Musical Staff
Janice Beninger is delighted to have been working with the Burlington Welsh Male Chorus since 2008, when she fell in love with the Welsh hwyl — that feeling of deep expression and meaning in traditional Welsh singing. She became involved, also, as Music Director for their affiliated Burlington Welsh Ladies Chorus when the women’s choir was founded in 2017.
Janice received her MMus from the University of Western Ontario. She has directed numerous vocal ensembles including community, church, university and school choirs, and has worked at a number of Church Organist/Music Coordinator positions. Her artist/choir collaborations with the Welsh choirs include the Hannaford Silver Band, Margaret Bardos, Shannon Mercer, Burlington Concert Band, Sangerfest Male Choir in Boston, Montreal Welsh Choir, Marion Samuel Stevens, Oakville Children’s Choir, John Fanning, Adria McCulloch, Tempus Choral Society, Donna Ellen Trifunovich, North Mountain Chorus, Sarena Paton, John McDermott, Canadian Orpheus Male Chorus, Hamilton Children’s Choir, Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir, Brantford Community Symphony Orchestra, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Band, Garnet Rogers, Haydn James, Chorus Niagara Children’s Choir, Loralee McGuirl, Heather Bambrick, Andrew Tees, Hope Schneider, Burlington Teen Tour Band, Bristol Male Voice Choir in England, Bridgend Male Choir in Wales, and Holy Heart of Mary Alumni Choir in Newfoundland.
Currently, along with directing both of the Burlington Welsh choirs, Janice maintains an active piano/theory teaching studio in Dundas, Ontario (jbeningerstudio.ca).
Brie-Anne Meyer has worked extensively as a collaborative pianist, playing with many talented soloists, choirs and ensembles. She is thrilled to be joining the Burlington Welsh Male Chorus this season!
Throughout her career she has performed throughout North America as a soloist, chamber musician and collaborative pianist. As an orchestral keyboardist, she currently performs with the Oakville Symphony, and has also performed with the National Academy Orchestra of Canada at the Brott Music Festival and the Festival of the Sound. As an organist, she plays regularly at churches in the Hamilton and Greater Toronto Area. Past engagements have included performing with the Burlington Symphony and also serving as a collaborative pianist with the Hamilton Children’s Choir.
Originally from the Niagara Region, Brie-Anne now resides in Hamilton, since 2021. She obtained her MMus from the University of Ottawa, the BMus Honours Performance degree from Western University and the ARCT in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Brie-Anne teaches piano and theory lessons and maintains a studio in Oakville and Hamilton. She is an active member of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association and is an RCM Registered Music Teacher.
