Jonny Michel

Jonny Michel is a lyric tenor and choral director from Langley, B.C. As a classical tenor with a special interest in oratorio
and concert works, Jonny has been featured as a soloist with the UBC Orchestra, UBC University Singers, and with UBC
Opera at Bard on the Beach. He has been featured as a soloist with the Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra, the Arioso
Quartet, Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir, the Gloria Dei Chorale, Bella Voci, Chilliwack Evensong Chamber Singers,
United Voices Choir and Kwantlen University Chorus. Jonny made his debut as the Evangelist in Bach’s St. John Passion
with the Trinity Western University Masterworks Chorus. He was also featured as a soloist in a performance of
Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes in a celebration of 25 years of the Kwantlen University music program. From 2015-2018
Jonny enjoyed singing in the tenor section with Phoenix Chamber Choir in Vancouver. In the fall of 2021, Jonny made his
debut with Musica Intima, performing in two concerts: Rosa Mystica and Ding Dong!
Jonny has been a music teacher and choir director at the Langley Fine Arts School in Fort Langley, B.C. since 2014. Under
Jonny’s direction, LFAS Choirs have engaged in a number of musical and collaborative endeavours including performing
and recording Ola Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass, and special performances with visiting artists. LFAS Choirs have participated in
several invitational festivals, including the UBC Invitational Choral Festival, the Canadian Rocky Mountain Festival, and the
inaugural Beyond the Horizon festival in North Vancouver. Notable performances include a collaboration between the
LFAS music, visual art and dance programs to produce and perform a show inspired by the rock group, Radiohead, called
Radiohead Re_covered, and another original contemporary show, Kind of Orange, both featuring several original
arrangements by Jonny. Other recent highlight performances include a third-place award in the CBC Music Class
Challenge Senior Choir category, and a top-five finish in the Canada’s Top Choirs competition.

Jonny has enjoyed adjudicating and providing choral workshops to choirs at festivals in the Fraser Valley, including at the
Chilliwack Lions Club Music and Dance Festival and the Abbotsford District Choral Festival. Jonny has enjoyed doing
special collaborative orchestra and chorus projects each summer at the Yukon Summer Music Camp, directing honor
choirs with The Salvation Army, and leading workshops with choirs from a number of schools in the Lower Mainland.

Jonny is an on call singer for Belle Voci