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Tonia Allen   orff
B.A., University of British Columbia; Teaching Certificate, Western Washington University; Orff Certificate, University of British Columbia.

Lorraine Ambrose   piano
B.M., University of Alberta; Associate and Licentiate, Western Board of Music.

Kristl Armstrong   cello
A.R.C.M., Royal College of Music, London; studied Suzuki Method with Yvonne Tait.

Jeremy Berkman   trombone
M.M., Juilliard School of Music, B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music, principal Trombone, Vancouver Opera Orchestra.

Martha Brickman   piano
Montreal Conservatory of Music (harpsichord); student of Kenneth Gilbert; former Professor of Harpsichord at the Conservatory of Montreal and Laval University; studied Suzuki Method with Susan Magnusson.

Gordon Cherry   trombone
B.M.(Performance), Eastman School of Music; principal trombone, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, C.B.C. Vancouver Chamber Orchestra.

Anne-Katherine Coope   clarinet
B.M., University of British Columbia, M.Mus., Northwestern University.

Roger Cole   oboe
B.M., Juilliard School of Music; principal oboe, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and C.B.C. Vancouver Chamber Orchestra.

Gregory Cox   trombone
B.M., Eastman School of Music; member, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and C.B.C. Vancouver Chamber Orchestra.

Evelyn Creaser Rumley   violin
B.M., University of Western Ontario; M.M., (Performance) University of British Columbia; member, Vancouver Opera Orchestra and CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra.

Masae Day   violin
B.M., University of Victoria;
Holzhauer Musiktage, Holzhuser, studied Suzuki Method with Rosalind O’Keefe.

Lee Duckles   cello
B.M., University of Illinois; principal cello, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Sophie Dansereau   bassoon
M.M., Yale School of Music; D.E.S., Conservatory of Montreal; student of F. Morelli and Christopher Millard; member, Vancouver Symphony & C.B.C. Chamber Orchestras.

Marguerite Echaus   piano & orff
B.M., Catholic University of America, Washington D.C.; M.M.Ed., Holy Name College, Oakland, CA; Teaching Certificate (Orff) Seattle Pacific University; American Suzuki Institute, San Francisco State University.

DeAnne Eisch   violin
B.M., De Paul University School of Music; Post-Graduate Certificate National Orchestra Association; performs with the Vancouver C.B.C. Orchestra and Manitoba Chamber Orchestra; studied Suzuki Method with Rosalind O’Keefe.

Joseph Elworthy   cello
M.M. Yale University; B.M., Juilliard School of Music, student of Aldo Parisot; teaching assistant at Juilliard and Yale University; soloist with Osaka Philharmonic; C.B.C. Chamber Orchestra, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra and is a member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Ruth Enns   music history
Ph.D (Musicology), University of British Columbia; M.M., Westminster Choir College; B.M., University of Manitoba.

Brenda Fedoruk   flute
B.M., University of British Columbia; studied with Camille Churchfield and André Jaunet; principal flute, Vancouver Opera Orchestra; flute and piccolo, C.B.C. Vancouver Chamber Orchestra.

Ann Golden Fisher   voice
B.Mus.(Voice), L.Mus.(Education), McGill University; former faculty member McGill University, University of Ottawa.

Martin Fisk   percussion
B.Mus., UBC; studied with John Rudolph and Sal Ferreras; curently performs with Vancouver New Music, Gamelan Gong Gita, Vancouver Island, Kamloops and Okanagan Symphony orchestras; faculty member, UBC Summer Institute, percussion instructor and Assistant Director, West Vancouver Youth Band.

Judith Fraser   cello
L.R.A.M., Royal Academy of Music, London.

Ken Friedman   bass
B.M., University of Southern California; M.M., Juilliard School of Music; principal bass, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Dana Gerbrecht   violin
B.Sc., University of British Columbia; studied Suzuki Method with Marian Schreiber and Rosalind O’Keefe.

Jerold Gerbrecht   trumpet
M.M., University of Kentucky; B.M., University of Louisville; former principal trumpet, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and C.B.C. Vancouver Chamber Orchestra.

Alice Gerbrecht De Nofrio   ballet
Boston Ballet Center for Dance Education, Goh Ballet Academy, student of Soonee Lee; dancer and director of the Louisville Ballet; dancer of the Ballet Theatre of Boston; Oregan Ballet Theatre.

Brian G'froerer   french horn
B.M., University of British Columbia; former associate principal horn, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; principal horn, CBC Radio Orchstra; horn coach at the Natuonal Youth Orchestra of Canada. A student of Robert Creech, Eugene Ruttich and Wendell Hoss.

Sheila Hardy   piano
A.R.C.T.; B.M. (Performance), University of British Columbia.

Lawrie Hill   violin
University of Alberta; Performance Certificate, Vancouver Academy of Music; member, Vancouver Opera Orchestra and C.B.C. Vancouver Chamber Orchestra; studied Suzuki Method with Yasuko Tanaka Eastman and Marian Schreiber.

Jason Ho   violin
M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music; B.M., University of British Columbia; studied violin with Andrew Dawes and Robert Rozek; first prize winner of the Canadian Music Competition; Member, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Teresa Ho   piano
A.R.C.T.; B.M., University of British Columbia; A.V.C.M.; studied Suzuki Method with Haruko Kataoko.

Alys Howe   harp
B.F.A., York University; M.M., University of Limerick; B.A., Royal Scottish Academy of Music; student of Elizabeth Volpe, Kim Robertson and Deborah Henson-Conant.

Cyrena Huang   cello
M.M., B.M., University of British Columbia; student of Eric Wilson, Paul Pulford; member of Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Modern Baroque Opera Company.

Chloé Hurst   theory
M.M., B.M., University of British Columbia; Opera Performance Major.

Joan Hurst   piano
B.M., University of British Columbia; studied Suzuki Method with Dorothy-Mae Williams, Doris Koppleman and Haruko Kataoko.

Cris Inguanti   clarinet
M.M., Manhattan School of Music; B.M., Northwestern University; assistant principal clarinet, Vancouver Symphony; principal clarinet, New York City Opera; member of the Houston Ballet Orchestra.

Olga Ioutskevitch   kodaly
M.M., Gnesin’s Musical Pedagogical Institute; B.M., Donetsk Musical College; Instructor of solfege, theory, harmony and analysis at the Musical College Donetsk, Ukraine.

Anne-Elise Keefer   flute
M.M., B.M., University of Toronto; member of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra.   Web site: anne-elisekeefer.ca

Rebecca Kelly   piano
B.A., University of British Columbia; A.R.C.T.; A.V.C.M., Victoria Conservatory of Music; Orff/Kodaly Certificate, University of British Columbia.

Larry Knopp   trumpet
M.M., B.M., Northwestern University; visiting professor of trumpet Eastman School of Music; principal trumpet, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Donna Lee-Leung   piano
B.M., University of British Columbia; B.Ed., Queens’ University; studied Suzuki Method with Merlin Thompson, Mount Royal College.

Lee Kum-Sing   piano department head
L.Mus.A, University of Melbourne; M.M., Rosary College, Illinois; studied with Gerhardt Pucheult at the Hochschule fur Musik in Berlin and with Julius Katchen and Magda Tagliaferro in Paris; as a faculty member he has given masterclasses at summer schools and festivals throughout Europe, North America and Asia; he serves as a jury member at international competitions including Chopin (Warsaw) Queen Elisabeth (Brussels), and the Rachmaninov (Moscow).

Jacqueline Leggatt   theory/music librarian
D.M.A., M.M. University of British Columbia (Composition); B.M. Queen’s University (Piano).

Li Ling Liao   violin
D.M.A.; University of Maryland; M.M. violin perfomance,; B.M.; Boston Conservatory of Music

Steffany Lovick   kodaly
B.A., University of British Columbia; A.R.C.T., solo piano, Royal Conservatory of Toronto; Kodaly Diploma, University of Calgary.

Mark Luchkow   viola
B.M., University of British Columbia; studied with Gerald Stanick and Andrew Bacon; Suzuki Training with Helen Brunner and Daphne Hughes; member of the Baroque Opera Company.

Elizabeth McBurney   flute
M.M., B.M., University of Toronto; student of Robert Aitken; former member, Calgary Philharmonic.

Saida Matyukov   piano
Mus.D., Moscow State Conservatory of Music; Professor of Music, Moscow State Pedagogical Institute.

David Meek   voice department head
B.M., University of British Columbia, Honours Opera Diploma, University of Toronto; Music Director/Conductor, Academy Opera Studio Program.

Paul Meister   violin
B.M., University of Western Ontario; former member, Victoria Symphony, Symphony London; Concertmaster of the Prince George Symphony and Banff Orchestra; studied Suzuki method at the University of Illinois with John Kendall.

Hanh Nguyen   classical guitar
B.M., Western Washington University; student of Oscar Ghiglia and Stephen Boswell; winner of the North-West Guitar Festival and the Portland Guitar Solo Competition.

Audrey Nodwell   cello
B.M., University of British Columbia; M.M., University of Victoria; studied Suzuki Method with Tanya Carey; member of Pro Nova Quartet.

Rosalind O’Keefe   violin
L.R.A.M., Royal Academy of Music, London; studied Suzuki method with John Kendall, Thomas Rolston, and Marian Schreiber.

Beth Orson   oboe
B.M., (Performance) Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Ohio; English horn, assistant principal oboe, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Andrew Perriment theory
Fellow of the London College of Music; L.Mus.L.C.M; A.Mus.L.C.M.(Lond); A.Mus.T.C.L.

Isabelle Roland   viola
M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music; B.M., University of Victoria; studied with Heidi Castleman, Lynn Ramsey Irvine, and Robert Vernon; assistant principal viola, Victoria Symphony.

Robert Rozek   violin department head
M.M., University of Miami; B.M., Juilliard School of Music; student of Ivan Galamian, Dorothy Delay, Franco Gulli and Nathan Milstein; formerly on the faculty of the University of Miami; director of masterclasses in Yverdon, Switzerland.

Douglas Smith   theory
M.M., B.A., University of British Columbia; Diploma (Jazz/Commercial Music) Capilano College; Diploma, D.A.A.D., Frankfurt, Germany.

Nicki Stieda   violin
B.M., University of British Columbia; student of Gwen Thompson and Herman Krebbers; studied Suzuki Method with Rosalind O’Keefe.

Mary Thomson   cello
Performance Diploma, Camosun College; former member Victoria Symphony; studied Suzuki Method with Tonia Carey.

Krystyna Tucka   piano
Graduate of the Music Academy St. Moniuski; postgraduate studies at the Ecole Normale de Paris Alfred Cortot; Artist Diploma, Vancouver Academy of Music studying with Lee Kum-Sing; first prize winner of the Eckhardt-Gramatté Piano Competition.

Marian Turner   violin
M.M., Peabody Conservatory; B.M., University of North Carolina; member of Vancouver Opera Orchestra; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; studied Suzuki method with Rosalind O’Keefe.

Yumiko Van Rooi   piano
B.M., Toho Gakuen University; Artist Diploma, Vancouver Academy of Music; faculty member, Ballard Music School, Mount Royal Conservatory of Music.

Ellis Wean   tuba
New England Conservatory of Music; Boston University; principal tuba, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; C.B.C. Vancouver Chamber Orchestra

Robin Wenham   violin
B.M., University of British Columbia; studied Suzuki Method with John Kendall.


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