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David Hetherington : Director of Music, Cello
Mr. Hetherington is the Assistant Principal Celloist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and is a founding member of the acclaimed chamber music ensemble AMICI, which performs at Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio and records for Summit Records. He teaches at the Royal Conservatory of Music and is coach of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra cello section. |
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Alain Trudel: Symphony Orchestra Conductor
Trombonist, Conductor, Composer, Arranger, and Educator, Alain Trudel is a well-rounded, multi-faceted musician. Today, he maintains an international career in all of these activities. Yet, it was as a trombonist that his dynamic career began. His career as a soloist was launched at the age of 18 with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Charles Dutoit.
Recently Alain has been involved with orchestras such as the Toronto Symphony, Grand Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, and the CBC Vancouver Winds. He has also directed the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Victoria Symphony, Saskatoon Symphony, and The Tokyo Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra. Alain is a regular guest of the Windsor Symphony, The Banff Centre, Glenn Gould School of Music, and the Royal Conservatory.
Alain has received invitations to work with such prestigious musical organizations as the Boston Symphony, The New York Philharmonic, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
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Gillian MacKay: Symphonic Band Conductor
Gillian MacKay is an Associate Professor of Music of the University of Toronto, where she conducts wind ensembles, and teaches conducting, trumpet, and music education. An award-winning teacher, Dr. MacKay has an active career as an adjudicator, conductor, and clinician throughout Canada and the United States. She has conducted honour bands in many provinces and states, and in 2001 led the National Youth Band. In 2005 Gillian was the recipient of the OMEA Award of Commendation. As a trumpeter, she is busy as a recitalist, orchestral player, and chamber musician. Her areas of research include conducting and mime, 19th century French trumpet and cornet repertoire, and 19th century French wind band repertoire. Gillian holds degrees from the University of Lethbridge, McGill University, the University of Calgary (Dip. F.A.), and Northwestern University. Previously, she has served as Director of the School of Music at the University of Windsor, and Instructor of Brass at Medicine Hat College.
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Dr. Glenn D. Price: Concert Orchestra Conductor
Dr. Glenn D. Price is recognized as one of the leading international conductors of today. He has conducted in over 20 countries on five continents, covering the gamut from professional chamber players to 450 piece string orchestra, symphony orchestras and wind ensembles to mass bands of over 1500 musicians.
He has appeared as featured conductor for many professional organizations. These include the Shizuoka Festival (Japan), the Encontro Latino Americano (Brazil), the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), the MidWest Clinic, the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE), the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), the American Bandmasters Association (ABA), the British Association for Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles (BASBWE) and others. Dr. Price has conducted many renowned soloists, such as Evelyn Glennie, Christian Lindberg, Ney Rosauro, Jens Lindemann, Alain Trudel, Roger Webster, Rick Todd, John Marcellus, Simone Rebello and Michael Burritt.
As a Professor of Music at the University of Calgary, he has made considerable contributions to the arts in Western Canada. He is past Music Director of the Calgary Youth Orchestra and has conducted for the Calgary Civic Symphony and Instrumental Music Society of Calgary as well as the Winnipeg Symphony’s New Music Festival and Esther Honens International Piano Competition. In addition, the nine commercial recordings he has made with the University of Calgary Wind Ensemble are broadcast regularly and recognized worldwide.
A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, he pursued further conducting studies at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Japan and the Tanglewood Music Centre in the U.S. as well as in Europe and Russia. A noted percussionist, he has performed with the Canadian Opera Company, National Ballet, Calgary Philharmonic and Alberta Ballet as well as numerous contemporary music ensembles. He recently recorded Ney Rosauro’s Concerto for Timpani, at the invitation of the composer.
Dr. Price has devoted much of his life in service to the profession and the training of young conductors. As a renowned pedagogue he has led conducting symposia throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. His students now occupy leading positions in Canada, the U.S. and around the world. Following six years on its Executive Board, he was elected to the post of President of WASBE, dedicated to the improvement of all aspects of the profession.
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Les Dobbin: Concert Band Conductor
It was at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, majoring in voice with Louis Quilico, that Mr. Dobbin developed a keen interest and talent for conducting. He is the conductor of the Etobicoke Youth Band, a community band of 120 students. He has been employed by the Toronto District School Board as an itinerant music teacher since 1982 and is currently director of orchestra and bands at John G. Althouse Middle School. He is a conductor at the Toronto Music Camp and is the Director of the Albion Hills summer Music Camp for the TDSB
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Mitchell Pady: Choral Conductor
A Graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Mitchell Pady pursued his studies in composition and voice. He has performed and taken part in many festivals and conferences and has been a participant in the national conductors conference run by the Association of Canadian Orchestras. During the last five years Mitchell has worked with teachers and students as a choral clinician for a number of professional development workshops across the Toronto District School Board. As a tenor he has performed in many choral ensembles in the Toronto area including the Amadeus Choir, the William Byrd Singers, Vocal Point, and the Bach Consort...
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Etsuko Kimura: Violin
Etsuko Kimura is currently Assistant Concertmaster with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. One of the exciting performers of her generation, she catapulted to the international stage as a prizewinner of the 24th Joseph Szigeti International Violin Competition. Born and raised in Japan, she studied violin performance with Tomotada Soh at the Osaka College of Music, and later with Lorand Fenyves in Canada. Etsuko has been a featured soloist with orchestras internationally, and has lead a number of premier ensembles in the past including the Kobe City Chamber Orchestra in Japan, and Sinfonia Toronto. Her performances can be heard frequently on the radio. Etsuko currently teaches at the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.
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Young-Dae Park: Violin
Young-Dae Park took his early violin studies in Seoul, Korea and Sa&Mac221; Paulo, Brazil. Upon emigrating to Canada in 1968, Young-Dae was a student of David Mankovitz at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He has served as the Concertmaster of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra and the Kitchener - Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. He became a member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1979. Young-Dae is a coach for the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra and has been teaching at IMC since 1993.
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Doug Perry: Viola
A former Artistic Director of ARRAYMUSIC, and founding member of Tafelmusik, Doug Perry has recorded numerous albums for CBC SM 5000, Harmonia Mundi and Sony. He is Principal Viola of the Canadian Opera Orchestra, and performed in that capacity at the Santa Fe Opera. A few years back, Doug performed his arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner for violin and viola at a Chicago Cubs home game. He plays in the string quartet ACCORDES, which was nominated for a Juno Award in 2002. Doug has been on the Board of Directors of Harbourfront Centre and the Toronto Arts Council and is Vice President of torontosound.com.
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Cindy Woods: Double Bass
A Student of Oscar Zimmerman and Thomas Monohan and a graduate of Queen's University, Cindy has preformed with numerous orchestras in southern Ontario. She is currently principal double bass with the Niagara Symphony Orchestra, an avid chamber musician and experienced teacher. From her base in Toronto, she is a founding member of the Niagara Musicians' Co-operative and the Niagara-on-the-Lake Sinfonia.
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Sarah Jeffrey, Oboe
Sarah Jeffrey is Principal Oboe of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, a position she assumed during the 2005-2006 season. She has previously held Principal Oboe positions with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec and the Windsor Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Jeffrey studied at the University of Toronto under the tutelage of Richard Dorsey, retired Principal Oboist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. As a recipient of the Chalmers Award from the Ontario Arts Council, she continued her studies at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, achieving a Masters' degree with Laura Ahlbeck.
Sarah has participated in numerous music festivals including the Tanglewood Music Center, the National Orchestral Institute in Maryland and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada with which she toured Japan, Canada and Europe. As a member of the Paragon Winds, she was awarded the Grand Prize at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition in Pasadena, California in 2000. Sarah was a featured soloist during the Windsor Symphony's 2003-2004 season performing the Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto, and was broadcast nationally on CBC Radio 2. In November 2004, she was a featured recitalist on the CBC Radio 2 program "Music Around Us". Next season, she will perform Jaques Hetu's Concerto for Oboe and English horn with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra.
Sarah is on the faculties of the University of Toronto and the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
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Anne Thompson: Flute
Anne is currently Assistant Professor of Flute at the Faculty of Music of the University of Western Ontario and a well known performer in the Toronto area. Formerly a member of the Calgary Philharmonic she now plays regularly in many of the Toronto area symphony orchestras, theatre orchestras, contemporary music ensemble and chamber music groups. She received a Masters of Music in flute performance from the Yale School of Music, where she was teaching assistant for her teacher, Thomas Nyfenger, and has also studied in with Geoffrey Gilbert, William Bennett and Marcel Moyse.
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Kevin O'Donnell: Flute
A native of Scarborough, Kevin O'Donnell studied at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, the Royal Conservatory of Music's Orchestral Training Program, and the Banff Centre for the Arts. He has held positions as Principal flute of Symphony Nova Scotia, Second Flute/Piccolo with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, and is presently Instructor of Flute and Chamber Music at Wilfrid Laurier University. An active freelancer, he performs regularly with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Stratford Festival Orchestra, and has been a member of the Westben Festival Orchestra, Elora Festival Orchestra, and the Banff Festival Opera.
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Gordon Craig: Clarinet
Gordon Craig holds a Bachelor of Music Degree and a Bachelor of Education Degree from Queen's University and a Master of Science in Performance from the Crane School of Music. Gordon is currently Principal Clarinet with the Kingston Symphony Orchestra. At Queen's University, Gordon is instructor of clarinet, Chamber Music Coordinator, and Director of the Queen's University Wind Ensemble Symphonic Band. He holds the position of clarinet professor at the Crane School of Music. Gordon also is Music Director of the Quinte Symphony and the Queen's Symphony Orchestra.
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Leslie Magowan: Bassoon
Leslie Magowan is former principal bassoon of the Windsor Symphony and a member of the Essex Winds. She studied at the University of British Columbia with Christopher Millard and at the New England Conservatory with Sol Schoenbach. She is currently teaching with the Scarborough Board of Education.
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Rob Carli: Saxophone
Robert Carli leads a busy career as a performer, composer and producer. He performs regularly with a variety of ensembles, including Toronto Symphony, National Ballet Orchestra and New Music Concerts. He is active in the studio, playing on jingles and film scores, and has recorded with such artists as the Barenaked Ladies, soprano Mary Lou Fallis, and on two recent Toronto Symphony releases. He has also served as a music co-ordinator for such artists as Julie Andrews and Bob Newhart.
Robert is highly in demand as a film composer and arranger. He has composed music for over 25 films, movies of the week, and documentaries. His work has garnered eight Gemini nominations, and two Gemini wins, for documentary and dramatic series. Recently, he composed the score for a new series from Shaftesbury Films called “The Murdoch Mysteries”, and the comedy feature film “Breakfast With Scot”. He is the recipient of the 2007 SOCAN Award for domestic television.
Mr. Carli teaches saxophone at the University of Toronto. He is the author of several articles and a recent Scale and Technique Book for saxophone.
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George Laidlaw: Saxophone
George graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Music Degree and holds a Master of Music in Music Education from the University of Michigan. He has a High School Specialist’s Certificate and is presently Head of the Music Department at Oakridge Secondary School in London.
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Ray Tizzard: Trumpet
Raymond Tizzard received his B.Mus. (Education) and M.M. (Literature and Performance) from the University of Western Ontario, followed by studies at the Banff School of Fine Arts. He currently performs with the National Ballet Orchestra. The Canadian Opera Company Orchestra and the Esprit Orchestra. Ray the Co-founder and Artistic Director of the Hannaford Street Silver Band.
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Barton Woomert: Trumpet
Since 1982 Barton Woomert has been the associate principal trumpet with the Toronto Symphony and trumpet instructor at the University of Toronto. Prior to moving to Toronto, Barton was principal trumpet with the Hamilton Philharmonic and the National Orchestra of Venezuela. He received his music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, John Hopkins University. |
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Ron George: French Horn
Ron George has been principal horn of Orchestra London since the fall of 1979. His main teachers have been Earl Saxton, Robert Creech, Eugene Rittich and Hermann Baumann. Ron has a bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Toronto. He was granted a Canada Council Grant to study in West Germany with Hermann Baumann. |
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Gabriel Radford: French Horn
Gabe was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He is currently Third Horn of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
In June, 1998, at the age of 23, Gabe successfully auditioned for Associate Principal Horn of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Following three years in that position he accepted an offer to become Acting principal Horn. While in Winnipeg, he also held the positions of Principal Horn of both Music Barock and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra.
Gabe is a devoted teacher. While in Winnipeg, he was Horn Instructor at the University of Manitoba, and traveled to North Dakota in the summers to instruct at the international Music Camp. Since moving to Toronto, he has given masterclasses at the University of Toronto and at the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, as well as teaching a studio of private horn students. He joined both the faculty of the University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music in September, 2004. This will be his fourth summer at IMC.
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Andrew Clayden: Trombone
Andrew returns to IMC from Quebec City where he is a member of the Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec and Professor of Trombone at the Quebec Conservatoire. Before joining the OSQ in 1987, he played co-principal trombone with the National Orchestra of Taiwan and substituted with the Vancouver Symphony. His music degrees include a Bachelor of Music from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Music from Northwestern University.
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John Jasavala : Trombone
Jehanbakhsh (John) Jasavala holds music degrees from York University (B.FA) and the University of Michigan, (M.M.), a Diploma in Jazz Studies from Humber College, and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Windsor. Jehanbakhsh has an active life as a performer, teacher, and adjudicator. He has held the position of Principal Trombone with both the Windsor and Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestras, and has performed as a freelancer with several other orchestras in Ontario and Michigan. Jehanbakhsh is the founding member and leader of The Umbrella Brass Quintet, broadcast several times on CBC Radio. Until moving back to Toronto in 2005, he was the Instructor of Trombone and Director of the Jazz Ensemble at the University of Windsor. Jehanbakhsh is currently an instructor of trombone and lecturer at the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario. Jehanbakhsh also leads The University of Toronto 7 O' Clock Swing Band. Jehanbakhsh has taught at Eastern Music Camp; Newfoundland, Red Deer Music Camp; Alberta, and Interprovincial Music Camp; Ontario. He was the recipient of the University of Western Ontario Student Society Teaching Award in 2002 and in 2003 the winner of the Meritorious Service Award for Sessional Faculty at the University of Windsor.
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Brent Adams: Tuba
Brent has held the Principal Tuba position for the Niagara Symphony for many years and performs regularly with several orchestras throughout Ontario, including the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra London Canada, Windsor Symphony Orchestra and the Hannaford Street Silver Band. As a member of the Niagara Brass Ensemble, Brent has recorded for Analekta and Echiquier recording companies as well as CBC radio. As a member of Brass Rings, he has toured extensively through Canada and the United States.
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Jill M. Ball: Percussion
Jill Ball is an active teacher, adjudicator, clinician and performer in Canada and the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Central Michigan University, a Master of Music in Percussion Performance degree from Northwestern University and is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Michigan State. She is currently on faculty at the University of Western Ontario. Jill has taught High School general and instrumental music in New Brunswick. She has played with the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Windsor Symphony, Symphony New Brunswick and the Scotia Festival of Music. Jill has also taught at several music camps including Eastern Music Camp, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and at the University of New Brunswick Summer Music Camp
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