Rosemary Thomson is a Canadian conductor

Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

 and chorus master. As of 2011, she is the Music Director of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, chorus master of the Calgary Philharmonic, and Assistant Conductor for the Canadian Opera Company

Canadian Opera Company

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. From 1994 to 1996 she was the conductor for the Dundas Valley Orchestra in Hamilton, ON.

Training

She received a Bachelor of Music degree (piano) from the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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 and is also a graduate of their Advanced Graduate Conducting Programme.

Awards

• London Music Foundation Rosie Robinow Prize for promising pianist (1986)
• Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation Award for Orchestral Conductors (1998)

Sources

• Calgary Philharmonic. Rosemary Thomson, Chorusmaster