About the Director
Oneness Choir Director Amy Stephen received her B.Mus. in voice and piano at UBC, and studied choral conducting with James Fankhauser. Amy was a member of the University Chamber Singers, and has appeared throughout the years with the Vancouver Chamber Choir, musica intima, the Vancouver Cantata Singers, and the One Human Family Gospel Choir. As a featured soloist and instrumentalist, Amy has performed and recorded with Chor Leoni, Elektra, Laudate Singers and Capilano University Singers.
While living in Nanaimo from 2016-2019, Amy founded and directed the Phrase-ology Choir as well as the Island Baha’i Choir, and was director of the St. Paul’s Anglican Church chancel choir. Over the past 25 years Amy founded and directed the following choirs: the Aurora Celebration Choir, the Harp Circle Choir, and the Coquitlam Celebration Choir. Amy’s choral compositions and arrangements have been published by Hal Leonard and Cypress Publishing, and have been performed by choirs across North America.
Amy was a founding member of Canadian celtic-funk ensemble Mad Pudding, and plays piano, accordion, celtic harp and penny whistle. She is a popular session musician who can be seen performing with various musical ensembles around Vancouver, and also performs with her husband, Persian traditional singer Amir Haghighi. Amy currently teaches concert band, choir and music in SD40.
While living in Nanaimo from 2016-2019, Amy founded and directed the Phrase-ology Choir as well as the Island Baha’i Choir, and was director of the St. Paul’s Anglican Church chancel choir. Over the past 25 years Amy founded and directed the following choirs: the Aurora Celebration Choir, the Harp Circle Choir, and the Coquitlam Celebration Choir. Amy’s choral compositions and arrangements have been published by Hal Leonard and Cypress Publishing, and have been performed by choirs across North America.
Amy was a founding member of Canadian celtic-funk ensemble Mad Pudding, and plays piano, accordion, celtic harp and penny whistle. She is a popular session musician who can be seen performing with various musical ensembles around Vancouver, and also performs with her husband, Persian traditional singer Amir Haghighi. Amy currently teaches concert band, choir and music in SD40.