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Katherine Dowling

Katherine Dowling

Praised by the New York Times for her “crystalline performances, gestural expressiveness, and careful attention to color”, and by the Boston Globe for her “effortless incisiveness”, award- winning “tour-de- force” (OpusKlassiek, Berkshire Eagle) pianist Katherine Dowling performs across North America and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician, earning high praise from publications including The […]

John Castillo

John Castillo

John Castillo is an accomplished educator and audiovisual producer, currently serving as a faculty member in the Department of Arts, Media, Performance and Design at York University, where he teaches courses in audio engineering and business entrepreneurship. With a distinguished career in the Canadian audiovisual production industry, John is renowned for his expertise in crafting […]

Melissa Davis

Melissa Davis

Canadian Mezzo Soprano, Melissa Davis is an active concert soloist, vocal professor, choral director and vocal clinician. Awarded the distinguished Krannert Debut Artist Award by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Illinois, Davis has guest soloed with Grammy and Juno-award-winning choirs and orchestras throughout North America including the Buffalo Philharmonic and Thunder Bay Symphony […]

Amy Hillis

Amy Hillis

Dr. Amy Hillis joined the York Music faculty in July 2020. She was the Helen Carswell Chair in Community-Engaged Research in the Arts for three years during which she facilitated a research partnership between Community Music Schools of Toronto Jane & Finch and York University. Dr. Hillis currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Community […]

Noam Lemish

Noam Lemish

Dr. Noam Lemish is a pianist, composer, scholar and educator. He has appeared in numerous performances and conducted workshops across Canada, the US, Europe, Israel, and in Bhutan and has released multiple albums, including most recently the JUNO-nominated Twelve (2022) and Erlebnisse (2021). His research focuses primarily on transcultural jazz practices and improvisation pedagogy. His […]

Randolph Peters

Randolph Peters

For composer Randolph Peters, music is a passport, a way to explore the world. His work includes commissions from the Canadian Opera Company, and the Winnipeg, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton Symphony Orchestras, Kronos Quartet, Hannaford Street Silver Band, Elmer Iseler Singers, and Orchestre Symphonique du Québec among others. Although he has composed in a number […]

Doug Van Nort

Doug Van Nort

Doug Van Nort is an artist, scholar and composer/improviser of experimental and electroacoustic music. He regularly performs and presents his work internationally, with notable past venues including Casa da Musica in Porto, Betong in Oslo, Cafe OTO in London, Skolska28 in Prague, Liebig12 and QuietCue in Berlin, Ongaku no tomo hall in Tokyo, The Smithsonian […]

Mark Chambers

Mark Chambers

Mark Chambers is a conductor, cellist and early music specialist. He studied cello with Martha Gerschefski, Lubomir Georgiev and David Miller, and has performed extensively in the United States and Ontario as both a chamber musician and orchestral player. At York, Dr. Chambers is the Cello/Viola da Gamba instructor and conducts the York University Symphony […]

Michael Coghlan

Michael Coghlan

Professor Coghlan has extensive professional credits as a composer, performer, conductor, record producer, and music director. He has worked in a wide range of musical genres and techniques, from medieval and classical to jazz, popular and world music, and computer-based music. A specialist in digital music production, he is known nationally for his work in […]

Lisette Canton

Lisette Canton

Lisette Canton is a choral and orchestral conductor, vocal coach and technician, guest conductor, adjudicator, workshop leader and early music specialist. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of the JUNO-Award winning Ottawa Bach Choir (OBC), and is also Associate Professor and Head of Choral Music at York University in Toronto, where she conducts three ensembles […]