Linda Beaupré (M. Mus., B. Mus.) conducted the Bach Children’s Chorus in Toronto from its founding in 1987 until her retirement in 2017. She has now stepped back into the BCC for the 2024-2025 season as Interim Artistic Director. Linda is the co-winner of the 2006 Leslie Bell Prize for Conducting awarded by the Ontario Arts Council. She has been honoured with a Bi-Centennial Award of Merit from the City of Scarborough, an award given to individuals whose achievements have brought honour and recognition to the City of Scarborough; the Guelph YM/YWCA Women of Distinction Award; and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal for service to her community. She is a recipient of the Helen Hosmer Award for Excellence in Music Teaching by the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. Linda has conducted children’s choirs throughout Canada, the US and as far away as Australia and Indonesia.