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Artistic Staff

Abigail Freeman
Artistic Director

Abigail Freeman has been a performer and arts educator for over twenty years. She has been the featured soloist with with the Heliconian Choir & Orchestra, Canadian Orpheus Male Choir, Arcady and the Brantford Symphony and the Brott Festival, the Mississauga Choral Society, Counterpoint Chorale, the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra, and the Georgetown Bach Chorale. On the operatic stage she has appeared as the Queen of the Night and Papagena (The Magic Flute), Despina (Cosi fan tutte), Zerbinetta (Ariadne of Naxos), Annchen (Der Freischutz), Blonde (Die Entfuhrung as den Serail), Ophelia (Mark Richards’ Hamlet) and The Chair (A Chair in Love). She also frequently performs with Windmill Theatre.

Ms Freeman is currently the Music Director at the Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga where she leads an adult mixed voice choir. She is also Music Teacher and Choir Director at the Toronto French School (Mississauga Campus) and has been a choral singer herself since childhood, having sung with the Elora Festival Singers, Arcady, the Mississauga Choral Society, the Toronto Children’s Chorus, the Holy Family Oratory Choir and the MacMillan Singers.

Freeman completed a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Toronto (Canada) and a Master of Music Degree from Binghamton University (United States). 

Celeste Thordarson
Associate Conductor

Celeste Thordarson is a soprano, conductor, and passionate advocate for choral education. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Classical Voice with a Specialist in Education and a Certificate in Health Applications in Music from the University of Toronto.

As Music Director at Annunciation BVM Parish, Celeste conducts both children’s and adult choirs. She is also a Choir Artist/Conductor with Listen Up! and Associate Conductor with the Mississauga Festival Youth Choir. Her previous roles include Assistant Conductor of VIVA Singers Junior Chorus, work with the Toronto Children’s Chorus, and teaching with Sistema Toronto.

An active advocate, Celeste serves as Advocacy Representative for Choral Canada’s Student Chapter. In 2024, she was honoured with the Ken Fleet Choral Conducting Scholarship from the London Community Foundation. She is committed to inspiring others through her work in choral studies, vocal pedagogy, and music health.

Blake Fabrizi-Palmer
Choral Intern

Blake Fabrizi-Palmer (She/They) is a grade twelve voice and piano student at Cawthra Park Secondary School, with a love for all things music, and a passion for singing and performing. Blake was a member of MFYC from 2013-2019, and is thrilled to be returning as this year’s Choral Intern! She has been a part of numerous ensembles, including Resonance, student musical theater productions, small self led school ensembles, and the Cawthra Chamber Choir, Senior Choir, and Senior Band (Bassoon). Blake hopes to inspire the same love for choral music and performing that MFYC gave to them as a young chorister, and share their love of music with others.