Ken Gee (pianist)

Ken Gee studied piano with Edna Smith, Reginald Bedford and Boris Berlin, and performed in many master classes. A winner of many performance scholarships, Ken is an experienced recitalist, concerto soloist, accompanist, and chamber music player. He has a Music B.A. from McMaster University, where he was awarded the McMaster Medal for the Creative and Performing Arts. 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.

Ken’s other life is in Macintosh-based design work and music production. 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 accompanist for the Guelph Youth Singers, Suzuki String School of Guelph, Guelph Youth Musical Theatre, and Suzuki summer Institutes in Waterloo and Montreal. He also recently joined the board of the GYMC.
He recently produced and performed in Guelph Musicfest, a new classical recital series at the Guelph Youth Music Centre. Plans are underway for a second season, with the first concert scheduled for May 10, 2008. Ken lives in Guelph with his violinist wife, Paule Barsalou (director of the Suzuki String School of Guelph).