Our Music Director

Our Music Director, Matthew Jones completed his first season with us in May 2019. As well as a vibrant and enthusiastic conductor, Matthew is a cellist and recorder player, and was the Music Director of the Timmins Symphony Orchestra for 15 years. He also founded the Timmins Symphony Chorus.

He has been a guest conductor with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Mississauga Symphony, Georgian Bay Symphony, Sault Saint Marie Symphony and the North Bay Symphony.

As well as conducting, Matthew's passion is also teaching students cello, recorder and theory, from beginner through to advanced. Recently he was in a faculty position with Geoffrey James Lee School of Music. He is a past board member of Orchestras Canada, the national voice of the Canadian orchestral community.

"I am very excited and thrilled to be leading the EPO and its talented musicians," he says, "and look forward immensely to the journey ahead as its Music Director."

Get to know Matthew

• What is he doing in his unfinished basement?
• Matthew answers frequently asked questions
• What music would Matthew take if stranded on a desert island?