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ESG is delighted to welcome Fred Graham as he joins us this September 18 as our Interim Music Director and will fulfill this role until the end of June 2012. He will be a wonderful replacement for Peter Merrick and will continue the excellent music program we have at ESG.
Fred is a familiar face, having substituted at ESG in the past and participated in some of our musical galas. While posted at ESG, Fred will continue in his role as Deer Park Assistant Professor of Church Music at Emmanuel College.
Biography
Playing hymns for church school at the age of 10 in his home town of Newcastle, ON marked the beginning of a career in church music that grew during studies at the University of Toronto (MusBac), matured during post-graduate work in Berlin, Germany; became seriously concert-oriented during studies at the Eastman School of Music, (MM) and led to a doctorate in Liturgical Theology (PhD) with an emphasis on hymnody at Drew University Graduate School (1991).
Dr Graham has directed major church music programs in Ottawa, Halifax, and Toronto, and has performed recitals in those three cities, as well as in USA, England, and Germany. As an administrator, he acted as Worship and Music Officer for the General Council of the United Church (1988-2002) and was closely associated with the production of both Voices United and Celebrate God’s Presence. From time to time he has assisted congregations in southern Ontario with interim music leadership, including (then) St. George’s United, Islington United, and more recently Dublin Street United in Guelph.
In 2001 he was appointed (part-time) to the faculty of Emmanuel College, and has acted in succession as professor of Church Music, Basic Degree Director, Dean of Chapel, and after taking up a full-time appointment, director of Canada’s first Master of Sacred Music graduate program. He was recently honoured by The United Church of Canada in being awarded the prestigious Davidson Trust Award for excellence in theological teaching. As well as enjoying his two adult children and two grandchildren, Fred rejoices in the new life made available by an Organ Transplant (liver) in 2007.
Credentials
- Deer Park Assistant Professor of Church Music, Emmanuel College,
Victoria University in the University of Toronto- University Organist
- Director of Chapel
- Director of the Master of Sacred Music Program
- Mus.Bac., University of Toronto, 1967
- M.M., Eastman School of Music & Art, Rochester, NY, 1981
- M.Phil., (1988) Ph.D., (1991) Drew University Graduate School, Madison, NJ.
See Fred's full bio at Emmanuel College.
Last updated September 19, 2011
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