A native of Hanover, Ontario, Curtis Dietz has been a member of Symphony Nova Scotia since 1996. He is a graduate of the University of Montréal, and also studied at the University of Toronto and the Banff Center for the Arts.

Curtis has performed and recorded with some of Canada’s finest orchestras, including the Montréal Symphony Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He is a frequent collaborator with Grammy-winning composer Paul Halley, and is a founding member of the Maritime Brass Quintet.

Curtis currently resides in Hacketts Cove, Nova Scotia, with his wife, Gina Patterson, and three musically active children, Peter, Kate, and Greta.