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Anne-Elise Keefer has enjoyed a busy international career as a recitalist, concerto soloist, recording artist, orchestral musician, chamber musician and educator. She performed as a soloist to critical acclaim in England, France, Italy, Norway and former Yugoslavia; broadcast frequently on radio and TV in Europe, and played a private concert for King Olav V of… Read more »
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Born and raised in Vancouver, Sarah began her musical training at an early age with the Suzuki method and has most recently completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of British Columbia, studying with David Harding. She also studied at the University of Toronto, where her teachers were Steven Dann and Scott… Read more »
Passionate about teaching and performing, Jocelyn Lai is an experienced and versatile artist. As a concert pianist, she has performed at festivals across Canada, the United States, and Spain, in prestigious venues such as the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie, Chan Center for the Performing Arts in Vancouver, and Paul Hall at the Juilliard School…. Read more »
David Lakirovich was born in Brisbane, Australia, and started his violin studies at the age of three with his father, Jacob Lakirovich. David has taken part in various master classes with renowned violinists such as Felix Andrievsky, Nelly Shkolnikova, Jose-Louis Garcia, Pinchas Zukerman,Victor Tretyakov, Maurico Fuks, Haim Taub, Pavel Vernikov, and Michael Frischenschlager. His teachers… Read more »
Clarinetist and conductor Christopher Lee completed his Master’s degree at Juilliard School where he received Bachelor’s degree on Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship and Eve Lyndlemarch Scholarship (Full Scholarship recipient). He has studied with the world-renowned clarinetist Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima at The Juilliard School and Cris Inguanti. Mr. Lee has won the first and… Read more »
Monica Lee is recognized as a highly sought after distinguished collaborative artist and piano instructor. Performing locally and internationally, Monica has performed in various concerts with fellow musicians from the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra. Monica has also conducted and collaborated in large and small ensembles, such as choirs, concert and jazz… Read more »
Donna Lee-Leung has a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of British Columbia. She studied with Professors Mary Tickner, Robert Rogers and Lee Kum Sing (chamber ensemble). Donna’s love and dedication to teaching led her to complete a Bachelor of Education degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She has attended numerous pedagogy conferences… Read more »
Dr. Leggatt has been teaching at VAM since 1997 and is currently Head of Theory and Manager of the VAM Library. Ms. Leggatt earned a Bachelor of Music (Piano) from Queen’s University and a Master of Music and Doctoral of Musical Arts from UBC in Composition. Also an active composer, Leggatt’s works -in both acoustic… Read more »
As the winner of The Artist’s International competition, Ji Eun Lim was awarded a debut recital at the Carnegie Weill hall the following year; and also made her debut at the Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center with the Juilliard Orchestra after winning the Juilliard competition. In Korea, she made her debut with Leipziger Kammer… Read more »
