Orchestra News conveys its congratulations to Bernard Labadie, music director of Quebec’s Les Violons du Roy. Maestro Labadie made his critically-acclaimed debut at New York’s Metropolitan Opera last week – and here’s what the New York Times had to say: www.nytimes.com
Last week, the Canada Council for the Arts presented fine string instruments or bows to a group of exceptionally talented Canadian artists through its Musical Instrument Bank program. Winners included violinists Judy Kang, Marie-Ève Poupart, Renée-Paule Gauthier (currently interim associate concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic), Véronique Mathieu, Caroline Chéhadé, Nikki Chooi, Andréa Tyniec, Min-Jeong Koh, Kerry DuWors, Jessica Linnebach (a member of the first violin section of the National Arts Centre Orchestra), and Jing Wang; and cellists Rachel Mercer, Chloé Dominguez, and Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron. The winners were selected by a committee consisting of Peter Gardner, violinist and director of Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra (St. John’s, NL); Uri Mayer, violist and conductor (Toronto); and Sophie Rolland, cellist (London, England).
Symphony Nova Scotia has appointed Alex Kall as its new Production Coordinator. Alex first came to SNS as a summer marketing intern, plays bass (both upright and electric) and has a Bachelor’s degree from Acadia University in Music Technology.
