Rupert Lang
Artistic Director

Rupert Lang was born in Red Deer, Alberta a few years ago. After an exciting childhood as the son of an Anglican priest and an adolescence where he seriously considered a career in the visual arts (painting, sculpture, crafts),took his first degree (B.Mus. Honours in performance) at the University of Manitoba. He went on to England where he studied at The Royal School of Church Music, receiving the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Certificate in Church Music and a diplomas from The Royal College of Music and Royal College of Organists. Lang completed his studies in England at the University of Cambridge, St. John’s College, receiving an MA (Music) studying with George Guest, Gillian Weir and John Scott.

After returning to Canada, Lang became Director of Music at West Vancouver United Church, where he founded the Vancouver Children’s Choir. Since 1986, he has been Organist and Director of Music at Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver. He has taken this choir on to win first prize in the Church Choir Category of the CBC National Amateur Choral Competition four consecutive times. In 2006 they also took the prize for Best Performance of a Canadian Choral Work.

As composer, Lang has written innovative music such as Spirit of the Child and Cantate Domino and more extended works like Magnificat for soprano soloist and men’s choir.His works are often premiered by Christ Church Cathedral Choir and The Vancouver Children’s Choir, but other commissions have come from Central Bucks West High School in Pennsylvania, Surrey Children’s Choir, Syacuse Children’s Chorus, Vancouver Cantata Singers, Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, Calgary Girl’s Choir, Elektra Women’s Choir, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Vancouver Men’s Chorus. A number of works are published by Boosey & Hawkes of New York - for example: Agneau de Dieu, Bell Mass, Cantate Domino, Carol of the Child, How Like an Angel, Kontakion, Like a Child, Mass For Many Nations, Spirit of the Child and Ubi Caritas.

Through conducting, playing and composing, Lang continues to be committed to ministry through music in the church and to the teaching of children.