India Yeshe Gailey in Vaso String Quartet Debut Concert in Toronto

India Yeshe Gailey and her cello join violinists Hua-Chu Huang, Aysel Taghi-Zada, and violist Peter Ayuso for their debut concert as Vaso String Quartet.

Formed in May 2018 at the Scotia Festival of Music, this ensemble brings together four dedicated musicians with a passion for contemporary repertoire. The concert will include music by Glass, Gershwin, Bosmans, Shaw, and Piazzolla.

India is working on a master’s degree in cello performance at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal. She’s involved with several projects and creative ensembles, including New Hermitage, a Halifax-based environmental chamber jazz ensemble; Bonsai, a cello-percussion duo with Ken Shorley; and Ear Camera, an avant-garde composer collective in Montréal.

India also studied visual art at NSCAD University, which has significantly informed her work as a composer. In 2017 she was awarded the Talent Trust Yue Lih and Marion Kuo Award for exceptional commitment and potential in music as an instrumentalist.

Vaso String Quartet concert details:
August 24, 2018
Creeds Coffee Bar
390 Dupont Street, Toronto

Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Performance at 7:30 p.m. 

Tickets at the door (cash only)
$20 regular / $10 students

Scotia Festival of Music includes Marc Djokic,Denise Djokic, Peter Allen, David Parker, David Murray and D'Arcy Gray

We are glad to see so many former NSTT scholarship recipients and award winners performing during the 2016 Scotia Festival of Music from May 23 to June 5 in Halifax.

They are

David Parker

Marc Djokic, violin www.marcdjokic.com
Denise Djokic, cello denisedjokic.com
Peter Allen, piano www.peterallenpiano.com
David Parker, french horn symphonynovascotia.ca
David Murray, bass www.butler.edu
D'Arcy Gray, percussion www.dal.ca/faculty

You can find more information about the Scotia Festival of Music at http://www.scotiafestival.ns.ca/

Peter Allen to perform at Peggy Curkum Music Room, Halifax

Peter Allen, piano (former NSTT scholarship recipient) and Patricia Creighton, flute will perform on

Wednesday, January 20 at 7 p.m. at

the Peggy Corkum Music Room 

They will play Schubert's Introduction and Variations for Flute and Piano in E minder, D 802, the Sonata for Flute and Piano by Hindemith and Duo for Flute and Piano by Aaron Copland.

 

From the press release:

Patricia Creighton, Principal Flute with Symphony Nova Scotia, has performed widely, particularly in Atlantic Canada, and has released several CDs. Peter Allen, a professor of piano at Dalhousie, received his MMus from Yale University. He is also an award-winning  composer. As a concert pianist, his live performances and radio recordings have taken him into many homes in the Maritimes and throughout Canada where he is known for his captivating interpretations.

 

For more information, please call (902) 429-9467 or visit:  http://www.scotiafestival.ns.ca/chamber-players.

Peter Allen: http://www.peterallenpiano.com/Home.html

Scotia Festival of Music features former NSTT scholarship recipients

MAY 25 - JUNE 7

Scotia Festival of Music is an annual two-week chamber music festival held in Halifax, NS 

David Parker - (photo: Symphony NS website)

boasting over fifty public events. The festival, of a wide variety of concerts and recitals crossing the spectrum from Baroque to contemporary music, will begin on Monday, May 25, and continue until Sunday, June 7.

Featuring international talent of the highest caliber, the festival offers concerts, recitals, open rehearsals, masterclasses, coaching sessions, lectures, and more.
You can find more information at http://www.scotiafestival.ns.ca/2015/festival-2015

The following former NSTT scholarship recipients are performing during the festival.

Peter Allen, piano www.peterallenpiano.com/

Mark Djokic, violin http://www.marcdjokic.com/

Denise Djokic, cello http://denisedjokic.com/

Ben Duinker, performer, composer, and choral tenor http://www.architekpercussion.com/

Mark Morton, percussion http://www.architekpercussion.com/

David Parker, horn https://symphonynovascotia.ca/about/who-we-are/our-orchestra/david-parker/