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The Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto is one of several professional faculties at the
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. The Faculty of Music is located in the Edward Johnson Building at the St. George campus, just south of the
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and north of Queen's Park, west of Museum Subway Station. MacMillan Theatre and Walter Hall are located in the Edward Johnson Building. The Faculty of Music South building contains rehearsal rooms and offices, and the Upper Jazz Studio performance space is located at 90 Wellesley Street West. In January 2021, the Faculty announced Dr. Ellie Hisama as the new dean starting July 1, 2021.


Historical timeline

*1844 Music was considered a discipline worthy of recognition by the University of Toronto (named King's College until 1850) and examinations were held for candidates wishing to receive a degree in music. *1846 James Paton Clarke became the first person in Canada to be awarded the degree of Bachelor of Music. *1858 George Strathy received Canada's first D Mus at Trinity College. *1886 The Toronto Conservatory of Music was incorporated, and was operated in conjunction with the University of Toronto from its beginnings. *1904
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was relieved of the music degree, and the MusBac became a University of Toronto degree. *1918 The Faculty of Music was established. The Senate of the university withdrew its affiliations with various music schools (
Toronto College of Music The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM; ), branded as The Royal Conservatory, is a non-profit music education institution and performance venue headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1886 by Edward Fisher (musician), Edwar ...
and
Royal Hamilton College of Music The Royal Hamilton College of Music was a Canadian music conservatory in Hamilton, Ontario that was actively providing higher education in music during the late 19th century and 20th century. The college was founded as the Hamilton Conservatory of M ...
) and inaugurated a Faculty of Music to teach music and administer examinations. Along with his duties as music director of the Toronto Conservatory, Augustus Stephen Vogt was appointed dean. *1921 The Ontario Legislature passed Bill 154, an act that vested the assets of the Toronto Conservatory of Music in the University of Toronto. *1926
Sir Ernest MacMillan Sir Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan, (18 August 1893 – 6 May 1973) was a Canadian orchestral conductor, composer, organist, and Canada's only "Musical Knight". He is widely regarded as being Canada's pre-eminent musician from the 19 ...
became dean of the Faculty of Music and principal of the Toronto Conservatory of Music. *1934 "Courses of Instruction" were introduced, the first courses to be taught at the Faculty. *1945
Ettore Mazzoleni Ettore Mazzoleni (18 June 1905 – 1 June 1968) was a Canadian conductor, music educator, writer, and arts administrator of Swiss birth. He was one of the Canadian Opera Company's principal conductors during its early years, working there from 19 ...
became principal of the conservatory. Edward Johnson was appointed to the Board of Governors of the university and the Conservatory. *1946 Arnold Walter established and was appointed director of the Senior School for advanced students at the Conservatory. He also established the three-year Artist Diploma program and the Opera School. *1947 The Toronto Conservatory of Music received the Royal charter from
King George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of In ...
, and became The Royal Conservatory of Music. *1952–1953 A new administrative structure was created – The Royal Conservatory of Music at the University of Toronto placed a dean in charge of all music programs. There would be one dean in charge of two divisions: The School of Music (the previous Royal Conservatory of Music) headed by a principal (Ettore Mazzoleni) and the Faculty of Music, headed by a director (Arnold Walter). The School of Music ran the opera school, examinations of grade 1 to ARCT, and the speech arts department. The Faculty of Music ran the Licentiate and Artist diploma courses, and the Senior School no longer existed.
Boyd Neel Louis Boyd Neel O.C. (19 July 190530 September 1981) was an English, and later Canadian conductor and academic. He was Dean of the Royal Conservatory of Music at the University of Toronto. Neel founded and conducted chamber orchestras, and cont ...
was appointed dean of the 'umbrella' RCMT. *1954 The first program for the Master of Music was introduced. *1958–1959 The university's President's Report announced that the Faculty of Music would have a new building and the School of Music would move to McMaster Hall on Bloor Street. *1959 Plans for an electronic music studio were announced, historically the second in a North American university. *1961–1962 The MusBac became a four-year program. *1962 The Faculty of Music moved to the newly built Edward Johnson Building (the first building in Canada designed specifically for professional music study), though the official opening was delayed until spring 1964, and the School of Music moved to McMaster Hall. *1966–1967 The first Bachelor of Music in Performance was offered. *1969 The Opera School transferred to the Faculty of Music and a two-year opera diploma program was approved. *1969–1970 A new curriculum was put into place – ‘basic music’ subjects in the first two years were common to all students. The Master of Music in Performance was approved. *1970 John Beckwith was appointed dean. The post of director of the Faculty of Music was eliminated. The faculty became responsibility of the dean, and the School of Music was renamed to its more popular name, the Royal Conservatory of Music. *1973–1974 This was the last year Conservatory performance certificates were accepted as alternatives for admission to the Faculty of Music. All incoming students were subsequently auditioned and interviewed. *1977
Gustav Ciamaga Gustav Ciamaga (April 10, 1930 – June 11, 2011) was a Canadian composer, music educator, and writer. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers, he was best known for his compositions of electron ...
appointed dean *1978–1979 Theory and Conducting majors were added to the undergraduate curriculum. The conducting major was discontinued in 1986. *1979–1980 The first jazz courses were offered. *1983–1984 The university created the Committee on the Future of Music Studies to review how the faculty and conservatory were operated and organized. In 1984, its final report recommended the eventual separation of the Conservatory from the university. *1984 Carl Morey appointed dean. *1990 Paul Pedersen appointed dean. *1991 The Royal Conservatory of Music Act of the Ontario Legislature confirms the separation of the Conservatory from the University of Toronto and re-established The Royal Conservatory's status as a fully independent, not-for-profit entity. The MusBac in Jazz Performance is introduced. *1996 David Beach appointed dean. *2004 Gage Averill appointed dean. *2007 Russell Hartenberger was appointed Interim dean and named dean in 2008. *2007 Concurrent Teacher's Education Program established, as well as the Doctorate in Musical Arts (DMA) in Performance. *2011 Don McLean appointed dean. *2021 Ellie Hisama appointed dean.


Research and collaborations


Research institutes

The Music and Health Research Collaboratory (MaHRC), established in 2012, is a collaborative group of researchers that aims to better understand the role of sound in human experiences, exploring connections of sound to the human experience of health. The Institute for Canadian Music, established in 1984, aims to promote and support all areas of Canadian Music Study.


Artists in residence

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– Distinguished Ensemble in Residence 2011–2015 * Cecilia String Quartet – Ensemble in Residence *
Gryphon Trio The Gryphon Trio is a Canadian classical music ensemble that has been nominated for several and has won three Juno Awards for its classical recordings released by the Analekta label. Its members are Annalee Patipatanakoon (violin), Roman Borys ( ...
– Artists in Residence *
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– Resident Percussion Ensemble *
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– Baroque Orchestra in Residence * Young Voices Toronto (formerly High Park Choirs of Toronto) – Children's Choir in Residence * St. Lawrence String Quartet – Visiting Chamber Ensemble


Facilities

Edward Johnson Building – Home of the Faculty of Music since 1962, the Edward Johnson Building houses many offices and classrooms, as well as two floors of practice rooms, two large rehearsal rooms, the Faculty of Music Library, the University of Toronto Electronic Music Studio (UTEMS), a theatre for large ensemble performances (MacMillan Theatre) and a smaller recital hall (Walter Hall), and named for the Guelph-born operatic tenor, former board chair of the Royal Conservatory of Music, and General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera (1935–1950), Edward Johnson. MacMillan Theatre – This 815-seat hall was designed for the production of operas and large ensemble concerts and named after former dean,
Sir Ernest MacMillan Sir Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan, (18 August 1893 – 6 May 1973) was a Canadian orchestral conductor, composer, organist, and Canada's only "Musical Knight". He is widely regarded as being Canada's pre-eminent musician from the 19 ...
. World-renowned for its excellent acoustics. Walter Hall – Commemorating Arnold Walter, director of thefaculty from 1952 to 1968, Walter Hall was designed for chamber concerts and recitals. The house seats 490. The hall also contains a two-manual tracker-action Casavant organ. Library – A part of the University of Toronto Library System, it is the largest music research collection in Canada. It contains over 300,000 printed materials, 180,000 recordings in the Sniderman Recordings Archive, 2,500 volumes in the Olnick Rare Book Room, and 3,500 titles in the Performance Collection. Electroacoustic Studio – The University of Toronto Electronic Music Studio opened in 1959. Originally located in a house on Division Street, it was moved to the Edward Johnson Building in 1963.


Degrees and programs


Undergraduate studies


Bachelor of Music in Performance (four-year program)

In the classical stream, major instruments include those in the woodwind, brass and strings families, as well as percussion, piano, voice, guitar, harp, organ, accordion and historical instruments. In the jazz program, major instruments include double bass, guitar, drums, piano, trumpet, trombone, saxophone and voice.


Bachelor of Music (four-year program)

Options for major include: Interdisciplinary Studies, Composition, History and Theory, Music Education, and Concurrent Teacher Education (five-year program in partnership with
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Advanced Certificate in Performance (one-year program)

This is a one-year program of intensive full-time study, open to woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, piano, voice and accordion. Students enrolling in this program have the option of specializing in Baroque music, utilizing period instruments in conjunction with Tafelmusik.


Artist Diploma (3-year program)

The
artist diploma An artist diploma (ArtDip or AD) is a non-degree graduate diploma, awarded to music students who demonstrate comprehensive performance skills in voice and/or a musical instrument. Generally consisting of a two- or three-year course of study, prog ...
program is similar to the Bachelor of Music in Performance, but without academic-subject requirements. This is not open to students with a Bachelor of Music or a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the Faculty of Music.


Diploma in Operatic Performance (2- or 3-year program)

Three streams are available in this program – one for singers (2 or 3 years), one for operatic repetiteurs (2 years) and one for operatic stage directors (2 years).


Graduate studies


Music performance and composition programs

Programs include: MMus in Composition, in Music Technology and Digital Media, in Instrumental (solo piano, woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings), in Collaborative Piano, in Conducting, in Jazz Performance, in Opera, in Piano Pedagogy, in Voice and in Vocal Pedagogy; and DMA in Performance and in Composition.


Music program

Programs include: MA and PhD in Music Education, Musicology, Theory, Performance and Ethnomusicology.


Performance Ensembles

In addition to large ensembles offered at the Faculty, there are various chamber music courses and collaborative piano courses. Most of these courses involve weekly masterclasses. There are also several world music ensemble courses offered, such as Japanese taiko drumming, African drumming and dancing, Latin-American percussion, Klezmer, tabla, Balinese Gamelan, Korean ensemble and steel pan.


Large ensembles

* University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra (UTSO) – conducted by Uri Mayer * University of Toronto Wind Ensemble – conducted by Dr. Gillian MacKay * University of Toronto Wind Symphony – conducted by Pratik Gandhi * University of Toronto MacMillan Singers – conducted by Dr. Jamie Hillman * University of Toronto Soprano/Alto Chorus – conducted by Dr. Elaine Choi * University of Toronto Women's Chamber Choir – conducted by Dr. Lori Dolloff * University of Toronto Tenor/Bass Chorus – conducted by Thomas Burton * University of Toronto Jazz Orchestras – conducted by Jim Lewis * University of Toronto Vocal Jazz Ensemble – conducted by Christine Duncan * University of Toronto Guitar Orchestra – conducted by Rob MacDonald * Contemporary Music Ensemble (gamUT) – directed by Wallace Halladay * University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble – conducted by Beverley Johnston * Early Music Ensembles – conducted by Ivars Taurins


Annual events

New Music Festival – Each year, the Faculty of Music hosts the University of Toronto New Music Festival at the end of January. The festival plays host to at least one distinguished guest in composition.


Notable people


Past deans

* 1918–1927 Augustus Stephen Vogt * 1927–1952
Sir Ernest MacMillan Sir Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan, (18 August 1893 – 6 May 1973) was a Canadian orchestral conductor, composer, organist, and Canada's only "Musical Knight". He is widely regarded as being Canada's pre-eminent musician from the 19 ...
* 1952–1968 Arnold Walter (director) * 1953–1970
Boyd Neel Louis Boyd Neel O.C. (19 July 190530 September 1981) was an English, and later Canadian conductor and academic. He was Dean of the Royal Conservatory of Music at the University of Toronto. Neel founded and conducted chamber orchestras, and cont ...
(dean) * 1970–1977 John Beckwith * 1977–1984
Gustav Ciamaga Gustav Ciamaga (April 10, 1930 – June 11, 2011) was a Canadian composer, music educator, and writer. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers, he was best known for his compositions of electron ...
* 1984–1990 Carl Morey * 1990–1995 Paul Pedersen * 1995–1996 Robert Falck (Acting dean) * 1996–2004 David Beach * 2004–2007 Gage Averill * 2007–2010 Russell Hartenberger * 2011–2021 Don McLean * 2021–present Ellie Hisama


Notable faculty (past and present)

* Jacques Abram – pianist * Robert Aitken – composer, flautist * Michael Patrick Albano – stage director, acting coach, librettist *
Raffi Armenian Raffi Armenian, (born June 4, 1942) is a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher. He directed the Kitchener–Waterloo Symphony orchestra for many years. Since 1999 he has been the director of Orchestral Studies at the University of ...
– conductor, composer, pianist * John Beckwith – composer, writer, broadcaster, pianist *
Boris Berlin Boris Berlin (27 May 1907 – 24 March 2001) was a Canadian pianist, music educator, arranger, and composer of Russian birth. He is primarily remembered for his work within the field of piano pedagogy, having published an extensive amount of mat ...
– pianist *
Denis Brott Denis Brott , SMOM is a Canadian cellist, music teacher, conductor, and founder and artistic director of the Montreal Chamber Music Festival. Early life and education Brott was born in Montreal, into a family of professional musicians; he is ...
– cellist *
Walter Buczynski Walter Joseph Buczynski (born 17 December 1933) is a Canadian composer, music educator, and pianist.Chan Ka Nin – composer *
Andrew Dawes Andrew Dawes (February 7, 1940 – October 30, 2022) was a Canadian violinist. He was known for his performances with the Orford String Quartet. Early life and education Dawes was born in High River, Alberta.Curtin Call: A Photographer's Candi ...
– violinist *
Enrico Elisi Enrico Elisi is an Italian pianist from Bologna, Italy. He has gained international recognition for his performances across four continents. He has been lauded for his "mastery of elegance, refinement, and fantasy" (La Nueva España) and "remarka ...
– pianist * Lorand Fenyves – violinist *
Harry Freedman Harry Freedman (''Henryk Frydmann''), (April 5, 1922 – September 16, 2005) was a Canadian composer, English hornist, and music educator of Polish birth. He wrote a significant amount of symphonic works, including the scores to films such as '' ...
– composer, English hornist *
Hans Gruber Hans Gruber is a fictional character and the main villain of the 1988 action movie ''Die Hard''. He is portrayed by Alan Rickman. Gruber is a thief and criminal mastermind from West Germany who holds an office building hostage to steal $640 mil ...
– conductor *
Christos Hatzis Christos Hatzis (; born 1953) is a Juno Award-winning Greek-Canadian composer. Many of his compositions are performed internationally, and he is a professor at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. Early life and education Hatzis was bor ...
– composer * John Hawkins – composer, conductor *
Pierre Hétu Pierre Hétu (April 22, 1936 in Montreal – December 3, 1998 in Montreal) was a conductor and pianist. He studied music from 1955–57 at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal with Germaine Malépart (piano) and at the U ...
– conductor, pianist * Jamie Hillman – choral conductor * Derek Holman – choral conductor, organist, composer * Sandra Horst – pianist, vocal coach, choral conductor *
Jacques Israelievitch Jacques Israelievitch, CM (May 6, 1948 – September 5, 2015) was a French violinist, and one of Canada's foremost chamber musicians. Born in Cannes, France, at 11 years old he was the youngest graduate in the history of the Le Mans Conservatory ...
– violinist *
Kelly Jefferson Kelly Jefferson is a Canadian jazz saxophonist (born March 4, 1970, in Regina, Saskatchewan), he has recorded and performed with numerous jazz musicians and bands. Jefferson has a Bachelor of Music degree from McGill University in Montreal, Quebe ...
– jazz saxophonist * Richard Johnston – composer *
Norbert Kraft Norbert Kraft (born 21 August 1950) is a Canadian guitarist, music teacher, producer and arranger. Life Born in Linz, Austria, Kraft's family emigrated to Canada in 1954. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music at Toronto with Carl van Feggel ...
– guitarist *
Antonín Kubálek Antonín Kubálek (November 8, 1935January 18, 2011) was a Czech-Canadian classical pianist. Life and career Kubálek was born in Libkovice, Most District, Czechoslovakia and studied in Prague with Czech pianist František Maxián. He emigrated ...
– pianist *
Gary Kulesha Gary Alan Kulesha (born 22 August 1954) is a Canadian composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. Since 1995, he has been Composer Advisor to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He has been Composer-in-Residence with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony ...
– composer * Larysa Kuzmenko – composer, pianist *
Ettore Mazzoleni Ettore Mazzoleni (18 June 1905 – 1 June 1968) was a Canadian conductor, music educator, writer, and arts administrator of Swiss birth. He was one of the Canadian Opera Company's principal conductors during its early years, working there from 19 ...
– conductor * John McKay – pianist *
Albert Pratz Albert Pratz (13 May 1914 – 28 March 1995) was a Canadian violinist, conductor, composer, and music educator. He was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal in 1967. His compositional output was modest and consists of only instrumental works. ...
– violinist, conductor, composer *
Godfrey Ridout Godfrey Ridout (6 May 1918 in Toronto – 24 November 1984 in Toronto) was a Canadian composer, conductor, music educator, and writer. Life and career Ridout was a descendant of Thomas Ridout, the first Surveyor General of Upper Canada during ...
– composer, conductor * Eugene Rittich – horn *
Shauna Rolston Shauna Rolston is a Canadian cellist. Rolston was a cello child prodigy who attended the Geneva Conservatory in Switzerland at age fourteen. She studied with Pierre Fournier, and later at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh (England) where s ...
– cellist * Chase Sanborn – jazz trumpet *
Ezra Schabas Ezra Schabas, (April 24, 1924 – October 12, 2020) was a Canadian musician, educator and author. He was active in Canada's musical life beginning in 1952, when he emigrated from Cleveland with his family. During his time in Canada, he was a lead ...
* Leo Smith – composer * Frédérique Vézina – soprano *
John Weinzweig John Jacob Weinzweig (March 11, 1913 – August 24, 2006) was a composer, teacher, and advocate of contemporary Canadian concert music. Born in Toronto, Weinzweig went to Harbord Collegiate Institute, then studied music at the University of Tor ...
– composer *
Carol Welsman Carol Welsman (born September 29, 1960)"Carol Welsman." ''Gale Biography in Context''. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, 2018-03-25. is a Canadian jazz pianist who accompanies her own easy listening, conversati ...
– jazz vocalist and pianist * S. Drummond Wolff – organist, choirmaster, composer *
John Wyre John Harvey Wyre (17 May 1941 – 31 October 2006) was a U.S.-born Canadian percussionist, composer, and music educator. He worked as percussionist with a number of important orchestras in North America, notably serving for many years as the prin ...
– percussionist, composer *
David Zafer David Zafer (April 2, 1934 – April 20, 2019) was a Canadian violinist and pedagogue. He was born in London, England, and moved to Canada in 1947. Background David Zafer studied with Elie Spivak and Albert Pratz at The Royal Conservatory of ...
– violinist


Notable alumni


Composers

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Kristi Allik Kristi Allik (born 6 February 1952) is a Canadian music educator and composer. Biography Born Kristi Anne Allik on 6 February 1952 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto, a Master of Fine Art ...
* Wayne Barlow * John Beckwith *
Norma Beecroft Norma Marian Beecroft (April 11, 1934 – October 19, 2024) was a Canadian composer, record producer, broadcaster, and arts administrator. A member of the Canadian League of Composers and an associate of the Canadian Music Centre, she twice won ...
* Michael Bussiere *
Brian Cherney Brian Cherney (born 1942) is a Canadian composer currently residing in Montreal, Quebec. Cherney was born in Peterborough, Ontario. He studied at the University of Toronto where he was a pupil of John Weinzweig, Samuel Dolin, and John Beckw ...
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Gustav Ciamaga Gustav Ciamaga (April 10, 1930 – June 11, 2011) was a Canadian composer, music educator, and writer. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers, he was best known for his compositions of electron ...
* F. R. C. Clarke *
Mychael Danna Mychael Danna (born September 20, 1958) is a Canadian composer of film and television scores. He won both the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Original Score for '' Life of Pi''. He has also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Compositio ...
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Omar Daniel Omar Daniel may refer to: * Omar Daniel (composer) Omar Daniel (born 1960) is a Canadian composer and pianist, and an associate professor of composition at the Western University. Early life and education Daniel was born in Toronto, Ontario, o ...
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Samuel Dolin Samuel Joseph Dolin (22 August 1917 – 13 January 2002) was a Canadian composer, music educator, and arts administrator. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a founding member of the Canadian League of Composers (CLC), he served as th ...
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Clifford Ford Clifford Robert Ford (born 30 May 1947) is a Canadian composer, Carl Morey. Music in Canada: A Research and Information Guide'. Routledge; 26 November 2013. . p. 30. editor, music educator, and author. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, h ...
* Srul Irving Glick – composer * David Grimes * Kelsey Jones – composer, pianist *
Todor Kobakov Todor Kobakov (born September 19, 1978) is a Bulgarian-Canadian composer, producer, arranger and pianist based in Toronto, Ontario. He is best known for his film score for Brother, directed by Clement Virgo, his solo album, Pop Music, and his mu ...
– composer, pianist *
Serouj Kradjian Serouj Kradjian (born in 1973) is a Canadian Grammy-nominated and Juno-winning pianist and composer. Early life and education Born in 1973, at fourteen earned a scholarship to study in Vienna, and was gaining accolades by the age of seven. He la ...
– composer, pianist *
Veronika Krausas Veronika Judita Krausas (born 1963) is a Canadian composer who lives and works in the United States. Biography She was born in Sydney, Australia but grew up in Canada after the age of four. Her diplomas in music education and performance were com ...
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Bruce Mather Bruce Mather (born May 9, 1939) is a Canadian composer, pianist, and writer who is particularly known for his contributions to contemporary classical music. Career One of the most notable composers of microtonal music, he was awarded the Jules ...
– composer, pianist * James Montgomery *
Éric Morin Éric Morin (born 20 December 1969) is a Canadian composer. He has been awarded several prizes for his compositions, including the 2003 Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music for his ''D'un Château l'autre'' and the CBC Radio National Competi ...
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Owen Pallett Michael James Owen Pallett-Plowright (born September 7, 1979), known professionally as Owen Pallett, is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist. Under their former pseudonym Final Fantasy, Pallett won the 2006 Polaris Music P ...
– composer, violinist * Donald Patriquin – composer, organist, choir conductor * Paul Pedersen * Bob Pritchard *
Imant Raminsh Imant Karlis Raminsh ( Latvian: Imants Kārlis Ramiņš, born 18 September 1943) is a Canadian composer of Latvian descent, best known for his choral compositions. He resides in Coldstream, British Columbia. Early life and education Born in ...
– composer, violinist, conductor * John Rea *
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– composer * Clark Ross – composer, guitarist *
Terry Rusling Terry Rusling (April 2, 1931 – November 27, 1974) was a Canadian electronic music composer, who used graphic notation (music), graphic notation. Some of his works were used to accompany radio and television broadcasts. Introduction to electr ...
– electronic composer * David Squires *
Timothy Sullivan Timothy Daniel Sullivan (July 23, 1862 – August 31, 1913) was a New York politician who controlled Manhattan's Bowery, Manhattan, Bowery and Lower East Side districts as a prominent leader within Tammany Hall. He was known euphemistically as " ...
– composer, music educator *
Peter Tahourdin Peter Richard Tahourdin (27 August 192828 July 2009) was an English-born Australian composer. His compositions range from orchestral (5 symphonies) and chamber music to choral and educational music, as well as music for the opera and ballet. Wi ...
* Sandy Thorburn – composer, theatre director *
Kevin Turcotte Kevin Turcotte is a trumpet player based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Turcotte is also on faculty at York University. Early life and education Turcotte grew up in Sudbury, Ontario, He is a graduate of the University of Toronto, attended Humber Col ...
– trumpet player *
John Weinzweig John Jacob Weinzweig (March 11, 1913 – August 24, 2006) was a composer, teacher, and advocate of contemporary Canadian concert music. Born in Toronto, Weinzweig went to Harbord Collegiate Institute, then studied music at the University of Tor ...
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Alfred Whitehead Alfred Ernest Whitehead (10 July 1887 – 1 April 1974) was an English-born Canadian composer, organist, choirmaster, music educator, painter, whose works are held in a number of important private collections, and an internationally recogniz ...
– composer, organist, choral conductor * Charles Wilson – composer, choral conductor * Chan Wing-wah – conductor, composer


Conductors

* Nathan Brock – conductor * Petar Dundjerski – flautist, conductor *
Victor Feldbrill Victor Feldbrill, (April 4, 1924 – June 17, 2020) was a Canadian conductor and violinist. Early life and education Feldbrill was born in Toronto,James Gayfer James McDonald Gayfer (26 March 1916 – 7 April 1997) was a Canadian bandmaster, clarinetist, composer, conductor, organist, military officer, and music educator. His compositional output encompasses several orchestral works, including two symp ...
– bandmaster, clarinettist, composer *
Graham George Graham Elias George (11 April 1912 – 9 December 1993) was a Canadian composer, music theorist, organist, choir conductor, and music educator of English birth. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, his compositional output consists l ...
– composer, organist, choirmaster *
Elmer Iseler Elmer Walter Iseler, (October 14, 1927 – April 3, 1998) was a Canadian choir conductor and choral editor. He was the conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and founder of the Festival Singers of Canada and the Elmer Iseler Singers. E ...
– choir conductor * Brian Jackson – conductor * Janko Kastelic – conductor *
Julian Kuerti Julian Andreas Kuerti (born September 28, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian conductor. He is the son of pianist Anton Kuerti and cellist Kristine Bogyo. Kuerti read engineering and physics at the University of Toronto, and graduate ...
– conductor * Richard Lee – violinist, conductor * Leon Major – opera and theatre director * Evan Mitchell – conductor *
Glenn Price Dr. Glenn D. Price is a Canadians, Canadian Conducting, conductor who is the Director of Performing and Visual Arts at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he currently conducts the Symphony Orchestra and Wind Orchestra. He was f ...
– conductor * Wayne Strongman – conductor, founding managing artistic director, Tapestry New Opera


Instrumentalists

* James Campbell – clarinettist * David Bourque – clarinettist *
Liona Boyd Liona Maria Carolynne Boyd, (born 11 July 1949) is a Canadian classical guitarist often referred to as the 'First Lady of the Guitar'. Music career Early years Boyd was born in London and grew up in Toronto. Her father grew up in Bilbao, Spai ...
– guitarist *
David Braid David Braid (born 25 March 1975 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian composer and pianist. Biography Canadian composer and jazz pianist, David Braid, is "considered one of his country's true renaissance men when it comes to music." (The Ottawa Ci ...
– jazz pianist, composer * Howard Brown – pianist * Jarred Dunn – pianist * David J. Elliott – trombonist, professor of music and music education, New York University * Mark Fewer – violinist; associate professor, Schulich School of Music, McGill University *
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE is the 14th principal of the Royal Academy of Music in London; he was appointed in 2008. Alongside his commitment to education, he is a writer, record producer, broadcast ...
– trumpet, principal of the
Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the firs ...
in London * Jeffrey McFadden – guitarist * Attila Fias – jazz pianist, composer, arranger, recording artist * Timothy Phelan – guitarist *
Walter Prystawski Walter Prystawski, CM (born 12 February 1933)"Walter Prystawski"
''The Can ...
– violinist *
Erika Raum Erika Raum is a Canadian violinist. Biography Raum began playing professionally at age 12. She took first place at the 1992 Joseph Szigeti International Violin Competition in Budapest as well as the award for best interpretation of a Mozart co ...
– violinist *
Yaroslav Senyshyn Yaroslav Senyshyn, also known as Slava, is a Canadian pianist, author, and professor of philosophy, aesthetics of music, and moral education at Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Education. Education Senyshyn was a student of Antonina Yaroshe ...
– pianist; professor, Simon Fraser University * Peter Elyakim Taussig – pianist, composer * Fergus McWilliam – horn player, with Berlin Philharmonic * Carolyn Gadiel Warner – violinist, pianist with the Cleveland Orchestra


Musicologists and others

* Gregory G. Butler – professor emeritus (musicology), University of British Columbia *
Eric Chafe Eric Thomas Chafe (born 1946) is an American musicologist specializing in the music of Claudio Monteverdi, Heinrich Biber, Johann Sebastian Bach and Richard Wagner. Chafe holds a PhD in musicology from the University of Toronto. He teaches at B ...
– Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Music, Brandeis University * Beverley Diamond – Canada Research Chair in Traditional Music, Ethnomusicology, Professor at Memorial University *
Cliff Eisen Cliff Eisen (born 21 January 1952 in Toronto) is a Canadian musicologist and Mozart expert. He was based in the Department of Music at King's College London. He studied at the University of Toronto and at Cornell University, and has taught at the U ...
– associate editor, New Köchel Catalogue, King's College London *
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE is the 14th principal of the Royal Academy of Music in London; he was appointed in 2008. Alongside his commitment to education, he is a writer, record producer, broadcast ...
– principal,
Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the firs ...
in London * Helmut Kallmann – Canadian music historian * Simon Morrison – professor of music, Princeton * Paolo Pietropaolo – music journalist and CBC Radio broadcaster * Alison Pybus – vice-president, Vocal Division, IMG Artists, New York * Peter Simon – president, Royal Conservatory of Music


Vocalists

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Russell Braun Russell Braun (born 19 July 1965) is a Canadian operatic lyric baritone and conductor (music), and Juno Award winner. Much sought-after as a soloist and for opera roles, Russell Braun performs regularly at the Metropolitan Opera, the Salzburg ...
– baritone *
Measha Brueggergosman Measha Brueggergosman–Lee (née Gosman; June 28, 1977) is a Canadian soprano who performs both as an opera singer and concert artist. She has performed internationally and won numerous awards. Her recordings of both classical and popular m ...
– soprano * Ariana Chris – mezzo-soprano * Sally Dibblee – soprano * John Fanning – baritone * Barbara Fris – soprano *
Barbara Hannigan Barbara Hannigan (born 8 May 1971) is a Canadian soprano and conductor, known for her performances of contemporary classical music. Education Hannigan's initial musical education came from music teachers in her hometown of Waverley, Nova Sco ...
– soprano * Rosemarie Landry – soprano * Ermanno Mauro – tenor * Mary Morrison – soprano *
Patricia O'Callaghan Patricia Mary O'Callaghan (born October 2, 1970) is a classically trained Canadian singer. She is a soprano who has built an international reputation as a performer of contemporary opera, early 20th-century cabaret music and the songs of Leonard Co ...
– soprano * Mark Pedrotti – baritone *
Adrianne Pieczonka Adrianne Pieczonka, OC ( ; born March 2, 1963) is a Canadian operatic soprano singer. Life and career Pieczonka was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and grew up in Burlington, Ontario. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1985 ...
– soprano *
Brett Polegato Brett Polegato (born 1968 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada) is an operatic baritone. History He performed in concert at ''Dido and Æneas'', de Purcell : the 6 of September 1995, Royal Albert Hall, Proms 59 (BBC). With Brett Polegato (Aeneas), ...
– baritone *
David Pomeroy David Pomeroy (born 11 September 1973) is a Canadian operatic tenor. Early life and musical training David Pomeroy was born and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Pomeroy credits his grandfather, Dr. Ignatius Rumboldt (a 1975 Order of ...
– tenor *
Teresa Stratas Teresa Stratas (born May 26, 1938) is a Canadian operatic soprano and actress of Greeks, Greek descent. She is especially well known for her award-winning recording of Alban Berg's ''Lulu (opera), Lulu''. She is formally retired. Early life an ...
– soprano *
Jon Vickers Jonathan Stewart Vickers, (October 29, 1926 – July 10, 2015), known professionally as Jon Vickers, was a Canadian heldentenor. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, he was the sixth in a family of eight children. In 1950, he was awarded a s ...
– heldentenor *
Emily d'Angelo Emily D'Angelo (born 1994) is a Canadian mezzo-soprano. Since making her debut at 16, D'Angelo's most notable role to date has been singing the lead role in the 2023 opera '' Grounded''. Early life and education Ms. D'Angelo grew up in a musical ...
– mezzo-soprano


See also

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Music of Canada The music of Canada reflects the diverse influences that have History of Canada, shaped the country. Indigenous Peoples, the Irish-Canadians, Irish, British, and the French have all made unique contributions to the musical Culture of Canada, herit ...
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Music of Ontario Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...


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External links

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