Short Format Biography

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Kevin Komisaruk is an organist and harpsichordist based at the University of Toronto since 2003, where he is currently Professor of Performance, Teaching Stream, at the Faculty of Music. His research explores intersections between performance practice, rhetoric, flow theory, kinaesthetic learning, creative identity and improvisation, and how these are implicated in the spiritual, emotional, and physical health of artists. He has performed throughout North America and Europe, and produced two solo discs on the ATMA label which received several international citations.  In addition to studio instruction and doctoral supervision he provides leadership for the Comprehensive Studies programme at the Faculty of Music, as well as developing and teaching courses in creative identity, improvisation, pedagogy, and keyboard theory.