General Session: Opening Assembly LIMITED
Speakers
Director and CEO, Canada Council for the Arts
Photo Credit: Tony FouhseSimon Brault began his five-year term as Director and CEO of the Canada Council for the Arts on June 26, 2014. He comes to the position with a full understanding of his role, having served as Vice-Chair of the Council’s Board of Directors from 2004 to 2014.
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Executive Director, Opéra de Montréal
With a background in the theatrical milieu, in which he worked for over twenty years, Pierre Dufour joined the Opéra de Montréal in 2000 as Production Director. Having taken on the role of Acting General Director from 2002 to 2003, he became the General Director in August of 2006...
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Member Responsible for Culture, Heritage, Design Space for Life and the Status of Women, City of Montréal Executive Committee
Membre du comité exécutif de la Ville —Responsable de la culture, du patrimoine, du designd’Espace pour la vie et du statut de la femme
Manon Gauthier est membre du comité exécutif de la Ville de Montréal, responsable de la culture, du patrimoine, du design, de l’Espace...
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Film Director and Screenwriter, Independent
FRANÇOIS GIRARD gained notoriety as much for his filmmaking as for his staging of operas and theater plays. In 1993, his feature film THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD would go on to garner international success including four top Genie Awards. Five years later he directed...
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Chairman of the Board, OPERA America
Dr. Frayda B. Lindemann is vice president of the Metropolitan Opera Association, as well as a member of the executive committee and a managing director of the board. In addition, she is a member of the board and chairman of the executive committee of Young Concert Artists, and she...
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President/CEO, OPERA AMERICA
Marc A. Scorca joined OPERA America in 1990 as president and CEO. Under his leadership, the OPERA America membership has grown from 120 opera companies to nearly 2,500 organizations and individuals. The organization has also administered two landmark funding initiatives in support...
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Past President/Nominating Chair, Opera Volunteers International
Rhonda Sweeney is Immediate Past President and Nominating Committee Chair of OPERA VOLUNTEERS INTERNATIONAL and is a former President and Lifetime Trustee of the HOUSTON GRAND OPERA GUILD. Rhonda is also a HOUSTON GRAND OPERA Trustee serving on 3 key committees related to fundraising...
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