Katie Hatanaka is a conductor, teacher, and soprano from Markham, Ontario. She recently graduated from Western University with a Bachelor of Music degree in voice performance, studying under the guidance of Bethany Horst and choral conducting with Kathleen Allan and Dr. Mark Ramsay. Through an opportunity in her final year at Western to participate as one of six student conductors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s inaugural symposium, “Lift Every Voice” (2022), Katie cultivated a love for choral conducting and has since been pursuing opportunities to further her skills as a choral conductor. Last year she conducted with MSC’s Concreamus and the Guelph Chamber Choir and is now currently working with the Bach Children’s Choir and MSC’s new youth choir, Datsuzoku.