Gary Kulesha

Gary Alan Kulesha CM (born 22 August 1954) is a Canadian composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. Since 1995, he has been Composer Advisor to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.[1] He has been Composer-in-Residence with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony (1988–1992) and the Canadian Opera Company (1993–1995). He was awarded the National Arts Centre Orchestra Composer Award in 2002.

He currently teaches on the music faculty at the University of Toronto,[2] where his notable students have included Vincent Ho, Anna Höstman, Abigail Richardson-Schulte, Bekah Simms, and Andrew Staniland.

He was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2023.[3]

  1. ^ "Toronto Symphony Orchestra Press Release". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  2. ^ Bio of Gary Kulesha at the University of Toronto website Archived 8 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Order of Canada appointees – December 2023". Governor General of Canada. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

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