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Erin Donovan percussion, composition - Erin Donovan is the Artistic Director of Hear Here and performs as a percussionist, pianist and composer. She has performed with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic, Continuum New Music, Array Music, the Glass Orchestra and Evergreen Club Gamelan Ensemble.
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| Camille Watts flute, alto flute - Camille Watts has co-directed and played concerts with Hear Here for over ten years. She has been a flutist and solo piccoloist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra since 1990, positions she held previously with the Atlanta and Denver Symphonies. She has also performed with Atlanta Opera, Opera Colorado and as principal flute with Central City Opera. She teaches flute at the University of Toronto and as a massage therapist working with musicians, she joined a group of Toronto artists in creating the Artists’ Health Centre at Toronto Western Hospital. |
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Nigel Boehm Cellist - Nigel has been recognized as an accomplished Canadian cellist through his recordings for Radio-Canada and National Public Radio (USA), dedication to musical education, and many performances as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician throughout Canada, United States and abroad. Committed to the education of young musicians, Nigel Boehm is a faculty member at Mount Royal Academy and Conservatory of Music in Calgary Alberta, where he is an instructor of cello and chamber music. Mr. Boehm holds a Performance Diploma completed at Mount Royal College, a Bachelor of Music in solo performance with aminor in Musicology and Music History, and a Masters of Music both completed at McGill University. |
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| Sonya Frebold violin - Sonya loves playing the violin, performing and indulging in new creative projects. She performs regularly as a fiddler and classical violinist in and around the Bow Valley and The Banff Centre. |
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Sebastian Hutchings - Sebastian was born in Banff to a family of artists and long time mountain folk, both of which have greatly shaped his own creative life. While he studied music formally at Concordia University in Montreal, much of his learning has come through wandering, spending long periods of time in the mountain world, and through a deep involvement with the arts in many forms. He also has been a writer of words since his childhood, and the love of story and myth greatly effect his approach to music. In November of 2009, Sebastian produced a double-bill performance of two operas, The Waiting Room by Lorena Orozco, and his own piece, The Agony of Mrs. Stone. |
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Malcolm Lim percussion - Malcolm received a Bachelor of Music with Distinction from McGill University, where he studied with Pierre Beluse, D’Arcy Gray, and Louis Charbonneau. He has performed with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, Spiritus, and the Vancouver Chamber Choir; worked under Hans Graf, Roberto Minczuk, Bramwell Tovey, Alain Trudel, and Marvin Hamlisch; received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts; studied with Gordon Gottlieb (The Julliard School), Glen Velez (Middle Eastern percussion and frame drums), Trichy Sankaran (S. Indian percussion), and Israel Toto Berriel (Afro-Cuban percussion); studied Brazilian percussion in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador da Bahia and is the founder and music director of the Calgary Escola de Samba; has published in Percussive Notes, the Percussive Arts Society Journal. Malcolm’s work has been broadcast on CBC. |
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Gemira McClary holds a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance with
distinction from the University of Saskatchewan. Additional studies have
taken her to The Banff Centre, Johanason International School of the Arts in Victoria, and International Meetings of Chamber Music in Italy. She is
active as a performer, adjudicator, and clinician and is a voice instructor
for The Conservatory at Mount Royal College. |
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Katie Mee dancer, choreographer - Katie Mee dancer, choreographer - Katie is dedicated to creating innovative and collaborative material, with an emphasis on pushing boundaries and education through performance. Katie holds a BA in Dance, Choreography & Performing Arts. Originally from the UK she has lived in Banff for four years during which time she has been involved with Precipice Theatre and Hear Here productions. |
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Jane Newman Artist, Teacher, Facilitator (Banff) - Tapping the collective conscience I find everything. I work for the good of the whole. i am open to new ways and understanding. An omnipotent provocateur pioneering the present. I see and draw to me through divine love those beings who seek enlightenment through my process. The sharing will benefit us both now. Nature is one muse, humour another. I live deeply rooted in both, in the mountains and in this body. Gotta laugh at that. www.janenewman.ca |
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| Shane Nizinkevich was born and raised in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. He became involved in music at an early age with piano lessons, choir and school band programmes. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelors of Music and a Bachelors of Education in 2008. Shane has been a member of the National Youth Band of Canada and the Band of the Ceremonial Guard in Ottawa. After graduation from University, Shane moved to Banff Alberta to take a position teaching music at Banff Community High School. |
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| Olivia Ritchey Harpist - A versatile musician most active as a performer of contemporary classical music, Ms. Ritchey is co-founder of the new age flute and harp duo ArtStrong Ensemble, with CPO principal Sara Hahn. As a chamber player with GroundSwell New Music (Manitoba), she has premiered the work of some of North America's foremost contemporary composers, and has recorded with CBC as both a solo and chamber instrumentalist. Former Principal Harpist of the Regina and Saskatoon Symphony Orchestras (2003-2007), Ms. Ritchey currently freelances with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. She studied with harpist Richard Turner at the University of Manitoba, and also holds a degree in Biology from concurrent studies in science. Olivia lives in Canmore. |
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| Ronelle Shaufele Violist - Canadian violist, Ronelle Schaufele is an active orchestral, solo, and chamber musician who performs frequently throughout Western Canada. She has recently performed at the 27th annual Euro Festival in Leipzig, Germany and completed an Artist in Residency program at the Banff Centre of the Arts. Her performances with various orchestras include the Nuova Opera Festival Orchestra, Okanogan Symphony, Lethbridge Symphony, Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. In addition she has served as principle violist of the University of Calgary Orchestra and as the concertmaster of the Medicine Hat Academy Orchestra and is currently principle viola in the newly formed Urban Village Chamber Orchestra. |
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