Band Conductor - Hugh McGregor
Hugh began is early music training in Windsor playing Euphonium at the age of ten. A few years later Hugh switched over the Trombone. Hugh attended Assumption College high school and was inspired by teachers Jim Tamburini (Detroit Symphony) and Gil Grossitti (teacher, club and studio musician). Hugh gained much experience in Windsor playing with the Windsor Symphony, local big bands and directing his own summer big band in those early 1970’s.
He continued his music studies at the University of Western Ontario in London focusing on music education and upon graduation for teachers College began his teaching career in Goderich in 1978 at Goderich District Collegiate Institute. Hugh has taught in Clinton at Central Huron Secondary School for fourteen years and has recently returned to Goderich. He has also directed the Bayfield Winds, numerous Goderich Little Theater musicals, and has recently begun playing again with Lighthouse Swing Band in Kincardine.
Hugh joined the Goderich Laketown Band in May of 2007 conducting the band at its 40th anniversary celebrations in July. He continues to be active many musical endeavors in the community.
Assistant Conductor - Jason Le Roux
Growing up in Peel region, Jason began his musical training at a very early age, learning piano and voice while in elementary school. He began to play the French horn in grade 7 and performed in the Peel Region Intermediate Honour Band as a grade 8 student. While attending Brampton Centennial High School, Jason performed in every group he could - concert and stage bands, choirs, and pit orchestras, culminating in being the principal French horn of the Mississauga Youth Orchestra.
Jason attended the University of Toronto, graduating in 1995 with a Bachelor of Music and in 1996 with a Bachelor of Education. While at U of T, Jason studied horn with Harcus Hennigar of the TSO, and performed in the Wind Symphony and Symphony Orchestra. He studied band literature, techniques and conducting with Stephen Chenette, Cameron Walters and Jeff Reynolds. He also had the opportunity to perform with the jazz ensemble under the baton of Phil Nimmons and was a founding member of the Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra.
Upon graduating from university, Jason moved to New Zealand for six years, teaching music at Taumarunui High School. He performed for the Taumaunui Choral and Operatic Society - both on stage and in the pit, and was a guest musician with the New Plymouth and Tauranga Symphony Orchestras.
Jason returned to Canada in 2002 and began teaching grade 7 at Blyth Public School. He was the principal French horn of the Bayfield Winds, and has been the solo Eb horn player for the Kincardine
Brass Band since 2005. He currently teaches at East Wawanosh Public School in Belgrave and lives in Blyth with his partner Megan and three children, Patrick, Genevieve, and Aria.
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