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Born in Ottawa, Janet gained her ARCT and a
three-year scholarship to the University of Toronto Artist Diploma course in 1950. While in Toronto, she sang with Healey Willan at St. Mary Magdalene's, was a founding member and soloist with the Festival
Singers and played at the Royal Alexandra Theatre for the beginning of the Opera Company of Toronto. She has been a yearly CBC soloist on violin and came back to Ottawa to play with
the New Ottawa Philharmonic with Thomas Mayer as conductor with concerts at the old Capitol Theatre. With its demise, she stayed to become concertmaster of the CBC Studio Ensemble with Frederic Karam and
spent 30 years as principal second violin of the National Arts Centre Orchestra. With the NACO she has played solos around Europe and at Carnegie Hall. She has
played viola with the NACO and has also performed as soprano soloist. Several times she played with the Ottawa Symphony as concertmaster and twice as violin soloist. She is now singing as a member of Opera Lyra
Chorus. Last year she sang in Carmen and The Masked Ball. She spends August in Minnesota where she enjoys playing chamber music concerts with players invited
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Saskia played in orchestras in the Netherlands , Zambia and Canada . She started playing in a regional symphony orchestra as a teenager. After that, she performed with her string quartet and played in different Dutch university and community orchestras, including a national string orchestra and several national student orchestras. When working at the UN in Zambia , she played in the orchestra of the Lusaka Music Society. She became a member of the Strings of St John's after moving to Ottawa in 2006. She works as an International Development Consultant.
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Sylvia grew up in a musical family in Barrie Ontario.
Most of her violin training was taken with Eli Spivak at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She played bassoon at the Barrie Collegiate and subsequently at the University of Toronto, but happily
returned to the violin after graduation. Her orchestral experience includes one year with the Orchestre Universitaire de Rennes, France, two years with the Saskatoon Symphony, and many years with the Ottawa
Symphony. When Sylvia isn't playing her violin, travelling with her husband or visiting with her three grown children and five grandchildren, she works as a librarian with the Ottawa Public Library.
Terry's mother was a music teacher, so it wasn't
entirely a surprise when he got a violin as a present when he was about 7, with lessons to follow. He somewhat lost interest in the instrument several years later when he found out that he was suppose to practice, and it
was no help either that he had discovered the guitar and Led Zepplin. Finding new use for the bow, he didn't pick up the violin again until 1994, when he began his "real" study under Margaret and Armand
Weisbord, two prominent retired violinists in Ottawa. Besides SSJ and terrorizing conductors in Kanata Symphony and Divertimento Orchestra with his high G, he can be seen driving to work in a local high tech firm.
Natalie started playing violin before junior
kindergarden and she later studied violin at the Quebec Conservatory with Jean Anger while taking a Computer Science and mathematics degrees at Universite Laval. Upon graduation she moved to Ottawa and has worked for
several high tech companies and is currently a partner at a local technology venture capital firm. Besides playing the violin, Natalie enjoys fitness and several outdoor sports including running, downhill and
cross-country skiing, mountain biking and especially she is a proud mother of a budding young musician.
Vlada was born and grew up in Belarus. She came to
Canada in 1997. Vlada began her violin studies at the age of seven. She graduated from Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts with a Bachelor of Music degree. Since 1988, she has been a member of various ensembles and
orchestras and joined the Strings of Saint John's in 1998. Besides playing the violin, Vlada enjoys working at a dental office and spends most of her time with her husband Yuri and two children, Roman and Paulina. She
also loves gardening, biking, camping and exploring the beauty of Canadian nature with her family and
Roselle grew up in a
musical family in Montreal, and began studying violin and piano at the age of four. She has played in various orchestras and chamber music groups while living in Montreal and
Toronto, and was the concertmistress for the Concordia University Orchestra (1997-2000). She recently moved to Ottawa, and is truly enjoying
playing with the talented musicians of the Strings of St. John's. She works as an Occupational Therapist prescribing and fitting wheelchairs for children and
youth with disabilities, and enjoys keeping active through hiking, rollerblading, swimming, and spending time with friends and family. |
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