Rosemary Thomson is a Canadian conductor and chorus master. As of 2018, she is the Music Director of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra,[1][2] chorus master of the Calgary Philharmonic, and Assistant Conductor for the Canadian Opera Company.
Thomson was born in St. Catharines, Ontario.[3] She received a Bachelor of Music degree (piano) from the University of Toronto and is also a graduate of their Advanced Graduate Conducting Program.[4]
From 1994 to 1996 Thomson was the conductor for the Dundas Valley Orchestra in Hamilton, Ontario. In 1997 and 1998 she worked as a resident conductor for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.[5][6] Thomson was hired as resident conductor of the Calgary Philharmonic orchestra for three seasons, beginning in 2001.[7] In 2006 she was a guest conductor for the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra.[8]
She served as principal conductor of the Okanagan Symphony orchestra from 2006 until 2023. She is now Conductor Emeritus.
In 2008 Thomson was a guest conductor with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.[9] In 2011 she was chorus master of the Calgary Philharmonic and assistant conductor for the Canadian Opera Company.[10]
In 2015 she conducted the Vancouver Opera Orchestra for the UBC Opera Ensemble's production of Manon,[11] and in 2018 Thomson conducted the orchestra for Opera Nuova’s farcical production The Arctic Flute in Edmonton.[12]
