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.

Violin and Cello Faculty to be announced in the coming weeks!

Charlotte Hill (Piano)

Charlotte Hill, Assistant Director of MPM, is a chamber musician, songwriter, community builder, 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.