Recent Guest Artists and Teachers

Dr. Marjolaine Lambert, National Arts Centre Orchestra

Sarah Fraser-Raff, Taylor Academy of the Royal Conservatory

Amelie Benoit Bastien, I Musici de Montreal

Olivier Thouin, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Wilshere, Director de la Escuela de Musica” at the Palacio de la Cultura y Communicacion in Guadalajara

Caitlin Smith, Practice Pizzazz

Robert Uchida, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Dr. Vanessa Mio, University of Windsor; Windsor String Academy

Elizabeth Loewen-Andrews, Baroque Specialist

Kevin Lau, Juno-winning composer

Courtney Bonifant, Lansing Symphony

Lea Kirstein, Fiddler

Dr. Lyndsey Copeland, Ethnomusicologist

Dr. Antía Gonzalez Ben, music educator

Eric Gagne, Bow maker 

Jeremy Bellaviti, Composer

Deborah Wanderly dos Santos, Violinist, State Symphony of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Paul Zafer, Concertmaster, Chicago Sinfonietta

Vernon Regehr, Cellist, Conductor, Faculty member at Memorial University

Adam Johnson, Music Director, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra

Nicolas Giordano-Pisano, Co-Concertmaster, Orchestra of Teatro Colon

Dr. Lynn Kuo, Associate Concertmaster, National Ballet of Canada

Delaney Harter, Hollywood Violinist

Taylor Morris, Violinist, Fiddler and Improvisor

Laurie Mitchell, Violinist, Pedagogue, Director of Durham Summer Music

Rob Richardson, Violinist, Suzuki Teacher, Brandon, MB

Lauren Hodgson, Dalcroze Specialist

Dinuk Wijeratne, JUNO award-winning composer, conductor, and pianist

Dr. Patricia Weitzel, Double Bass Virtuoso

Dr. Mathieu Gaudet, Pianist and ER Physician

Dina Gilbert, Conductor

Irene Tandberg, Violinist, Faculty at Western University

Anne Donaldson, National Symphony

Stacey Garner

Katie Avery, Creative Ability Development Specialist

Aaron Schwebel, Concertmaster, National Ballet of Canada

Alexander Read, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Olivier Brault, Baroque Specialist

Oleg Larshin, Associate Concertmaster, Orchestre Metropolitain

Benjamin Rota, Chamber Musician

Francis Perron, Collaborative Pianist and Dean of Performance, Université de Montreal

Dr. Katie McLin, Arizona State University

Thomas Cosbey, Concertmaster, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra

Michelle Zapf-Belanger, TBSO and The Royal Conservatory of Music College of Examiners

Tanya Charles, The Royal Conservatory of Music’s Oscar Peterson School

Dr. Veronique Matthieu, University of Saskatchewan

Rolando Freitag, Director, Orlando Suzuki Institute