Doreen Rao is Founding and Artistic Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Choral Music, an innovative university enrichment program of the Performance & Music Education Divisions, which connects young singers, conductors, and composers with prominent performing artists and educators. Doreen Rao holds the University of Toronto's Elmer Iseler Chair in Conducting. As the Director of Choral Programs, Dr. Rao founded the Faculty of Music's Centre for Advanced Studies in Choral Music that supports and enriches the Faculty's ensemble and conducting programs, hosts the artists-in-residence program and sponsors the Toronto Bach Festival with Helmuth Rilling.

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