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 …
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Richard Moore
PhD, York University; Master’s, University of Munich; Bachelor’s, University of Toronto. Dr. Richard Moore (ethnomusicologist, percussionist, drummer, cimbalist) is an educator and performer who works in a variety of music genres, including: contemporary classical, band, orchestral, music theatre, world music, jazz, and pop/rock. He performs regularly with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Ballet of Canada …
Michelle Johnson
John Gittins
Professor Gittins is a jazz pianist and an experienced show conductor, arranger and accompanist for stage and recording artists. His scholarly research is in the field of music theory, particularly in jazz, and in the history of ideas.
Frances Tee
Lora Zuech
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
Dr. Noam Lemish is a pianist, composer, educator and scholar. 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 Pardes (2018) and Sonic Truffles (2018). His teaching interests cover a wide variety of areas within jazz studies, as …
Stephen Koven
Steve has been teaching Contemporary Improvisation as well as jazz piano at York University since 2003. In addition to teaching at York University, Steve has also conducted educational master classes in China, Japan, Colombia, Mexico, Barbados and Bahamas. In 1993 the Steve Koven Trio was established and have since toured extensively around the world and …
