Adjudicators in 2024:
Jamie Dupuis
Brittany Goldsborough
Jack Gordon
David Lum
Ralph McIntosh
Nancy Promane
Jamie Dupuis
(born in New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian guitarist/composer and producer, best known for his complex fingerstyle technique, energetic performances, and his arrangements on the guitar and harp guitar. In 2016, Jamie's arrangement of Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd on the harp guitar has gotten over 19 million views on Facebook, gaining international recognition. Also winning 1st place at the Canadian Guitar Festival Competition (2016), one of the finest guitar competitions in the world (2016) Dupuis has successfully carved out his own style as a solo artist worldwide.
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Brittany Goldsborough
is a bassist and educator with 13 years of experience in high school music teaching. Holding a Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of Education from McGill University, she has achieved numerous awards and recognition for her leadership of concert bands, jazz bands, and string ensembles. Currently, Brittany is conducting the Northern Brass Choir and co-director of the Jazz Subury Youth Band.. With a passion for both upright and electric bass, Brittany regularly performs with symphony orchestras, YES Theatre, 2V+, chamber groups, and is also an active member of the jazz community, performing with various ensembles including the Sudbury Jazz Orchestra, and mentoring young musicians in the Jazz Sudbury Youth Band.
David Lum
David Lum retired from the Toronto District School Board, in February 2021 after a 30-year career with the TDSB. During his career, David taught at Bliss Carman Middle school and was the Curriculum Leader of Music at Agincourt Collegiate Institute. He served on the board of the Ontario Music Educators’ Association (OMEA) from 2000 to 2015 and is Founding Director of the Ontario Band Association (OBA). In 2009, David received an Honorary Life Membership from the Ontario Band Association and was awarded the Keith Mann Outstanding Band Director Award from MusicFest Canada. In December 2012, he was inducted as a Laureate of the Legion of Honor for the John Philip Sousa Society and in November 2022, was awarded an Honorary Life Membership to the Ontario Music Educators’ Association.
Currently, David is Conductor of the East York Concert Band. He is the Course Director of the Music Qualifications Course (J/I/S) for the Faculty of Education and teaches the Low Brass studio for the School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design at York University. David is a Conn-Selmer Educational Clinician.
Jack Gordon
B.Mus. A (Music Education) B. ED, OCT
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has been a Music Educator for the past 36 years. He is an avid performer playing flute with the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra for 17 Seasons as well as performing with the Sault Symphony Orchestra and the Central Band of the Canadian Armed Forces. He was a Member of the Board of Directors for the Ontario Music Educators Association from 2008 to 2017. He has presented many times at OMEA Conferences and was on the Conference Committee for Vibrations 2012.
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Mr. Gordon was a Director for the Northern Ontario Music Festival for 20 years. During this time, he adjudicated, and conducted the NOMF Honour Band on three occasions.
Ralph McIntosh
Ralph moved to Sudbury in 1982 when he began his career teaching music at Churchill Public School. In 1986 he joined the staff at Sudbury Secondary School as a Program Leader in the Board’s new Performing Arts Program. Over the next 20 years, Ralph developed new music courses, served as musical director for the school’s choirs, variety shows and musicals, and produced six student recordings. In 2005 he became the Rainbow District School Board’s Arts Education Coordinator, where he had a significant impact at the elementary, secondary, and provincial levels. After retiring from teaching in 2015, Ralph assumed his role as the Director of Education at the Sudbury Theatre Centre. He continues to share his talents in the community as a vocalist, accompanist, event producer and arts advocate, and volunteers in support of the Young Sudbury Singers and the Joan Mantle Music Trust.
Nancy Promane
has been teaching music for over 30 years and holds a Masters degree in Music from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Music from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Education from Nipissing University. Her vast experience includes teaching Primary Music, Beginning Band, Middle School and Senior-level music. In addition, she has directed many Junior, Middle and Senior School ensembles. Ms. Promane is well-known in the instrumental circle for her techniques and practices of delivering and cultivating successful wind band programs. The Ontario Band Association has recognized her for her outstanding conducting skills, and her school bands have been awarded “Gold” status at the Ontario Band Festival and Heritage Music Festival in the United States. Ms. Promane continues to impart her love and knowledge of instrumental music to her students, while motivating, supporting, and collaborating with her colleagues. She has taught in both public and independent schools, recently finishing a 13 year tenure as Head of Music at an independent school in southern Ontario. Currently, Nancy has been seconded by Nipissing University, working with in-service teachers in the Bachelor of Education program. In addition, she is working as a sessional instructor at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. Nancy is pleased and excited to be a part of this year’s Northern Ontario Music Festival.
