Don Bird is the recipient of 2 Clio Awards, 2 Juno Awards, 1 Commercial of the Year Award and 1 Silver Ace Award. His dynamic track record working with high-profile musicians include Shania Twain, Jim Cuddy, Paul Brandt, Kenny Rogers, Dick Clark, The Oak Ridge Boys, Bruce Cockburn, Michelle Wright, George Fox, Patricia Conroy, Prairie Oyster, Huey Lewis, Gladys Knight and the Temptations, to name a few, and has been involved with the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) events.
Dr. Timothy Seelig holds four degrees including Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of North Texas and a Diploma in Lieder and Oratorio from the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He is on the adjunct music faculty at the Meadows School for the Arts at Southern Methodist University where he teaches voice and Vocal Pedagogy.
Jackie Gartner-Schmidt, PhD, associate director, is assistant professor of otolaryngology head and neck surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Gartner-Schmidt received an undergraduate double honors degree in psychology and voice performance from Queen’s University in Canada and a master’s degree in speech-language pathology from Michigan State University. She then joined the Vanderbilt Voice Center in Nashville, Tennessee where she specialized in care of the professional voice before earning her doctorate from the University of Maryland in hearing and speech sciences. Dr. Gartner-Schmidt specializes in care of the professional voice and focuses her research on clinical effectiveness of voice therapy, as well as psychological considerations in the assessment and management of patients with voice disorders.
Kevin Doyle is the winner of three Juno Awards. He has been nominated for ten Juno Awards and one Grammy Award. Kevin has worked with performers both in Canada as well as internationally. A few of these names are Van Morrison, Glenn Gould, Yo Yo Ma, Gowan, Hall & Oates, Sinaed O’Conor, Jann Arden, Andrea Bocelli, Chieftains, Anne Murray, Allanah Myles, John McDermott, Kiss and Amy Sky. The list goes on and on. He is also an accomplished musician. He continues to work with a variety of artists globally and also at his studio in London, Ontario.
