2025 Adjudicator – Martha Gregory

Martha Gregory was born in Rochester, New York where she studied violin, piano and voice at the Hochstein School of Music, The Eastman School of Music, and Roberts Wesleyan College. She did a major in Music Education and Classical Voice with double minors in Violin and Piano. Her string studies involved classical and Suzuki methods. After moving to Canada in 1974, she continued her voice studies with Megan Rutledge at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She also taught for The Toronto District School Board in an outreach program for strings in Cabbagetown schools. In 1982 she established a private studio in Pickering, Ontario that she still maintains.

Since her move to Canada, Martha has enjoyed performing, teaching, and promoting Canadian music through her work with music festivals. She has been an active freelance performer in classical voice, music theatre, violin and piano and has performed with the Ontario Philharmonic Orchestra for the past 29 years. She was the principal violinist with the Hamstrings of Durham Trio for 12 years. 

Martha has been involved with music festivals for the last 32 years and has been Executive Director of the Pickering GTA Music Festival for 25 years. In July of 2019 she became the Artistic Director of the Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival, the largest festival of its kind in Canada. She is Past-President of the Ontario Music Festivals Association. Martha has 30 years of experience adjudicating across Canada.