About the Concert Band

We are pleased to introduce you to our regular conductor for the Concert Band, George Charpentier.

George Charpentier conducts the Saskatoon Concert Band and the Saskatoon Philharmonic Orchestra. He is on the instructional team for the Saskatchewan Orchestral Association International Saito Conducting Workshop. He is a band substitute teacher for the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools.

He received his Bachelor of Music and Certificate of Business Administration from the University of Saskatchewan. He holds a Diploma from the Kodaly Institute of Music Pedagogy in Hungary and a Master's Certificate in Orff Schulwerk Methodology from Jos Wuytack. He has studied piano, clarinet, voice, and violin.

He is a charter member of the Saskatchewan Band Association, a Past President of the Saskatchewan Music Educators Association, and has served on many of that organization's committees. He served two terms on the Saskatchewan Arts Board and sat as a volunteer on the funding committee of Saskatchewan Lotteries for the Saskatchewan Council of Cultural Organizations. He has served on the Ceremonies Committees for several major Saskatoon events, including the Jeux Canada Games,

World Junior Hockey, University Cup, Special Olympics, and the Labatt Brier.

Mr. Charpentier is retired from the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools, where he was the Coordinator of Arts Education and Social Studies. He has taught instrumental, choral and classroom music from Kindergarten through Grade 12, and has lectured at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Alberta. He was the Associate Conductor of the Saskatoon Youth Orchestra for many years.

He has received awards from the Saskatchewan Music Educators Association, the Saskatchewan Band Association, the Saskatchewan Orchestral Association, and is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for Saskatchewan.