Melanie Doane, Founder & Artistic Director

A Juno Award, multiple top 40 singles, gold albums, a Broadway run and thousands of shows in Canada and the U.S. are some of the highlights of Melanie Doane’s long career.

16 years ago, Melanie added another dimension to her work. She created a school music program which would carry on the work started by her father; celebrated music educator and Order of Canada recipient, J. Chalmers Doane.

Doane Music School is a registered charity serving over 1700 students each week.

J. Chalmers Doane, Doane Method Founder & Advisor

While in his role as supervisor of music for the Halifax City Schools, Chalmers created a ground-breaking city wide music program. Strings, winds, choir, jazz and concert bands, string and symphony orchestra, percussion, and continuing Education programs. One of his innovations that captured the imagination of educators around the world was his use of the ukulele in the classroom. He created a comprehensive ukulele program, designed to produce students who were musically literate by the end of grade six and would ultimately involve tens of thousands of students across the country. He is a recipient of the Order Of Canada for his contributions to Music Education in our country and still teaches and performs in his home province of Nova Scotia.

Board of Directors

Jane Chapman-Klein: Chair
Laura Bullard
Paula Kahn

Advisory

Dr. Bina John - Music Professor, University of Toronto
Gill Deacon - CBC Radio, former Host of “Here and Now”
Georgia Gallagher - Retired Award-Winning TDSB Principal
Nina Pan - Elementary School Principal, TDSB
Elizabeth Seo - Elementary classroom music specialist
Jelani Watson - Musician, JAZZ.FM91 education and outreach officer 
Caroline Brown - Artist in Residence, Teme-Augama Anishnabai artist
Suzanne Doane - Classroom Music Specialist
Deb McCain - Strategic Development Public Relations
Lorraine Quartaro - Public Relations
Angie Valentine - Marketing Consultant
Susan DeCartier - Starfish Entertainment
Jack Ross - Paquin Entertainment
Mitchell Hunter - Online and Social Media 
Paul Joliat - SunLife