{"id":485,"date":"2015-05-31T21:03:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T01:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/?p=485"},"modified":"2025-03-10T13:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:32:59","slug":"denise-simpson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/denise-simpson\/","title":{"rendered":"Denise Simpson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Denise-300.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"486\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/denise-300\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Denise-300.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Denise Simpson\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Denise-300.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Denise-300.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-486\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Denise-300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Denise Simpson\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Denise-300.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Denise-300.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Denise Simpson is currently working towards a Masters of Music in euphonium performance at the University of Toronto and has received a BMus and BEd in music education. During her undergraduate degree, Denise studied with euphonium player Robert Miller, and played in masterclasses for euphonium players Steven Mead and David Childs. Recently, Denise studied and performed in Rome, Italy, and taught at various music camps including the Durham Integrated Arts Camp and National Music Camp of Canada. Denise has played euphonium with the University of Toronto Wind Ensemble, Festival Winds Orchestra, Orchestra Toronto, Hannaford Youth Band, Weston Silver Band, and is currently playing baritone in the Hannaford Street Silver Band and euphonium in the newly formed Euba Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. Denise is presently residing in Toronto teaching euphonium, and working with Anita McAlister in the Hannaford Youth Program.<\/p>\n<p>See:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eubaquartet.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.eubaquartet.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denise Simpson is currently working towards a Masters of Music in euphonium performance at the University of Toronto and has received a BMus and BEd in music education. During her undergraduate degree, Denise studied with euphonium player Robert Miller, and played in masterclasses for euphonium players Steven Mead and David Childs. Recently, Denise studied and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[20,36],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-music","tag-20","tag-musician"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Denise-300.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8vWl8-7P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":407,"url":"https:\/\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/bryan-holt\/","url_meta":{"origin":485,"position":0},"title":"Bryan Holt","author":"maestra","date":"May 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Known for his artistic versatility, cellist Bryan Holt has performed on three continents and appeared in numerous alternative venues. 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