Kurt Ala-Kantti
Kurt Ala-Kantti is Music Director of the Ottawa Brahms Choir.  Mr. Ala-Kantti is also Director of Music at St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church, Artistic Director of Cross Town Youth Chorus, and Harmonia Choir of Ottawa, and Music Director for the Cumberland Community Singers.  In the past, he served for several years as Assistant Director of the Ottawa Regional Youth Choir, directed by Barbara Clark, and was Director of their Young Men’s Chorus.  He has also served as Music Director of Atlantic Voices, the Newfoundland and Labrador Choir of Ottawa, founded the Ottawa Folk Choir, and was Choirmaster as St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Cumberland.  He is a member of the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors (ACCC), and American Choral Directors Association (ACDA).

With a keen interest in choral performance and excellence he has been a member of several local choirs, including the Ottawa Regional Youth Choir under Barbara Clark, and Ottawa Choral Society, under Brian Law.  Currently, he is a member of the critically acclaimed Ottawa Bach Choir, with which he has performed in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Mexico, Germany, England, France and Austria.