Music

Michael Falk is a songwriter, record producer, artistic director and concert producer. He joins the Banff Centre after 3+ years in senior leadership at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, producing their concerts, managing the orchestra, and programming their Pops and Movies series.

Throughout his multifaceted career, Michael has focused on collaboration across disciplines, bringing together diverse artists to create inspired new work. Through building partnerships with architects, Indigenous presenters, dancers, wrestlers, comedians, restauranteurs, and more, he has created countless projects that blur artistic lines and engage audiences in unique, inspired
experiences.

As a musician he releases music under the name Touching, was the leader of indie rock band Les Jupes, and has performed and recorded with numerous other groups. His Record Of The Week Club project brought musicians who had never met to his studio to create new works that were released the next day. His songs have been placed in films and tv shows, and charted across North
America and Europe.

Before the WSO, Michael served as Artistic Director of Jazz Winnipeg, where he led the festival through its most ambitious and internationally-focused programming.

Michael has also ran a recording studio, a record label and produced the SpaceLand and Hatch interdisciplinary block parties. With one eye towards trying things that haven’t been done before, and another to seeking artistic excellence through collaborations that build each other up, Michael continues to chase new ideas, creative flow, and a pathway to giving
audiences transformative experiences.

Photo by Samantha Katz.

Ivy Pan is a Toronto-born violinist turned arts administrator. In the words of Soundweavings 2025, she is “relentless in her support of participants, incredibly organized, and quick to troubleshoot any issues that arise. She was a major contributing factor to the success of this program.”

Ivy graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Music, studying under Annalee Patipatanakoon. She began her professional career as an educator and musician before transitioning to arts administration, working with organizations including Sistema Toronto, York Region Arts Council, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Ivy has developed diverse programs with meaningful social impact, including the Artrepreneur Program, a business accelerator for creative professionals; TSOUND Connections, a COVID-19 response initiative connecting youth musicians with isolated individuals; and Tuned for Tomorrow, which addresses non-performance skills for emerging artists. Among her proudest projects is following a grant which allowed her to create Dear Dearest, a poetry collective connecting Asian-identifying youth using literary arts as a tool to address #StopAsianHate.

For Ivy, music and arts administration isn’t just a career - it’s a way of de-alienating the human experience and foster meaningful connections in a world that sometimes feels divided, with anyone willing to listen. 
 

Henry Ng is the Audio and Music Technician, in the Production department. His work primarily deals with the logistical aspects of audio and recorded music production, along with assisting in the administration of an internationally renowned audio engineer training program.

Before relocating to Banff, Henry was based in Toronto and worked as an audio-visual technician, primarily in live sound. He also provided a broad range of technical assistance to numerous visual artists. This support ranged from audio consultation, to building custom audio hardware, computer programming and on-site installation support in various locations, most notably in New York City.

Henry has a background in music and holds a Master of Music degree in composition from the University of Toronto. He also studied at McGill University and the Royal College of Music. He found early success as a composer, receiving a SOCAN Foundation Award for Young Composers for a work that was first presented in London and Glasgow, and subsequently received its Canadian premiere by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne in Montreal. Henry is a member of SOCAN and the Canadian League of Composers, and most recently in 2015, was invited to speak at the University of Lethbridge on his career.