Michèle Dumoulin, Violin

Based in Windsor, Ontario, Michèle teaches violin privately and directs Sunnyside Strings, a program with group classes and chamber coaching for beginner to advanced students.

Michèle comes to Port Milford with a passion for pedagogy and chamber music. She hosts a two-week chamber music camp in Windsor every summer and has taught at Huckleberry music camp. She leads the String Project in Windsor, providing violin instruction in two public schools.

Holding a Bachelor of performance from McGill, Michèle is the assistant principal second violin of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. She also performs with WSO quartets and in local chamber concerts.

Peter Wowk, Violin

Originally from the small town of Campbellford, Ontario, MPM alumnus Peter Wowk completed his undergraduate studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in the studio of Jerzy Kaplanek and his Masters with Mark Fewer at the University of Toronto. As a soloist, Peter has performed with the WLU Symphony Orchestra, Peterborough Symphony Orchestra, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, and as a chamber musician throughout Ontario. In masterclass and lesson, Peter has worked with notable artists and pedagogues such as the Penderecki String Quartet, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Martin Beaver, Dr. Brenda Brenner, Simon Blendis, and Harumi Rhodes. Peter has been a member of the Kingston Symphony Orchestra since 2022 and is an Ontario Certified Teacher.

Paul Casey, Viola

MPM alumnus Paul Casey was born and raised in Ottawa and is an avid orchestral, chamber, and solo musician and pedagogue.

Paul is one of the newest additions to the National Arts Centre Orchestra viola section. Paul has performed with NACO as part of FanFair, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, and has given recitals in Canada and the United States. He was the 2011 recipient of the NACO Bursary Competition’s Crabtree Foundation Award.

Paul obtained a Master of Music and a Bachelor of Music from Indiana University and the University of Ottawa, respectively, and most recently studied at McGill University.

Paul is on faculty at the Leading Note Foundation’s OrKidstra program and was the string coach for the Ottawa Junior Youth Orchestra. He is also a member of the Silflay String Quartet with his wife, cellist Karen Kang, and violinists Leah Roseman and Mark Friedman.

Joowon Kim, Cello
Founder, The Toronto Cello Academy

Joowon Kim is a cellist and educator based in Toronto, Canada, where she runs The Toronto Cello Academy. She is a former faculty member of The Royal Conservatory’s Oscar Peterson School of Music and The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists, where she taught for 28 years. Previously, she taught at the Alberta College of Music and the Los Angeles Korean Academy of the Arts.

Joowon brings a wealth of experience teaching and training cellists of all ages, many of whom have won regional, provincial (OMFA), and national competitions, including the CMC. Many of her students have gone on to study at top conservatories and universities throughout Canada, United States and England.

In 2010, Joowon founded Cellomania Toronto, a summer program focused on cello technique and performance through masterclasses, private lessons, and ensemble work. She also runs the Summer Intensive Practice Program (SIPP) to help young students develop effective, structured practice routines.

In addition to her teaching, Joowon co-compiled the 2013 Cello Syllabi, as well as the 2013 Etude and Repertoire books, for the Royal Conservatory’s Music Development Program.

Charlotte Hill, Piano

Charlotte Hill, Assistant Director of MPM, is a chamber musician, songwriter, and educator. Holding degrees in Piano Performance, Politics, and Environmental Studies from Oberlin College & Conservatory, Charlotte recently completed her Masters in Piano Performance at Stony Brook University. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Musical Arts with Gilbert Kalish. Her other major mentors include Haewon Song, Angela Park, Rie Matsumoto, David Oei, and James Howsmon.

Charlotte is the Head Piano Teaching Assistant at Stony Brook, where she teaches undergraduate piano and chamber music. She enjoys working with students of all ages and passing along her love of musical collaboration.

Liz Tremblay, Choral Director

Liz Tremblay, originally from Great Britain and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, is a cellist, pianist and organist. After 13 years in Alberta she has recently returned to Ontario and has enjoyed accompanying for Canta Arya Strings and Cantabile Choirs of Kingston. She is currently music director at St Mary Magdalene Anglican Church in Picton, Ontario and teaches from her studio, County Music Matters. She has played in many orchestras including Kingston Symphony, Peterborough Symphony, Rocky Mountain Symphony and Symphony of the Kootenays and enjoys collaborating with other musicians. She is delighted to work with the talented students of Music at Port Milford this summer as choral director.

Meg Hill, Orchestra Director

Meg Hill, co-founder and Managing Director of MPM, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in performance from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Suzuki Training at School for Strings, and a Masters in Music Education from the City University of New York, Lehman. She is currently the Orchestra Director and Violin/Viola Teacher at the Kent School in Kent, CT.

Meg has served on the faculty of Hoff Barthelsohn Music School in Scarsdale, N.Y., served as Director of the Suzuki program at Westchester Conservatory of Music and taught strings in Bedford, Carmel, Chappaqua and Pleasantville, New York public school districts before relocating to Northwestern Connecticut in 2019. As a performer, Meg plays first violin with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra and plays as a substitute with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic and Taconic Opera.