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Co-Founders

The Team

The volunteer Intergenerational National Board of Directors and Advisory Committee to the Board consists of 9 people representing provinces from coast to coast.  It includes the President of Atlantic Federation of Musicians,  2 administrators (Associate Dean and Director of Postsecondary Studies of the Victoria Conservatory of Music, Executive Director of Tapestry Opera),  3 orchestra musicians (Calgary, Symphony Nova Scotia, Winnipeg), Mental Health Professional (Quebec Conservatory), Tenured Associate Professor (UOttawa), Sessional Instructor, private teachers, and freelancers. 

The Board of Directors meets monthly; the Executive Committee of the Board meets weekly; the Advisory Committee to the Board meets monthly​.

​There is also a growing consultation and in kind donation list as we bring the Canada Safe Music Program to life.

   Louise Concepcion ​(Alberta)

Alex Conway ​(Prairie Provinces)

          Christine Guptill (Ontario)
​                 Board of Directors​​

            Jemma Jones (Nova Scotia) 
​​       Co-Founder
       Board of Directors* 

Gwen Klassen (Alberta) 
Co-Founder
Board of Directors*

      Jaime Martino (Ontario)

    David Owen (Atlantic Provinces)

Amelie Soulard (Quebec)

             David Visentin (British Columbia)
             Board of Directors

* denotes Executive Committee of the Board of Directors

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In addition to the above mentioned roles of the Intergenerational Board and Advisory Committee
​ they also have leadership roles in the following organizations

Founders

• ​Sistema Toronto
• Xenia Concert Series Toronto
• Co-Founder Manitoba Flute Association
• Pender Island Flute Retreat 
• Boreas String Quartet
• Mondetta Ensemble
• ​Atlantic String Quartet
• FestivalArtSpring
• ​Co-Founder Mental Performance in the Arts Canada
• Founding Member Performing Arts Medicine Clinic (Alberta)
• Wellness and Leadership Inc
• ​Co-Founder of the Aha Dance Collective

Degrees

• PhD Law
• PhD Rehabilitation Sciences
• Psy.D Organizational Psychology
• DMA Music
• Masters degrees (9)
• Alexander Technique (Vice President of Alexander Technique Canada)
• Life Coach certification

Other

• ​Front line supervisor of the emergency department of Boston Children's Hospital
• ​​Producer of 16 world premier operas
• private mental performance coach for Olympic and Paralympic athletes
  

Committees

• Healthy and Safety Advisory - Canadian Labour Congress
• Orchestra Committee Chairs (2)
• Negotiating Committee (2)
• OCSM Vice-president
• Orchestra Canada "Co-Design" table
• Founding member of orchestra Health & Wellness, Anti-Racist, EDI committees
• Changing the Culture group (2)
• 2019 Opera America Leadership Cohort
• ​Vice-Chair of Research for the Performing Arts Medicine Association
• ​Health Advisory Team for National Youth Orchestra

Awards (non music)

• Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal​ recipient
• ​Co-recipient of the Nada Ristich Change Makers Ruby Award in 2023
  
• Jini Stolk Creative Fellow for 2024-2026
• 2020 Toronto Arts Council Leaders Lab Fellow
• Rainbow Warrior Award for "outstanding support for international LGBT solidarity and LGBT culture" as awarded by the International Lesbian and Gay Culture Network

Executive Directors/Directors

• New England Chamber Players
• Former Director of Operations for Pride Toronto
• Co-Director Canadian Network for Musicians Health and Wellness
• ​Director Wellness and Leadership Inc

Teachers​

• Faculty at Pender Island Flute Retreat
• Former Dean and Associate Dean of The Glenn Gould School and Young Artists Performance Academy of The Royal Conservatory of Music​​
• ​Status Appointment at University of Toronto's Music Health Research Collaboratory, Adjunct Appointment Faculty in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences @ University of Alberta
• Associate Professor in the Faculty of Physical Activity Sciences at the University of Sherbrooke (2020-2024)
• Psychology of Stage Performance course @ Montreal Conservatory of Music (2017-2023)
• psychologist and lead consultant in mental performance at the Institut national du sport du Québec for 10 years

• Artist Health and Wellness Office at the Quebec Conservatoire since October 2023.

The Intergenerational Safe Music Volunteer Board and Advisory Committee to the Board are committed to building and supporting sustainable, sectoral, and systemic change within Canadian society so that all learners, teachers, and performers of music are free from abuse, harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.

We are active performing musicians in Canadian orchestras, arts administrators, union representatives, mental health professionals, PhD student, private teachers, professors, and instructors at Universities and Conservatories across the country.
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We are advocates and visionaries who, over our careers, have built many successful grassroots programs, arts-focused charities, chamber music festivals, workshops and special events, and are recognized and respected leaders in the emerging field of Musician Wellness research.

We have witnessed and experienced first-hand the ongoing impact of conflict and abuse surrounding these issues. We are committed to cultivating the changes necessary to make our learning and work spaces safe.