution to Israeli music as conductor, composer and pedagogue

clinician, adjudicator, choral educator

• Principal Conductor of Gondwana Chorale (national youth choir)
• Associate Director of Voices of Birralee and conductor of Birralee Blokes and Resonance of Birralee
• secondary school choral director at Brisbane Girls Grammar School
• awarded a Medal in the Order of Australia for services to choral music in Australia

• Professor at the Faculty of Music and Visual Arts - University of Pécs, teaching choral conducting and the Kodály method.
• Conductor of the Béla Bartók Male Choir and the University Choir of Pécs as well as one of the conductors of the EuroChoir 2013 session.
• Artistic leader of the highly acclaimed European Winesong Festivals organized for male choirs.
• In 2007 he was awarded the Liszt-Prize, the highest distinction for performing artists in Hungary.

choral composer and arranger

• her music has been internationally sung by many well-known vocal groups and choirs such as Rajaton, King's Singers, Cantus
• experienced music teacher, choral conductor and a grounder of the Vivace Choirs and Ocarina Choirs; actively co-operating with many choral theme projects
• lecturer and teacher of composing master classes, clinician specially with rhythm and creativity in choirs

adjudicator, conductor and requested lecturer

• Director of Macedonia University School of Music Science & Art Choir an head of Choral Conducting studies of the Department.
• Founder – Artistic Director of the Ss. Cyril & Methodios Children & Youth Choir, renowned and many international awards winning Greek Choral organization.
• Author of the textbook “Introduction to Choral Praxis” and score editing curator.

conductor, lecturer, juror

• Chairman of the Children's Chorus Committee of China
• Vice-Board Chairman of China Chorus Association
• Director of China Broadcasting Children's Chorus (China National Radio) from 1983
• jury member of the World Choir Games since 2008

• teacher of Jazz piano and Choir at Yeongnam University, Daegu and Music Director of the “Yaenoeul Jazz Singers” and quintet “J-Cloud”
• international adjudicator, training-, seminar- and workshop-leader
• founder and former Director of “Dekoor Jazz Group”, University of Utrecht
• former Music Director of the Symphonic Choir and Orchestra of the University of Utrecht
• former Professor for choral conducting at the Conservatory of Alkmaar and Vocal Jazz at the Conservatory of Rotterdam, Netherlands

choir and orchestra conductor, vocal teacher, composer and Life coach

• founder and artistic Director of the VoxLaci project with 800 singers in 10 different choirs since 1996
• artistic director of many national and international festivals and events
• his international work has taken him around the world (conducting VoxLaci choirs, jury, composer, OpenSinging, Masterclasses, Workshops & Seminars) to all five continents

• President, Philippine Choral Directors Association
• Principal Conductor, Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club
• Resident Conductor, Las Piñas International Bamboo Organ Festival
• Assistant Professor of Music, University of the Philippines
• 1st Prize Winner, Americal Choral Directors Association National Graduate Conducting Competition
• Received Doctor of Musical Arts from University of Michigan and Master of Music from Yale University

• Founder and conductor of the Indonesian Children’s & Youth Choirs Cordana
• creating and leading choirs, giving master classes, and training choral conductors throughout Indonesia to force the development in choral music
• Chairman of the National Foundation for the Development of Choral Music in Indonesia
• Member of the committee Asia Pacific Choral Symposium - IFCM

conductor, pedagogue, clinician

• Artistic Director/Conductor, SYC Ensemble Singers
• Cultural Medallion 2012 recipient, Singapore’s highest arts accolade, awarded by the President of Singapore
• World Choir Council member, representing Singapore
• Coordinator, Asia Pacific Working Committee, International Federation for Choral Music

• Head of Vocal Studies & Senior Lecturer at The South African College of Music in the University of Cape Town
• A baritone, singing teacher, esteemed adjudicator, music clinician, choral enthusiast, conductor, mentor
• Conductor of the UCT Cantiamo and former conductor of the Simon Estes Choral Group

choir conductor, teacher, international juror

• guest conductor around the world and member of the World Choir Council of Interkultur.
• Founder and conductor of Staccato, choir of the National University of Mexico, which has received some important prizes in international competitions.
• Currently, recipient of a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts of Mexico to work and promote Mexico's choral music, especially of contemporary composers, he is also a specialist in Latin American choral repertoire.

Romāns Vanags is a graduate of Emils Darzins' specialized music college and of the Department of Choir and Orchestra Conducting of Jazeps Vitols' Latvian State Conservatory in Riga. He has received a diploma in choir conducting and in music pedagogy and additionally studied orchestra conducting.

In 2003, Vanags received the master's degree in music. His professional work is focused on conducting and pedagogy. He served as the Chief Conductor of the teachers' choir "Vanema" for a long time and since 1990 as the principal Conductor of the Latvian University female choir "Minjona". Furthermore he was Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Jāzeps Mediņš Music School boys` choir and worked with the Jazeps Medins Music College Symphonic Orchestra. From 1987 thru 1994, Vanags was employed at the Latvian Music Academy in Riga as professor of choir conducting and as the conductor of the academy choir. From 2005 to 2012 Vanags was the head of the Conducting Department.

Vanags has been appointed as one of the chief conductors of the All Latvian Song Celebration and the Youth Song Festival. Since 2004, Vanags is the chairman of the Latvian National Commission for UNESCO on the Latvian Song and Dance Festival, and since 2008, he is also a member of the World Choir Council. In 2008 Romāns Vanags received the highest civil decoration in Latvia – the Three Star Order. Romāns Vanags was a member of the artistic committee of the 8th World Choir Games in Riga and belongs since 2014 to the Artistic Board of INTERKULTUR.

• Artistic director and conductor of Fontys Jazz Choir, winner of the Jazz Category World Choir Games Sochi 2016
• Academic teacher and conductor Ensemble Conducting at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and Fontys School of Music and Performing Arts Tilburg
• Recognized adjudicator, clinician, coach and arranger in the choral world of pop and jazz

conductor, music educator, juror

• Professor of conducting at the Central Conservatory of Music
• Vice-Chairman of China Chorus Association
• Principal Conductor of Tianjin Symphony Orchestra and Resident Conductor of the Children and Young Women‘s Chorus of National Symphony Orchestra
• Director and Conductor of Beijing Philharmonic Chorus