Interim Choral Director

Peggy Hua

Peggy Hua is a conductor and music educator based in Vancouver, Canada.

Peggy Hua is a conductor and music educator based in Vancouver, Canada. Drawing inspiration from their Taiwanese heritage and connections to Chinese culture, Peggy is a strong supporter of Vancouver’s diverse music scene. Peggy is currently appointed as the Artistic Director of the BC Chinese Orchestra, Resident Conductor of BC Chinese Music Ensemble, Left Coast Labour Chorus, Vancouver Huaren Choir, and Artistic Director of Downton Singers. In 2014, Peggy directed Cor Flammae as the inaugural guest conductor and is currently the associate conductor of the choir. In 2016, Peggy was invited to guest conduct the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra (VICO) in an intercultural fusion concert featuring Contemporary Vietnamese and Canadian composers, and was invited again to conduct the 20th Anniversary Concert in 2022. Peggy has also been on the faculty at the University of British Columbia, teaching choral conducting at the School of Music.

Peggy received their graduate degree in choral conducting from University of British Columbia under the tutelage of Dr. Graeme Langager. Peggy has served on numerous boards in Vancouver, namely the Vancouver Women’s Musical Society, and was recently appointed as board director of the Pride in Art Society (PiA).

Peggy Hua
Interim Choral Director, United in Voice Congregational Choir and West End Singers

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.