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Violinist Jeanne Lamon, C.M., O.Ont, D.Litt., is Music Director Emerita of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.  She regularly guest directs symphony orchestras in North America and abroad.  She has won numerous awards for her work with Tafelmusik, including the Prix Alliance from the Alliance Française, the 1997 M. Joan Chalmers Award for Artistic Direction, and the prestigious Molson Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts.  In 2000, Ms Lamon was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada and in 2003 was named “Musician of the Year” by her peers at the Toronto Musicians’ Association. Jeanne Lamon holds two honorary Doctorates, one from York University and one from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax.  She is passionate about teaching young professionals, which she does at the University of Toronto and at the Glenn Gould Professional School of the Royal Conservatory of Music.