Patrick Murray

Canadian conductor and composer Patrick Murray is a multi-faceted choral artist whose musical work reveals an equal commitment to high-calibre performance, education, and community engagement. Currently, as Director of Music at Church of St. John the Evangelist Elora, Murray directs one of Canada’s only fully-professional church choirs. Additionally, Murray serves as Artistic Director of Chor Amica (London, ON), Associate Conductor with the Bach Children’s Chorus, and as Director of the University of Toronto Scarborough Concert Choir. Murray has previously served on choral faculty at Western University and Wilfrid Laurier University, and as a teaching artist with the Oakville Choir for Children and Youth and Illinois Summer Youth Music. His compositions have been commissioned and premiered by numerous ensembles in Canada and the United States including New York Polyphony, Carmel Bach Festival, College of the Holy Cross, Metropolitan United Church Choir, Summer Institute of Church Music, and others. His works have been recognized by the SOCAN Young Composers Award, recorded by the DaCapo Chamber Choir, and are published by Cypress Choral Music and Renforth Music. A graduate of University of Illinois, Yale University, and University of Toronto, Murray divides his time between Toronto and Tallahassee, Florida with his wife, harpist Noël Wan, and their tuxedo cat, Georgina.