Piano: Maggie Morrison
Canadian pianist Maggie Morrison is an avid performer, teacher and adjudicator. She has concertized in many cities including Toronto, Cleveland, Chicago and New York.
Maggie received her Performance Diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music in 2005 at The Glenn Gould School, where she attended The Taylor Academy. She lived in Cleveland for seven years, attending The Cleveland Institute of Music, where she graduated with her Bachelor’s (2012) and Master’s Degree (2014). After graduating, she continued living in Cleveland for a year to teach piano privately at The Hathaway Brown School, as well as hold a position at Kent State University as a Staff Accompanist.
She has worked with such pedagogues as Anton Kuerti, Marc Durand, John Perry, Julian Martin and Sergei Babayan. As a student, she attended The Banff Centre for several summers as well as Pinkas Zuckerman’s National Arts Centre Young Artist Program.
Maggie has adjudicated across Canada at numerous music festivals including the Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival, the Sault Ste. Marie Music Festival and the Kiwanis Music Festival of St. John’s. She recently returned from Asia where she was adjudicating at The Hong Kong Schools Music Festival.
A believer in community, Maggie is the Director of a Not for Profit, Exposure to the Arts, based in her hometown of Brantford, Ontario. She also established a Contemporary Showcase Centre for Brantford in November of 2012.
Currently, Maggie resides in Toronto. She teaches privately out of her loft and is a Collaborative Pianist at The Royal Conservatory of Music, frequently accompanying Taylor Academy students in masterclasses, lessons and exams. She is currently in the Doctorate of Music program at The University of Toronto, where she received a full scholarship to study with Jamie Parker.
Canadian pianist Maggie Morrison is an avid performer, teacher and adjudicator. She has concertized in many cities including Toronto, Cleveland, Chicago and New York.
Maggie received her Performance Diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music in 2005 at The Glenn Gould School, where she attended The Taylor Academy. She lived in Cleveland for seven years, attending The Cleveland Institute of Music, where she graduated with her Bachelor’s (2012) and Master’s Degree (2014). After graduating, she continued living in Cleveland for a year to teach piano privately at The Hathaway Brown School, as well as hold a position at Kent State University as a Staff Accompanist.
She has worked with such pedagogues as Anton Kuerti, Marc Durand, John Perry, Julian Martin and Sergei Babayan. As a student, she attended The Banff Centre for several summers as well as Pinkas Zuckerman’s National Arts Centre Young Artist Program.
Maggie has adjudicated across Canada at numerous music festivals including the Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival, the Sault Ste. Marie Music Festival and the Kiwanis Music Festival of St. John’s. She recently returned from Asia where she was adjudicating at The Hong Kong Schools Music Festival.
A believer in community, Maggie is the Director of a Not for Profit, Exposure to the Arts, based in her hometown of Brantford, Ontario. She also established a Contemporary Showcase Centre for Brantford in November of 2012.
Currently, Maggie resides in Toronto. She teaches privately out of her loft and is a Collaborative Pianist at The Royal Conservatory of Music, frequently accompanying Taylor Academy students in masterclasses, lessons and exams. She is currently in the Doctorate of Music program at The University of Toronto, where she received a full scholarship to study with Jamie Parker.
Voice: Debora Joy (BMus, MFA)
A professional singer/actor/teacher for many decades, Debora is presently the head of voice at the George Brown Theatre School in Toronto where she has taught for 20 years. She holds a voice performance degree (BMus) from the University of Toronto and a Masters of Fine Arts in Directing (MFA) from York University, and is presently training to become a yoga teacher. She studied extensively with master voice teacher David Smukler, and master singing teachers, Richard Armstrong, Patricia Kern, Mary Morrison, and Neil Semer. Debora has been awarded with the City of Niagara Falls Award, a Tyrone Guthrie Award (Stratford) and a Notable Toronto Teacher Award in 2016.
Her performing credits include five seasons at the Stratford Festival that included Broadway, and London West End runs of the Mikado. Favourite roles include Evita, Emily Dickinson in the one-woman play, The Belle of Amherst, and Aggie in the contemporary Canadian opera, The Boiler Room Suite. In May, Debora will be performing in the upcoming Smile Theatre Benefit, Extraordinary Women, at the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto.
Besides teaching at George Brown College, Debora taught singing in the theatre department at York University and in the Musical Theatre Department at Sheridan College for 10 years. She has taught voice for actors at the University of Windsor, the University of Toronto – Erindale, and in private Toronto acting studios. She also has her own studio, Joyworks! in the Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto. A popular adjudicator, Debora has adjudicated all styles of singing throughout Southern Ontario. She is excited to return to the Durham Showcase Festival this year. “Enjoy yourself, breathe, and sing with your whole self!”
A professional singer/actor/teacher for many decades, Debora is presently the head of voice at the George Brown Theatre School in Toronto where she has taught for 20 years. She holds a voice performance degree (BMus) from the University of Toronto and a Masters of Fine Arts in Directing (MFA) from York University, and is presently training to become a yoga teacher. She studied extensively with master voice teacher David Smukler, and master singing teachers, Richard Armstrong, Patricia Kern, Mary Morrison, and Neil Semer. Debora has been awarded with the City of Niagara Falls Award, a Tyrone Guthrie Award (Stratford) and a Notable Toronto Teacher Award in 2016.
Her performing credits include five seasons at the Stratford Festival that included Broadway, and London West End runs of the Mikado. Favourite roles include Evita, Emily Dickinson in the one-woman play, The Belle of Amherst, and Aggie in the contemporary Canadian opera, The Boiler Room Suite. In May, Debora will be performing in the upcoming Smile Theatre Benefit, Extraordinary Women, at the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto.
Besides teaching at George Brown College, Debora taught singing in the theatre department at York University and in the Musical Theatre Department at Sheridan College for 10 years. She has taught voice for actors at the University of Windsor, the University of Toronto – Erindale, and in private Toronto acting studios. She also has her own studio, Joyworks! in the Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto. A popular adjudicator, Debora has adjudicated all styles of singing throughout Southern Ontario. She is excited to return to the Durham Showcase Festival this year. “Enjoy yourself, breathe, and sing with your whole self!”
Violin: Aysel Taghi-Zada