Artistic Personnel
Carolyn VanderBurgh
Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh received a Bachelor of Music Education from Wilfrid Laurier University, an A.R.C.T. from the Royal Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Education from Brock University. In 2007, she also earned a Masters of Arts in Music Education – Choral Concentration from the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. Her thesis is titled: Children’s and Conductors’ Perceptions of Leadership Behaviors that Demonstrate Emotional Intelligence of Female Conductors of Children’s Choirs. Carolyn has also taken summer courses in the Kodaly method at the University of Calgary as well as in Kecskemét, Hungary.
Carolyn has been active as a clinician at local, provincial and national workshops and conferences and has worked as a sessional instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University for the Faculty of Music as well as the Faculty of Education. She is the Secretary of the Kodály Society of Canada and served for many years as the President of the Kodály Society of Ontario. In addition, Carolyn has had articles published in The Recorder, Alla Breve and CMEA music education journals on topics ranging from the Kodaly concept to interviews with various Canadian music educators. She teaches elementary school for the Waterloo Regional District School Board. One of her most interesting adventures was in the summer of 2001, when she was chosen to participate in the Kimberley Project sponsored by the Eastman School of Music, to teach and learn music in South Africa.
Carolyn is married to Ian VanderBurgh, the Director of the Centre for Mathematics and Computing at the University of Waterloo. They enjoy playing piano duets together and raising their son, Joshua.
Christine Klaver-Schmidt
Christine Klaver-Schmidt graduated from the conservatory in Amsterdam and studied there with Danielle Dechenne and Willem Brons. After graduating in Holland, she continued her studies at Wilfrid Laurier University with Professor Garth Beckett in Piano Performance. Since graduating, she has worked numerous times as an accompanist, duet partner with Janet vanderSpek, choir director and organist. Christine has been a piano teacher with the Beckett School for 22 years and since September 2000 has held the position of main accompanist for The Inter-Mennonite Children's Choir. For the past 3 years, Christine has also been the accompanist of the Menno Youth Singers.
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