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Geoffrey Moull
Geoffrey Moull

Geoffrey Moull is Music Director of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. With an increasing artistic reputation built solidly on audience success, the ensemble has grown to become one of the best regional orchestras in the country. Under the direction of Mr. Moull, the CBC now broadcasts the TBSO regularly on national radio; their CD recording of Canadian compositions Variations on a Memory was nominated for a Juno Award in 2005.

Prior to his Thunder Bay appointment, Mr. Moull was Principal Conductor of the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera in Germany. His international conducting career has included performances with such renowned ensembles as the Southwest German Radio Orchestra, the State Opera Hannover, the State Opera Berlin, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Pays de la Loire, the Metz Opera, the German Rhine Opera, the Luxemburg Opera, the San Remo Symphony, the Szombathely Symphony, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia, the Springfield Symphony and the International May Festival in Wiesbaden.

Mr. Moull's innovative spirit has led him to program and conduct many premiere performances, and he is responsible for the rediscovery of important compositions of the 19th and 20th century, including works of Berlioz, Schumann, Mahler, D'Albert, Schreker, Martinu, Honegger, Krenek and Weill. In addition to recording for both radio and television, his world premiere CD recordings of Louis Spohr's Faust and Theo Loevendie's [i]Esmée[/i] were received with international acclaim. Das Orchester, Germany's leading music magazine, wrote that "his interpretation was magnificent, with wonderful judging of phrasing, atmosphere and warmth" and he is the recipient of Opernwelt's "Opera Production of the Year" prize.

After earning a degree in conducting at McGill University in Montreal, Mr. Moull was awarded the coveted DAAD scholarship of the German government and completed post-graduate degrees in both conducting and piano at the State Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, Germany. He studied with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Edward Downes and Kyrill Kondrashin. In the course of his career, Mr. Moull was also Associate Music Director of the Münster Symphony and Opera and Principal Conductor of the Trier Symphony and Opera. Also active as a music educator, he was Music Director of the Orchestra of the State Hochschule für Musik in Münster and has given master classes for the State Music Councils of Bavaria and the Rhineland, and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

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What a wealth of issues to discuss in five days….where to start? Certainly, we all enjoy balanced budgets and the efforts by all that make that possible; we would welcome efforts on the part of the CBC to give us more air time, and loudly applaud all levels of government that would increase funding to our national and provincial arts councils, thus granting us the ability to remunerate our musicians and staff justly for the hard work they do.

But through our daily struggle to stay viable, we lose track of what I consider the major issue facing Canadian orchestras: RELEVANCE! Connecting to our respective communities in a way that will ensure a strong and viable future. Developing an individual artistic identity within the fabric of Canadian society that makes us indispensable.

Through creative team-work, the TBSO (Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra) is well on that path, but first for the non-initiated (i.e., our symphonic friends south of the border), some information about us: Thunder Bay is the smallest community in Canada (pop. 109,000) to support a fully-professional symphony orchestra; the orchestra performs approx. 50 concerts in a 24-week season, offering its musicians 168 services. For two of those weeks and with the generous support of both arts councils, we tour throughout Northwestern Ontario, a vast geographical expanse roughly the size of France, bringing live symphonic music to legion halls, churches, school auditoriums, and aboriginal community centres. Despite our modest size, we’re a regular feature on CBC Radio Two and our recent self-produced CD recording of all-Canadian compositions was nominated for a Juno Award.

Our strong commitment to Canadian musicians, guest artists, conductors, and music not only ensures our regular presence on the CBC, it makes us an integral part of the community, region and country. Through numerous community, ethnic and educational outreach projects, the TBSO has been successful over the past few seasons in increasing concert attendance and ticket sales. We’re proud to be able to say that it’s our classical music concerts in particular that have seen the most gains. The enthusiasm of our musicians, and the high quality of their playing, has been instrumental in ensuring that those who visit us for the first time become return visitors.

During the first couple of panel days I’m a guest of Symphony Nova Scotia in Halifax, and thus only sporadically online. Please be patient; as of Wednesday all questions, comments, criticisms and queries will be answered!

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Geoffrey Moull
Geoffrey Moull

Geoffrey Moull is Music Director of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. With an increasing artistic reputation built solidly on audience success, the ensemble has grown to become one of the best regional orchestras in the country. Under the direction of Mr. Moull, the CBC now broadcasts the TBSO regularly on national radio; their CD recording of Canadian compositions Variations on a Memory was nominated for a Juno Award in 2005.

Prior to his Thunder Bay appointment, Mr. Moull was Principal Conductor of the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera in Germany. His international conducting career has included performances with such renowned ensembles as the Southwest German Radio Orchestra, the State Opera Hannover, the State Opera Berlin, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Pays de la Loire, the Metz Opera, the German Rhine Opera, the Luxemburg Opera, the San Remo Symphony, the Szombathely Symphony, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia, the Springfield Symphony and the International May Festival in Wiesbaden.

Mr. Moull's innovative spirit has led him to program and conduct many premiere performances, and he is responsible for the rediscovery of important compositions of the 19th and 20th century, including works of Berlioz, Schumann, Mahler, D'Albert, Schreker, Martinu, Honegger, Krenek and Weill. In addition to recording for both radio and television, his world premiere CD recordings of Louis Spohr's Faust and Theo Loevendie's [i]Esmée[/i] were received with international acclaim. Das Orchester, Germany's leading music magazine, wrote that "his interpretation was magnificent, with wonderful judging of phrasing, atmosphere and warmth" and he is the recipient of Opernwelt's "Opera Production of the Year" prize.

After earning a degree in conducting at McGill University in Montreal, Mr. Moull was awarded the coveted DAAD scholarship of the German government and completed post-graduate degrees in both conducting and piano at the State Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, Germany. He studied with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Edward Downes and Kyrill Kondrashin. In the course of his career, Mr. Moull was also Associate Music Director of the Münster Symphony and Opera and Principal Conductor of the Trier Symphony and Opera. Also active as a music educator, he was Music Director of the Orchestra of the State Hochschule für Musik in Münster and has given master classes for the State Music Councils of Bavaria and the Rhineland, and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

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