A native of London, Ontario, Joel Tangjerd began cello studies at the age of 4, and piano
studies at the age of 5; achieving an ARCT in Cello Performance and Grade 10 in piano
from the Royal Conservatory of Music, a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music from
Western University.
Joel has received scholarships to attend the Kincardine Summer Music Festival, the
Southern Ontario Chamber Music Institute, the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute,
the Domaine Forget Music and Dance Academy and the Oberlin Baroque Performance
Institute. He was also a finalist in the LMSF competition and the winner of the Maritsa
Brookes Concerto competition at the Don Wright Faculty of Music. He is the current
organist and music director at St. Luke’s United Church in Toronto, and was formerly the
organist and music director of Richview United Church and St. Luke’s Anglican Church.
Joel has studied cello with Lisa Burroughs, Susan Millar, Julia MacGregor, Thomas
Wiebe and Christina Mahler; piano and theory with Sandra Young Tangjerd. He was
formerly the principal cellist in the London Youth Symphony under the direction of
maestro Len Ingrao and has served as principal cellist of the University of Western
Ontario Symphony Orchestra under maestro Alain Trudel. He is an active teacher and
freelancer in Toronto and South-Western Ontario and regular substitute player with
London Symphonia and the Guelph Symphony.
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