Emily Cox has been Choir Director at St Mary's Anglican
Church, Kangaroo Point since the re-founding of St Mary’s Choir
in 1994. One of the leading lights of the Australian Choral scene, Emily
is founding Music Director of Canticum
Chamber Choir, Music Director of the acclaimed symphonic choir The
Brisbane Chorale
and Lecturer (part-time) in choral studies at the Queensland
Conservatorium Griffith University, where she teaches conducting and
directs the Conservatorium Chamber Choir. A leading diocesan musician,
Emily is widely known in Brisbane for her work as Artistic & Musical
Director of Anglicare’s PromPraise, for which she directs the PromPraise
Choir, a 200-350 voice massed choir from up of Anglican Parishes and Schools
from around southeast Queensland. She is actively involved in the education
programmes of the RSCM
Australia leading choral conducting and singing workshops, and appearing
as guest tutor and conductor at RSCM summer Schools.
A graduate of Dartmouth College (U.S.A.) and the
Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Emily has worked overseas on numerous
occasions with noted specialists in her field. She is known widely for
her work as a festival and workshop director, adjudicator and choral
educator for all age groups. As a conductor and chorus master with a
broad repertoire, Emily's work is in demand with professional performing
arts companies, such as The Queensland Orchestra, and major arts festivals.
Her ensemble, Canticum
Chamber Choir recently returned from its appearance as an invited
Guest Choir at the prestigious 7th World Symposium on Choral Music,
held in Kyoto, Japan, followed by a successful concert tour of central
Japan. Through Canticum's concert series 'Choral Music for Brisbane',
as well as through the innovative repertoire she explores with all her
other ensembles, she continually introduces Brisbane audiences to many
unusual and beautiful works.
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