Ken Gee is a Classical pianist born in Hamilton but now a longtime resident of Guelph. He studied music at McMaster University, where he was awarded the McMaster Medal for the Creative and Performing Arts, and piano in Toronto with Boris Berlin. Ken was a music critic for the Hamilton Spectator, manager for chamber music series and Ensemble Sir Ernest MacMillan, co-director of the Hamilton Kiwanis Music Festival, and a teacher at McMaster University, Sheridan College and Mohawk College.

Ken has performed an impressive amount of string and piano chamber music, especially repertoire for violin & piano, cello & piano, and piano trio, quartet and quintet. He has also given many concerto performances with various orchestras (including Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Bloch, and the Canadian premiere of the Yellow River Concerto), as well as solo piano recitals.

In addition to his concert work, Ken is deeply involved in music education and community music-making. He serves as the pianist for the Suzuki String School of Guelph, was a longtime pianist for the Guelph Youth Singers, and is a regular accompanist at competitions such as the Ontario Music Festivals Association (OMFA) Provincial Finals, Suzuki summer institutes, Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) exams, and local festivals. He is known for his expertise in violin and cello repertoire and is a sought-after piano collaborator for both instrumentalists and choirs. Ken was very involved with the development of the Guelph Youth Music Centre (GYMC). He was a longtime board member, serving a term as Chair, and his initiatives included the creation of the Guelph Youth Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with the Guelph Symphony Orchestra, which continues today as the Guelph Symphony Youth Orchestra. He is now Chair of the Guelph Kiwanis Music Festival and a member of the festival’s organizing committee. In 2008, he was the recipient of a City of Guelph Mayor’s Award.

His commitment to working with young musicians and treating their performances with professional care is widely recognized in the community. He is also skilled in music technology and is a music engraver and designer for the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Ken created and continues to be the sole organizer of Guelph Musicfest, a chamber music festival at the GYMC, celebrating its 20th season in 2026. Select Guelph Musicfest concerts will be repeated in Hamilton and Blue Mountain.