pianist

Ken Gee is a classical pianist, born in Hamilton but a resident of Guelph. He studied music at McMaster University, where he was awarded the McMaster Medal for the Creative and Performing Arts, and piano in Toronto with Boris Berlin. Ken was music critic for the Hamilton Spectator, manager for chamber music series and Ensemble Sir Ernest MacMillan, co-director of the Hamilton Kiwanis Music Festival, and a teacher at McMaster University, Sheridan College and Mohawk College. He developed classical piano music software for PG Music Inc., Victoria, and currently makes music and music text books for the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

He is the pianist for Guelph Youth Singers, Suzuki String School of Guelph, and Suzuki summer Institutes in Waterloo and Montreal, and has also been a piano adjudicator, private teacher and chamber music coach. He is a former chair of the Guelph Youth Music Centre where, among other initiatives, he led the creation of the Guelph Youth Symphony Orchestra and was a member of its Steering Committee. He is currently a board member of the GYMC and the Kiwanis Music Festival of Guelph. In 2008, he was the recipient of a City of Guelph Mayor’s Award. Ken is married to SSSG violin teacher Paule Barsalou.

Ken created and continues to be the sole organizer of Guelph Musicfest, an annual chamber music festival that celebrated its 16th season in 2022. For more information, visit guelphmusicfest.ca