About The Choir
Artistic Director and Conductor ~ Christie Anderson
Christie Anderson is a singer and conductor and has worked with choirs and choral music for the past 13 years. She began as YAV's Artistic Director in 2009 and is the conductor of the First Concert Choir and YAV's senior vocal ensemble, "AURORA".
Christie is a founding member of the award-winning EVE vocal trio, tutor and conductor at Adelaide University's Elder Conservatorium of Music. She was also Musical Director of the Corinthian Singers of Adelaide from 2005 - 2009. Christie has been a core member of Adelaide Chamber Singers for many years and also sings with the Adelaide Vocal Project. She has sung in many festivals in Australia and around the world, including the UK, USA, Norway, Canada, Malaysia and Japan. She works with choristers of all ages and is involved with Primary School students as part of "Musica Viva in Schools".
Christie began singing in choirs at an early age and it was through her work with ACS, and in her position as Artistic Director of the early music festival Early Music in Late May in Norwich, England from 1997 - 2000, that she developed a love for early vocal chamber music and ensemble singing with choirs large to small.
Recent highlights have included conducting the Adelaide Chambers Singers in the Adelaide International Guitar Festival, being the Children's Chorusmaster for Mahler Symphony #8 in the Adelaide International Festival of Arts, performing as one of eight female chorus members in the Adelaide Festival Opera Ainadamar, (the fountain of tears), directed by Graeme Murphy and conducting both the West Australian and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras as part of Symphony Australia’s Young Conductor’s program.
Christie has had many opportunities to travel, and recently attended as a conductor, Europa Cantat Utrecht – an international choral festival in the Netherlands, focusing on the training of young voices in choirs. In 2010 she toured with Aurora to Canada to represent Australia at the International Kathaumixw Festival in Powell River, British Columbia.
In 2011 Christie has performed with Aurora in the Adelaide Fringe Festival, prepared YAV's 1st and 2nd concert choir for their role in the Come Out opera "Stari Most" and has performed at WOMAD with the Adelaide Chamber Singers and the Swedish duo "Wild Birds and Peace Drums". She is also excited about hearing the amazing music Annie Kwok has to offer YAV choirs, and is planning 1CC's 2012 tour to the USA.
In Christie's spare time she cooks and loves being Aunty to her young nephew Jasper and niece Kitty.
She loves it all!
