Reggae In The Fields
Saturday November 29th, 2014 with Junior Smith
Music dropped into my mailbox @reggaeinthefields@gmail.com

Carol Bernard has built an impressive music career as choir director, manager, singer, arranger, producer, and teacher. This sought-after choir director founded the Jireh Gospel Choir and the 80-voice Montreal Gospel Choir, has been a judge for the Juno Awards, and was the music director of a 2000-member French church in Montreal. In February 2013 Carol was honored as a Black History Month Laureate, underlining her contribution to Quebec society. Her talent for communicating the authenticity of gospel music through the voices of her singers has attracted sold-out performances. And her workshops have been enthusiastically received in Canada and Europe. Born in Montreal to Jamaican parents, Carol was encouraged to start classical piano lessons when she was 8 years old. Not too many years later she started directing the choir at her small church. Carol’s vocation for leadership in music became clear; however, it wouldn’t be until 1999 that she would leave a senior management position at CN Rail to pursue music full time. Bernard returned to university and completed a degree in music at the Université de Montréal, adding to her existing degree in mathematics and computer science from McGill University.