Ken Gee is a classical pianist, born in Hamilton but happily living now in 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 makes music and music text books for Frederick Harris Music Ltd. and 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. He has a broad knowledge of music for strings and piano. Ken is also an experienced solo recitalist and concerto performer. He has also been a piano adjudicator, private teacher and chamber music coach. Ken is a board member and former chair of the Guelph Youth Music Centre where, among other initiatives, he led the creation of the Guelph Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 2008, he was the recipient of a
City of Guelph Mayor’s Award. Ken is married to violinist wife, Paule Barsalou (director of the Suzuki String School of Guelph).
Ken is the founder and director of Guelph Musicfest, an annual chamber music festival that is celebrating its 16th anniversary in 2022. More information at
guelphmusicfest.ca.
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