Meet our new music director
Joseph To, new music director for Magnolia Chorale.
Magnolia Chorale is delighted to announce that we have appointed Joseph To as our new music director. Joseph is a vibrant conductor with a passionate commitment to music in the community.
He serves as music director for multiple organizations in the Seattle area, including the Norwegian Ladies Chorus of Seattle; Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, SeaTac; and the Tukwila School District. Joseph holds a master’s degree in choral conducting and a bachelor’s degree in music education and serves as Co-Chair of the Racial Equity Committee of the Northwest Girlchoir.
With a strong interest in world music, especially Chinese choral music, Joseph has studied and presented Mandarin and Cantonese choral music and ethno-musicology implementation in secondary music education.
We’re excited to see how our new director's wide range of musical interests and experience, musicality, energy, and enthusiasm will lead Magnolia Chorale into new territory. We value Joseph's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and look forward, under his direction, to continuing our mission of bringing joy to our community through music.
Magnolia Chorale is always looking for new members. If you have previous choral experience and are looking for a choir to sing with, please check out the “Join Us” page for more information about us and how to get in touch.
In the meantime, have a safe and relaxing summer.
He serves as music director for multiple organizations in the Seattle area, including the Norwegian Ladies Chorus of Seattle; Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, SeaTac; and the Tukwila School District. Joseph holds a master’s degree in choral conducting and a bachelor’s degree in music education and serves as Co-Chair of the Racial Equity Committee of the Northwest Girlchoir.
With a strong interest in world music, especially Chinese choral music, Joseph has studied and presented Mandarin and Cantonese choral music and ethno-musicology implementation in secondary music education.
We’re excited to see how our new director's wide range of musical interests and experience, musicality, energy, and enthusiasm will lead Magnolia Chorale into new territory. We value Joseph's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and look forward, under his direction, to continuing our mission of bringing joy to our community through music.
Magnolia Chorale is always looking for new members. If you have previous choral experience and are looking for a choir to sing with, please check out the “Join Us” page for more information about us and how to get in touch.
In the meantime, have a safe and relaxing summer.
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What a joy it was to sing carols outdoors on December 4, 2021! Our first time singing together in person since the pandemic began. Many thanks to our supporters who have kept us going through it all.
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Commitment to Anti-Racism
We want to let all our fans and supporters know that in fall 2020, in the wake of the terrible murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others, we examined our history. We discovered several factors that have kept us from seeing the realities of systemic racism that affect us and our community, including:
We want to let all our fans and supporters know that in fall 2020, in the wake of the terrible murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others, we examined our history. We discovered several factors that have kept us from seeing the realities of systemic racism that affect us and our community, including:
- Our geographic location, in a region of Seattle once subject to racial restrictive housing covenants and outside the redline
- The demographics of our membership, strongly white
- The nature of the Western European choral tradition, the product of historically white cultures.
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