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Michael Massey, Music Director

Michael Massey was born in England and emigrated to Canada in 1957. His early piano studies with Jean-Pierre Vetter Edmonton were the prime influence in his development as a musician. Later studies at the University of Alberta earned him a Bachelor of Music degree and the gold medal in piano performance of the Western Board of Music. Following his graduation he spent two years studying at the Geneva Conservatory where he was unanimously awarded the "Premier Prix de Virtuosité" and performed as soloist with L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.

Mr. Massey's activities as a musician are many and varied. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Canada, England and Scotland and has performed on numerous occasions on CBC radio and television.

As an accompanist he is particularly renowned for having worked with many major performing artists from Canada and abroad. He recently gave a course in conducting at the University of Alberta where he has had a long association as a coach (vocal and chamber music) and accompanist. Mr. Massey is currently part of the collaborative pianist team for the Music and Sound summer programme at the Banff Centre for the Arts where he coaches, conducts and accompanies young instrumentalists from around the world. Mr. Massey has appeared frequently as soloist with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and has also been its orchestral pianist for over twenty-five years. He is active as a piano teacher and his students have received local and national awards and international acclaim.

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