Helen McGregor 2020 – present

Helen has been a member of Lacuna since its inception in 2006. She has a background in singing and teaching.

‘Taking over the mantle of Musical Director of Lacuna after Frances and Richard is a great honour and I hope to continue their work and develop the choir in new and exciting ways.’

 

Richard Pomfret, Musical Director 2013 – 2020

Lacuna is pleased to have appointed Richard Pomfret as our new director.

Richard has an extensive career as a choral director most notably with his youth choir ‘The Pongo’s’ that he conducted between 1991 – 2006 and more recently with the group ‘Enkelit’ which he established in 2003.

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Frances Chiasson, Musical Director 2006 – 2013

Frances Chiasson holds Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education degrees from the School of Music at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) where she studied piano with Dr. Terence Dawson and choral conducting with Prof. James Fankhauser.  She has taught choral and instrumental music in primary and secondary schools and choral methods at the University of Calgary.  Frances has conducted numerous children’s, youth and adult choirs in school, community and church settings in Canada and the UK, including Amabile Choirs until 2012(Amabile Girls’ Choir and Donne Amabile Women’s Choir).  She has worked as a choral clinician and adjudicator in local music festivals and as a piano accompanist for choirs,singers and instrumentalists.  As well as conducting Lacuna Women’s Choir, Frances teaches piano and voice pupils and regularly leads singing workshops in Lancashire schools.  Frances is a member of the Association of British Choral Conductors, the Incorporated Society of Musicians and the British Columbia College of Teachers.

Photo courtesy of The Westmorland Gazette