As part of our project to update our syllabus we are adding new works for brass and percussion. We would like to feature some of the composers that we are adding and help promote their hard work. Meet Stella terHart:
Stella Claire terHart was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan on January 31, 1960, and presently lives in Inverary, Ontario. Stella is the only individual in Canada to have been awarded all four available ARCT diplomas from the Toronto Conservatory of Music: Pedagogy, Performance, History, and Composition. She studied with Bill Moore (Regina), Lyell Gustin (Saskatoon), Robin Harrison (Saskatoon), and Marilyn Engle (Calgary). Stella has adjudicated festivals throughout Ontario and the Maritimes. She is a retired member of the College of Examiners of the Toronto Conservatory and a member of the board of the ACNMP. Stella presently is the Artistic Director of both the Frontenac Women’s Chorus and the SATB mixed choir, Melodia. Her award-winning piano, instrumental, and choral compositions have been performed world-wide.
Stella’s work Reflective Moments (for horn and piano) is one of the works that has been selected to be added to the syllabus in the junior category. You can also find her on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scterhart/
As part of our project to update our syllabus we are adding new works for brass and percussion. We would like to feature some of the composers that we are adding and help promote their hard work. Meet Emily Gray:
Emily Gray is a clarinetist, composer, and music arranger from Montreal. She studied at McGill University and her work “On the Lake” for horn will be featured on our syllabus in the junior category. Please feel invited to check out her other pieces as well.
As part of our project to update our syllabus we are adding new works for brass and percussion. We would like to feature some of the composers that we are adding and help promote their hard work. Meet Michael Nunes:
Michael Nunes is a Canadian composer and horn player from Sherwood Park, Alberta. He has performed as a soloist with the Hannaford Street Silver Band alongside Jens Lindemann, and at summer festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, and the Brott Music Festival. Previous commissions include the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the National Academy Orchestra of Canada. He is a current substitute musician with the New World Symphony. Michael holds a BMus from the University of Toronto, and is pursuing an MMus degree at The Juilliard School studying with Erik Ralske.
His works Quixotic Fantasy (for solo horn), Vast (for horn and electronics), and Sonata (for Tuba and Piano) are being added to our syllabus. You can also follow Michael on instagram: @michaelnunesmusic
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