Shawn Chabot
Lecturer
Office: TC 126
Email: schabot3@uwo.ca
Shawn Chabot is proud to return to his alma mater as the music director of the Western University Symphonic Band. A native of Elliot Lake, Ontario, he developed his passion for conducting at a young age through his involvement with the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet movement where he helped direct and develop concert and marching band programs at the local and national levels.
Since 2005, Shawn has taught instrumental and vocal music and conducted various concert bands, orchestras, choirs, and jazz ensembles at Oakridge Secondary, Nicholas Wilson Public, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary, and Saunders Secondary schools where he currently serves as the Music Department Head.
In addition to his teaching and conducting responsibilities, Shawn co-chairs the annual Variety Is... Showcase Concert and is a member of the Western/OBA Intermediate Honour Band committee. He served as the past Chair of the TVDSB Secondary Music Subject Council, led professional development sessions at various local and provincial music conferences, and helped to revise the Ontario Arts Curriculum.
As a performer, he has played trumpet as a member of Encore: The Concert Band, in brass quintets, and for a variety of other local ensembles. He has also sang with local chamber choirs including The Gerald Fagan Singers, Chor Amica, and The Bach Festival Choir, and guest conducted Encore: The Concert Band.
In 2016, Shawn was selected as a finalist for the Leslie Bell Conducting Award and was awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship in 2020. He holds three degrees from Western University including a Bachelor of Music–Honours Music Education (2004), a Bachelor of Education (2005), and a Masters Degree in Literature and Performance (2021) under the mentorship of Dr. Colleen Richardson.
