WILLIAM BROWN

William holds an honours music and education degree from Western University. For ten years he served as artistic director of the Woodstock Fanshawe Singers. In that time, the choir won first prize in the CBC Choral Competition for Amateur Choirs. For fifteen seasons (1996–2011), William served as artistic director and conductor of the ORIANA Women’s Choir, Toronto. During that time, the choir won provincial and national performance awards, released five compact discs, earned national awards for innovative programming, and commissioned over sixty-five new choral works promoting Canadian composers.

 

William’s numerous awards include the TDSB 2018 Teaching Award Finalist, 2016 Toronto Star Award for Teaching Excellence and first prize in the Ontario Arts Council Leslie Bell Conducting Competition. William has written several well-received choral compositions. Please visit https://williambrown.ca for further information. William is a past president of the ACCC, (now Choral Canada), and Choirs Ontario. William is active across the country as an adjudicator, clinician, and composer.