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.

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.

Meg Hill (Orchestra)

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.

Sam Hirst (Choir)

Prince Edward County based musician Sam Hirst has had a deep connection with singing in choirs since childhood. A graduate of University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music and Queen’s University’s Faculty of Education, she has enjoyed a career nurturing, facilitating and empowering music making in professional, social and educational settings. Highlights of Sam’s varied career include: music education in both public and private settings, notably as a choir facilitator with the Royal Conservatory Outreach program and Department of Illumination; music theatre direction and performance, currently with Shatterbox Theatre and Theatre Roulant; and performance with many groups over the years, including on the stages of Roy Thomson Hall and the Tbilisi State Conservatory. Sam is also the co-director of MPM’s Choral Day Camp and the Chair of MPM’s Board of Directors.