Many Careers in Arts with Emily Bird from the Fort Wayne Children's Choir
Today (03/14) we talked about her artistic journey from Canada to the United States and Beyond. Emily loves going on walks with her dog and taking care of her plants.
Emily Bird is a graduate from the University of Notre Dame, with a Masters of Sacred Music in vocal performance. While at Notre Dame, she served as a director with the Notre Dame Children’s Choir, teaching their youngest choristers. Prior to graduate studies, Emily worked as a choir director and arts administrator for several children’s choir programs in the Greater Toronto Area, including the Toronto Children’s Chorus, the Bach Children’s Chorus, Canadian Children’s Opera Company, and Mississauga Children’s Choir. Emily holds a Bachelor of Music honors specialization in Music Education degree from the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario, Canada and has completed her Level 1 Kodály certification. Emily now resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana where she is the Associate Artistic Director of the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, and is the director of the Chamber Treble Singers at the Purdue Fort Wayne School of Music. In September 2023, Emily joined the staff of Trinity English Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne as the Director of Children’s Music. (Bird, E., 2024)
