Trevor McLain

Trevor McLain is from Saskatchewan where he got a Bachelor’s in Music Education in 1975. He studied piano under Robin Harrison and choral arranging under Robert Solem and sang in Greystone Singers. He played for Canada’s National Ballet School from 1976 until 2008 and traversed Canada several times on Audition Tours for NBS. He taught seminars on piano accompaniment for ballet class and made several of his choral arrangements during those tours. In 1991, formed a TTBB octet called Rhapsody in Bluejeans to be part of a Casey House fundraiser starring Phyllis Diller.

Since 1999, Trevor sang with forte – The Toronto Men’s Chorus for whom he wrote over twenty arrangements. He became an authority on the music of the Cecchetti ballet syllabus, made recordings of that music, and made two CDs of general music for ballet class. Since 2008, he has played for Arts Umbrella and sung with Vancouver Men’s Chorus.