She also teaches violin and piano privately and for the Arts Conservatory in Steveston. In addition to her work with VOO, she has performed regularly with the Vancouver Symphony, Vancouver Chamber Choir, and Chilliwack Symphony. She has enjoyed the diversity of performing as a soloist and in chamber music concerts, as well as playing for opera, ballet, musical theatre, film recording, and folk dance troupes.Īngela was Acting Concertmaster of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra for the 2017-18 music season and currently continues in her role as Associate Concertmaster. Over the course of her distinguished and varied career, she has worked with many outstanding instrumentalists and conductors and has participated in numerous concerts, many of which were broadcast nationally.
Renowned violinists Steven Staryk and Ruggiero Ricci were major mentors in her training. Outside of the practice room, (a rare occurrence), Markus can’t get enough of skiing, coffee and petting his cats.Īngela Cavadas was the recipient of numerous awards early in her musical life, most notably winning First Prize in the CBC Young Artists Competition at the age of 19. Travel for music education has also taken him to the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg and Perugia Italy for Musicfest Perugia where he played with orchestra. They then proceeded to New York and took part in Ensemble Connect’s Audience Engagement Intensive program at Carnegie Hall. In summer 2019, the Genesis Trio traveled to El Paso Texas to present interactive performances for hundreds of youth. He also is very involved in his music community hosting and playing in charity fundraiser concerts.ĭuring his time at UBC, he founded the Genesis Trio alongside Violist Nina Weber and Clarinetist Jonathan Lopez.
Brown, Markus had numerous successes in competitions and exams including 1st place at the BC Registered Music Teachers’ Association Provincials, and most notably, receiving the Gold Medal for the Highest ARCT exam mark in Canada for the year 2016. Previous to his University studies, Markus developed his musicianship under the tutelage of Ms. Markus Masaites is a pianist and interpreter recently graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance from the University of British Columbia under the tutelage of Dr. She has performed with West Coast Chamber Music since 2015. Monica is a former faculty member of the VSO School of Music, and is currently working as a collaborative pianist at the University of Victoria. She subsequently accepted a Doctoral Fellowship from the UBC Faculty of Music. She obtained a Master’s Degree in Performance from UBC and upon winning First Prize in the Concerto Competition, made her orchestral debut with maestro Kazuyoshi Akiyama. A highlight of her early career was her work as Accompanist-in-Residence at the Banff Centre, where she performed with internationally renowned artists Janos Starker and the Fine Arts Quartet. She went on to win numerous national grants and honours, including the ARCT Performer’s Gold Medal and a German Academic Exchange Scholarship to the Hochschule für Musik in Munich. Monica’s early studies were with Robin Wood at the UVic School of Music where she was awarded the prestigious Victoria Medal. Many of her performances have been featured on CBC Radio’s “Westcoast Performance” and she has recorded with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra under Mario Bernardi, the National Film Board of Canada, and most recently, for Australian cinema. Holly is a founding director/ pianist with West Coast Chamber Music since 1993.Īn accomplished soloist and chamber musician, pianist Monica Pfau has performed on a variety of stages across North America and Europe. She teaches for the Langley Community Music School, the Jean Lyons School of Music and Steveston Arts Conservatory.
Holly currently teaches preschool music classes and is a sought-after piano teacher as well as adjudicator and master class clinician. On stage, she has combined music with storytelling in original children’s concerts. Holly is interested in discovering and promoting the work of women composers, as well as indulging a lifelong passion for storytelling! For many years, she has used storytelling in her music and movement classes which she has taught in two provinces. Holly has performed as a soloist in various parts of Canada, and now, in Vancouver, focuses her performances on her first love – chamber music. Peter Simon, Jean-Paul Bracey in London, and Dr.
Holly’s principal mentors have been current principal of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Dr. Holly Duff received her Bachelor of Music in performance from the University of Western Ontario, and an Associate of the Victoria Conservatory of music in Piano Pedagogy.
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