Megan Benjafield is a passionate educator whose teaching career spans 25 years across three school boards. She has taught in the TLDSB, the TDSB and the HWDSB covering courses in strings, band, voice, music theatre, jazz studies and contemporary music studies. Most notably, Megan spent a decade on faculty at Etobicoke School of the Arts, and more recently, was lead teacher for the HWDSB Secondary Strings program.
Beyond the classroom, Megan has provided professional development across Ontario to peers, colleagues, and future music teachers. As a member of the first-draft curriculum revision writing team for the current Ontario Secondary Music Curriculum, Megan collaborated to help shape the direction of music education in Ontario. She was also a member of the board of directors for the Ontario Strings Association from 2016-2023. Currently, Megan is a session-
al faculty professor at McMaster University, teaching strings methods.
As a professional performer, Megan held a first violin chair in the Niagara Symphony Orchestra for over a decade and has been a substitute player for several professional orchestras across Southern Ontario. As an interdisciplinary artist, Megan has been a sought-after incidental music composer for various theatre companies, and wrote, directed and music-directed her own original musical Breadwinner at the Toronto Fringe Festival. She has further performed as a singer and singer/songwriter.
Megan is currently working as Music Education Manager for the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and is the General Manager for the Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.
St. George's Anglican Church
4691 Palladium Way
Burlington, On L7M 0W9
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:10:00 AM | Name:Canadian Sinfonietta Youth String Trio | Titles: String Trio in G Minor, 1st mvt. by Alexander Borodin String Trio in G Major, 2nd mvt. by Luigi Boccherini | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:10:20 AM | Name:ENJO String Quartet | Titles: String Quartet in D Major, op. 18, no. 3, 2nd mvt. by Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 12, 2nd mvt. by Felix Mendelssohn | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:JLATo music | Titles: Always with me, Spirited Away by Youmi Kimura Can-Can , Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:11:05 AM | Name:Arca Quartet: Alies Waters, Angela Jiang, Carys Petrusenko and Ruby Tullio | Titles: Jeux de couleurs , Andante by Helmut Lipsky Concerto for Four Violins in G, Vivace (movement 4) by Georg Philipp Telemann | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
Time:11:15 AM | Name:QYString_Trio | Titles: Capriccio no.1 for 3 violins, op. 2 by Hermann Friedrich Variations on an Estonian Folk Song, op.38 by Aleksey Yanshinov | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:ABC's | Titles: Quartet in B flat Major, op.1, no. 1, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn Divertimento in D, KV 136, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:1:20 PM | Name:BEARS: Briella Yiu, Elanor Shannon, Alana Cheng and Reya Muralidhar | Titles: Concerto in B minor RV 580 Op. 3 No. 10 for 4 Violins, Allegro by Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in G Major TWV 40:201 for 4 Violins, Largo e staccato by Georg Philipp Telemann | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:1:35 PM | Name:Jacob Hespeler Secondary School Saxophone Quartet | Titles: Irish Suite, Kerry Dance, Lullaby, Irish Washerwoman by Elliot Del Borgo All in Good Time by Karen Street | Home Festival:Stratford |
Time:1:50 PM | Name:The Liem Quartet | Titles: Allegro from Sonatina, Allegro by Dmitry Kabalevsky Quartet in G major, op. 76, 1st mvt. by Joseph Haydn | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
Time:2:05 PM | Name:Hamilton East Chamber Ensemble | Titles: Concerto No. 4 in F Minor (Winter) Op.8 no.4, 1st and 2nd movements by Antonio Vivaldi Hoedown from the "Rodeo" by Aaron Copland | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:30 to 4:00 pm