# Noel Edison

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'''Noel Edison''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OOnt}} (born November 16, 1958) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [conductor](/source/Conducting). He is currently the conductor of the Edison Singers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Conductor Noel Edison launches new choir after sexual misconduct allegations |date=2019-03-19 |website=[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917023342/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-conductor-noel-edison-launches-new-choir-after-sexual-misconduct/ |archive-date=2021-09-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-conductor-noel-edison-launches-new-choir-after-sexual-misconduct/}}</ref>

Born in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), the son of George and Marian Clarissa (Frost), Edison graduated from Jarvis Collegiate in 1978 and [Wilfrid Laurier University](/source/Wilfrid_Laurier_University) in 1985.<ref>{{cite book|title=Canadian Who's Who 2003|publisher=[University of Toronto Press](/source/University_of_Toronto_Press)|author=Elizabeth Lumley|isbn=0-8020-8865-1}}</ref> He then moved to [Elora, Ontario](/source/Elora%2C_Ontario) to study piano with Victor Martins. He studied conducting with [Robert Shaw](/source/Robert_Shaw_(conductor)), [Helmuth Rilling](/source/Helmuth_Rilling), Sir [David Willcocks](/source/David_Willcocks), Wayne Riddle and [John Alldis](/source/John_Alldis). In 1997, he was appointed conductor of the [Toronto Mendelssohn Choir](/source/Toronto_Mendelssohn_Choir).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/person/Noel_Edison_22783/22783.htm|title=Edison, Noel|work=[Naxos](/source/Naxos_Records)}}</ref><ref>[http://deanartists.com/conductors/noel-edison.html Noel Edison]. ''Dean Artists Management.'' Retrieved 2 June 2013.</ref>

In 2002, Edison was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music by the University of Guelph.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artscouncil.elora.on.ca/Noel%20Edison.pdf|title=Noel Edison|work=[Elora Arts Council](/source/Elora_Arts_Council)}}</ref> In 2009, Edison was made a member of the [Order of Ontario](/source/Order_of_Ontario).<ref name="Ont">{{cite web|url=http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/news/2009/n20090115.shtml |title=Order of Ontario Appointments Announced |date=January 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304152346/http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/news/2009/n20090115.shtml |archivedate=March 4, 2009 }}</ref>

Allegations of sexual misconduct against Edison surfaced in February 2018, prompting both the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Elora Singers to place him on leave pending investigation. Results of a third-party investigation ended in Edison's being relieved of his leadership duties of both The Elora Festival and The Elora Singers, in mid-April 2018. The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and St. John's Elora also chose to let Edison go based on their own investigation during the spring of 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/8560910-noel-edison-dismissed-from-elora-festival-and-elora-singers/|title=Noel Edison dismissed from Elora Festival and Elora Singers|website=Therecord.com|date=21 April 2018 |accessdate=28 August 2018}}</ref>

In March 2019, Edison announced auditions for a new professional choral ensemble called The Edison Singers.<ref>[https://theedisonsingers.com The Edison Singers]</ref> For the first three seasons, he plans three concerts (nine performances) and two recordings with Naxos.<ref>{{cite web |title=Conductor Noel Edison launches new choir after sexual misconduct allegations |date=2019-03-19 |website=[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917023342/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-conductor-noel-edison-launches-new-choir-after-sexual-misconduct/ |archive-date=2021-09-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-conductor-noel-edison-launches-new-choir-after-sexual-misconduct/}}</ref>

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