Guest Biographies

SUMMER SIZZLE 2019

Guest Biographies

Events > Guest Biographies

Summer Sizzle and CNCM are excited to announce the following guests for 2018! Check back here as more guests are announced in the coming months.

Christopher Norton

Born in New Zealand in 1953, Christopher Norton began composing early, and, by the age of 16, had an orchestral work performed and broadcast. Completing an honours degree in music from Otago University, Dunedin in 1974, he met with some success as a pianist in New Zealand, playing with the New Zealand Symphony orchestra. >>

Wes Froese

Wes Froese is a composer, performer and music educator in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He studied at the University of Regina with Bill Moore, and at the University of Saskatchewan with Robin Harrison. He also spent a year studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Wes is the former director of music at Horizon College and Seminary; founder and original artistic director of Eclipse Chorus, a Saskatoon community choir; and developer of the educational series Starting With Blues...>>

Debra Wanless

Our very own Debra Wanless is an active piano adjudicator, studio teacher, editor, examiner, music publisher, and composer. She has travelled across Canada and the United States as a pedagogy clinician. Debra holds a Junior Fellowship and Licentiate in piano pedagogy with... >>

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Canadian National Conservatory of Music

SUMMER SIZZLE 2019