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Scott Leithead (born June 11) is a Canadian choral conductor and organizer. He is the founder for the Korora Choirs Association and TIME Association. He has conducted many honor choirs in both Canada and the United States.
Education
editScott went to Wilfred Laurier University where he received a baccalaureate for Honours Music and the University of Toronto receiving bachelor of Education. He also completed the Intensive Voice Study program from Western Michigan University and the Orff Music Pedagogy program from the University of Alberta.
Career
editScott started his career by founding two Edmonton-based choirs in 1996 including the Kokopelli Choir, the Octagon Group.
Kokopelli first started practicing as a small choir club at Victoria School of the Arts but they soon relocated to practicing at Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples which separated the choir from the school. Kokopelli has since expanded as an association, founding multiple new choirs including Òran (2002), Shumayela (2006), Kikimasu (2009), Tamariki (2012), Vacilando (2013), ChandraTala (2019), and Korus (2024). The choirs involved in the Kokopelli Choir Association has been on multiple tours to 16 countries worldwide and have been featured in multiple international choir festivals. As an organization, Kokopelli has three major concerts every season, Wintersong in December, Stories in April or March, and Colours of Spring in May or June. Kokopelli has released nine albums from 1997-2008. Kokopelli has also won multiple awards such as the YMCA Peace Medal, the Edmonton Salute to Excellence Award, and the Syncrude Award for Innovative Artistic Direction. In 2019, Kokopelli Youth Choir was featured detour in the reality competition show The Amazing Race Canada. Kokopelli announced that they would be changing the name of the choir as well as the whole organization to Korora at the end of the 2022-2023 season.
The BrailleTones Choir, originally known as The Octagon Group, is a choir founded in collaboration with Scott Leithead and the Edmonton Dinner Optimist Club (founded 1925). In 1988, the Edmonton Dinner Optimist Club started a communications group for people with disabilities in the local Downtown Edmonton area, aiming to encourage confidence and public speaking. In 1996, Scott approached the members of the club encouraged the club to start a choir. The BrailleTones Choir has since expanded as well, founding The Semitones (2014) for children with disabilities, and partnering with local instructors for one-on-one music lessons.
In 2002, Scott founded Today's Innovative Music Edmonton Association (TIME). TIME is a vocal music association that focuses on contemporary music-making, and specializes in Jazz. There are currently three ensembles within TIME, 'Nuf Said, JoySpring and Form. TIME is known for their utilization of modern technology, singing songs in jazz and a cappela styles. 'Nuf Said and The BrailleTones Choir make the occasional performance appearances in Korora concerts, their annual Stories and Colours of Spring concerts in particular.
Scott was a member of the Alberta Choral Federation, the Canadian Choral Festival Committee, and the International Society of Music Educators. He is a current member of the advisory committees for the Canadian Rocky Mountain Music Festival and the Edmonton and Whistler Cantando Festivals.
Over the years, Scott has been invited participate, adjudicating, and conduct in several honor choirs and choir festivals.
- (1998) Adjudicated the Ontario Vocal Festival
- (1998) Adjudicated Choralfest Manitoba
- (1998) Represented Canada at the International Society of Music Educators Conference in South Africa
- (1998) Adjudicated Musicfest Canada '98
- (2013) Conducted the Ellison Canadian Honour Choir
- (2014) Adjudicated Kathaumixw International Choir Festival
- (2015–2019) Conducted the Ellison Canadian Honour Choir
- (2015) Korora wins the CBC National Competition
- (2015) Korora wins the Canadian National Music Competition
- (2016) Adjudicated Kathaumixw International Choir Festival
- (2016) Korora wins the Canadian National Music Competition
- (2019) Korora performed at the IFCM World Choral Expo in Portugal
- (2023–2024) Conducted the Ellison Canadian Honour Choir
- (2023) Adjudicated Kathaumixw International Choir Festival
- (2024) Conducted the Manitoba Sings Adult Choir fr their 40th anniversary
- (2024) Conducted the Eastman Honour Choir
- (2024) Conducted the Nova Scotia Youth Choir
- Adjudicating the Tampere International Festival in Finland
- Adjudicated the ACCC National Competition for Amateur Canadian Choirs
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- ^ "TIME: Today's Innovative Music Edmonton - time". Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ www.angelfire.com https://www.angelfire.com/ri/FORM/Scott.html. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
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- ^ "Our History". Korora Choirs. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ "Korora Choirs - Recordings". kororachoirs.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ "Club History". Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ "Alberta Choral Federation". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-06.