2026 Virtual Adjudicators

Jennifer Knelman holds a Teachers' ARCT, a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Music Degree (Literature and Performance) from the University of Western Ontario. Her early musical training was from her Mother,

Fay Pullan, with whom she was studying when she received two RCM provincial gold medals, then she continued on scholarship at the Royal Conservatory of Music. During the following years at University she studied advanced theory, while majoring in performance. Her principal teacher was James Anagnoson.

Her main joy is assisting music teachers in many different ways, from giving feedback on individual student performances to offering virtual online exams, or workshops for teacher groups. She was a piano examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music for over fifteen years and has enjoyed years of Festival adjudicating and lecturing for ORMTA groups and also instructs for the University of Guelph where her online course creations  have won many awards.

Jennifer is a ranked tennis singles player competing on the senior  International Tennis Federations circuit and enjoying observing the many parallels between sport and music