Marla Fontaine

Marla Fontaine is the music specialist at École Harrison in Brandon, where she directs four choirs.  She conducts the Apprentice, Concert and Chamber Choirs for the Brandon Conservatory Chorale program.  Before moving to Brandon, she taught music in the St. James-Assiniboia School Division in Winnipeg and directed the Divisional Children’s Choir.  She was also the choral director at Vincent Massey High School in Brandon.

Marla Fontaine holds a Bachelor of Music Specialist degree (Choral, Instrumental and General) and a Bachelor of Education from Brandon University.  She completed her Level II Orff from the University of Manitoba and is currently working on her Master of Performance in Choral Conducting.

Marla is in demand as a guest conductor and has particularly enjoyed working with the Western, Eastern and Central Manitoba Youth Choirs as well as the Provincial Honour Choir.  Marla sings with “das Femmes”, a vocal ensemble made up of eight women, and she conducts “Konektis”, an adult chamber choir.

In her spare time, Marla enjoys running, swimming, skiing, camping, and traveling with her two children, Miles and Gracie.