Honorary Board Member

Jane W. Smith

Founding Chair and Past President of Toronto Summer Music;  art history teacher (retired) at Canada's National Ballet School; AGO volunteer in Prints and Drawings Dept.

Board of Directors

David Beach, Ph.D. 

President and Chair; Music scholar and former Dean of the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto (retired)

Dr. Peter Alberti

Director; Retired Professor of Otolaryngology; professional interests in voice and hearing

Cheryl Belkin Epstein

Chair of Nominations and Governance Committee; Teacher of Dance History at The National Ballet School of Canada; formerly a ballet dancer and lawyer

Marilyn Brown

Director; Campaign Director at the Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division; alumna and former Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto.

Eva Krangle

Chair of Fundraising Committee; Business Development Manager, North York Concert Orchestra Society; member of the Board of Directors Alliance Française de Toronto; member of the Board of Referees Employment Insurance; retired Department Head, French Immersion; retired Toronto Coordinator French for the Future

John B. Lawson, QC

Director; Associate Counsel, McCarthy Tetrault; past President and Chairman of the Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall; former Chairman of the Faculty of Music Campaign, University of Toronto; director on many musical boards

Mark Nielsen

Treasurer; Chartered Accountant, Foley, Broderick LLP; past consultative member Salvation Army Turks & Caicos Islands; past treasurer/VP TCI Volleyball Federation; former student, Royal Conservatory of Music.

Barbara J. Thompson

Director; Retired lawyer; former General Counsel, Suncor Inc.; past President of the University of Toronto Alumni Association and of the Associates of the Toronto Symphony; charter supporter of  Esprit Orchestra

Harry Underwood

Director; Lawyer, partner McCarthy Tetrault LLP

Diana Wiley

Director; Founding Partner of Thompson, Wiley + Associates, a marketing and communications firm which provides business building strategies for professional practices; writer, graphic designer and marketing specialist; former director of Opera Canada, Tapestry New Opera Works, and Ballet Jorgen; current member of the Board of Directors of Opera Atelier.

Teri Worthington Coombs

Director; Director of Development at Soulpepper Theatre; arts advisor to artsScene, an organization dedicated to connecting young professionals to the arts as audience members and volunteers