Dana Baitz
Dana Baitz is a piano teacher, composer and performer living in Toronto. She holds a PhD in musicology, a piano performers’ ARCT diploma, and degree in music theory and composition. She has contributed to over a dozen commercially available albums, and occasionally plays piano in jazz ensembles and violin in klezmer ensembles. Her breadth of her musical interests leads her to foster a similar range of skills in her students: her teaching incorporates improvisation, music theory, composition / songwriting, electronic music production and developing original arrangements of various pieces. Dr Baitz’s academic work focuses on music analysis, funk music, and the study of gender in music. She is a mother and sometimes trapeze artist.
Maria Case
Maria Case is a highly regarded artist and educator in Toronto’s music community, working as a pianist, singer, choral conductor, and composer. The majority of her compositions celebrate the voice, and are inspired by texts from a wide range of eras and cultural traditions. Her art songs and piano works are published by Plangere editions. Maria maintains a busy private studio and is active as an adjudicator and lecturer on subjects related to musicianship and piano/theory pedagogy. She served as Chief Examiner of Theoretical Subjects for the Royal Conservatory from 2006 to 2013. She is co-author of the Celebrate Theory series, and has designed curriculum for theory, music history, piano pedagogy, and musicianship. Maria is the Artistic Director of The Annex Singers, leading this 60-voice auditioned choir with dynamic and imaginative programming. She is also the Minister of Music at Glebe Road United Church in Toronto.
Gloria Chu
Gloria Chu is a dedicated composer, pedagogue, adjudicator, examiner, speaker, and performer. She is a multi-award winning composer of chamber, violin, cello, and piano works. Her compositions have been praised to “transport [the audience] into a heavenly world” by International Youth Music Competitions. Several of her pedagogical works have been featured in the Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects Contemporary Showcase syllabus. Her awards and recognitions include six Winning Awards from Alberta Piano Teachers Association Creative Music Writing Competition, Canadian Folk Song Arrangement Prize, First Place at the USA Modern and Contemporary Competition and First Place in Provincial Alberta Registered Music Teachers’ Association Student Composition. Gloria holds two master’s degrees: MA in Piano (University of Ottawa) and MA in Strings (University of Chichester). She has been recognized by Steinway & Sons with a Top Teacher Award and is the recipient of the Royal Conservatory of Music Teacher of Distinction Award for her leadership as a music educator. Gloria has given presentations at city, provincial and national conferences on music learning topics. Her innovative teaching methods and pedagogy compositions motivate students to develop confidence in expressing their unique voice in both music and life. www.gloriachumusic.com
Katy Dosman
Katy Dosman is Canadian composer, pianist, and singer originally from Toronto, Ontario. She obtained an A.R.C.T. in piano performance and a bachelor’s degree in music from York University before obtaining her master’s degree in occupational therapy at the University of Western Ontario. A long-time participant in choral singing, she is an alum of the Toronto Children’s chorus, the University of Guelph Chamber Singers, and Concerto Della Donna. She is currently a member of Choeur Adleisia in Montreal, where she also works as a collaborative pianist. Katy has composed several songs for voice and piano/guitar as well as incidental music for the York University theatre production of ‘Les Belles Soeurs’. Fluent in French and English, she currently lives with her family in Montreal, Quebec.