Directors

    Rob Billington
    Rob Billington (B.A. music composition, Trinity Western University; B.Ed. honors, University of Calgary) is the music director at Bow Valley High School in Cochrane, AB. The award winning musicians of B.V.H.S. are in junior and senior concert bands, wind ensemble, junior and senior jazz ensembles, jazz combos and a concert choir.
    Mr. Billington also taught at Mitford Middle School where he was honored with the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence Certificate of Achievement. He is a member of the organizing committee of the Alberta International Band Festivals and is the founder of the Rocky View School Division No. 41 Fall Festival of Bands.
    In addition to his school ensembles, Mr. Billington is the director of the Cochrane Music Society’s "Band on the Bow", "Riverside Jazz" and "Choral Waves". For his work with the Cochrane Music Society and in the local schools, the Chamber of Commerce awarded Mr. Billington their Community Builder Award.
    Mr. Billington has also been a regular staff member at the Calgary Regional Summer Band Workshop at the University of Calgary. His clinic and conducting work there and with other local bands has given him the great pleasure of working with many of the Calgary area’s truly outstanding musicians.
    Noah Borin

    Noah Borin is the pianist for the Choral Waves. Noah began his piano studies at the ripe age of 5 and continued playing as a hobby into his teens, when he decided he wanted to spend his life making music. To this end, he graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 2006 after studying piano with Sonja Behrens and James Anagnoson. He is dedicated to improving himself and is now taking lessons from Edwin Gnandt.

    Currently, he is an active collaborative pianist and vocal coach and maintains a private studio of 25 students. Noah is thrilled to be playing for the spirited and talented members Choral Waves this year.