Bandmaster Glenn Barlow

Glenn Barlow was appointed Bandmaster in April 2004, following six years of service as a member and 2 years as deputy bandmaster at the North York Temple Corps.

Educated at the world renowned Royal Academy of Music in London, he gained his Bachelor of Music (Honours) and LRAM, FTCL, LGSM and ALCM diplomas. During his tenure at the Academy, Glenn was a member of the Enfield Citadel Band as its Soprano cornet player under the direction of Bandmaster James Williams MBE.

His conducting has not been limited to the brass band idiom, having conducted the Colorado Symphony and the Vancouver Symphony and a performance of the rarely heard Mahler Symphony No.8 (Symphony of a Thousand) at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

He has produced events in Toronto including the “1000 Children’s Voices” at Massey Hall and most recently the ‘Concert for Asia” Tsunami benefit concert at Roy Thomson Hall with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Elmer Iseler Singers, massed choirs and the North York Temple Band.