Swiss-native Michael Zaugg has distinguished himself as an innovative and versatile conductor, pedagogue and clinician, active across Canada – from Vancouver to St John’s – and in Europe. Currently in his 10th season as Managing and Artistic Director & Principal Conductor of the professional chamber choir Pro Coro Canada in Edmonton, Michael previously led other prominent Canadian choirs including, in Montreal, the St. Lawrence Choir (2008-2013), and voces boreales (2006-2015), and the Cantata Singers of Ottawa (2005-2014).

Active as a Guest Conductor and Visiting Artist, Michael Zaugg has worked with notable groups including the Vancouver Chamber Choir, National Youth Choir of Canada, the BBC Singers, Vancouver’s musica intima, the Nova Scotia, Alberta, New Brunswick and Ontario Youth Choirs, Thirteen Strings, as well as the Longueuil Symphony Orchestra. Michael’s US debut was with the Grammy- nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street in New York. Since 2016, he has led a 60-voice male choir, with singers selected from across Canada, the US and the Ukraine, to perform Ukrainian Sacred Music in tours that have taken the ensemble from Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, and Winnipeg to Toronto, Philadelphia, Rochester and New York City.

Michael Zaugg Discography