Jennifer Moir is a Canadian artist - educator living in Finland and working as a Lecturer in the Global Music Department of Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts, Helsinki, teaching voice, global choir leadership, global pedagogy and serving as coordinator for the department’s mentoring and well being studies.

Voices, sound, silence, rhythm, spaces, connection, nature, laughter, listening and creative collaboration are the elements that shape her work, which flows between coaching one person in a moment of a song to leading innovative, interdisciplinary choral performance collaborations.

For over 20 years, Jennifer conducted community choirs in Canada and taught voice and choral conducting at Western University. She is the founder and artistic director of the Kaleid Choral Festival and co-founder and creative director for the Center for Sound Music Education, an organization dedicated to artistic research of well-being and excellence through music teaching, performance and community engagement projects.

Jennifer is invited to serve as guest artist and clinician for festivals, workshops and performances in Europe and North America, most recently as visiting conductor for Philomela women’s choir (Finland). She has been honoured for her work in Canada as a recipient of the Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting by the Association of Canadian Choral Communities, the Pedro Goldman Humanitarian Award and Teaching Excellence Award (Western University) and a nomination for the Premiere’s Award for Excellence.