About me
Featured on CBC’s list of “30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30,” Matthew Boutda is a Lao-Canadian conductor, tenor, and organist in pursuit of his Doctor of Music in Choral Conducting at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Jean-Sébastien Vallée.
Matthew is a Course Lecturer and Conductor of the McGill University Chorus. He is also the Director of Music at Leaside United Church in Toronto, Ontario, where he conducts the Chancel Choir. He serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
As a conductor, Matthew has worked with choirs such as the Elmer Iseler Singers, Ontario Youth Choir, National Youth Choir of Canada, Pax Christi Chorale, Schulich Singers, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Vancouver Chamber Choir, and the Western University Singers.
Matthew holds a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Western Ontario, a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Sacred Music from the University of Toronto, and an Associate Diploma in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music. In addition to our Fellowship, Matthew is a recent recipient of the Clifford Evens Graduate Conducting Award, Gerald Wheeler Award, Helen Hall Prize, and Wayne Riddell Choral Award.
