Ian Douglas is a composer, musician, poet, and research engineer. After studying piano and music theory at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Ian ‘discovered’ the world of drumming including orchestral, jazz/rock, and african hand-drumming. Moving to Almonte in the early 1990’s, he became a founding member of art-folk group
Raintree, psychedelic folk-rock group
The Ragged Flowers, and directed a folk choir for 20 years. He composes music in the folk, classical, world, and choral music genres, and most recently created music for
Canada Wild, a live performance of world/classical music set to images of Canada’s wilderness.