Meet the Band

Giancarlo Binetti was appointed Music Director of the Clarington Concert Band in January 2025 and has since completed a highly successful first season marked by artistic growth, engaging programming, and strong community connection. His leadership has brought renewed energy and musical cohesion to the ensemble, highlighted by well-received spring and Christmas concerts.

Giancarlo holds a Bachelor’s degree in French Horn Performance and a Master’s degree in Musicology from York University, where he specialized in wind band conducting and examined the role of artistic leadership in community band development.

An accomplished educator and conductor, he has developed his skills through work as a summer camp instructor, section leader, and apprentice conductor with youth orchestras and community ensembles. In addition to his role with the Clarington Concert Band, Giancarlo serves as Music Director of the Pickering Community Concert Band and leads the Chancellor’s Brass Quintet at York University. Now entering his second season, Giancarlo continues to build on the band’s proud tradition while introducing thoughtful and innovative programming, fostering both musical excellence and an inclusive, vibrant band culture.

Paul Noble-Gresty was appointed the Clarington Concert Band’s Associate Music Director in September 2024.

A lifelong musician, Paul grew up in the Salvation Army and has been teaching music for over 30 years. He holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Education, a Master of Education, and a Specialist in Instrumental Music.

Paul’s extensive experience includes conducting Honor Bands, Integrated Arts Camps, the Durham Music Festival, Durham Massed Bands, and participating in National Music Camps. A talented multi-instrumentalist, he plays trumpet and classical guitar locally, performs with orchestras, and teaches instrumental music, guitar, and vocal classes at Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute in Whitby, Ontario.

Colin is the current Vice-President and a 27-year member of the Clarington Concert Band.

He is a graduate of the Humber College Jazz Studies program, majoring in arranging, and spent 15 years as a trombonist and Regimental Drum Major in the Canadian Forces with the regimental band of the Governor General's Horse Guards. Following his retirement from the military, he spent 10 years as the Drum Major for the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Association, Ontario, also known as the Concert Band of Cobourg.

Colin has become the face of the Clarington Concert Band, having served as its Master of Ceremony for the past two decades.

CLARINGTON CONCERT BAND