About
Born and raised in St. Catharines, I roared into this world in November 1972. I was fortunate to be born into a loving family, the youngest of 4 children to my parents, Chuck and Jane Burke. That’s not to say that my older siblings didn’t consistently frame me for crimes that I didn’t commit, but we had a fun time nonetheless.
Cruising around our neighbourhood in our Green Machine, Big Wheel or on our BMX bike, those were days filled with road hockey, scraped knees and piano lessons. Ironically, out of all my recreational pursuits back then, the piano was the hobby that held my interest the most.
After graduating from Laura Secord Secondary School in 1992, the piano became more than a hobby as I was off to Wilfrid Laurier University to pursue music graduating in 1996 on the Dean’s Honour Roll with a Bachelor of Music Education and Performance. Next, I attended the University of Western Ontario where I graduated on the Dean’s Honour Roll with Distinction with my Bachelor of Educat...
Cities & Neighbourhoods
St. Catharines