Handel Society

	Artistic Director Johan Louwersheimer, Conductor, has been the Artistic Director with the Handel Society since 1995. Under his baton the choir has performed large scale choral orchestral masterworks including Bach's St. John Passion, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, Schubert's Mass in E Flat Major and Beethoven's Mass in C. For the celebration of the Handel Society 's 30 Anniversary, Mr. Louwersheimer was instrumental in commissioning a new Canadian composition by Bruce Ruddell. Maestro Louwersheimer is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the Abbotsford Symphony Orchestra since 1995, which is hosting a succesful Masterworks Series. In addition, he has developed a very popular educational concert series for elementary school-aged children: The Discovery Series. Due to Johan's active involvement in promoting music for young children, he has recently been appointed honorary patron of the Pacific Mennonite Children's Choir. He is also Artistic Director of the Central Valley Academy of Music and is active as a clinician and adjudicator in the Fraser Valley. He makes his home in Abbotsford, where he lives with his wife and two sons.

Artistic Director

Johan Louwersheimer, Conductor, has been the Artistic Director with the Handel Society since 1995. Under his baton the choir has performed large scale choral orchestral masterworks including Bach's St. John Passion, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, Schubert's Mass in E Flat Major and Beethoven's Mass in C. For the celebration of the Handel Society 's 30 Anniversary, Mr. Louwersheimer was instrumental in commissioning a new Canadian composition by Bruce Ruddell. Maestro Louwersheimer is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the Abbotsford Symphony Orchestra since 1995, which is hosting a succesful Masterworks Series. In addition, he has developed a very popular educational concert series for elementary school-aged children: The Discovery Series. Due to Johan's active involvement in promoting music for young children, he has recently been appointed honorary patron of the Pacific Mennonite Children's Choir. He is also Artistic Director of the Central Valley Academy of Music and is active as a clinician and adjudicator in the Fraser Valley. He makes his home in Abbotsford, where he lives with his wife and two sons.

What Choir members like about Johan (quotes from 2008 Evaluation):

"his knowledge and love of the music, his ability to instill pride"....
"his passion, vision, and confidence in us - conveying excitement when we excel".....
"his ability to teach technical aspects of voice production and quality".....
"his great insight into the music".....
"his desire to push the choir to its peak abilities, and when these are reached to push further to the next goal"