Biography
Paige Wynn is a trans composer, violinist, and educator with a passion for chamber and orchestral music. She is currently based in Worcester, Massachusetts and originally from Toronto, Ontario.
She graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Music (Composition) studying under teachers including Gary Kulesha and Abigail Richardson. She also completed a post-graduate program for Sound Design and Production at George Brown College in 2022. In 2024 her piece How a heart beats was premiered as part of her concert Kaleidoscope; a concert celebrating gender. In 2021, she worked as the composer in residence at the Markham People’s Community Church. Her music has been selected for workshops around Toronto, Ontario, including her piece Tell me who I am in July 2020 and her piece Dancing in the Mirror for the CMC’s Activate program in May 2021.
Paige is dedicated to the promotion and celebration of contemporary classical music and has produced several concerts exploring new music, engaging new audiences, and showcasing the high levels of artistry achieved by local musicians. In 2024 Paige Wynn collaborated with Paige Burke to produce Kaleidoscope; a concert celebrating gender. The concert was successfully funded through crowdfunding on Kickstarter and featured 3 world premiers by local LGBTQ composers as well as an American premier of her work Tell me who I am performed by the Blackstone Valley Quartet.
In 2022 she was co-nominated for the Friends of Canadian Music Award with Matthew Fava, the previous head of the CMC. In 2015 Paige produced a concert series entitled Pulse Toronto Concerts, aiming to create an open musical environment and encourage socializing through music. She organized two separate concerts, premiered four new Canadian works (including two of her own) and worked with Toronto groups such as The Hogtown Brass, and jazz trio Really Great Songs. Paige has also had many of her works read and recorded by high profile ensembles such as the New Orford Quartet, Canadian Brass, and the Grenadier Quartet.
As a violinist Paige has experience as both a soloist and ensemble musician. She draws influence from her love of classical music from Baroque to contemporary as well as her adoration of irish fiddle music. Since May of 2023 she has been a member of the New England Film Orchestra and has performed in several notable venues such as the Lowell Summer Music Festival, and the Boston Hatch Shell.
As a soloist Paige was an artist in residence for the Queen Street B.I.A in the summer of 2022, bringing her unique blend of classical and fiddle influences to residents and visitors of one of Toronto’s most popular neighborhoods. She also performed in bar venues throughout Toronto as a soloist and in a duo with guitarist Kabir Agarwal. In 2018/19, Paige traveled through Europe as a violinist in The Bytown Double, with pianist Bailey Grineage. She participated in several workshops and was commissioned to write a sound installation in Leipzig for artist Mazen M. Khaddaj.
Paige wishes to continue to grow as a composer and professional musician, and share her musical expressions of life, gender, and social justice.