VMA 2027 – 2029 Board of Directors Candidates
November 13, 2026
All VMA members in good standing will have received an electronic ballot to vote in the election of the VMA Board of Directors for the 2027 – 2029 term of office.
Election Deadline: December 11, 12:00pm
Submitted Nomination Forms
PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT – Jim Hopson (ELECTED by acclamation)
VICE PRESIDENT
VICE-PRESIDENT – Karmen Doucette (ELECTED by acclamation)
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
MEMBER-AT-LARGE – Ingrid Chiang
MEMBER-AT-LARGE – Erin Macdonald
MEMBER-AT-LARGE – Katherine Peter
MEMBER-AT-LARGE – Noah Reitman
BIOGRAPHIES FOR MEMBER-AT-LARGE CANDIDATES:
DAVID BROWN
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MIKE BROWN
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ISAAC BULL
Isaac Bull began playing the bassoon at age 12 and obtained his Bachelors and Masters in performance at the University of British Columbia.
Isaac has had an active career as a bassoonist since 1989, playing bassoon and contrabassoon with the Vancouver Opera up to 2022, the Okanagan Symphony orchestra from 1988 to 2007, and an active freelance orchestral player with orchestras all around B.C. and beyond. Isaac has also been active in small ensembles and chamber groups including the Quintessence Music Collective and a member of the Galiano Trio since 1988.
Isaac also recorded a solo performance for CBC Radio music in 2007 featuring 5 pieces for bassoon and piano by Eliot Weisgarber and is currently working on recording a new bassoon Sonata by local composer Christopher Ludwig.
Isaac has also been an active private teacher of the bassoon since the 1990s. Isaac has always taken an active interest in advancing music and musicians in Vancouver.
Isaac also has held a career as a paralegal for nearly 30 years, with experience in the areas of estates, real estate and corporate work, and has also taken active interest in legal matters as they affect the VMA and the music industry.
Since 2015, Isaac has also been the chair of the board of the Musicians’ Benevolent Society which has continued to offer one of the most generous professional death benefits available in Canada since 1923.
INGRID CHIANG
Bassoonist Ingrid Chiang has been Principal Bassoon of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra for 25 years, and a core artist with the Turning Point Ensemble for 18 seasons. She has taught bassoon at the University of British Columbia for 12 years.
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, she emigrated with her family to Vancouver at fifteen, where she studied at UBC and the Vancouver Academy of Music. She was a national winner of the CBC Radio Competition.
In 2026, she premiered two brand-new works, including a newly commissioned Bassoon Concerto in Taipei this past summer.
She is a board member of the Vancouver Musicians’ Association, Local 145 of the American Federation of Musicians. In the previous term, she served as Chair of the Bylaws and Tariff Committee, where, with the help of all the board members, she helped establish and change a number of tariff and bylaw provisions. She also serves on the Orchestra Committee and the Negotiating Committee for the Vancouver Opera Orchestra. She is glad to have the experience and the opportunity to serve her colleagues.
A breast cancer survivor, Ingrid is a passionate advocate for wellness and resilience in the performing arts, bringing warmth, humour, and joy to every stage she performs on.
ERIN MACDONALD
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KATHERINE PETER
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NOAH REITMAN
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JEFF WHITE
Jeff White arrived in Vancouver in the summer of 2024 after 12 years living in Scandinavia where he was Associate Principal Bass of the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra (Denmark) and spent a season in the bass section of Sweden’s National Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony.
Prior to that, Jeff was a long time member of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, where he served as chair of the orchestra committee for his final two seasons. Additionally, he served as Principal Bass of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra for their 75th season.
Jeff joined the VMA board less than a year after relocating to Vancouver, where he performs frequently with the Vancouver Symphony, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Island Symphony and Okanagan Symphony Orchestras.
He is frequently invited to play with his old friends in Calgary, and has also performed with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra since returning to Canada.
Jeff enjoys life in East Vancouver, exploring the Lower Mainland with his daughter, Isabelle.