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Ralph De Luca
Wind & Band 
Adjudicator
Ralph De Luca
Ralph is a professional musician and music educator in London, Ontario.  An accomplished performer on saxophone, clarinet and flute, Ralph has been an active performer in the London area throughout his teaching career and for the past twenty-seven years has served as the music director and played lead saxophone in the London Jazz Orchestra, recipients of several London Music Awards.  Other performing credits include The Grand Theatre, Talbot Theatre, Imperial Theatre, Stratford Festival Theatre, Orchestra London, Ice Capades, Garden Brothers International Circus, RCMP Musical Ride, Della Reese, Mel Torme, Rob McConnell, The Supremes and many more. Retired from 32 years teaching instrumental and vocal music at the high school level and nine years teaching woodwind methods (flute, clarinet, saxophone and oboe) at the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University in London, Ralph continues to be active as a performer, clinician and adjudicator.
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Dr. Rebekah Jordan-Miller 

 

​Piano

Adjudicator

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Dr. Rebekah Jordan-Miller 

 

Rebekah Jordan-Miller is a seasoned piano pedagogue, accredited music therapist and pianist who has performed widely as a soloist and collaborative artist throughout Canada, the United States, Austria, Australia and Norway. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance and piano pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma, a Masters degree in Music Therapy from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Bachelor's degree in Piano Performance from the Eastman School of Music. Rebekah’s piano mentors include Gwen Beamish, Rebecca Penneys, Fernando Laires, Valerie Tryon, and Dr. Jane Magrath.

Rebekah is currently the Director of the Laurier Academy of Music and Arts, where she is also a piano instructor and music therapist.  She is also on the faculty of Wilfrid Laurier University as a music therapy instructor. She is an active adjudicator, RCM examiner, and clinician and previously held academic positions at Oklahoma City University, Shorter University in Rome, Georgia and Western University in London, Ontario. Rebekah regularly presents workshops on developing consistent performance psychology strategies and has facilitated performance psychology coaching for everyone from young developing musicians to Oncology Surgical Fellows.  Rebekah also performs regularly with her piano partner, Dr. Marnie Van Weelden, as the Blondes on 88 piano duo.

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Tom Oliver
Musical Theatre
Adjudicator

Tom Oliver  BA MUS, ORMTA, NATS, CAEA 

 Music Theatre

 

Tom is in high demand as a voice production educator and adjudicator. Voice Concepts, his private studio (Hamilton, On.) has prepared vocal artists for continued studies, and professional auditions for over three decades. 

Most recent collaborations: “The Nine Lives of Ross Fordham (Theatre Aquarius), “Annie” (Stratford Festival), “A Christmas Story” (Theatre Aquarius), “Johnny and June”, (Charlottetown Festival), “Six”, (Mirvish), and “Spamalot” (Stratford Festival). 

 

Tom, along with co-founder Diane Manojlovich, created the Hamilton Music Festival in 2016 that has grown in numbers exceeding 2000 entrants (2024).

From 2004 - 1019, Tom taught and assisted in developing the vocal production curriculum for the Honours Bachelor Music Theatre Programme at Sheridan College. (Oakville, On.)

 

Tom is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, then returned to Canada to continue researching the vocal arts, perform and teach. 

 

He is very happy to be returning to his Oxford County roots to collaborate with the adjudication team for the Woodstock Rotary Festival.

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Natalie Spurrell
Vocal & Choral
Adjudicator

 

NATALIE SPURRELL MMA, BMus. BMus.Ed., RMT

Artistic Director

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Natalie was born into a musical family and has been performing since before she can remember as a native Newfoundlander, music was an integral part of her upbringing and has remained a life-long passion.

Natalie holds a Bachelor of Music from Memorial University of Newfoundland, a Bachelor of Music Education from Memorial University of Newfoundland a Master of Music Education from Boston University, She began teaching voice privately at the age of 26 and started teaching elementary music at Fern Hill School in 2000. For ten years, she directed Fern Hill’s annual musical production and conducted their award-winning choirs. Her choir was invited to sing with The Tenors at a PBS Special filmed at Koerner Hall, with special guest artists Sarah MacLachlan and David Foster. N

In 2012, Natalie completed a life-long dream of developing a singing program that would enhance her students’ lives. Spurrell singing studio is a unique program that inspires students to develop individually through private instruction while still feeling a part of a community of singers. Her students have achieved great success in various festivals and RCM examinations each year.​

Personal Message

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Music has always been an important part of my life but sharing music with children and youth is my greatest passion. I believe in investing in my students’ lives and building mutual trust and respect that gives them the courage to push themselves to achieve their very best. Building a community of singers that support each other along their musical journey is an integral facet of Spurrell Singing Studio. The majority of students choose to participate in one of the Spurrell Studio choirs that rehearse each week. In these choirs, students get to know each other on a deeper level and are taught to respect and appreciate everyone’s contribution to the group. All of my students are encouraged to celebrate their piers musical successes while still valuing their own achievements. I believe that all of these important components foster a life-long appreciation of music sharing and learning. The vast majority of my students begin lessons as young children and I get the privilege of watching them grow into confident young men and women, When you grow up in the Spurrell Studio family, you are a permanent member for life.

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