Personal History and Education
Link was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. After graduating from high school, he moved to Edmonton, Alberta, where he attended the University of Alberta and graduated with a bachelor of music degree. He worked professionally in Edmonton as a composer, musical director, and teacher until 1996 when he moved to San Francisco,California. He studied kinesiology and taught musical theatre at San Francisco State University.
He attended John F. Kennedy University where he completed a masters degree in Holistic Health Education. In his masters thesis Art as a Spiritual Practice, he developed a new methodology for teaching performing arts. His thesis asserts that honoring the individual—and focusing on the process, not the product—creates the best possible performance, and ironically, the best end product.
In 2006 Link moved to London, where continues to compose, teach, music direct, and perform.
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