A recipient of the Clifford Evans Award for Conducting, Colin Clarke’s credits include collaboration with world-renowned artists and ensembles including the United States Air Force Band of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, the Canadian Brass, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets.

Colin has led the Provincial Honour Bands of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Prince Edward Island, and also served as Conductor of the prestigious National Youth Band of Canada. Abroad, Colin has led performances in the United States, the United Kingdom, Austria, Bulgaria, Spain and China.

 With a passion for music education and outreach, Colin remains active as a conductor, guest lecturer, clinician, adjudicator and composer/arranger. In 2020, Colin received a Lifetime Membership Award from the Ontario Band Association for his contributions to music and music education in Ontario, and commemorating Canada’s 150th Anniversary, Colin was also recognized as a Molson Great Canadian, celebrating people making a difference in their communities.

 In addition to his role with OSYO, Colin is also the Artistic Director of the Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra, an ensemble he founded as a teenager. He is also Artistic Director of the newly-created Oscar Peterson Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music.