Jan Simons

Jan Simons (11 November 1925 – 7 May 2006) was a Canadian baritone, music teacher and administrator. Complementing a vocal performance career in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s, he was a member of the faculty of music at McGill University in Montreal and a long-time teacher and general director at the summer music camp of Canadian Amateur Musicians/Musiciens Amateurs du Canada (CAMMAC).

Life and career Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, he lived in The Hague, Netherlands before moving with his family to Montreal in 1939. After graduating from high school, he studied voice in New York City with Emilio de Gogorza, then returned to Canada to attend The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto on a scholarship, where he studied with Emmy Heim and Ernesto Vinci.