Crow will join the Glenn Gould School as director of the Temerty Orchestral Program and as a violin faculty member in September 2026
The Royal Conservatory of Music’s Glenn Gould School (GGS) in Toronto, Canada, has announced the appointment of Jonathan Crow as director of the Temerty Orchestral Program and member of the violin faculty commencing in September 2026.
In the newly created position, Crow will work closely with orchestral students, oversee curriculum and the selection of guest conductors for Royal Conservatory Orchestra (RCO) concerts in Koerner Hall. Additionally, he will maintain a limited violin and chamber music studio at GGS.
Crow is a native of Prince George, British Columbia, and has served as concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra since 2011. In 2002, he became the youngest concertmaster of any major North American orchestra when he assumed the role at the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM).
He studied at McGill University before joining OSM as associate principal second violin, and has appeared as a soloist and guest concertmaster with National Arts Centre Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Filarmonia de Lanaudière, and the Pernambuco Festival Orchestra in Brazil.
As an educator, he currently serves as associate professor of violin at the University of Toronto. He began teaching at McGill’s Schulich School of Music in 2005, becoming associate professor of violin in 2010.
’I’m thrilled to join the faculty at one of North America’s preeminent music schools,’ said Crow. ’I’ve had a special connection with The Royal Conservatory since childhood, when I took RCM exams in northern BC, and I’ve been privileged to perform often in Koerner Hall—one of the world’s great concert venues.
’I’m honoured now to work with the extraordinary young musicians who come from around the world to study at The Glenn Gould School.’
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