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William Shookhoff is a noted conductor, pianist and vocal coach throughout Canada and abroad. He has conducted Canadian orchestras from coast to coast, as well as in the Netherlands and China. He has served on the music faculties of the Universities of Toronto, Alberta, Wilfrid Laurier, as well as the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Johannesen Summer Institute of Music. He has been on the Music Staff of the Canadian Opera Company, Netherlands Opera, Edmonton Opera, and Portland (Oregon) Opera Companies.
Equally at home in Music Theatre, Mr. Shookhoff was the Associate Conductor of the inaugural Canadian production of Les Misérables, and of the Canadian Tour and Toronto productions of Phantom of the Opera. He has been a guest Music Director with Neptune Theatre (Halifax), Persephone Theatre (Saskatoon), and Citadel Theatre (Edmonton).
Mr. Shookhoff has worked with some of Canada’s greatest voices. Recent guest appearances as opera coach and orchestra conductor have taken him to Chichester, England, Burgundy, France, Sieggraben, Austria, and Wuhan, China. He has also devoted his efforts to the development and presentation of the Massed Piano or Monster Concert, and has conducted such events at Carnegie Hall, New York; Massey Hall and Nathan Philips Square, Toronto; the White House, Washington, DC; and the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome.
Mr. Shookhoff has been instrumental in initiating groups such as Comus Music Theatre, Canada Opera Piccola, Opera Theatre of Alberta, Opera York and the Edmonton New Music Festival, and has served as the Artistic Director of Opera York and Music Director of the Victoria International Festival. Mr. Shookhoff is Artistic Director Emeritus at Tryptych Productions, and is currently the director of Opera by Request.
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