Evan Mitchell is a Conductor and current Music Director of the Kingston Symphony, who has a strong passion for making classical music accessible to all audiences. He is passionate about and actively involved in writing, recording, and producing behind-the-scenes concert videos, podcasts, and children’s music programming.

Anna Theodosakis is a Dora Award-nominated stage director and choreographer based in Toronto. For the 2021/2022 season she directed The Magic Flute (Canadian Opera Company), Carmen (Saskatoon Opera), The Bells of Baddeck (Parks Canada), L’elisir d’amore (Western University), a workshop of The Limit of the Sun (Opera McGill), Love Songs by Ana Sokolović (University of Ottawa/Musique 3 Femmes) and choreographed The Tender Land (University of Toronto). Anna is a Dramatic Coach for the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio and a COC Teaching Artist. She has been a sessional lecturer for the University of British Columbia and a guest lecturer with McGill University, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Lethbridge, the Glenn Gould School, the University of Ottawa, and the University of Manitoba. Anna is a RBC Future Launch Artist Mentor with the Association for Opera in Canada and a mentor for Pacific Opera Victoria’s Civic Engagement Quartet.