About the Choir
Seraphim is a Montreal-based a capella chamber choir. Our diverse membership includes representatives from many professions who share the common traits of musical training, choral experience, and a passion for music-making.
The musicians in Seraphim enjoy the thrill of singing music in four to eight parts, often with only one or two voices on a part. This intimate setting requires the ensemble to work together in highly focused, energetic and dynamic weekly rehearsals.
Seraphim enjoys finding opportunities to work with other musicians, choirs, and conductors. The choir has collaborated with such conductors as Michael Zaugg (Canada/Switzerland), Erik Westberg (Sweden), and Maria Guinand (Venezuela). Seraphim has performed with choirs from the U.S. and around Montreal, including the St. Lawrence Choir, Ste-Anne Singers, and the Siamsa Singers.
The musicians in Seraphim enjoy the thrill of singing music in four to eight parts, often with only one or two voices on a part. This intimate setting requires the ensemble to work together in highly focused, energetic and dynamic weekly rehearsals.
Seraphim enjoys finding opportunities to work with other musicians, choirs, and conductors. The choir has collaborated with such conductors as Michael Zaugg (Canada/Switzerland), Erik Westberg (Sweden), and Maria Guinand (Venezuela). Seraphim has performed with choirs from the U.S. and around Montreal, including the St. Lawrence Choir, Ste-Anne Singers, and the Siamsa Singers.
Our Artistic Director
JOHN GUZIK
John Guzik is a professional artist whose work has spanned throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe. He is the Artistic Director of the Montreal ensemble Seraphim Chamber Choir, and as well as the conductor for a diverse list of ensembles from McGill’s University Chorus, the Deutcher Chor Montreal, the Iasi State Choir and Bacau Philharmonic Orchestra in Romania, and the International Sarteano Chamber Choir in Tuscany, Italy. He has been the Chorus Master for the opera company La Compagnie Baroque Mont-Royal, and Artistic Director for the production of Jan Dismas Zelenka’s concerted Mass Missa votiva. As a professional lyric tenor, John has appeared regularly with Viva Voce, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus, and Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal. He is engaged as the Associate Director of Music at the National Historic Site of St. Patrick’s Basilica, Montreal.
Dr. Guzik is a Lecturer at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University and holds a Doctor of Music specializing in Choral Conducting. He has shared his interests with the Canadian choral community through publications in the journal Anacrusis and has presented this research at the national conferences PODIUM (2018, 2020). In his career, he has had the privilege of working with renowned conductors Simon Carrington, Nicholas Cleobury, Andrew Megill, Jean-Sebastien Vallee, Julian Wachner, and others. John Guzik has recordings on the ATMA label, Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Radio-Canada, Espace Musique, as well as live chamber concert broadcasts and special television features for Radio-Canada.
Dr. Guzik is a Lecturer at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University and holds a Doctor of Music specializing in Choral Conducting. He has shared his interests with the Canadian choral community through publications in the journal Anacrusis and has presented this research at the national conferences PODIUM (2018, 2020). In his career, he has had the privilege of working with renowned conductors Simon Carrington, Nicholas Cleobury, Andrew Megill, Jean-Sebastien Vallee, Julian Wachner, and others. John Guzik has recordings on the ATMA label, Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Radio-Canada, Espace Musique, as well as live chamber concert broadcasts and special television features for Radio-Canada.
