Thomas Burton

apprentice conductor

Raised in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Thomas Burton is quickly becoming established as a dynamic contributor to Canada’s choral community. He is active as a conductor and singer throughout Canada and the United States. Thomas serves as Artistic Director of RESOUND Choir (Durham), Director of Music at Munn’s United Church (Oakville), and is conductor of the Tenor/Bass Chorus at the University of Toronto. Additionally, Thomas works as Co-Conductor of the award winning ensembles Raise Her Voice (Oakville), and the Eastern Horizon Chamber Choir (Halifax).

An advocate for the community building power of music, Thomas enjoys conducting performers of all ages and abilities. He has had the privilege of working with such ensembles as the Pacific Chorale, the Toronto Amadeus Choir, Pro Coro Canada, and the Vancouver Chamber Choir. In 2020, Thomas was selected as Apprentice Conductor of the National Youth Choir of Canada and will tour with that ensemble in the spring of 2022.

Thomas is a recipient of the Iwan Edwards Award in Choral Conducting, the Ken Fleet Choral Conducting Scholarship, and the Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation Award. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Trombone Performance from McGill University and a master’s degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Michigan where he studied with Dr. Jerry Blackstone and Dr. Eugene Rogers.