Our facilitators
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DYLAN BELL
In a word… multifaceted. Juno-nominated Dylan Bell is a vocalist, instrumentalist (piano, bass, guitar, percussion), composer/arranger, music director and producer/engineer. Dylan has worked with groups ranging from vocal jazz, (Cadence, Hampton Avenue, the Swingle Singers, FreePlay Duo, The Watch), to vocal pop (Retrocity, the Nylons) to eclectic jazz and world music (Autorickshaw, Ray Montford Group), to classical (Nathaniel Dett Chorale; Lara St John) to flat-out rock ‘n’ roll (Honeymoon Suite). He’s played stages across the world from his native Toronto, to Stockholm, Sweden, to Calcutta, India, and his compositions and arrangements are performed across the world from Arnprior to Zurich. His book “A Cappella Arranging” (co-written with Deke Sharon) was published in 2013. |
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SUBA SANKARAN
DORA award-winning, thrice JUNO-nominated world/fusion vocalist Suba Sankaran has effortlessly combined musical worlds, performing across North America, Europe, the UK, Asia, Australia and Africa with Autorickshaw, master drummer Trichy Sankaran, FreePlay Duo and Retrocity (80s a cappella revue), to name a few. Performance highlights include performing for Peter Gabriel, Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and performing with Jane Siberry, Lorraine Segato, Bobby McFerrin and the Swingles. Suba is in demand as a choral director, arranger, educator and composer. She has composed and produced music for theatre, film, radio and dance. Highlights include collaborations with Deepa Mehta, the CBC and Stratford Festival. |
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JOE CERUTTI
Since 2007, Joe Cerutti has been the Artistic Director of the Alexandria Harmonizers, earning 19 International medals including four international championship gold medals and recently won the 2018 Greater Washington DC Area Choral Excellence Award for "Best A Cappella Ensemble". He is a certified music judge in the Barbershop Harmony Society and one of only three people in history to earn the title of "Master Director" in both Sweet Adelines International and the Barbershop Harmony Society. During his tenure he has prepared the Harmonizers for an average of 20 performances a year, founded their annual Youth Harmony Festival, and overseen their successful community outreach programs. Cerutti has served as judge, faculty, and clinician for several choral festivals and conductor roundtables across North America, Europe/UK, Australia and New Zealand including seven performances at Carnegie Hall. He currently works as full-time Director of Outreach for the Barbershop Harmony Society. Cerutti is currently serving on the American Choral Directors Association's National Standing Committee for Advocacy and Collaboration and is a lifetime member of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS). He holds a Mus.B. in Music Education and Jazz Commercial Music from Five Towns College and a M.M. in Choral Conducting from Boston University, where he studied under Ann Howard Jones, Jamison Marvin, and Joseph Flummerfelt. |