Our Music Program
Our music program follows a holistic approach to music instruction, striking a balance between ensemble playing, refinement of solo skills, technical, artistic, and aural growth, supported by a rich array of music technology, audio, theory, and history courses.
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Our three-year Bachelor of Arts degree provides an excellent foundation for students who wish to explore music as a career by developing the fundamentals of performance, theory, and musicianship.
We strive to create an inclusive, learning-centred experience, which involves all music students at a comfortable level. Development of reliable performance skill is nurtured through weekly performance classes, where you will discover and develop your musical voice. We offer courses in performance, audio arts, conducting and a variety of music theory courses. We also provide an extensive variety of jazz-based courses. Performance courses are offered in the following areas: piano, organ, guitar, voice, violin, viola, cello, string bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, percussion, jazz piano, and jazz guitar.
Our music faculty demonstrate a profound commitment to their craft through continued national and international active recording, teaching and research careers. We train young musicians to embrace their chosen art specialty as a vital, living language. When words fall short – music takes over! At Algoma U, we believe that music is an essential part of the human experience.
For those who choose to enter the workforce upon graduation, below is a list of some of the career paths our graduates have chosen or can choose with a music degree: arranger, arts administrator/arts management, composer, copyist, transcriber, cruise ship entertainer, educator, entrepreneur, film , TV, video game scoring, freelancing, lyricist, music industry, music therapist,musical theatre, musicologist, orchestrator, performer, pit orchestra musician, religious music – sacred music, songwriter, summer camp music director/staff, and many more.
“Where else would you find professors who encourage you to step outside of your comfort zone because they know you will do great and achieve success?! Everything is going so well here, I cannot imagine having these opportunities anywhere else.”
Lucas Hernandes
BA, Music
“Upon my arrival at Algoma University, I was greeted by the most amazing unit of musicians who hold so much itelligence and real life experience to offer at all times. I have gained an incredible amount of knowledge through this program, and some of my experiences include being a part of many Algoma University Ensembles (Choir, Musical Theater. Jazz Ensemble), singing for keynote events, as well as performing with Professors at Carnegie Hall in New York City! This program is a community, and being part of this Music family has been a blessing”
Keiko Larocque
2019
“At Algoma University, Music isn’t just another department, it is family. The one-on-one interactions and support that I received from the team of professors at Algoma is something that I do not think I will ever receive again. The Music Program offers something special that other departments cannot.”
Colin Zorzit
2017
“Algoma University is a great place for those who seek higher education. The Music Faculty were great and always helpful when I needed it. The Music Program really helped me develop as a musician and prepare for medium and long term educational and artistic goals”
Chris Mack
2018
“AU features an excellent, personalized Music Program. The faculty care about you and your progress. Small classes lead to strong bonds with classmates and teachers. There is a high expectation, yet goals are attainable, and reasonable in the context of such a supportive and creative environment. The high level of education and absorbed wisdom can be applied to everyday life. This program helped me find myself via artistic expression through my instrument. Bonds forged with like-minded individuals will last a lifetime. ”
David Peredun
2019
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Study the instrument of your passion
With performance courses offered in piano, organ, guitar, voice, violin, viola, cello, string bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, percussion, jazz piano, and jazz guitar, students have the opportunity to study and perfect their skills on the instrument they are most passionate about.
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Share your talent with others
Our ensembles, the Algoma University Choir, Jazz Ensemble, and Music Theatre Ensemble, are very active within the local community, and provide our students with ample opportunity to perform at public venues.
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Study the great composers, producers and musicians
In our program, students will study the iconic historical figures and their musical influence on society, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Sault Ste. Marie’s vibrant arts scene
The Algoma Conservatory of Music is a non-profit music school affiliated with Algoma U. It has become one of the highest quality concert series in North America, attracting the best performers from around the world.
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Mill Square
The Mill Square houses an elegant performance space with outstanding acoustics and excellent sound, lights, projection, and recording equipment. Algoma U’s music program shares this location, which allows the program to expand and establish a formidable music legacy for Sault Ste. Marie.
Our Courses
For more detailed information on our courses, please visit our courses schedule section
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Preparing for your audition
Students applying to our Music program must audition as part of the application process. Audition requirements vary greatly by the instrument.
Great Lakes International Summer Music Institute
A two-week university credit program opportunity
Algoma University “Great Lakes International Summer Music Institute” is designed as a two-week university credit program opportunity for advanced musicians at a pre-professional level; specifically for students in secondary school (Grade 11-12) and/or college/university students.
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START NOWMeet our Faculty
Our Department of Music is made up of faculty who are experts in the field. Get to know them!
Dr. Edward Turgeon, BMus, MMus, MMA, DMA
Director of Music, Professor, Musician-in-Residence (Duo Turgeon)
View Full BioFrank Deresti, BMus
Adjunct Professor: Coordinator of Guitar and Jazz Studies; Director of Algoma University Jazz Ensemble
View Full BioDr. Anne Louise-Turgeon, BMus, MMus, DMA
Adjunct Music Instructor: Piano, Composition, Musician-in-Residence (Duo Turgeon)
View Full BioAgnes McCarthy, BMus, MMus
Adjunct Professor: Coordinator of Vocal Studies; Director of Algoma University Musical Theater Ensemble
View Full BioPaul Dingle, BMus, MMus
Adjunct Professor: Music History, Algoma University Choir, piano
View Full BioBobbi-Leigh McLean-Gasparelli, Hon.B.MusEd, BED, OCT
Adjunct Music Instructor: Clarinet
View Full BioDr. Edward Turgeon, BMus, MMus, MMA, DMA
Director of Music, Professor, Musician-in-Residence (Duo Turgeon)
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705-949-2301, ext. 4382
Office: Algoma Conservatory of Music, room 201
Dr. Edward Turgeon has performed with noted musicians of our time including Sidney Harth, James Campbell, CheeYun, David Jolley, Ivan Chan, Keith Robinson, Michael Rusinek, Michael Webster, John Dee, Ransom Wilson and Laura Gilbert.
As a member of the piano duo “Duo Turgeon”, with his wife Anne, Edward has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, a 16-concert Russian tour and music festivals in Chicago, San Francisco, St. Petersburg, San Diego, Detroit, Santa Rosa, Toronto, Montreal, Norfolk, Minsk, Krasnoyarsk, Chisinau, Miami and Kitchener. The duo is the only Canadian piano duo to have taken first prizes and numerous additional special prizes at the world’s major international duo piano competitions including the Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition (Miami) and Schubert International Competition for Piano Duos (Czech Republic). Their performances and six CD recordings on the Vanguard Classics, Marquis Classics, Marquis/EMI, Dranoff Foundation and ClassXdiscs labels are hailed by critics, including several “top ten” lists (CBC), “Artist of the Month” (CBC Galaxy) and high ratings from classical periodicals and CD guides such as La Scena Musicale (5 out of 5 stars), “Les Grandes Pianistes et le Piano”, Wholenote Magazine, Musicweb, Soundstage, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s “Sound Advice” (5 out of 5 stars). Upcoming recording projects include works for duet and two pianos by Johannes Brahms, Max Reger, and various Spanish composers. The Turgeons have given world premiere performances of works by Alex Pauk, Libby Larsen, Aaron Copland and John Corigliano. Noted French music critic Stephan Villemin recently named Duo Turgeon as “among the top four or five world class piano duos of our time”, and they have been included in the French book “Les Grandes Pianistes et le Piano”. Their performances have been heard in radio broadcasts worldwide, including several on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today”.
Turgeon is a featured pianist in the NPR television documentary “Two Pianos – One Passion”, and major North American radio stations including MPR, WPR, WQXR, WGBH, CBC Radio I and II. International broadcasts include Dutch Public Radio, radio documentaries on BBC Radio I and II and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Turgeon was recently invited to join the international roster of Steinway artists.
Turgeon appears frequently as a competition judge, most recently at the Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition, the Chicago Liszt 200 International Competition, Isidor Bajic International Piano Competition (Serbia) Markham Music Festival, National Society of Arts and Letters Competition, Hamilton Kiwanis, Premio Brazil International and the national finals of the Canadian Music Competition. Upcoming adjudicating includes the Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival.
Dr. Turgeon’s college, conservatory and university work has included Associate Professor of Music and Artist Faculty in Collaborative Arts at the HARID Conservatory, Associate Professor of Music, Director of Keyboard Studies, Director of Collaborative arts and ensemble-in-residence at Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of the Arts, Boca Raton, Florida. He is a Founding Teacher for Royal American Conservatory Examinations, the National Music Certificate Program, and the Carnegie Hall Achievement Program. Turgeon has served as senior examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music’s College of Examiners since 1990.
Turgeon earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance from the University of Toronto along with the Forsyth Memorial Scholarship for top graduating pianist, where he studies with Mr. James Anagnoson. After serving as Co-Ordinator of the Music Department at Algoma University College in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, from 1988 until 1991, he left to pursued graduate studies at Yale University School of Music, earning a Master of Music (1993), Master of Musical Arts (1994) and Doctor of Musical Arts (2000) degrees in piano performance, along with the Philip Nelson and Catherine Winchell Memorial Scholarships to “an outstanding solo piano performance major”, as well as Yale’s special prize for best chamber music ensemble. Turgeon’s piano teachers at Yale included Claude Frank, Peter Frankl and Boris Berman. Turgeon’s summer studies included a chamber music fellowship at Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, masterclasses at Holland Music Sessions, chamber music studies with members of the Bavarian Radio Orchestra at the Jeunesses Musicales International Chamber Music Festival in Weikersheim, Germany, and annual piano masterclass studies at Banff Centre for Music and Sound, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Additional teachers included Marek Jablonski (Banff) , Karl Ulrich Schnabel and Peter Serkin (New York).
Frank Deresti, BMus
Adjunct Professor: Coordinator of Guitar and Jazz Studies; Director of Algoma University Jazz Ensemble
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705-949-2301, ext. 1118
Credentials: BMus (Carleton University)
Frank Deresti is a musician, composer, performer, recording artist, and teacher. His adventurous approach to life and music has taken him across the country several times as a singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist with various acts covering an impressive range of styles and genres.
Frank began studying the guitar at the age of 8, and received an Honours Bachelor of Music Degree from Carleton University in classical guitar performance in 2000. Since then he has maintained an active performing, teaching, and recording career.
As a sideman, band leader, co-writer, or session player, Frank brings an undeniable enthusiasm, skill, and love of music to every project. His recording credits include contributions to dozens of releases, as well as offerings to the world of film and podcast soundtracks. Always an enthusiastic collaborator, Frank continues to pursue new opportunities for cooperative music-making, and new experiences to stoke the creative fires.
A passionate and inspired teacher, Frank is a guitar, theory, bass and songwriting instructor at the Algoma Conservatory of Music, where he is the founding director of the Guitar Ensemble program. He has mentored several classical, jazz and popular guitar students, many of whom have gone on to receive awards at the provincial level, established themselves in successful music careers, and/or continued on a lifelong path of music-making and enjoyment. He has also been an adjunct professor and director of jazz studies at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie since 2001, where he has developed and teaches courses in guitar, bass, jazz theory and improvisation, songwriting, the music business, and various ensembles.
Frank continues to actively seek out new avenues to expand his musical pallet and to help elevate his own and others’ projects to new levels.
Dr. Anne Louise-Turgeon, BMus, MMus, DMA
Adjunct Music Instructor: Piano, Composition, Musician-in-Residence (Duo Turgeon)
Canadian pianist, Anne Louise-Turgeon earned a Bachelor of Arts in Piano Performance from the University of Toronto (1989) and an Eaton Award for top graduate. That same year she joined the keyboard faculty at Algoma University College in Ontario, Canada. She completed graduate studies at Yale University School of Music, earning her Master of Music (1993), Master of Musical Arts (1994), and Doctor of Musical Arts (2000) degrees in piano performance, as well as the school’s highest graduating honor, the Dean’s Award. Dr. Turgeon also holds a Master of Arts Degree (2009) in composition from Florida Atlantic University.
As soloist, Dr. Louise-Turgeon has taken prizes in the Cleveland and Sydney International Piano Competitions, a Government of Canada Award for Achievement in the Arts and an Ontario Arts Council Chalmers Award for advanced solo studies. She appears on Albany Records performing solo piano music by Ezra Laderman. With her husband, Edward, Dr. Louise-Turgeon has appeared at the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall’s “Weill Recital Hall”, Music Toronto, Hamilton Philharmonic, Massey Hall (Toronto), New World Symphony Orchestra, Minsk Philharmonic, Festival Miami, FIU Stravinsky Symposium, Esprit Orchestra, Sanibel Chamber Festival, Norfolk Chamber Festival, Austin Chamber Festival, Novosibirsk Philharmonic, San Francisco International Chamber Festival, Montreal International Two Piano Festival, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory (Singapore), Chicago International Two Piano Festival, Salkind Two Piano Festival, Festival Duettissimo, Dranoff Foundation and the World Piano Conference. She has given world premiere performances of works by Copland, Corigliano and Pauk. Radio and television appearances include ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp.), Netherlands Public Radio, CBC I & II, “Arts National”, NPR “Performance Today”, BBC I & II, WGBH Boston, WPR, WFMT Chicago, MPR, and the PBS documentary “Two Pianos – One Passion”. As a member of Duo Turgeon, Dr. Louise-Turgeon took first prize in the International Schubert Competition (Czech Republic) and the Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition. Her recordings on Vanguard Classics, Marquis Classics, Marquis/EMI, Dranoff Foundation, ClassXdiscs, and Albany labels have received acclaim, including 5 out of 5 from la Scena Musicale, CBC “Sound Advice”, Les Grandes Pianistes et le Piano, Wholenote Magazine, Musicweb, and Soundstage. Dr. Turgeon’s performances and recordings have appeared on classical top ten lists.
Dr. Louise-Turgeon has been a member of the Royal Conservatory (Toronto) College of Examiners, and faculty member at Mount Holyoke College, Yale University, Algoma University College, Algoma Conservatory, and the Harid Conservatory. Dr. Turgeon serves as Co-President of the World Piano Teachers Association, Florida chapter, keyboard faculty and ensemble-in-residence member at Florida Atlantic University. She has served as adjudicator for regional, national, and international competitions, including the Dranoff International Two Piano Competition and the Canadian Music Competition.
Dr. Louise-Turgeon’s upcoming judging includes the Chicago Liszt 200 International Competition, and the Isidor Bajic International Piano Competition (Serbia).
Agnes McCarthy, BMus, MMus
Adjunct Professor: Coordinator of Vocal Studies; Director of Algoma University Musical Theater Ensemble
RESIDENT FACULTY
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705-949-2301, ext. 1120
Agnes McCarthy is a Senate Adjunct Professor of Voice at Algoma University where she teaches private voice, Musical Theatre Ensemble and Elementary Music Methods courses. In addition to her work at AlgomaU she is Director of Sault Ste. Marie’s newest performing arts studio The Northern Arts Academy, providing comprehensive interdisciplinary training for singers with diverse musical interests. Agnes also serves as a music specialist with the Algoma District School Board.
After completing her B. Mus. / B. Mus. Ed. degrees at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Agnes moved to Montréal where she completed a Master’s Performance degree in Early Music Performance at McGill University in the studio of Canadian countertenor Allan Fast. She then relocated to Sault Ste. Marie as part of the Artist in Residence Program at Algoma University and has since served in the capacities of performer, voice instructor, choral conductor and coordinator of the vocal division of the Sault Ste Marie Music Festival. Agnes’ choirs and private students have distinguished themselves by winning numerous national awards, and many have gone on to professional careers.
Agnes has spent her professional career in Sault Ste. Marie deeply involved in the musical life of the community as a teacher and performer. She has collaborated with The Algoma Conservatory of Music, The Sault Symphony, The Algoma Chamber Players, The Chamber Singers of Algoma, The Algoma Festival Choir and with The Musical Comedy Guild of Sault Ste. Marie as Vocal Director for their productions of Les Misérables and Jesus Christ Superstar. She is also active as a choral and voice clinician and festival adjudicator.
Paul Dingle, BMus, MMus
Adjunct Professor: Music History, Algoma University Choir, piano
RESIDENT FACULTY
Paul Dingle began his musical journey studying harpsichord and early music in England with Valda Aveling and Edgar Hunt at Trinity College London. A Bachelor of Music degree in musicology at Memorial University of Newfoundland followed, then a Master’s Performance degree in piano at Brandon University. Upon returning to his native Newfoundland, he founded and was Artistic Director and Conductor of the Terra Nova Chamber Players, a professional orchestra specializing in Baroque music. Paul was also a composer and performer in the experimental multimedia group Fusion, an ensemble dedicated to high-technology arts productions involving analog, digital and hybrid synthesis, as well as a contributor to Sound Symposium, a biannual festival of new music, art, and dance. Paul’s first recording for CBC
FM radio broadcast in 1976 as a young pianist was his introduction to the world of audio and recording technology, an experience that has become a lifelong passion. Later studies in recording technology, acoustics and psychoacoustics led to a research interest in the historical interface between music and technology, and how the two have always been inextricably entwined in the formation of new styles, form, content, perception, medium and sense of narrative.
Paul is currently active as a performer, conductor, clinician, adjudicator and teacher. As Senate Adjunct Professor at Algoma University, Paul teaches music history, popular culture, orchestral and choral conducting, piano, audio arts and gaming audio technology. He is also Co-Director of The Northern Arts Academy and Organist & Choirmaster at Central United Church in Sault Ste. Marie.
Bobbi-Leigh McLean-Gasparelli, Hon.B.MusEd, BED, OCT
Adjunct Music Instructor: Clarinet
Email: [email protected]
Bobbi Gasparelli received an Honours Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Western Ontario in 1994, where she studied Clarinet under Robert Sheffield. She would go on to receive her Bachelor of Education from the University of Windsor in 1996. Currently residing in Sault Ste. Marie, she is a member of the Sault Symphony Orchestra, and has been a member since 1997. Bobbi has been teaching Instrumental Music for the Algoma District School Board since 1996 , and has been teaching at Korah Collegiate since 1998.
Joshua Norling
Adjunct Music Instructor: Saxophone and Jazz
Joshua Norling received an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Music specializing in jazz saxophone from Laurentian University in 2011. Since beginning his musical studies in high school at Korah Collegiate, he has maintained an active performance schedule as a freelance multi-instrumentalist, composer, recording artist and teacher. Always willing to take the next gig, his musical adventures keep him busy performing in a wide variety of genres. A traveling clinician, he has given workshops all over Ontario in woodwind and brass technique, music theory, jazz performance, and improvisation.
As a recording artist Joshua has performed on over 24 records as a vocalist, saxophonist, bassist, percussionist, orchestrator and arranger.
Joshua is also a private instructor at the Algoma Conservatory of Music, where he teaches lessons in saxophone, bass, guitar, piano, ukulele, music theory, ear training, composition and musicianship.
Dr. Robert Ollikkala, BMus, MMus, PhD
Dr. Robert Ollikkala, BMus, MMus, PhD
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Robert Ollikkala has completed an Associate of Music in Piano Pedagogy (Western Conservatory of Music), a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science (University of Western Ontario), a Bachelor and a Master of Music Degree in Piano Literature and Performance (University of Western Ontario), and a PhD in Musicology, with a specialization in Ethnomusicology (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
His research interests include South Asian music, North American indigenous music, the interaction between Asian spirituality (particularly Buddhism) and music, and jazz. He has carried out extensive fieldwork in both India and northern Ontario. At Algoma University he teaches Music Theory, World Music, Native Music, The Sociology of Music, Romantic Music, Twentieth-Century Music, and Studio Piano. He spends much of his spare time camping, fishing, hiking and cross-country skiing.
Stephen Mallinger
Adjunct Music Instructor: Piano
Born in Toronto, Stephen Mallinger lives in Sault Ste. Marie where he is Music
Director of the Algoma Festival Choir, Organist and Choirmaster of St. Luke’s
Cathedral, Instructor of piano, organ and theory at Algoma Conservatory of Music
and Algoma University.
He attended St. Michael’s Choir School for eleven years and has a Bachelor of
Music degree from the University of Western Ontario, London in piano
performance. He studied with Patricia Giron and Ronald Turini. Prior to moving to
Sault Ste. Marie he sang in the Choir of Lincoln Cathedral as a Tenor Lay Vicar and
taught piano at Lincoln Cathedral School.
Stephen performs regularly as a soloist and with his wife violinist Anya Mallinger.
He performed with Karen Kain for an Algoma Fall Festival masterclass. Choir
tours have taken him to Prague, and Chicago and the English Cathedrals of
Lincoln, Salisbury, Winchester, Worcester, Rochester, St. Paul’s London,
Canterbury, St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. In 2011, the Choir of St. Luke’s
Cathedral travelled to St. Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, and St. Patrick’s
Cathedral, Dublin. In 2017, they sang at Great St. Mary’s Church, Cambridge and
St. Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St. Edmunds. In 2019, they will sing again in
the UK at St. Alban’s Cathedral, Southwark Cathedral, The Temple Church and
Westminster Abbey. The Algoma Festival Choir sang at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church, Canada’s oldest Scottish church, in Quebec City in May 2013.
In June 2008, he conducted the Musical Comedy Guild’s production of Gilbert and
Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance”. He was the Music Director for the Guild’s
production of “The Wizard of Oz” in May 2010. He was Music Director for “The
Producers” in May 2011. On November 5th, 2005 he performed the piano concerto
“The Edmund Fitzgerald” by American composer Geoffrey Peterson to
commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the most notorious shipwreck in Lake
Superior. He performed Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto with the Sault
Symphony Orchestra in November 2010 for their performance of Fantasia 2000.
He conducted the Sault Theatre Arts Resource Studio’s production of “The Wizard
of Oz” in July 2017 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. In September 2018, he will
perform Mozart’s piano concerto No. 17 in G major as guest soloist with the Sault
Symphony.
Recent piano recitals include five performances in the UK, Sault Michigan, St.
Luke’s Cathedral and Algoma University Auditorium.
In July 2010 he composed the orchestral film soundtrack for the Ermatinger-
Clergue National Historic Site’s new Discovery Centre proposal to the Federal
Government which was awarded a grant to build the Centre.
Stephen Mallinger
In May 2012, the German organ builder Rudolf von Beckerath installed a new pipe
organ in St. Luke’s Cathedral. Stephen performed at the Dedication Service with
Governor General David Johnston and his wife Sharon in attendance. In May 2013
he composed a choral anthem Almighty and Everlasting God to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the 49th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery.
With regard to volunteering, Stephen coached baseball for the Soo Minor Baseball
Association for several summers. He was Manager of the Soo Finnish Nordic Ski
Club Race Team, travelling extensively across eastern Canada as a waxing
technician too. He has mentored for the Algoma District School Board for their
entries in Soo Sings for Kids.
Stephen and Anya have five daughters – Erin, Hilary, Catherine, Frances, and
Adriane and one granddaughter, Madison. He enjoys reading, cross-country skiing,
tennis, and biking.
Ken Piirtoniemi, BMUS, BED, AMUS Performance
Adjunct Music Faculty: Brass
Low Brass Instructor – UWO London 1974-75
Principal Tuba – London Symphony (ON) ’74-75
Secondary School Instrumental Music Teacher 1976 – 2019
Brass Instructor – Algoma U – 1998 – present
Brass Instructor – Algoma Conservatory – 1999 – present
Interests: grandchildren, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, canoeing, fishing, hunting, bicycling, RVing, photography, history, music composition
Career Outcomes
For those who choose to enter the workforce upon graduation, the left is a list of some of the career paths our graduates have chosen or can choose with a music degree.
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