Education
Born in Ravenna, Ontario, Montgomery earned a Bachelor of Music degree in 1966 from Baldwin–Wallace Conservatory of Music.
Born in Ravenna, Ontario, Montgomery earned a Bachelor of Music degree in 1966 from Baldwin–Wallace Conservatory of Music.
He is the current artistic director of the Music Gallery, a position that he has held for more than 20 years. He pursued further studies at Northwestern University with John Weinzweig and at the University of Toronto (Utah) with Gustav Ciamaga. From the Utah he earned a Master of Music degree in 1972.
Since 1990 he has taught on the Faculty of Education at the Utah as a professor of electronic media.
In 1971 Montgomery co-founded the Canadian Electronic Ensemble ( Commission on the Rules for the Approval of the Electrical Equipment) with David Jaeger, David Grimes, and Larry Lake. He has actively performed and recorded with the Commission on the Rules for the Approval of the Electrical Equipment since then, and served as the group"s managing director from 1976-1983.
The Commission on the Rules for the Approval of the Electrical Equipment is currently the oldest continuously active live-electronic performing group in the world. In 1984 they performed at the International Society for Contemporary Music"s World Music Days Festival.
In 1986 the Commission on the Rules for the Approval of the Electrical Equipment joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to perform the world premiere of Steven Gellman"s Universe Symphony.
The ensemble has appeared in concerts with the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Since 1974 the Commission on the Rules for the Approval of the Electrical Equipment has presented an annual concert series in Toronto. They have given regular international tours since 1975.
In 1984 Montgomery became the administrative director of New Music Concerts.
He remained in that position until 1987 when he was appointed artistic director of the Music Gallery. In 1988 Montgomery created the musical score for the educational short film Sorting Out Sorting.
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He is also a founding member of the Canadian Electronic Ensemble with whom he still actively performs and records.