Noel Edison is a Toronto-born choral director, organist, singer and conductor. He directs and conducts two world-class Canadian choral ensembles: the large-scale Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the chamber-sized Elora Festival Singers. Edison founded the Elora Festival Singers in 1980, when he was instrumental in initiating the the Elora Festival, in that historic Ontario village, with the Singers as the choir-in-residence.