TD Canada Trust
Young Performers Competition

Wednesday July 14, 2010
7:30 PM
St. John's  Anglican Church
Ticket price: $28

Cheer on your favourite as the finalists compete for top honours 

Jennifer Brimson has performed throughout Great Britain, Canada and the U.S., including solo performances with Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) Symphony and the K-W Chamber Orchestra. She has played in some of Canada’s leading professional training orchestras including the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and the Orchestre Francophonie Canadienne. Jennifer was winner of the 2007 Gilbert/Feld Prize for Woodwind Duo (Royal Northern College of Music: RNCM), prizewinner at the Cincinnati Flute Symposium and semi-finalist at the 2009 tri-annual Claude Monteaux Flute Competition.

An alumna of WLU and RNCM, Jennifer is currently a doctoral candidate at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).

Praised by many artists and critics for his unique and poetic musicianship, Robyn Cho is the first prize winner of The Mooredale Concerto Competition 2007. He has worked with Joaquin Valdepeñas at The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and Ted Oien(principal clarinet of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra) at Aspen Music Festival where he collaborated with renowned conductors such as Hans Graf, David Zinman, James Conlon, and George Manahan.

As soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Cho has played with The Royal Conservatory Orchestra and he was invited to perform with Tokai String Quartet for The Mooredale Concerts series. He is a clarinetist of Madama Butterfly Ensemble and the ensemble recently performed at Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. He plays regularly in orchestras such as the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto Sinfonietta and Korean-Canadian Symphony Orchestra. He was a finalist of The International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition in Vancouver, BC and the Winnipeg Symphony Principal Clarinet Audition. He was also runner-up in The RCO Concerto Competition & Tom Thomas Award.??He has been coached by some of the finest artists such as David Shifrin, Marc Durand, Franklin Cohen, Eli Eban, Burt Hara, Theodore Oien, Dennis Smylie, Yehuda Gilad and Yizhak Schotten.
 

Canadian pianist, Samuel Deason has distinguished himself as a versatile and fearless musician having made his concerto debut in Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto under Peter Oundjian in Koerner Hall's inaugural season. He is winner of the Lyell Gustin, Gordon Wallis and Florence Bowes piano competitions, also taking prizes in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra National Piano Competition, CMC (Canadian Music Competition) and the Minnesota Orchestra's WAMSO Concerto Competition, receiving the distinction of "best pianist".
Recent appearances include performance in the world première of R. Murray Schafer's Spirits of the House as part of Koerner Hall's opening ceremony, a program of Hétu, Berg and Dutilleux at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre in Toronto, collaboration with the Annex Quartet in the Piano Quintet of Shostakovich, and recitals at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton and Toronto's Mazzoleni Hall.
Deason has performed at music festivals in Banff, Orford and Toronto learning from the likes of Leon Fleisher, Robert McDonald, Ursula Oppens, Julian Martin, John Perry, John O'Conor, André Laplante and Anton Kuerti. His teachers include Bonnie Nicholson, Dr. Kent McWilliams and Marc Durand, with whom he currently studies under at The Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory.
 

Born into a family of musicians, Amaryllis Jarczyk has started playing the cello at age 9. She was a two-time soloist and principal cello with the Montreal Youth Symphony Orchestra as well as the principal cello of the Conservatoire de Montreal Orchestra. A former member of the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra and National Youth Orchestra of Canada she now plays with the McGill Symphony Orchestra and the McGill Contemporary Ensemble. She is also a member of the all-cello ensemble Uccello.
Recipient of the Sandra-Wilson and Constance Hamilton Prizes, Amaryllis has had the opportunity to work with noted cellists such as Philippe Muller, Hans Jorgen Jensen and Janos Starker. She has played under the baton of Maestri Kent Nagano, Jacques Lacombe, among others. Amaryllis’ festival appearances include Banff, Orford, Domaine Forget, Toronto Summer Music, the Young Artist Program at the National Arts Center as well as a performance at the MusiMars Festival 2009 with the Solaris String Trio.
Originally from Montreal, Ms. Jarczyk has also lived in Poland and in France. Amaryllis is a student of Matt Haimovitz at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University. She plays on a Giuseppe Lucci cello on loan from the Banff Centre for the Arts.
 

Yoona Kang started playing the violin at age of six. She was born in Cheong-Ju, Korea. After a few years of studying the violin, she won first place in many local and national competitions in Korea, such as first place in Eum hyup concour, Dong Yang il Bo Newspaper competition. She also appeared as a soloist with the Cheong-Ju symphony orchestra and Harmony music orchestra and was chosen as a soloist to have concert tour in Russia and Japan. After her family immigrated to Canada, Yoona studied under Toni Stanick and Gerald Stanick, at Vancouver Academy in Music and won scholarship award. She won many first places in competitions in Vancouver such as Kiwanis music festival, Burnaby clef and Coquitlam music festival and later the provincial competition of British Columbia and Ontario. As an award winner, Yoona was invited to play in a gala concert and afterward was asked by the conductor to be the first soloist for the Burnaby symphony orchestra. Yoona recieved a full scholarship in the Tanglewood festival and then in 2007, she performed in Carnegie Hall. Currently Yoona studies with Alex Kerr at Indiana University where she won the alternate in the concerto competition at Indiana university and first place in Indianapolis musicale competition.

Born in South Korea, Jinsung Kim began piano studies at age nine, and moved to Canada at age twelve. Prior to his move to Canada, he was the recipient of many national awards and scholarships in Korea. He is now a student of Dr. Kyung Kim at Brandon University, where he was awarded the full tuition President’s scholarship for outstanding performance and potential. Jinsung continues to perform throughout Manitoba and Korea actively. 
 

A rising concert pianist and chamber musician, Rudin Lengo has been heard in recitals and competitions across Canada and the United States. He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree at Manhattan School of Music on a President’s Award, studying with Daniel Epstein. Rudin Lengo began his piano studies at the age of seven in Tiranë, Albania. He completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance at UWO on full scholarship, studying with James Anagnoson and Leslie Kinton. Mr. Lengo has performed in Master-classes for world-renowned pianists such as John Perry, Menahem Pressler, André Laplante, Jacques Rouvier and Anton Kuerti.

Sarah Whynot, 19, has cultivated her passion for music since she began piano lessons at 6 years old. Since completion of her ARCT at age 15, Sarah has enriched her studies at the Adamant Summer Music School, and been noted as winner of several competitions and scholarships, including the top prize at the St Thomas Rotary Festival, the London Open Piano Competition, and the WLU Concerto Competition. A distinguished performer, Sarah has studied with acclaimed instructors including Susan Steele, Tina Yanchus and Heather Taves, and has performed in master-classes for world-renowned pianists. Sarah currently studies with Anya Alexeyev at Wilfrid Laurier University.