Noel Edison, is a Canadian conductor. He is the conductor of the Elora Festival Singers, Artistic Director of the Elora Festival and the conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of George and Marian Clarissa, Edison graduated from Jarvis Collegiate in 1978 and Wilfrid Laurier University in 1985. He then moved to Elora, Ontario to study piano with Victor Martins. He studied conducting with Robert Shaw, Helmuth Rilling, Sir David Willcocks, Wayne Riddle and John Alldis. In 1997, he was appointed conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. In 2009, he was made a member of the Order of Ontario. 

November 16th, 1958 in Toronto (Age 65)