Interim Children's Choir Director

Magdalena How

Coloratura soprano Magdalena How is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Opera Performance at the University of British Columbia, under the tutelage of Nancy Hermiston.

Coloratura soprano Magdalena How is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Opera Performance at the University of British Columbia, under the tutelage of Nancy Hermiston. With a passion for telling stories through song, Magdalena savours every chance to sing onstage, from musical theatre to choral music to opera. Her recent roles include Susanna (Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro), Olympia (Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann), and Queen of the Night (Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte) with UBC Opera.

Magda enjoys singing regularly at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church, and is thrilled to be part of the leadership team for the Children’s Choir. She has always loved working with kids, having spent a lot of time working with children and young adults both in a classroom setting and in a performance setting (including working as a counsellor at the UBC Summer Vocal Workshop, volunteering with children’s choirs and supervising children backstage at UBC Opera, and working with the Arts Umbrella Pre-Professional Musical Theatre Troupe). She and her husband, bass Philip Wing, are looking forward to welcoming their first child in May 2024.

Magdalena How
Interim Children’s Choir Director

Social Justice

April 26

I Am Somebody is the inspiring story about six street-connected children who are chosen to represent their country at the Street Child World Cup in Qatar. Some of them are from the streets of Brazil and Bangladesh, some come from poor families in Pakistan and another is from a refugee camp in Palestine. But there is one thing that all these children have in common: their lives will change forever when they participate in the Street Child World Cup.

Spirit

May 2

Join us for a mystical experience in the heart of Vancouver and walk the St Andrew’s Wesley United’s candlelit labyrinth while experiencing sacred music! Featuring Jerry Desvoignes and Duncan Hogg from The One Voice Harmonic Choir (OVHC), healing sound artist Kate Siddall and Michael Streit on oud.

Adult Education

Wednesdays

21st century life is awash with music as never before in human history, yet how easily the ear and soul have been drowned out by the saturation of sound in the modern era. Join us we cultivate a practice of intentional listening, spiritual interpretation, and articulation of physical sensation that is found in music.

Our Place
In the World

St. Andrew’s-Wesley respectfully acknowledges that we gather on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. For thousands of years, First Nations people have walked on this land and their relationship with the land is at the centre of their lives and spirituality. As a church, and settlers on these shores, we have a life-long responsibility to unlearn our misunderstandings of history, territory, and identity through critical reflection, acknowledgement, and listening.