Faculty & Staff

David Rankine has been teaching music in schools, community organizations, and historic sites for more than 20 years.  A certified Teacher Trainer in First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege with the Feierabend Association for Music Education, David has presented online and throughout Canada and the United States including at the Ontario Music Educators Association Conferences, Music Conference Alberta, the Royal Conservatory of Music, Music-Ed Amplified Podcast, and the 2022 National Association for Music Education National Conference in Washington D.C.

David is the former Artistic Director of the Gananoque Choral Society and was the Drum Major and Company Captain of the Fort Henry Guard where he received the Colonel Truman Crawford Cup, USMC, for Excellence in Music. A recipient of several scholarships from the Royal Canadian College of Organists, David has both Piano and Organ certifications from the Royal Conservatory of Music, is a Church Organist and Music Director, as well as the former Organist for the Kingston Frontenacs OHL Hockey Franchise.

In addition to his classroom work, he has received numerous grants and donations under the umbrella of ‘Building Community Through Music” Surmounting his belief that to build community, one must go into the community.  These proceeds have enabled more than 800 K-6 students to annually take part in and host Folk Festivals, May Day Festivals, and Family Folk Dances. During the COVID Epidemic, GIA Music published 8 Episodes of ‘Mr. Rankine’s Music Cabin,’ all based on the First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege curricula to help create a more Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful society.

A finalist in the 2023 CBC Canadian Music Class Challenge, David lives in a forest just north of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and two children, Eva and George.