Interim Conductor chosen to finish season.
The December concert was Francois Koh’s last concert with the Symphony as he had resigned a few weeks earlier. The GBS Board was able to secure Richard Mascall as interim conductor to take up the baton and finish the concert season. Richard studied composing and conducting at the U of T Faculty of Music. He moved to Leith from Toronto in 2005 and joined the GBS as a violinist and then 'Composer-in-Residence' with Canada Council funding. During this time he was also conductor