NBYO MUSIC MENTOR PROJECT

NBYO is committed to continuing to build a high quality program for New Brunswick’s most talented young musicians. In order to enhance our distinguished performance, prepare high quality artists, and add to our reputation for accomplishment in New Brunswick, Canada and beyond, the NBYO introduced in 2007 the MUSIC MENTOR PROJECT.

Through this Project, NBYO Faculty provide coaching and mentoring of our young musicians – 13 instrumental professionals providing intense training to small instrumental groups of youth orchestra members. This focused musical training will connect professional string, woodwind, brass and percussion clinicians with the members of the orchestra in their respective sections. Thirteen mentors and a total of more than 90 individual mentoring days throughout the season will significantly increase the educational value of the NBYO program and noticeably raise the level of the performing orchestra as a whole.

ANDREW R. MILLER is founder and director of Motion Ensemble, a post-classical group which presents concerts in NB, has toured much of Canada and has recorded on New York label Mode Records. Mr. Miller is principal bass of Symphony NB, Opera NB, Atlantic Sinfonia and has taught at Université de Moncton and U.P.E.I.

Andrew's main teachers were David Currie in Ottawa and Joel Quarrington in Toronto. In years past he has played with The Canadian Opera Company, the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

Andrew has been heard on numerous CBC broadcasts and has been invited as guest artist by the NB Summer Music Festival, the Scotia Festival of Music, Ensemble Kore (Montreal) and Earshot concerts (Toronto).

MICHEL DESCHÊNES Percussionist B.mus. Teacher at Université de Moncton and Mount Allison Univerity. He is the founding member of the percussion quartet Amerythme formed in 1989. Born in Caraquet New Brunswick, has done numerous recordings and tours across Canada, France, Belgium and Morocco. He has been heard and seen frequently on television for CBC (East Coast Music Awards television show), Radio-Canada and TV5. He has played on all the major scenes across the country like the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, the Canada Day in Ottawa and the Festival d’été de Québec just to name a few. Michel is the leader of “ The Escola de Samba Acadia ” A group of percussionnist who plays Brasilian style Street Samba available for parades, demonstration or special events. In November 2004 Michel won a prize called “Eloizes” for the music composition for an animation film with Anne-Marie Sirois called “PSST”One of Michel’s latest project is a duo with Soprano Lisa Roy intitled “ Voice and rhythm of the modern age. Michel is available for studio work and composes music for film, documentary and special events. He also plays with flutist Sally Wright.

KARIN AURELL moved to New Brunswick from her native Sweden in 2001. Since then she has become one of Eastern Canada’s most sought after flutists. She performs regularly with the orchestras in the Maritimes, as well as performing in solo and chamber recitals across the region. Karin is a member of New Brunswick-based new music group Motion Ensemble, and forms Trio Arkaede together with violinist Isabelle Fournier and pianist Julien Leblanc.

RICHARD GIBSON (b. 1953, Charlottetown) teaches musical composition and theory at the Université de Moncton. He has studied with many of the foremost contemporary composers both in Canada and in England. Having won the Young Canadian Composer of the Year (1983), he eventually completed a PhD in Compositon while writing for almost every vocal and/or instrumental medium. He remains very pleased with his collaborations with  the NBYO, especially the Concertino for piano and orchestra which was performed in 2005, with Roger Lord as soloist. Other musical interests include producing for CD and radio, in addition to performing with various jazz groups.

JEAN-GUY BOISVERT, particularly interested in the music of his contemporaries, has commissioned and premiered more than 50 Canadian works.

In 1993, he recorded a first CD, Zodiac (works by Stockhausen, Boucourechliev, Steven and Pennycook). He recorded a second CD in 2004, Amours, (premiere recording of Canadian works by Gougeon, Hatzis, Hétu, Lanza, and the 1970’s eponyme work by Stockhausen). In 2008 he released Le livre des mélancolies, with the Bozzini quartet.

Jean-Guy Boisvert has performed extensively the more traditional repertoire with Alcan, Bozzini, Colorado, Laval, Arthur Leblanc, Penderecki and St. John String Quartet ; pianists Valentin Bogolubov, David Despringres, Marc Durand, Suzanne Goyette, Jean Marchand, John Newmark and Lorraine Prieur among others. More recently, he has developed a serious interest in performance on period instruments.

A graduate of the Conservatoire de musique de Trois-Rivières and London's Guildhall School of Music, Jean-Guy Boisvert holds a Doctorate from the Université de Montréal. He has studied with Robert Crowley, Yona Ettlinger, Rafaëlle Masella, Robert Marcellus and Suzan Stephens with whom he worked on the choreographic works of Stockhausen.

Since July 2000, he teaches clarinet and saxophone at Université de Moncton.

JAMES G. CODE

James G. Code taught brass, theory, and composition at Mount Allison University from 1969; through June of 2008, when he retired from full-time teaching. He also directed the Brass Choir and the Instrumental Jazz Ensemble. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Lebanon Valley College, and Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Composition from the University of Miami. A performer on both trumpet and horn, in both the classical and jazz idioms, he has been heard frequently in recital and ensemble performances in the area and in the United States, and on CBC Radio. He is principal horn with Symphony New Brunswick and the Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra, and has also played with the New Brunswick Winds, Opera New Brunswick, Université de Moncton opera productions, the Greater Moncton Chorale, and the Ǽquilibrium Brass Quintet, which has been heard frequently in the area. An Associate of the Canadian Music centre, Dr. Code has composed many works for large and small ensembles, and these works have been replayed on CBC, as well as receiving performances from Vancouver to North Carolina. He has recently completed pieces for pianist Janet Hammock, and for members of the Motion Ensemble.

PAUL CAMPBELL (Violin)

Maritimer Paul Campbell has played professionally as a member of the Halifax and the Atlantic Symphonies, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia, and Symphony New Brunswick, as well as many specialty orchestras. His extensive Chamber Music experience includes playing with the Carleton Quartet, the Brunswick String Quartet. His association with the Saint John String Quartet led to the release of their ECMA winning “Imperial” CD, and continues while they search for a permanent new second violinist. Paul is well known as a teacher, and truly enjoys working with young musicians.

RICHARD KIDD is a Graduate of McGill University, where he studied trombone and composition. He has taught music at Rothesay Netherwood School for many years, and plays trombone, piano and harpsichord with Symphony New Brunswick, Opera New Brunswick, the Saint John Early Music Studio, and has served as Musical Director for the Saint John Theatre Company, and  conductor and  for various Symphony New Brunswick productions. He has been Organist and Director of Music at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Saint John since 1986, and is an active composer, whose works have been performed at home and internationally.

ROBERT LEWIS (bassoon) is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, where his early studies were under Stanley Maret and George Goslee, both of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. He holds the degrees of Bachelor of Music in Performance from Bowling Green State University and Master of Music in Performance from Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where he studied under Stephen Maxym. He is the principal bassoonist with both Symphony New Brunswick and the Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra, and has performed as a soloist with both orchestras. He teaches bassoon privately and at the Université de Moncton and the Chocolate River Conservatory, and has also taught bassoon at the University of Prince Edward Island. The founder and artistic director of Fundy Chamber Players, he also performs in many recitals and chamber music concerts, and has recorded for both the CBC and the National Film Board. In 2007 he released a CD, "Baroque Sonatas for Recorder and Bassoon", with Tim Blackmore.

CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY (Viola)

Christopher Buckley, a native of New Brunswick, finished his studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London England and has returned to enrich his home province as a performing violist.

His current activities include artist in residence at the University of New Brunswick Saint John, playing with the Saint John String Quartet and Principal for Symphony New Brunswick and Atlantic Sinfonia.

Christopher is often heard on regional and national CBC radio programs as a chamber musician and has released three compact discs with the Saint John String Quartet the second of which won “Best Classical Album of the Year” at the East Coast Music Awards. The Saint John String Quartet has toured Canada, the United States, Japan, Hong Kong and China.

Along with his active performing schedule Adams teaches privately, performs in school concerts, and coaches youth orchestras. Mr. Buckley has received the New Brunswick Merit Award for his contribution to Arts and Culture.

Before returning to Canada Chris performed with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, Northern Ireland and was the violist for the resident quartet in Bermuda (Menuhin Foundation).

DAVID ADAMS (Violin)

David Adams, a native of Winnipeg Manitoba, completed his Bachelor of Music in Performance at the University of Toronto and went on to pursue his career as a professional violinist. With many scholarships and first prizes to his credit, Adams has gained critical acclaim as a soloist, conductor, chamber and orchestral musician.

His current activities include artist in residence at the University of New Brunswick Saint John, playing principal violin with the Saint John String Quartet and concert master for Symphony New Brunswick and Atlantic Sinfonia. Mr. Adams is also music director for the Fredericton Chamber Orchestra.

Adams is often heard on regional and national CBC radio programs as a chamber musician and has released three compact discs with the Saint John String Quartet the second of which won “Best Classical Album of the Year” at the 1996 East Coast Music Awards. The Saint John String Quartet has toured Canada, the United States, Japan, Hong Kong and China.

Along with his active performing schedule Adams teaches privately, performs in school concerts, and coaches youth orchestras. David has recieved the New Brunswick Merit Award and in 2003 he received the Golden Jubilee Metal for his contribution to Music in New Brunswick.

SONJA ADAMS (Cello)

Before earning her Bachelor of Music in Performance degree from the University of Toronto in 1985, Sonja Adams was actively involved in the flourishing Vancouver music scene. She has incorporated the same interest in her new home in New Brunswick with an impressive private studio province wide, coaching youth orchestras, faculty at summer music camps and extensive in-school concert programs.

Her current activities include artist in residence at the University of New Brunswick Saint John, playing cello with the Saint John String Quartet and Principal for Symphony New Brunswick and Atlantic Sinfonia.

Sonja is often heard on regional and national CBC radio programs as a chamber musician and has released three compact discs with the Saint John String Quartet the second of which won “Best Classical Album of the Year” at the East Coast Music Awards. The Saint John String Quartet has toured Canada, the United States, Japan, Hong Kong and China.

Along with her active performing schedule Adams teaches privately, performs in school concerts, and coaches youth orchestras. Mrs. Adams has recieved the New Brunswick Merit Award for her contribution to Arts and Culture.

BELINDA CODE (Oboes)

Belinda Code has been a member of the Mount Allison University Department of Music since 1970. She holds the Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from Bowling Green University and the Master of Music in Performance from Western Illinois University, and has attended the John Mack Oboe Camp on several occasions. Teachers have included Cleon Chase, Roy Lawrence, James Ostriniec and Ray Still; and Mark Ostoich in a master class.

Belinda teaches woodwinds, woodwind methods, and coaches chamber music. She is an active performer and has been heard frequently in recital and ensemble performances in the area, in the Midwest United States, and on CBC Radio. She is presently principal oboe with Symphony New Brunswick and the Prince Edward Island Symphony, and has played with the New Brunswick Winds, Opera New Brunswick, Université de Moncton opera productions, and the Greater Moncton Chorale.