Edmee Nataprawira is delighted to be conducting the Preparatory Chorus at VIVA. A strong believer in music’s ability to build community, creativity, and connection, Edmee teaches Junior and Middle School Music at St. Clement’s School and leads the school’s Choral and Strings programs. Prior to joining the St. Clement’s community, she taught at Rosedale Heights School of the Arts. Edmee taught for eight years with Timothy Eaton Memorial Church’s Choir School, where she co-directed the children’s music program and taught choral music through song, movement, and play to kids from kindergarten through Grade 4.
Biography
Edmee Nataprawira is a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music (ARCT, piano; Gr. 10, cello) and the University of Toronto (Hon. B.Mus. and B.Ed.), Edmee has been the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, including the Lloyd Bradshaw Prize for choral conducting, the Gordon Cressy Leadership Award and a Klingenstein Summer Institute Fellowship at Columbia University. She loves to explore the ways music can nurture relationships, create change, and speak to our sense of wonder.
