Sheldon Nadler

Manager, General & Orchestral Programs;

Music Theory & History Faculty

snadler@mtroyal.ca

Born and raised in Chicago, Sheldon Nadler has been a violinist and music educator in Calgary for over 30 years.

Over the many years that Mr. Nadler has been active in the music scene in Calgary, he has played in a wide variety of groups, both classical and popular. He was a member of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra from 1974 to 1993. Other groups include: CBC Calgary Strings, Alberta Chamber Players, the Beau Quartet, Music Mosaic, Nota Bene String Quartet, Vad Ensemble, the Centre Street Ragtime Orchestra, Take the Oy Train Klezmer ensemble, Heavy Shtetl Klezmer ensemble, and many more.

Mr. Nadler has also taught at a number of summer schools, including the Saskatchewan Summer School for the Arts, the Tidewater Music Festival (St. Mary's College, Maryland), strings and keys (Bergen, Alberta), and the Valhalla Music Festival (New Denver, BC).

Currently Mr. Nadler is a manager at the Mount Royal University Conservatory in Calgary, and teaches courses in music history for the Conservatory's Diploma Program in Music Performance. He is a recipient of Mount Royal University's Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award. He also teaches courses in string literature for the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory, Toronto.