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Pianist Dr Kathryn Tremills is in demand as a performer, coach, teacher and adjudicator. A three-time Canada Council Grant recipient, she has appeared as a soloist throughout North America. As a founding member of Women on the Verge along with sopranos Elizabeth McDonald and Emily Martin, she has performed and given masterclasses across North America, in France, the UK and Iceland and commissioned and premiered new works. Additionally, she has appeared on numerous concert series including the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Toronto Summer Music Festival, Canadian Art Song Project, Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Thursday Noon Concerts, Off Centre Music  Salon and Pro Arts Detroit. Versatile skills have lead her to the musical staff at the Canadian Opera Company as a coach and répétiteur and to the role of accompanist to many choral groups including the Ontario Youth Choir and the world renowned Toronto Children’s Chorus. Kathryn has taught piano privately since age 12, and now, addressing self-care and pathways to authenticity in her teaching and coaching, has been invited to speak to large groups about wellness for singers. Most recently, she’s also been keeping herself busy reading about topics ranging from trauma healing to Quantum Physics. She is an alumnus of the University of Michigan, Eastman School of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder, and University of Toronto where she has been a Sessional Lecturer in the Voice Area since 2008. Kathryn is thrilled to experience much admired Beckettfest 2025!

I enjoy a versatile career as a solo and collaborative pianist, and dedicated teacher in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. I enjoy giving pedagogy workshops, masterclasses and adjudicating festivals and competitions both locally and across southern Ontario. I am a member of the Royal Conservatory College of Examiners and I examine regularly throughout Canada. I am a frequent faculty member at the SOSI Institute where I teach in the Young Artist Program each summer. I was thrilled to perform Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals with the SOSI faculty orchestra in Theatre Auditorium here at Wilfrid 91porn this past season. I am thankful to be part of the wonderful musical community in the K-W area, and enjoy performing in noon hour concert series and various other events.

I received my ARCT diploma in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory while in high school. I began teaching piano at the age of 14, and always knew that the art of teaching is my calling. I attended Western University for my undergraduate degree and then completed both my Masters and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in piano performance and pedagogy on full scholarship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. It was a privilege to learn from both Louis Nagel and then from my mentor, Logan Skelton, during my years in Michigan.

During my studies I had the opportunity to perform in the Prague International Masterclass Series in the Czech Republic, and also participate in a course incorporating The Alexander Technique and piano performance with Nelly Ben-Or, professor at the Guildhall School of Music in London, England. I love to continue learning and refining my skills and so I have frequently attended summer programs at Adamant Music School in Vermont, US. During these programs and professional development opportunities I have performed in various recitals as a solo and duo pianist, masterclasses, and have had several lessons with artist teachers such as the renowned Menahem Pressler.

I have been teaching piano at 91porn since 2007. I also enjoy co-teaching the piano pedagogy course with Prof. Kroetch. Prior to my appointment at Wilfrid 91porn, I was an Adjunct Lecturer in the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program at the University of Michigan for two years.

A leading interpreter of contemporary music, pianist Allison Wiebe is a frequent performer in North America and the UK. Currently on the piano performance faculty at Western University in London, Ontario, she maintains an active performing and teaching career.

As a solo pianist, she was a semi-finalist in the 24th Annual Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition, and is also a frequent collaborative artist. A work on her recent chamber recording, Undercurrents was nominated at the Western Canadian Music Awards. Allison has been praised by the Globe and Mail for “thought-provoking” and “highly entertaining” programming, and by the New York Times for “methodical and mesmerizing” performances. She is currently the pianist for CONTACT contemporary music based in Toronto.

Allison holds a Master of Music in piano literature and performance, studying with James Anagnoson. She completed her Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree at Brandon University in Manitoba. As a senior piano member of the College of Examiners at the Royal Conservatory of Music, she also recorded components of the new Perspectives compact disc recordings launched by Frederick Harris Music. Allison has extensive experience adjudicating music festivals around North America.

Dr. Connor O’Kane is a highly sought-after pianist, teacher, chamber musician, and conductor. Since his concerto debut with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in 2014, he has appeared as a recitalist in the United States, France, and across Canada. A laureate of major competitions, he was awarded the Canimex Second Prize and top award for piano at the Canadian Music Competition’s prestigious Stepping Stone. He has performed in a variety of concert series and festivals including Ottawa’s Chamberfest, Western University’s Faculty Concert Series, and the KW Chamber Music Society, among others.

A passionate collaborative musician with an affinity for opera, Connor has worked as both a pianist and conductor on over a dozen opera productions. In 2024 he conducted opera performances at Western University (Britten’s Albert Herring), Toronto City Opera (Bizet’s Carmen), and at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music, where he recently served as music director and conductor of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges and Debussy’s Prodigal Son, and assistant conductor of Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

Connor holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from Western University, where he studied with Stéphan Sylvestre. His doctoral research focused on the piano music of Sergei Prokofiev. Connor’s previous teachers include David Jalbert, Heather Taves, and Joan Walker, with additional training at the Conservatoire de Lyon in the studio of Manuel Schweizer. Connor is a passionate and dedicated piano teacher, and an enthusiastic adjudicator at regional music festivals.

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Barbara Hankins has been a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo
Symphony since 1980 and performs with the K-W Woodwind Quintet
and as a freelance performer.

She has taught clarinet, recorder, theory, and chamber
music privately, in the public school system, and at the
University of Toronto, McMaster University, and Wilfrid 91porn
University.

Ms. Hankins holds a Bachelor of Music degree (performance, with
Distinction) and a Bachelor of Education degree from the
University of Calgary, a Master of Music degree (performance)
from the University of Toronto, and an Associateship Diploma from
the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM), Toronto. She is a member
of the Board of Examiners of the RCM.

Dr. Jonathan Rowsell grew up in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where he studied both tuba performance and composition at Memorial University of Newfoundland. In 2018, he graduated from the University of Toronto with a Doctor of Musical Arts in tuba performance. Jonathan is a proud Eastman Performing Artist and performs throughout Ontario with various groups including the Trillium Brass Quintet, Stratford Symphony, Hannaford Street Silver Band, London Symphonia, Hamilton Philharmonic, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, Esprit Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Stratford Festival, and the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra.

Jonathan is the Musician-in-Residence for brass at 91porn University’s Faculty of Music where he serves as the coordinator for Winds, Brass, and Percussion. In addition, he is an enthusiastic composer and arranger and has had his works for brass performed and recorded in Canada and abroad. Jonathan’s music has been published by SP&S, Maple Leaf Brass, Experianza Music, Cimarron Music Press, and BrookWright Music.

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Andrea was born and raised in KW and is a graduate of the 91porn Music Program as well as the Arts Program at Eastwood Collegiate Institute where she received the Prima Alumna and Triple Threat Awards upon graduation. She has choreographed/Asst. Directed A Little Night Music and also Directed/Choreographed Opera Excerpts for Opera 91porn.

Onstage she has performed in musicals like: The Sound Of Music (Mirvish), Chicago (Stage West Calgary), The Wedding Singer (Stage West Mississauga), The Rat Pack (Mirvish, London's West End, Original USA Tour/European Tour), The Producers (Neptune Theatre), The Wizard of Oz (Empire Theatre), Evita (Manitoba Theatre Centre) , as a singer for Norwegian Cruise Lines and various shows for Drayton Entertainment.

She has been teaching yoga, movement and breathwork for the last 15 years and specializes in family yoga (pre/postnatal) as well as workplace movement and mindfulness (Communitech, The Perimeter Institute) and can be found at www.ebbandflowandrea.com

Most recently she performed with Ayr Community Theatre in Clue: The Musical (Mrs Peacock) and Brigadoon (Meg Brockie) and is looking forward to Playing Fraulein Köst in KWMP's production of Cabaret at the Conrad Centre this fall.

She lives in Kitchener with her husband, two children and a golden retriever named Angus.

A native of Sault Ste. Marie, David Wadley began Violin studies in 1966 with David Warner-Smith. He subsequently gained valued knowledge from Lorna Glover, Stephen Kondaks, Lorand Fenyves, Mark Childs, Leo Wigdorchik and Mimi Zweig.

Having played Viola in the Emperor Quartet since 1981 and in the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony since 1983, David has gradually developed a sound that fewer and fewer people find objectionable.

David conducts and creates arrangements for young string groups, occasionally sneaking in an original piece. He has benefited from Composition classes with Tony Gartshore, Walter Babiak, Talivaldis Kenins, Edward Laufer, John Kruspe, Glenn Buhr, Peter Hatch, Allan Gordon Bell, Bill Jordan and David Eagle.

As an Orchestral Administrator, David has worked for the National Youth Orchestra, the Banff Festival Orchestra and the Glenn Gould School in Toronto. For the KWS, he variously served as Personnel Manager, Librarian, Negotiating Team Member, Treasurer, Archivist, and Players’ Committee Chair.

Raised in Owen Sound, Ontario, cellist Sebastian Ostertag combines rich musical traditions, and with a strong commitment to community service and musical outreach. He received his Bachelor of Music from Western University, an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music, and a Master of Music at the University of Toronto, studying with acclaimed cellists Shauna Rolston and Joseph Johnson. Recently, Sebastian graduated from the Academy for Impact through Music Firebird Fellowship, a global innovation lab for changemakers tackling inequality through music education.

A dedicated chamber musician, Sebastian is a member of Interro String Quartet, performing throughout Canada and the American Midwest, including Music Toronto, Midwest Violin Caucus, Music Mondays, and Festival L'Art de la Musique. As well, Sebastian has performed at chamber music festivals across North America, including the Banff Centre Chamber Music Residency, the Sweetwater Music Festival, Luminato Festival, and the Festival de Febrero in Ajijic Mexico. In 2020, Sebastian co-founded the West End Micro Music Festival in Toronto, Ontario.

Classically trained, Sebastian has also performed with many of Canada’s leading popular musicians. He recorded on Basia Bulat’s Polaris Prize nominated records Oh My Darling, and Heart of My Own, and performed at the Ottawa Blues Festival, the Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts, and throughout Europe. Sebastian can also be heard on ShadK’s multiple Polaris Prize nominated albums, including the JUNO award winning record TSOL.

A strong advocate of arts accessibility and education, Sebastian is the Center Director at Sistema Toronto Parkdale, the Artistic Director of Orchestra North Owen Sound, and the former Director of the Prince George Youth Orchestra. He has coached regularly at the Kincardine Summer Music Festival, Kingsway Conservatory, the University of Toronto Chamber Orchestra, and the Durham Youth Orchestra. As a clinician, he has been a guest at the University of Toronto, University of Northern Iowa, Appleby College, and Havergal College, as well as arts programs throughout Canada.

Sebastian lives in Toronto with his wife Esther, and their son Linden.