birth_place awards birth_date article_title name occupation
toronto , ontario order of ontario 16 november 1958 noel edison
 noel edison conductor
noel edison

noel edison , -lrb- born november 16 , 1958 -rrb- is a canadian conductor .
he is the conductor of the elora festival singers , artistic director of the elora festival and the conductor of the toronto mendelssohn choir .
born in toronto , ontario , the son of george and marian clarissa -lrb- frost -rrb- , edison graduated from jarvis collegiate in 1978 and wilfrid laurier university in 1985 .
he then moved to elora , ontario to study piano with victor martins .
he studied conducting with robert shaw , helmuth rilling , sir david willcocks , wayne riddle and john alldis .
in 1997 , he was appointed conductor of the toronto mendelssohn choir .
in 2009 , he was made a member of the order of ontario .
