Queensland University Musical Society
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Conductor and Musical Director - Guillaume Lemay-Yates
Guillaume Lemay-Yates is an emerging choral conductor. Guillaume is currently the Music Director of the Queensland University Musical Society (QUMS), the Brisbane Apollo Male Choir and the Serenata Singers. Since February 2025, he is the Accompanist and Senior Choral Tutor at Australian Girls Choir, working with the Performing Choir in the Brisbane branch. He was guest conductor for the Noosa Chorale in 2023 and Associate Music Director for the Scomodo Voce Singers from 2019 to 2023. He is currently doing a PhD in choral pedagogy under the supervision of Prof. Peter Morris and Dr. Ron Morris.
Originally from Montreal, Canada Guillaume grew up playing violin and saxophone. His first conductorship came at the age of 14, under the tutelage of Marc Deschamps, with l’Orchestre à Vent du Collège Notre-Dame. After high school, he privately studied jazz piano and harmony with Ralph Télémaque and singing with Sophie Charbonneau. He completed a Master of Music Studies in choral conducting with Dr. Robert Stewart at the Queensland Conservatorium.
Upon relocating to Australia in 2018, Guillaume joined QUMS and rapidly immersed himself in the Brisbane choral world and is a regular member of several ensembles including the Scomodo Voce Singers, Fusion Vocal Ensemble, Brisbane Chorale and Canticum Chamber Choir. Guillaume also has regularly sung at Christ Church St Lucia under Christopher Wrench and at St Mary’s Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point under Dr. Phillip Gearing.
Since June 2021, Guillaume is the Music Director of the Brisbane Apollo Male Choir. Apollo is a community choir with a membership dedicated to retired men. The choir presents between 14 and 18 concerts every year in community centres, aged care facilities and retirement homes. Guillaume has been the Music Director of the Serenata Singers since January 2023. This mixed choir performs approximately 15 concerts per years in aged care facilities and retirement homes. Apollo and Serenata sing a wide variety of music from show tunes and musicals to opera choruses and folk songs alongside classical choral pieces.
In 2022, Guillaume co-directed the Queensland Premiere of Craig Hella Johnson’s contemporary oratorio Considering Matthew Shepard, alongside Music Director Joshua Blake and Staging Director Lucinda Shaw. The oratorio was performed by the Scomodo Voce Singers in June 2022.
Outside of singing and conducting, Guillaume is an arranger, transcriber, and producer of sheet music. He regularly arranges music for QUMS, the Scomodo Voce Singers, the Brisbane Apollo Male Choir and the Pro Musica Singers. In 2021, Guillaume scored the musical titled “Baby Boomer” written by Denny Lawrence and Clarry Evans and produced the sheet music on their behalf.
Accompanist - Jerica Lau
During her university years, Jerica immersed herself in diverse musical projects, including workshops, the Australian orchestral premiere of Julie Giroux’s Bookmarks from Japan, and the 2019 student-staff collaborative concert. Her love for chamber music started after being invited to accompany a choir in Handel’s Messiah for a major church event—an experience that ignited her enthusiasm for collaborative performance. Beyond accompaniment, Jerica is a dedicated piano teacher, running her own home studio. She strongly believes that every child should have access to high-quality music education. She loves to create meaningful experiences for her students, such
as organizing student recitals and facilitating chamber music opportunities among her piano students.
Jerica Lau is a classically trained pianist with a deep dedication to music education and piano accompaniment. She holds a Bachelor of Music from the Queensland Conservatorium. Since 2018, Jerica has been a sought-after accompanist for schools, AMEB examinations, and events, regularly performing with Voices at Birralee and Mt St Michael’s College, as well as supporting strings ensembles in state schools across the Centenary suburbs. She collaborates with passionate choral and strings conductors who share her vision of nurturing young musicians.
Executive Committee
| Role | Holder |
| President | Adelene Tan |
| Secretary | Torvey Brandt |
| Treasurer | Jessica Niven |
| with the much valued support of a long list of volunteer committee members, most of which are UQ students or alumni. | |
