A native of Pouce Coupe, British Columbia, Errol Gay holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of British Columbia, a Master of Arts in Musicology from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) and a Doctor of Musical Arts from Stanford University (California) in Conducting. He has been Music Director of orchestras in New York, Texas and North Carolina and has been a studio and orchestra trombonist and pianist in Vancouver and Toronto, as well as holding professorial positions at several American universities.

From 1970 to 1976, Errol was a conductor and chorus master with the Canadian Opera Company. After 1983, he was repeatedly engaged as a guest conductor by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and other leading Canadian Orchestras, including Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Windsor, Kitchener-Waterloo and the National Arts Centre (Ottawa). For several seasons, he was Assistant Musical Director for the Charlottetown Festival and Co-Conductor of the High Park Chorus of Toronto, as well as Music Advisor/Conductor of the Hart House Orchestra and Adjunct Associate Professor of Conducting at the University of Toronto. Maestro Gay was Music Director of Orchestra Toronto from 2002 to 2010. In 2006, he retired after 24 years as Associate Principal Librarian of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Errol was privileged to conduct for such outstanding and diverse artists as Doc Severinsen, Dizzy Gillespie, King’s Singers, the Modern Jazz Quartet, the Chieftains, Canadian Brass, Jean-Luc Ponty, Ferrante & Teicher, the National Tap Dance Company, Magic Circle Mime Company, Jacques Israelievitch, Mary Lou Fallis, Ann Mortifee, Martin Beaver, Erika Raum, Al Simmons, Fred Penner, Monica Manchi, and Anne Murray. He has performed as pianist with clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, and with the Empire Brass; and was engaged by Sir Andrew Davis to be “cover” conductor on two European tours of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

In December 2005 Errol’s opera, A Dickens of a Christmas (based on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, conceived by Ann Cooper Gay with libretto by Michael Patrick Albano) was produced by the Canadian Children’s Opera Company, with guest soloists, at the Harbourfront Theatre in Toronto. An expanded score was greeted with great acclaim in December 2006, and the work was given its European premiere at the “Summer Music on the Shannon” Festival in Limerick, Ireland in August 2007. A Dickens of a Christmas was remounted in Toronto in 2008 and 2010.

Errol again collaborated with Michael Albano in writing a second opera for the Canadian Children’s Opera Company—Laura’s Cow: The Legend of Laura Secord, which premiered in 2012 and was remounted in 2013. With the success of these two works, the Artistic Director of the Company, Ann Cooper Gay, proposed that the team present a third opera, Alice in Wonderland, in 2015.

MICHAEL PATRICK ALBANO is an educator, librettist and freelance director. He recently retired as Associate Professor and resident stage director of the opera program at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, where he has staged over sixty operas. An accomplished librettist, Mr. Albano has written six children’s opera librettos; The Very Last Green Thing, The Thunder of Horses, and The Enchantment of Dreams – commissioned and performed by the Opera Theatre of St. Louis and the Washington Opera. In 2005, A Dickens of a Christmas was commissioned & premiered by the Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus followed by Laura’s Cow, The Legend of Laura Secord, presented by Luminato in June of 2012, and most recently, Alice in Wonderland.

Mr. Albano’s interest in the development of new opera has led to a graduate course in operatic composition at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music as well as his involvement for twenty years as resident dramaturge for Tapestry New Opera Works annual composer/librettist laboratory. In May of 2024, his children’s opera, The Very Last Green Thing was given its UK premiere by the Welsh National Opera. Future projects include Figaro in 87 Minutes and Fall River, the legend of Lizzie Borden with music by Cecilia Livingstone which will receive its world premiere at Toronto’s Elgin Theatre in November of 2026.

Ann Cooper Gay is an accomplished conductor, opera director and teacher. She is best known for her extraordinary achievements directing and conducting opera and music theatre for young audiences and communities.

Gay has formed youth choirs, established drama and music theatre programs, founded arts camps and festivals, and developed innovative programming throughout North America.

She served as the Artistic Director of the Canadian Children’s Opera Company (CCOC) from 1996–2015. Under her leadership, the CCOC became one of the largest children’s opera companies in North America and a recognized leader in opera training and production for young people. She directed and conducted over 30 productions for the company and commissioned numerous new works for young voices.

As a conductor at the University of Toronto Women’s Chorus, Associate Conductor of the Hart House Chorus, and Director of Music at St. Basil’s Church, she has collaborated with many of Canada’s leading musicians and composers.

Gay has been a frequent adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor across Canada and internationally. She has presented workshops and lectures on children’s opera, arts education, and community engagement.

Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Toronto Arts Award, the Toronto Arts Foundation’s Arts Educator Award, and honorary life memberships from several arts organizations.

Ann Cooper Gay continues to be an advocate for accessible, high-quality arts education and performance opportunities for young people.

Chelsea Woolley is a playwright, director, and arts educator. Select playwriting work includes: Enormity, Girl, and the Earthquake in Her Lungs (Nightwood Theatre), Paint Me This House of Love (Tarragon Theatre), and The Mountain (Geordie Theatre). She has been featured at the Kennedy Centre in Washington D.C., and at the “Shakespeare is Dead” Festival in Belgium. She is also the founder of the Mixed-Arts Performance Partnership Program connecting young artists living in precarity to professional mentorship. Chelsea is the Head of Drama here at the Canadian Children’s Opera Company where she has directed programming for five seasons. Last season she directed the Young Artist Studio’s production of Dido and Aeneas, and assistant directed The Monkiest King. Chelsea is the 2025 Tarragon Theatre Bulmash-Siegel New Creation Development Residency Award recipient, and is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s Playwriting Program.

Teri Dunn is a celebrated soprano, conductor, and music educator, widely recognized for her artistry and leadership in performance, pedagogy, and choral direction. A native of Ottawa, she was recently appointed Artistic Director of the Canadian Children’s Opera Company, where she has served as Music Director since 2015. Under her direction, the CCOC has presented critically acclaimed productions, including the world premieres of The Monkiest King by Alice Ho (recorded for the CMC, Dora nominated), The Nightingale of a Thousand Songs by Serouj Kradjian, and a European tour of Hans Krása’s Brundibár. She has also prepared the children’s chorus and soloists for numerous Canadian Opera Company productions, including La Bohème, Carmen, The Magic Flute, and Hansel and Gretel.

From 2008 to 2025, Ms. Dunn served as Dean of Choral Studies at St. Michael’s Choir School, overseeing the school’s renowned choral program and directing three of its internationally recognized ensembles. A dedicated educator, she currently leads the Soprano-Alto Chorus at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music.

Earlier in her career, she was Assistant Artistic Director of the Toronto Children’s Chorus (2002-2012), and held conducting posts at the Royal Conservatory of Music and Hart House Chorus. Her choirs have been invited guests at Carnegie Hall, the Vatican, the Toronto International Choral Festival, and performed with leading Canadian ensembles such as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra and Amici. Her ensembles have earned numerous accolades, including first prize at the National Competition of Canadian Amateur Choirs.

An acclaimed soprano, Ms. Dunn has been praised as “outstanding” by BBC Music Magazine.  She has premiered works by Canadian composers James Rolfe, John Hawkins, Micheline Roi, Abigail Richardson, and Jeff Ryan and has sung operatic roles including Galatea (Acis and Galatea), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Alice in John Beckwith’s Night Blooming Cereus and Eurydice in the world premiere of James Rolfe’s Orpheus and Eurydice. She has appeared with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Ottawa Bach Choir, New Music Concerts, Soundstreams, Toronto Masque Theatre, and others. Her discography features works by George Crumb, Osvaldo Golijov, Gloria Coates, John Beckwith and Harry Somers. 

Ms. Dunn holds a Master of Music from the University of Toronto, where she studied with Mary Morrison. She was a prizewinner in the 1999 Eckhardt-Grammatté Competition and recipient of the 2002 Leslie Bell Prize in Choral Conducting, awarded by Choirs Ontario.

Tracy Lynne Cann is thrilled to return to the Canadian Children’s Opera Company, where she first began working in 2004, early in her stage-management journey. Over the past 20+ years, her career has taken her across Canada and around the world, with projects spanning the United States, Asia, and Europe. She has collaborated with a wide range of companies, including Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, the Canadian Opera Company, DREAM Co, The Charlottetown Festival, GFour Productions, Globe Theatre, The Grove Theatre, Loose Tea Music Theatre, Magnus Theatre, Port Parole Productions, Ross Petty Productions, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Segal Centre, Soulpepper Theatre Co, ShaggyPup Productions, Tweed & Company Theatre, and Workman Arts.

Kate Chubbs is an emerging stage manager and arts worker, and she is excited to be part of her first CCOC production. Select credits include & Juliet (Mirvish), The Welkin (Soulpepper), Untitled Flamingo Play; Light Rapid Transit (rEvolver Festival). In addition to stage management, she has worked as an administrator, technician, and liaison at organizations like Musical Stage Co., Pride Toronto, Canada’s Music Incubator, and Granville Island Theatre District. Kate is a graduate of the Performance Production program at TMU.

Claire Thornton (She/Her) is a Stage Manager from Oakville, Ontario. Starting as a performer on stage, Claire earned her Master of Music Performance in Opera and Voice from McGill University following a Bachelor of Music Education from Western University.  Claire is currently a 2025-2026 Edmonton Opera Emerging Artist, with whom she travelled the country stage managing Tosca at the National Arts Centre, Yukon Arts Center, and with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. Other select management credits include: Nabucco (Canadian Opera Company), The Handmaid’s Tale, Indians on Vacation (Banff Centre for the Performing Arts & Creativity), The Light in the Piazza, Blond Eckbert, Semele (Opera McGill), Pagliacci and The Tender Lands (Toronto City Opera). As a singer, Claire has performed as a soloist with the Oakville Symphony Orchestra and in productions of A World Goes Round, All Things Lovely, Don Giovanni (Opera McGill), Catch Me If  You Can (King’s Players), and If/Then (Theatre Western). This is Claire’s second production with the CCOC after previously Stage Managing The Monkiest King.

Lindsay McDonald is a Toronto-based emerging theatre practitioner and a 2020 graduate of The University of Waterloo’s Arts and Business program majoring in Theatre and Performance. She specializes in Stage Management and Technical Production. Recent credits include: Assistant Stage Manager on The Telephone/Baby Kintyre (Royal Conservatory of Music, 2025), Assistant Stage Manager on The Monkiest King (Canadian Children’s Opera Company, 2025), Stage Manager for 2 shows in The Works In Progress Festival (MT Space, 2025), Assistant Stage Manager on The Hobbit (Canadian Children’s Opera Company, 2024), Apprentice Stage Manager on Dialogues of the Carmelites (Royal Conservatory of Music, 2024), Apprentice Stage Manager on La Boheme (Canadian Opera Company, 2023).

Julia Kim is a set, costume, and projection designer. She holds a BFA (Hons.) in Performance Production from TMU, graduating in 2015. Julia’s early career included five seasons as an assistant designer at Shaw Festival and Stratford Festival. 

Her work has taken her across Canada and internationally, where she has designed for numerous theatre and dance productions. In 2021, she took on the role of resident designer and taught theatre design at Mount Allison University for 2 years. Recently, her work has been presented at Journées Théâtrales de Carthage in Tunis and SIDance Festival in Seoul. 

Julia’s excellence in design has been recognized with nominations for the Pauline McGibbon Award in 2020 and the Virginia Myrtle Cooper Award in 2025. 

IG: @yeon._.studio

Website: www.yeon.studio

Selected Design Credits: 

Set and Costume:

Jade Circle, rice & beans Theatre (2024)

Woking Phoenix, Silk Baht Collective & Theatre Passe Muraille (2024)

Narnia, MTYP (2023) 

Kim’s Convenience, Grand Theatre (2023)

Set:

Go For Gold, Audrey Pham, Lunchbox Theatre (2025)

Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – #2B, Vertigo Theatre (2024)

The Supine Cobbler, GCTC (2023) 

Pass Over, Obsidian Theatre Company (2019)

Costume:

Mamma Mia, TIP (2024)

The Drawer Boy, Watermark Theatre (2022)

Projection: 

Okay, You Can Stop Now, Theatre Passe Muraille (2023)

Omisimawiw, Riser Edmonton (2023)

Mabel Wonnacott is a Tkaronto-based opera director, puppeteer, and arts educator whose work has been described as “lively and imaginative” and “ingenious” (Opera Ramblings; LudwigVan Toronto). Selected puppetry credits include directing Ramla and the Desert for Tarragon Theatre’s 2026 Greenhouse Festival; direction and puppetry design for Tapestry Opera’s 2025 production Briefs: Under Where?; and writing, design, and direction for Paperman with Puppet Mongers’ Puppetry eXploratory Laboratory. Mabel has directed operas with Toronto City Opera, Tapestry Opera, the University of Toronto, Laurier University, and Can of Soup Collective. In the Spring, she will assist on Carmen at Opéra Montréal.

Perseus Rebelo is a costume-maker and wardrobe specialist based in Toronto. A York U alum, he has done costume work for over ten years on a variety of theatrical/operatic productions with companies including Tapestry Opera, George Brown College, Innovative Arts, and Shifting Ground Collective; on short films; and on the television shows Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and Interview WIth the Vampire. Alice in Wonderland is his fourth production as Costume Coordinator with the CCOC, but first as Costume Designer—he is thrilled to be a part of it!

Siobhán Sleath is a Toronto-based Lighting Designer with Credits in Theatre, Opera and Dance.  Selected Lighting Design Credits for Opera include: The Rising World (Seoul Arts Centre); Carmen and La Traviata (Brott Opera); The Garden of Vanished Pleasures and The Bright Divide (Soundstreams); Canoe (Unsettled Scores), Figaro’s Wedding (Against the Grain); Les Shorts qui Chantent: Opera Briefs (Tapestry Opera); The Rape of Lucretia, Viva La Mama, Three Islands, Cosi fan Tutte, Tale of Two Cities, Don Giovanni, The Medium and The Telephone (U of T Opera), Flight and La Cecchina (RCM). Associate Lighting Design credits include: La Traviata (Canadian Opera Company). Assistant LD credits include: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Madama Butterfly and El Ultimo Sueño de Frida y Diego (SFO); Nightingale and Other Short Fables and Ariodante (COC). More info at her website: www.siobhansleathdesign.com.

Michele Morgan has contributed to the CCOC as a Prop builder/designer and coordinator since 2006, with fourteen production credits from Dickens to Alice, Snow Queen to Monkiest King. She comes from a background of artistic endeavour in film, television and theatre, the National Ballet of Canada and the U of T Opera school. Michele holds a degree in Fine Art from the University of Toronto and her artistic practice is as wide and varied as her inspirations. From her Toronto studio and Gallery, The Annex Art Centre, she also channels her passions into fine art classes for children, creative summer camps and coordinates art and gallery events throughout the year.

Pianist and composer Stéphane Mayer has established himself as one of Canada’s premier collaborative piano artists. A graduate of the COC ensemble, Stéphane has served as a rehearsal pianist and member of music staff for Carmen, The Magic Flute, Norma and Arabella among many other productions at the Canadian Opera Company. He has also served as an opera répétiteur for productions of Les dialogues des Carmélites and Flight (Glenn Gould School), La Bohème (Edmonton Opera), Louis Riel (Opéra de Québec), Missing (Pacific Opera Victoria) and The Rocking Horse Winner (Tapestry Opera). An accomplished art-song recitalist, having studied German Lied extensively at the Schubert Institute in Baden bei Wien, Stéphane has appeared on stages across the country with many of Canada’s leading vocal artists. For the past 4 years, Stéphane has been a member of music staff for Highlands Opera Studio. There he served as head coach and répétiteur for their productions of Don Giovanni, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Eugene Onegin and L’elisir d’amore. A graduate of McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, Stéphane also worked as a vocal coach and accompanist at Western University.

Claire Harris is a Toronto-based collaborative pianist, specialising in opera and contemporary repertoire.

Claire is Associate Director with Opera by Request, Toronto, and acts as Music Director for productions during their season. She is also pianist with Crossing Borders, a company performing works by living composers in Canada and internationally. Claire is the co-producer and pianist for Opera Revue, a Toronto-based company bringing opera to casual venues. She also works regularly as a répétiteur and coach with companies such as No Strings Theatre, Windsor Symphony, Mississauga Symphony as well as continuing vocal coaching work at the University of Toronto.

Prior to moving to Toronto in 2018, Claire was a staff accompanist at the Royal College of Music, London, as well as working with companies including English Touring Opera, the Rossini Young Artists’ Festival, Opera Alumnus, and the Academie de La Roche D’Hys annual opera workshop in France.

Originally from New Zealand, Claire holds a Bachelor of Music from the New Zealand School of Music and a Masters from the Royal College of Music, London, England.

For the past year, she has been the pianist for Amarras, a Toronto-based contemporary Argentinian Tango ensemble.

Described as a “stylish” player with “striking virtuosity” (The Strad), Toronto-born Kathleen Kajioka maintains a varied career, moving easily between the concert stage and the broadcast booth. She is violist with the brilliant bi-continental Baroque chamber group Ensemble Masques, with whom she has performed across the globe from New York to St. Petersburg to London’s Wigmore Hall. Masques’ recordings for ALPHA have won the Diapason d’Or and the Gramophone Award. Closer to home, she has performed with nearly all of Toronto’s venerable classical music institutions, from Tafelmusik to the TSO, and in Montreal with Arion Baroque. Kathleen has enjoyed reconnecting with her maternal roots in Iceland in recent years, as guest-concertmaster of the Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra and guest director of the Skálholt Bach Consort in Iceland. 

A passionate communicator, Kathleen has been an on-air host with The New Classical FM since 2007, as well as a featured speaker at Moses Znaimer’s ideacity Conference and host of “The Concert Series,” airing across Canada on Vision TV. She has exercised her long-time love of storytelling in readings of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (St. Andrew’s Church), Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death (Trio Arkel), The Von Meck Letters (Toronto Summer Music) and The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci (Toronto Chamber Choir), as well as developing narrated performances for Ensemble Masques, including The Crown’s Jewel – 350 Years of Couperin, The Boy from Bologna – Corelli Explored, and Roads to Bach.

Tanya Charles, a native of Hamilton, Ontario, with ancestral roots in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, has captivated audiences across North and South America, as well as the Caribbean, with her exceptional musical talent. A recipient of numerous accolades, including the Women’s Art Association of Canada – Luella McCleary Award, the Gabriella Dory Prize in Music, and the John C. Holland Award from the Hamilton Black History Association, Tanya is widely recognized for her artistic achievements. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Toronto and an Artist Diploma in Orchestral Performance from the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Tanya is currently the concertmaster of Ensemble Obiora, a Montreal-based ensemble she has proudly led since its founding in 2021. One of her most notable recent performances with them was as the soloist in the Canadian premiere of Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 1, conducted by Samy Rachid, Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, in October 2023. In addition to her role with Ensemble Obiora, Tanya is also a violinist and the Outreach Coordinator for the Odin Quartet.

Her diverse musical background reflects a broad range of artistic collaborations and performances across various ensembles.  Tanya’s performance experience includes serving as concertmaster and soloist WITH Colour of Music Festival Orchestra (COMF) and the COMF Virtuosi in South Carolina. She has also held the position of associate concertmaster with the Gateways Festival Orchestra in New York.  As at home onstage as well as in the orchestra pit, Tanya has played with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, and the National Ballet Orchestra of Canada.  A versatile musician, she performs on violin, viola, and mandolin with Mirvish Productions, bringing her musical talents to the stage in a variety of theatre productions including the 2024-2025 production of Disney’s The Lion King in Toronto. Since 2012, she has also lead the violin section of Toronto’s Viva Mexico Mariachi, contributing her expressive playing to the vibrant energy of their performances.

Tanya is deeply committed to music education, serving as a dedicated educator, string adjudicator, and clinician both locally and internationally. She has imparted her expertise in English, French, and Spanish, offering musical training and consultations at the White Chapel Music Studio (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), the Ensemble du Monde (Guadeloupe) outreach program, and the Centro Regional de Estudios Musicales (Mexico). Tanya is based in Toronto, where she shares her passion and expertise as a faculty member at both the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music and the Oscar Peterson Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Personal Website Link: www.tanyacharles.ca

As the 2024/25 winner of the Regina Musical Club Recital Competition, Meika Sonntag is a passionate soloist and chamber musician currently pursuing a Master of Music degree at the University of Toronto. She studies under Rémi Pelletier, Principal Violist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and continues to refine her artistry through both academic and professional engagements. In 2022, she was one of five students selected for the inaugural London Symphonia Fellowship, offering the opportunity to work closely with a professional orchestra and further develop her ensemble skills. More recently, she received the Irene Miller Graduate Fellowship in Chamber Music, which led to the formation of the Keynote String Quartet—an ensemble with which she actively performs. In recognition of her musical achievements, she was also awarded the Regina Conservatory of Performing Arts President’s Gold Medal in 2020.

Collaborative artistry is at the heart of Meika’s musical identity. She has performed extensively with orchestras and chamber ensembles across Canada, including appearances with the Niagara, Windsor, and Regina Symphony Orchestras. She has also served as principal violist with the Western University and University of Toronto Symphony Orchestras, and performed in pit ensembles such as the Western University Opera Orchestra and the Original Kids Theatre Company’s production of Bright Star. A dedicated chamber musician, she has performed with a wide range of ensembles, most notably the Keynote String Quartet, the award-winning Fiearro String Quartet (winners of the 2018 National Music Festival), the Disinvolto Trio, and the Aurora Piano Quintet. Her versatility has also led to performances with internationally renowned artists such as Michael Bublé and the 2Cellos.

She has had the privilege of premiering several works composed specifically for her by Robert Ursan. Most notably, she gave the world premiere of Ursan’s Viola Sonata on April 1, 2024.

Originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Meika earned her Bachelor of Music with Honours in Viola Performance from the University of Western Ontario, where she studied under Professor Sharon Wei, violist of the New Orford String Quartet. She also holds a minor in Theatre Studies and has been passionate about musical theatre throughout her life. Beginning violin at age three before switching to viola in high school, Meika is inspired by the power of music to bring people together. She now maintains an active career as a performer and educator based in Toronto.

Cellist Rebecca Morton inspires audiences with her honesty, ease, and love of music making. She began her studies at the age of six in her hometown of Hamilton, Ontario and went on to study as a scholarship student at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto with Vladimir Orloff and David Hetherington where she was awarded the Gold Medal for achieving the highest string mark in Canada. Continuing at the Eastman School of Music, she was the recipient of a six year scholarship and graduated with highest distinction receiving Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees under Paul Katz and Steven Doane. Since graduating, she has won numerous scholarships and awards including semi-finalist in the 2003 Eckhardt-Gramatte String Competition.

Currently living and freelancing in Toronto, Rebecca has played with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Ontario Philharmonic, group of 27, Toronto Masque Theatre, Contact Contemporary Music Ensemble, the Stratford Festival Orchestra and the Niagara Symphony. Sought after as a principal player, she has been guest principal of Symphony on the Bay, Talisker Players and the Kingston Symphony. A gifted soloist and ensemble member, she was a member of the Kamareli String Quartet for many years and has been heard in many solo and chamber music recitals, including performances with ChamberWorks!, Nota Bene, Past Perfect, at the Toronto Music Garden and in recordings with Final Fantasy. Most recently, she has performed with members of the Canadian Opera Company at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Gallery 345, the McMaster Concert Series, and with the McMaster Trio. In September of 2015, Rebecca joined the cello section of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.

Classical, Baroque, and Tango Double bassist, Daniel Lalonde, is a graduate of the Glenn Gould School, is the Principal Bass of the Ontario Philharmonic, and on Faculty at the Royal Conservatory of Music. He is a sub with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Concert Orchestra, Amici Ensemble, Trinity Bach Project, Canadian Golha Orchestra, Toronto Operetta Theatre, and other ensembles in the GTA . In 2015-16 Daniel was a member of the world touring crossover ensemble, Barrage 8 performing concerts, musical outreach and recording an album. Daniel loves spending time with his son, cooking, exercising, and reading.

Principal flute of the London Symphonia, Laura Chambers performs regularly as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician with ensembles across North America. Most recently she has appeared as an extra musician with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and National Ballet of Canada. Flexible in musical genre, she is featured on the Billboard #1 Jazz album Cuphead, was part of the flute team for Mirvish’s 2024/25 production of the Lion King and is a favourite collaborator of Juno nominated folk singer Dayna Manning. A lover of the outdoors, her performance of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring for an audience of over 30,000 at sunset in the Nevadan desert is her most memorable to date. A passionate educator, Laura’s teaching studio consists of students spanning in age from 5 to 85, and she is welcomed as guest clinician at schools, music camps and festival workshops throughout Canada. In addition to her performance and private teaching, Laura is a PhD candidate at York University where her research is focused on the recontextualization and sustainability of classical music in today’s world.

Known for his virtuoso energy on stage, creative musical arrangements and an entertaining way of speaking with the audience, Peter Stoll performs regularly in Toronto with many orchestral and chamber groups, and has toured as soloist and with ensembles to the USA, across Europe and to Russia. In 2019 Peter shared in a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Ensemble-Opera.

Recent seasons’ solo and chamber music highlights have included a summer tour with the Swiss Piano Trio, the Toronto premiere of a new work by Alexina Louie with the Gryphon Trio, and performances for visits by world-renowned composers Kryzstof Penderecki, Chen Yi and Anders Hillborg. Peter was flown to Tokyo, Japan to take part in the international Yamaha “Junior Original Concert” at Bunkamura Hall, and the following year saw a three-city tour of mainland China and Hong Kong as part of an exchange of composers and performers organized by the University of Toronto. Peter performed the Canadian premiere of noted American wind ensemble composer Brian Balmages’ concerto “Escapades” with the composer conducting, and recently the live-orchestrated version of John Gladwell’s beautiful concerto “Open Passage” with large orchestra.

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Peter is also a member of the Royal Conservatory of Music’s National College of Examiners, and was the chief compiler of the 2014 Clarinet Syllabus. Peter is much sought after as an adjudicator at music festivals across the country, and his website is www.peterstoll.ca.

Micajah Sturgess is a freelance French horn player who enjoys a vibrant and varied musical  career. He’s been fortunate to work with almost every major orchestra across Canada and is  proud of the personal relationships established through music making. 

Micajah’s work can be found on many critically acclaimed recordings including Jeremy Dutcher’s  2024 Polaris Music Prize winner and Juno nominated Motelwolonuwok, The Polaris nominated Part-Time Woman by Vivek Shraya & The Queer Songbook Orchestra, and the Juno Nominated Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Bruno Weil. Micajah released his first self-produced EP, The Horn in The Library in 2023 and is excited to continue exploring in the studio. To find out more, visit micajah.org.