Emma Colette Moss

Emma Colette Moss is a Czech-Canadian conductor, researcher, and pianist with a passionate commitment to enhancing the accessibility of music for all audiences. She is currently studying at the University of Toronto, pursuing a Master’s in Music in Orchestral Conducting under the guidance of Uri Mayer. She completed her Undergraduate Degree with Honours in Composition and Piano Performance at the University of Toronto, where she received awards such as the Monika Ryckman and Ben McPeek Scholarships, along with a faculty-supported Rhodes Scholarship nomination.

Additionally, she maintains her ARCT credentials in all Theory subjects and Piano Performance. She has studied under artists such as Larysa Kuzmenko, Jamie Hillman, Alexander Rapoport, Ivars Taurins, Melanie Paul Tanovich, Matthew Emery, Elaine Choi, Tracy Wong and Tanya Gernburd. With opportunities such as co-directing and co-founding the Sinfonietta Aionia, collaborations with the Greenroom Collective, Orchestra Breva, Concreamus Choir, Babel Chorus, and Mississauga & Oakville Symphony Orchestras, Navona Records, Emma Colette Moss has shown herself to be an emerging and passionate artist of note, developing her abilities for well over 15 years. Currently, she is Assistant Conductor of Pax Christi Chorale, works with Toronto Children’s Chorus, and holds a conducting position with the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, she is co-founder and co-director of the Toronto-based orchestra Sinfonietta Aionia.

Her studies are supported by a 2023 SSHRC CGS-M award; she is an active interdisciplinary researcher at the University of Toronto under the guidance of seminar supervisors such as Ryan McClelland, Steven Vande Moortele, and Sean Wang; her main interests include contemporary Grieg scholarship and hypermetrical analysis of First Viennese Works.