Administration Team
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Acting Executive Director:
Brian Bowman
Brian developed his career in arts administration with the Calgary Boys Choir and the Youth Singers of Calgary before moving into fund development. He launched ARC in 2003 after founding Second Chants, a division of Youth Singers of Calgary. He is currently the Director of Alumni & Development at SAIT and was recently awarded the Con Spirito Award by the Alberta Choral Federation in 2017.
The most exciting thing for Brian is the opportunity to create a high quality performance arts experience for adults within a recreational choir community. The outstanding people of ARC inspire him every day. Music is Brian's passion:
“It fuels my soul. Music in a choral context is really about creating community – using the human voice to bring people together, to share a common purpose, to make the world a better place.”
Brian has many favourite pieces of music. Of the songs performed by ARC, he highlights “Fire and Rain”, “Alice” and “Somebody to Love”.GENERAL MANAGER:
Keith Kotelko
ARC has been part of Keith's life for a long time through his continued support in ARC's productions and he has proudly watched the organization grow over the years. ARC even brought Keith and his wife, Michelle, together -- he proposed to her at the Talent Show! Music continues to be a big part of their lives, whether supporting the ARC organization, dancing in the kitchen or grooving to tunes on a drive to the mountains. Describing ARC as something bigger than himself, Keith is excited and humbled by the opportunity to work with its amazing community of members, staff and volunteers.
Keith admits to being a huge fan of movie scores and his fave ever since it came out in 2014 is "Interstellar" by Hans Zimmer.Business Manager:
Candace Dart
Candace is proud to be the ‘behind-the-scenes-pay-the-bills' person for ARC. In her role, she loves hearing about the the joy that singing in the choirs brings to people and is thrilled to play a small part in that.
Candace's family loves every kind of music; it's always playing in her home, car and even on the golf cart, She admits a special penchant for 70's classic rock, which she likes to sing in the shower!Program & Communications Coordinator:
Reema Fanning
Reema has taught at various schools, festivals and events with the CBE and Foothills School Division. She has also organized and instructed several community dance programs for children and teens. Reema has been choreographing arts performances for more than 2 decades now.
Keeping her passion for dance alive and well, Reema has done volunteer work in local arts programs as well as in international outreach programs in Hawaii, India and Thailand.
Reema whole-heartedly believes in the healing power of music, singing and performing arts and strives to make her dance styles accessible and fun for all individuals she has the pleasure of working with.
"We can't always choose the music life plays for us, but we can choose how we dance to it."
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Artistic Director:
Brian Bowman
Brian developed his career in arts administration with the Calgary Boys Choir and the Youth Singers of Calgary before moving into fund development. He launched ARC in 2003 after founding Second Chants, a division of Youth Singers of Calgary. He is currently the Director of Alumni & Development at SAIT and was recently awarded the Con Spirito Award by the Alberta Choral Federation in 2017.
The most exciting thing for Brian is the opportunity to create a high quality performance arts experience for adults within a recreational choir community. The outstanding people of ARC inspire him every day. Music is Brian's passion:
“It fuels my soul. Music in a choral context is really about creating community – using the human voice to bring people together, to share a common purpose, to make the world a better place.”
Brian has many favourite pieces of music. Of the songs performed by ARC, he highlights “Fire and Rain”, “Alice” and “Somebody to Love”.Associate Artistic Director & Principal Director:
Michelle Kotelko
Choral singing and conducting have woven themselves throughout Michelle's life since the age of 16. She has sung with the Nazarene University College Chorus and Chamber Choir, as well as the Alberta Centennial Chorus and the Savridi Singers. Her most memorable choral experience was a private choral workshop with The Manhattan Transfer when she sang with the Savridi Singers!
Michelle is thrilled to begin her 10th season with the ARC family of choirs. She adores the members and the vibrant community shared within ARC! She notes that when our members come together, there is an unmistakable energy and positive vibe. To Michelle, music means Life…Health…Everything, really! Listening to music and its diverse rhythms and harmonies make her feel like she's on top of the world. Rajaton, The Real Group, Paul Simon, Blondie, and The Scissor Sisters are at the top of her musical favorites list. Associate Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer:
Reema Fanning
Reema has taught at various schools, festivals and events with the CBE and Foothills School Division. She has also organized and instructed several community dance camps for children and teens. Keeping her passion for dance alive and well, Reema has done volunteer work in local arts programs as well as in international outreach programs in Hawaii, India and Thailand.Accompanist:
Faye White
church's worship team on piano, guitar and drums. More recently, Faye formed the band 'White Noise' with her husband, playing rock, pop, and worship music.
Faye has enjoyed the fun and easy going atmosphere of the Something Lite choir as its accompanist for the past few years and looks forward to being involved this year with Up2Christmas and She's Up2something. Faye enjoys the challenge of learning complex music as well as capturing the important nuances of simple pieces and is deeply satisfied when it all comes together. Her favourite song is “American Girl” by Tom Petty.Accompanist:
Garrett Krause
He enjoys working as an accompanist, especially with choirs like ARC, because of the chance to collaborate and be a part of a group and community of excited people who are all there to share their love of music. He believes that music has such a strong power to unite people and connect all our emotions and powerfully tell stories.
Garrett loves pretty much all music: from early medieval chants to modern avante-garde orchestral pieces, film scores, pop and rock. A long-time favorite song of his is Tusk by Fleetwood Mac.
PRODUCTION TEAM
The ARC Production Team manages the delivery of public performance logistics, staging, costuming, properties, backstage management and sets. The Production Team meets regularly during the year to develop the plan in support of the season program requirements. Public performances include Something Christmas, ARC Annual Talent Show & Silent Auction and the popular Year-End Production. Please contact our Artistic Director for exciting volunteer opportunities to become involved with ARC productions.
CHAIR:
Joanne Todesco
PRODUCTION MANAGER:
Sharon Stiles
LOGISTICS MANAGER:
Peter Wolf
PROPS AND SETS MANAGER:
Sheldon Baranec
COSTUME MANAGER:
Joanne Todesco
RECORDER:
Vicki Graham
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE:
Vicki Graham
Rainer Oebels
CHOIR COORDINATORS:
Cheryl Aitkens, Up2Something
Phyllis Kimpton, Up2Christmas, She's Up2Something
Mary Horne, Something lite
COSTUMING TEAM
Costumes are an essential ingredient in all ARC performances and our standards have been set by the creative and spectacular costumes our singers have assembled for themselves over the years. The Costuming Team works with the Artistic Team to develop costume guidelines that complement the repertoire yet also allow for individual expression. For each performance, the Costuming Team conducts costume checks with the goal of achieving a harmonious, unified look for our choirs and enhancing the visual impression of our performances.
COSTUMING MANAGER:
Joanne Todesco
COSTUMING COORDINATORS:
Stella Arcega
Aileen Lajoie
Judy Murphy