GARTSHORE, Patty

Patty Gartshore is a Canadian composer and music educator. She has been a church musician since the age of 13 and has recently retired as Director of Music at Precious Blood Cathedral having served there for 25 years. Prior to that appointment she was organist and conductor at St. Andrew’s United Church and St. Luke’s Anglican Cathedral. In 1985 she founded The Chamber Singers of Algoma. As well as presenting an annual series of concerts in the community they have also performed at Choral Festivals in Toronto, the Czech Republic, Vienna and Rome, bringing programmes of Canadian Choral Music to international audiences.