Corey Gemmell, violinist, is a native of Hamilton, Ontario. He has distinguished himself as soloist and chamber musician in Canada, Germany, the United States and China. Numerous performances with orchestra have included concerti by Brahms and Beethoven, as well as Affairs of the Heart by Canadian composer Marjan Mozetich.  During the 2007-2008 season, Mr. Gemmell performed the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Symphony Hamilton Orchestra and Vaughn Williams’ The Lark Ascending with the York Symphony Orchestra.  The 2009-2010 season will feature him playing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor with the York Symphony, the Beethoven Triple Concerto, and Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with the Scarborough Symphony Orchestra.  An active chamber musician, Mr. Gemmell appears in many festivals and recitals each season.

At present, Mr. Gemmell is concertmaster of Symphony Hamilton, concertmaster for The Sound of Music at the Princess of Wales Theatre, and associate concertmaster of both the Toronto Philharmonia and the Esprit Orchestra.  He is a member of the Mississauga Sinfonietta and the Elgin String Quartet, and frequently performs with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra.

Mr. Gemmell can be heard on compact disc in recordings of sonatas by Brahms, Ravel, Robert A. Baker, David Eagle and Hope Lee.

As an adjudicator, Mr. Gemmell makes appearances at music festivals across Canada.  He is on faculty at the University of Western Ontario, the Royal Conservatory of Music, the National Music Camp of Canada, and is a member of the Royal College of Examiners.