Marie Anderson is currently completing a Masters program at the Education Department, Queen’s University. She was co-founder and director of La Jeunesse Youth Choirs: a youth choral program in Northumberland County ON that has grown to include four choirs, ranging in age from four to nineteen years. Under her direction, the choir toured Europe five times, receiving four gold medals in International competition. They have five CDs and can be heard on CBC radio and American Public Broadcasting. Marie has directed the children’s choir portion of several Murray Schaefer productions, in particular, the children’s operas The Enchanted Forest, and The Palace of the Cinnabar Phoenix, both performed at the Wolf Center in Haliburton, under the artistic direction of the composer. She developed a multi-choir children’s program at Trinity United Church, Cobourg ON, and directed the Oriana Singers of Cobourg, taking the membership from eleven to fifty-five after the first year as conductor. Under her direction, Oriana and La Jeunesse have commissioned numerous Canadian compositions from prominent Canadian composers, including Mark Sirett, Geoffrey Sirett, John Burge, Murray Shaefer, Eleanor Daley, Jeff Smallman and Sarah Quartel. Marie has led many workshops in vocal technique, and creative use of the voice. She has adjudicated across Canada, has conducted the Ontario Children’s Choir Camp, and this summer will conduct the Nova Scotia Children’s Choir Camp. Marie lives in Kingston ON, and has two wonderful children.