Burnhila Music Publishing is a Canadian company that features the works of Neil Yorke-Slader. Neil is a Superintendent of Instruction in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Ottawa, Canada. He has composed numerous works at various levels for jazz ensemble. He taught music at the elementary and secondary levels for 17 years, and is active as a jazz adjudicator and clinician throughout North America. Neil Yorke-Slader is well known throughout Canada for his dedication to education and the arts. He directs the renowned Nepean All-City Jazz Band, one of Canada's pre-eminent student jazz ensembles for the last 20 years. In 1995, Neil received the City of Nepean's Distinguished Service Award for Arts and Culture, and their 1998 Distinguished Service Award for Education. He was the recipient of the 1999 Ottawa International Jazz Festival's "Achievement Award" and in 1991 he received the International Association of Jazz Educators Award for Contribution to Jazz Education. He is considered one of the leading Canadian authorities on the teaching of stage band fundamentals and rehearsal techniques.