Ken Gee
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Ken Gee is a classical pianist, born in Hamilton but happily living now in Guelph. He studied music at McMaster University, where he was awarded the McMaster Medal for the Creative and Performing Arts, and piano in Toronto with Boris Berlin. Ken was music critic for the Hamilton Spectator, manager for chamber music series and Ensemble Sir Ernest MacMillan, co-director of the Hamilton Kiwanis Music Festival, and a teacher at McMaster University, Sheridan College and Mohawk College. He developed classical piano music software for PG Music Inc., Victoria, and makes music and music text books for Frederick Harris Music Ltd. and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.
He is the pianist for Guelph Youth Singers, Suzuki String School of Guelph, and Suzuki summer Institutes in Waterloo and Montreal, and has also been a piano adjudicator, private teacher and chamber music coach. He has been chair of the Guelph Youth Music Centre where, among other initiatives, he led the creation of the Guelph Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 2008, he was the recipient of a City of Guelph Mayor’s Award. Ken is married to violinist wife, Paule Barsalou (director of the Suzuki String School of Guelph).
His performances have included solo piano recitals, chamber music, piano duets, and concertos with orchestra. Ken created Guelph Musicfest, an annual chamber music festival that celebrates its 16th anniversary in 2022.
Ken’s particular strength is in violin and cello repertoire, and enjoys working with student performers as well as top-flight professionals, and is equally at home in concerts, auditions, and Festivals. His knowledge of violin and cello repertoire is expansive. He is one of the most experienced string Suzuki accompanists in Canada.
Ken is superbly equipped to record professional audio and video in his studio or in remote locations. Audio can be recorded in up to 32 bit floating point for maximum fidelity and video in 4K. If you need to record a concert or audition, competition or exam video, you won’t get better quality. He can also stream performances.
More information at http://guelphmusicfest.ca and http://kengee.ca
He is the pianist for Guelph Youth Singers, Suzuki String School of Guelph, and Suzuki summer Institutes in Waterloo and Montreal, and has also been a piano adjudicator, private teacher and chamber music coach. He has been chair of the Guelph Youth Music Centre where, among other initiatives, he led the creation of the Guelph Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 2008, he was the recipient of a City of Guelph Mayor’s Award. Ken is married to violinist wife, Paule Barsalou (director of the Suzuki String School of Guelph).
His performances have included solo piano recitals, chamber music, piano duets, and concertos with orchestra. Ken created Guelph Musicfest, an annual chamber music festival that celebrates its 16th anniversary in 2022.
Ken’s particular strength is in violin and cello repertoire, and enjoys working with student performers as well as top-flight professionals, and is equally at home in concerts, auditions, and Festivals. His knowledge of violin and cello repertoire is expansive. He is one of the most experienced string Suzuki accompanists in Canada.
Ken is superbly equipped to record professional audio and video in his studio or in remote locations. Audio can be recorded in up to 32 bit floating point for maximum fidelity and video in 4K. If you need to record a concert or audition, competition or exam video, you won’t get better quality. He can also stream performances.
More information at http://guelphmusicfest.ca and http://kengee.ca
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