Who’s Who at City Opera Vancouver
Our Staff, Board & Advisors

HONORARY PATRON

Evgeny Kissin
Pianist

STAFF

Dr. Charles Barber, BMus, MA, DMA
Conductor and Artistic Director

Jason Sherbundy
Conductor and Associate Artistic Director

Kevin Dale McKeown
Director of Marketing and Communications

Tom Durrie
Director of Development

Michelle Richard
Associate Director of Development

Adam Abrams
Designer and Webmaster

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Nora Kelly, President
Past President, Strathcona Residents' Association

Harvey De Roo, Secretary
Professor of English, retired, Simon Fraser University; former editor of West Coast Review

Elvy Del-Bianco, Treasurer
Researcher, Vancity Credit Union

Douglas Berg, Director
Technology manager, Vancouver

Hazel Currie, Director
Former President, Alliance for Arts and Culture; General Manager, Pacific Cinematheque; Executive Director, Granville Island Cultural Society

Janet Lea, Director
Arts Manager; former Director of Cultural Programs for British Columbia, CBC; former Area Head for Music, CBC Toronto

COMPANY OF ADVISORS

Sir Charles Mackerras, CH, AC, CBE
Music Advisor

Colin Miles
Canadian Music Advisor

Stephen R. Burri, Miller Thomson LLP
Legal Advisor