Director
Piano, Horn, Theory, Composition, Orchestration & Arranging, Musicianship Skills
Hons.B.Mus. (Composition)
Diploma in Chamber Music
Diploma in Performance
M.Mus. (Performance & Literature)
trevor@PremierSchooloftheArts.com
Trevor Wagler has dedicated his life to the art of music. He is the owner and Director of Premier School of the Arts, as well as a freelance French horn player (on both modern and historical instruments), conductor, organist, composer, arranger/orchestrator, music editor/copyist and adjudicator/clinician.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Composition, a Diploma in Performance, and a Diploma in Chamber Music from Wilfrid Laurier University, as well as a Masters of Music Degree in Horn Performance from Western University. He has performed with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Tafelmusik, Orchestra London / London Sinfonia, the Hamilton Philharmonic, the Nota Bene Period Orchestra, the Windsor Symphony, the Stratford Festival, Drayton Entertainment and more, sharing the stage with the likes of Dianna Krall, Anne Murray, Michael Burgess and Howard Cable.
Trevor has conducted the historic Waterloo Concert Band since 2006, and spent nearly two decades conducting various ensembles for the KWS Youth Orchestra Programme. He founded KW YCB in 2017, and is extremely proud of this small band of superstars!
Passionate about music education, Trevor maintains an active teaching schedule at Premier School of the Arts, and holds Contract Faculty positions at both Laurier University and the University of Waterloo (Conrad Grebel University College).
In addition to his performance and teaching schedule, Trevor is also a busy arranger/orchestrator and composer, having written more than 1000 scores for orchestras, bands, chamber ensembles and soloists around the world. Recent commissions have included music for the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the Kingston Symphony, as well as several songs for Pop Nation Canada.
Trevor is a member of the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, the International Horn Society, the Historic Brass Society and the National Geographic Society.
Trevor resides in Waterloo, Ontario with his soulmate, flutist Wendy Wagler, and three fabulous children.