World Choir Games Tshwane 2018 - Program Book

Prof. Marco Ugalde (Mexico)
· Choir conductor, teacher, international juror, guest conductor around the
world
· Founder and conductor of Staccato, choir of the National University of Mexico,
which has received some important prizes in international competitions
· Currently, recipient of a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts
of Mexico to work and promote Mexico‘s choral music, especially of
contemporary composers, he is also a specialist in Latin American choral
repertoire
Member of the
INTERKULTUR
World Choir Council
Hans van den Brand (Netherlands)
· Artistic Director and conductor of ‘Fontys Jazz Choir’, winner of the Jazz
Category World Choir Games Sochi 2016
· Academic teacher and conductor: Ensemble Conducting at the Conservatory
of Amsterdam and Fontys School of Music and Performing Arts Tilburg
· Recognized adjudicator, clinician, coach and arranger in the choral world of
pop and jazz
Adjudicators
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