Geof Holbrook (b.1978 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada) has had works performed in Canada and in Europe, including performances by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Esprit Orchestra, the McGill Symphony Orchestra, the Bozzini Quartet, In Extensio, Ensemble of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and the Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain in Lyon. He has been awarded five times in the SOCAN Competition for Young Composers, has been a finalist for the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music, and was recently awarded a Prix Opus for "Création de l'Année". He was chosen to participate in the NEM International Forum for Young Composers, held in Amsterdam in 2006. He has participated in composition courses at le Domaine Forget, Royaumont, the National Arts Centre, and at IRCAM in Paris, in addition to his graduate studies at McGill University, where his mentors included Denys Bouliane, John Rea and Sean Ferguson. Beginning in September 2007 he will pursue doctoral studies in composition at Columbia University in New York. Upcoming commissions include works for pianist Brigitte Poulin, and Montreal saxophone quartet Quasar.