Noel Edison

Noel Edison
Born	November 16, 1958 (1958-11-16) (age 53) Toronto, Ontario
Occupation	conductor
Awards	Order of Ontario

Noel Edison, OOnt (born November 16, 1958) is a Canadian conductor. He is the conductor of the Elora Festival Singers, Artistic Director of the Elora Festival and the conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.^[1]

Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of George and Marian Clarissa (Frost), Edison graduated from Jarvis Collegiate in 1978 and Wilfrid Laurier University in 1985.^[2] He then moved to Elora, Ontario to study piano with Victor Martins. He studied conducting with Robert Shaw, Helmuth Rilling, Sir David Willcocks, Wayne Riddle and John Alldis. In 1997, he was appointed conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and has been a guest conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.^[3]

In 2009, he was made a member of the Order of Ontario.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Order of Ontario Appointments Announced". January 15, 2009. http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/news/2009/n20090115.shtml. 
2. ^ Elizabeth Lumley. Canadian Who's Who 2003. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802088651. 
3. ^ "Edison, Noel". Naxos. http://www.naxos.com/conductorinfo/Noel_Edison_31569/31569.htm. 

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Name	Edison, Noel
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Date of birth	November 16, 1958
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario
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