Senior Choir Team
Angela McKeown Nemetchek is thrilled to be working with the Elk Island Regional Secondary Choir as their conductor! By day, Angela shares her love of music as a teacher at Victoria School of the Arts in Edmonton and serves as the past-president of the Alberta Kodaly Association. In 2013, she was the assistant conductor of the Alberta Youth Choir and completed her Masters of Music in Choral Conducting at the University of Alberta where she studied under Dr. Len Ratzlaff.
Angela also holds a Bachelor of Education in Vocal Music from the University of Western Ontario and an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Guelph.
Prior to arriving in Edmonton, Ms. McKeown taught senior and junior high school choral music for 8 years at International Schools in both Korea and China. While in Asia, Ms. McKeown led her choirs to festivals in Prague, Seoul, Manila, Shanghai and Beijing.
Angela McKeown Nemetchek - Director
Stephanie Urquhart -
Choral Assistant and Accompanist
Stephanie Urquhart is an Edmonton-based pianist. She is stoked to be working with the Senior Choir as their accompanist! Her love of music began at a young age when she would learn piano by ear by playing along to the music from the video games her older brothers were playing. She eventually went on to receive her B.Mus in Composition from MacEwan University in Edmonton and her M.Mus in Jazz Piano Performance from McGill University in Montreal.
Stephanie is an active member of Edmonton’s music community as a pianist, accompanist, composer, arranger, music director, and educator. She is a stylistically diverse musician having collaborated with and written commissions for a variety of Edmonton and Montreal groups including: River City Big Band, MacEwan Generations Big Band, Alberta Musical Theatre Company, and McGill Jazz Orchestra I. Stephanie has released several albums as leader/co-leader with modern jazz group Stephanie Urquhart Quartet and video game band Experience Points. She currently teaches at MacEwan University’s Music program and has also taught at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Creative Music Program.