Executive Committee
Kaylene Chan|President
Kaylene Chan is a second-year PhD student in music theory. She holds a MA in music theory from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Music with Distinction from the University of Victoria (voice concentration), and a Diploma of Music with Distinction from Capilano University. Her academic interests are in vocal timbral analysis and perception, the analysis of groove embodiment in popular music, and pedagogy of music theory. She is active within the UofT music community, currently serving as the President of the Music Graduate Student Association (MGSA), previously serving as Secretary from 2022–23; always serving as MGSA representative on the EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Committee, Health and Safety Committee, and Executive Committee. She works as private music theory and skills tutor for undergraduate students with the FMUA’s Student Services Program (SSP). Outside of academics, Kaylene loves going on walks, eating instant noodles, and spending time with her niece.
Colin Gé Pigeon Edwards | Vice-President, Internal
Vacant |Vice-President, Communications
Could it be you? The secretary is responsible for taking meeting notes, scheduling meetings and booking rooms, and sending meeting reminders to students. Please apply if you are an efficient administrator!
Jacob Burtenshaw|Treasurer
Jacob is a second year Musicology PhD student whose research centres on music and philosophy in the twentieth century. His research at his alma mater (Newcastle University: MLitt ‘22, BMus ‘20) explored structural analyses of scores in the graphic and textual mediums, the aesthetic legacies of the North American ‘hypermodernists’, and dissected the Fluxus movement as a manifestation of Indirect Communication as proposed by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. Having served on the Student-Staff Committee (BMus Representative ‘16-18), Postgraduate Board of Studies (MLitt Representative ‘21-22), and Music Society Committee (Marketing Director ‘17-18), his tenureship as Vice-President Financial represents a promising new front for efficient, equitable, and consistent activities within the MGSA.
Gabriella Vici |Secretary
Gabriella Vici is a second-year PhD student in music theory. Her main research interests are in early twentieth-century music, with a focus on form, hybridity, post-tonality and the tensions that often lie between past and present compositional practices in this repertoire. Originally from Australia, she completed her Bachelor of Music (with Honours) and Master’s of Music in Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney, followed by an MA in Music Theory at the University of British Columbia. Her current studies are supported by the Connaught International Scholarship. Gabriella is currently a theory and skills tutor for the FMUA’s Student Services Program (SSP) and holds a keen interest in teaching and the study of music theory pedagogy. When visiting home, she enjoys playing violin in orchestra and walking her dog, Goose.
Interested in getting involved with the MGSA without having an official mandate? We are currently seeking Division Representatives from the following programs:
Composition; Music and Health; Music Technology and Digital Media; and Performance (Conducting, Early Music, Keyboard, Opera, and Voice Studies).
For a full updated list of current Division Representatives, please feel free to email mgsa.music@utoronto.ca.
Contact us to learn more about becoming a Division Representative!