| About
Okotécho guides the listener into a sonic world brimming with hope, aspiration, and lyricism found in the exceptional interlude between the Middle East, Arboriginal and the West. Under the artistic direction of composer Katia Makdissi-Warren, Okotécho explores mixed music and musical sounds through its own compositions.
Tiphaine Legrand
Choir director
Presentation
As a passionate choir conductor and educator, she collaborates with singers of all ages. She is in charge of the choral singing sector at the LUMI School of the Faculty of Music at the University of Montreal and has been the music director of the CCO since September 2011. As the founder and then artistic director of the ensemble Kô in its early years, Tiphaine Legrand has explored the connections between early music and that of contemporary Quebec composers. Driven by the desire to make choral singing more accessible and inclusive, she directs a choir at the AVC/Aphasia Center in Laval as part of a pilot project initiated by the SAMS (Society for the Arts in Health Care). She is a member of the College of Conductors of the Choral Alliance of Quebec and is a trainer within the RCEQ (Choral Network of Schools in Quebec). She has been collaborating with Oktoecho since 2020.