LONG BIO
Award-winning pianist and composer Rea Beaumont, DMA, received the King Charles III Coronation Medal for her contributions to music, art, and culture, and she was awarded the SOCAN Foundation/MusCan Award of Excellence for the Advancement of Research in Canadian Music.

Beaumont's solo performances include Nuit Blanche, CBC Glenn Gould Studio, Canadian Opera Company's Piano Virtuoso Series, Sonic Boom Festival, CONTACT Contemporary Music Festival, Pro Musica, Opera House (Italy), Canada House (Paris), INTERsection, Amherst Music Festival, Banff Festival for the Arts, St. James Cathedral (Toronto), and many others.

She studied at the University of Toronto, University of British Columbia, Eastman School of Music, SUNY New Paltz, Queens College CUNY, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Royal Conservatory of Music, and Le Centre d'Arts Orford. She trained with leading piano pedagogues, including Anton Kuerti, Robert Silverman, Robert G. Rogers, Menahem Pressler, and Borlis Berlin. She studied composition with Phil Nimmons, Edward Laufer, Gustav Ciamaga, and Dr. Samuel Dolin.

Beaumont's research has been presented in North America, South America, and Europe. Having previously taught at the University of British Columbia and the Royal Conservatory of Music, Beaumont is a Faculty member at the University of Toronto.