Ingrid Gay, B.Mus., B.Ed., M.Sc.
Artistic Director
Ingrid Gay and Choral Connections have been making great music together since 2015. In her daily life, Ingrid teaches music at Heritage Woods Secondary in Port Moody and has been teaching within the Coquitlam School District since 1996.
Before her foray into the public education system, Ingrid taught private voice and piano while directing a church choir in North Vancouver. Ingrid has a Bachelor of Music with a major in voice from UBC along with a Bachelor of Education. She completed her master’s degree from the University of Oregon in 2014.
Ingrid has worked extensively through her career with various music performance groups, and more recently has added teaching guitar to her classroom duties, along with Concert Choir and Vocal Jazz at the school.
In her spare time, Ingrid performs with an eight member singing ensemble ‘Melodia’ and enjoys spending time with her family, including two furry children and four grandsons.
Vincent Wayne-Ted Lo
Accompanist
Vancouver born Vincent Lo studied piano under the tutelage of Henry Waack. He started composing music as a teenager and went on to achieve an ARCT diploma in piano performance with a minor in music composition at SFU. During his time in university, he co-founded the SFU Chamber Orchestra together with a few close friends, which started his journey into orchestral music.
Vincent’s compositional specialty is Baroque chamber music and contrapuntal writing. His works have been performed by many musical groups, most notably the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) and the Electra Women’s Choir. “Gloria in excelsis Deo” is one of two pieces commissioned by the Choral Connections choir, and was debuted by the choir in December 2019.
In addition to his background in music, Vincent has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. He’s currently working in user experience research and design, and is keen on designing and programming video games. In fact, Vincent composed and produced the soundtrack for a mobile game that he designed and published himself.
This very busy man still finds time to accompany our choir every Tuesday evening, not to mention every performance. Not only does Vincent provide a high level of professionalism during our choir warm-up, practices and performances, he is downright friendly and is a key member of our choir because he makes us sound better.