Rick Tersteeg - Rick started music at age 6 on baritone at the Mt. Allison Music Camps in Sackville, New Brunswick. He started playing cello at age 8 and had several teachers over the next 10 years, studying mainly with Danise Ferguson.  Rick played in youth orchestras in Utrecht, Holland and in London, Ontario. He was a member of the PEI Symphony from its inception in 1969 until 2008, as principal and associate principal cello. He was also a member of several ensembles in New Brunswick and on PEI.  He recorded 16 albums as a studio musician -- for Patricia Murray, Ardyth and Jennifer, Kris Taylor, Rik Barron, the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts, Collette Cheverie, and several others. He played cello and trumpet in the pit orchestra for Anne and Gilbert, the Musical, from 2004 to 2006. He moved to Ottawa in September 2008 and lives in Beacon Heights, Ottawa, with his wife, Kim, and sons, Nathan (15), Carter (12), and Benjamin (3). His daughter, Qeturah (25), is married, living on PEI, and expecting her first child (Rick's first grandchild) in April 2012!

Catherine Campbell

Catherine Campbell started playing the cello at the age of twelve and graduated from Queen’s University with a Bachelor of Music degree.  She has played in a variety of community ensembles including the Kingston Symphony Orchestra, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, and Divertimento Orchestra.  She joined the Strings of St John’s in 2001.  Catherine leads a busy life balancing music, part-time work at the Canada Science and Technology Museum’s library, family life with her husband and son, and a passion for Karate.

Patrick Kline

Patrick Kline, the founding father of the Strings of St John's, is an elementary school teacher. A graduate of the Canterbury School of Arts, Patrick has performed with many local groups over the years including: The Ottawa Youth Orchestra, the University of Ottawa Symphony and String Orchestras, Divertimento, the Parkdale Orchestra, the Ottawa Chamber Orchestra and presently the Strings of St John's. He is currently a partner in a chamber duet for hire known as "Ensemble Classique". Patrick lives and works in Orléans, with his wife and three children.

Randy Demmon

Randy Demmon is a B.C. native who began performing on the piano at the age of 13 when he formed his first working band. Throughout his teens he was active as a singer and continued to play piano and saxophone. Following university studies he became a professional oboist and English Horn player and continued to work as a pianist. He is a composer and an arranger, gives private lessons on the double bass,  piano and improvisation, teaches in area schools and is active as a working musician on both bass and piano. He has contributed several compositions and arrangements to the repertoire of the Strings of St Johns and is enamoured with the role of the double bass in the orchestra. He currently performs with the Strings of St John's and other orchestras in the community.

Tobias Meis

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