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Wednesday, July 29
 

07:00 EDT

In Stillness, Part 1: Sound and Silence
Wednesday July 29, 2026 07:00 - 08:15 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom
Exploring and Experiencing Contemplative Music - creating immersive experiences that invite stillness, deep awareness, and reflection through mindful programming and intentional listening practices.


Session 1 - The benefits reflective music offers, the power of less, practical tips, and performing in secular and sacred spaces. Experience the journey inward as Merynda performs “Sound and Silence”.

Presenters
avatar for Merynda Adams

Merynda Adams

Merynda Adams, praised for her color and facility by the Star-Ledger and called "the highlight of the night" by The New York Times, has performed across the U.S., Europe, and Canada, including off-Broadway in The Fantasticks. Her teachers include Kathleen Bride, Erika Waardenburg, Gloria Agostini, and Elisabeth Fontan-Binoche. Merynda is founder of Chamber Music for Charity, teaches at Drew University, and has led workshops at the Frost School of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, and the Cap-Ferret Musi... Read More →
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Kimberly Snaufer Derosa

Kimberly Snaufer DeRosa, known for her “stunningly beautiful” expression, has performed across North America, in the UK, and in Australia. Her career as performer and educator includes traditional and innovative collaborations, reflective sound immersions, founding/directing the... Read More →
Wednesday July 29, 2026 07:00 - 08:15 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom
  Participatory Workshop, Health & Wellbeing

09:00 EDT

Mont Roz: Journey to the Heart of Traditional Celtic Music 🍁
Wednesday July 29, 2026 09:00 - 09:45 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom
Cécile Delage and François-Xavier Dueymes offer a program of joyful traditional tunes from Ireland, Brittany and Quebec blending Irish, Breton, and European traditions.

Presenters
avatar for Cécile Delage

Cécile Delage

Cécile Delage is from Toulouse, France, now living in Montréal. Cecile holds the Master of Music degree in harp performance from the Université de Montréal. She founded Aziliz, a harp school that blends training in classical, Celtic, and modern styles. She performs with Mont-Roz... Read More →
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François-Xavier Dueymes

Flute, Mont Roz
François-Xavier Dueymes, a self-taught Breton musician based in Montréal for a decade, began with
the bombarde in Breton Bagadoù competitions before discovering the wooden flute and Irish
music. Active in Quebec’s traditional scene, he plays with Kavaz and Saligaude, and now
Mont-Roz with Cécile Delage, exploring Celtic and European traditional music... Read More →
Wednesday July 29, 2026 09:00 - 09:45 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom
  Performance, Canadian Music & Musicians

10:15 EDT

Resonanties: A Composer’s Accessible Approach to Writing for Harp 🍁
Wednesday July 29, 2026 10:15 - 11:00 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom
A lecture-performance featuring Edward Top’s Resonanties and the Student Harp Ensemble of the Vancouver Academy of Music, showcasing accessible harp ensemble writing and collaborative composition. www.edwardtop.com/orchestra/six-pieces-for-harp-ensemble
Presenters
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Edward Top

Dutch-Canadian composer Edward Top is Associate Professor & Division Chair of Composition at the Vancouver Academy of Music and Sessional Lecturer at the University of British Columbia. As its current mentor composer, Edward maintains a close relationship with the Vancouver Symphony... Read More →
Wednesday July 29, 2026 10:15 - 11:00 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom
  Lecture, Harp Ensemble, Composition

11:30 EDT

Duo Eoliha: A breath on the Strings, original music for harp & horn
Wednesday July 29, 2026 11:30 - 12:15 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom
"A breath on the Strings", original compositions for horn and harp.

Andante, Giovanni PAISIELLO (1740-1816)
Solo for horn and harp, François-Adrien BOIELDIEU (1775-1834)
Divertimento, Gaspare Luigi SPONTINI (1774-1851)
Airka, Nicola FERRO (1974)
Chambre d’âmes, Line ADAM (1972)
Tangoliha, Robert ORTMAN (1963); Suite Eoliha, Robert ORTMAN 
Presenters
avatar for Margaux Ortman

Margaux Ortman

French horn, Duo Eoliha
Originally from Thimister (near Liège), Margaux Ortman (b. 1992) studied at the Institut Royal Supérieur de Musique & de Pédagogie in Namur (IMEP) with Nico De Marchi and Francis Orval. She joined the Royal Band of the Belgian Air Force in 2013, becoming solo horn in 2016. Since 2023, she has been principal horn at the Orchestre Philh... Read More →
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Gabriella Garcia

Duo Eoliha
Gabriella Garcia is a Belgian-Bulgarian harpist based in Liège. She graduated fromthe IMEP in Namur and the École Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris, studying with Sophie Hallynck and Nicolas Tulliez. Gabrielle was Harp Solo at the State Opera and Philharmonic of Plovdiv... Read More →
Ensembles
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Duo Eoliha

Duo Eoliha–Margaux Ortman, horn, and Gabriella Garcia, harp - was born during their studies at the Institut Royal de Musique et de Pédagogie in Namur (Belgium). There they studied chamber music with the renowned Sophie Hallynck and Francis Orval. Driven by a shared curiosity for... Read More →
Wednesday July 29, 2026 11:30 - 12:15 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom
  Performance

14:00 EDT

Cosmic Journeys: Chamber music by Caroline Lizotte 🍁
Wednesday July 29, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom
Cosmic Journey (Kyra Frimont & Samuel Ouellet Mata): Immersive concert with space-themed repertoire for the harp and cello with electronics supported by visuals from NASA. Program includes improvised soundscapes and music by Canadian harpist-composer Caroline Lizotte.

Lori Gemmell & Caroline Chehade perform Partita Opus 52 for violin and harp by Caroline Lizotte
Presenters
avatar for Kyra Frimout

Kyra Frimout

Kyra Frimout is a harpist from the Netherlands with a passion for contemporary and electroacoustic music. She studied at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague with Ernestine Stoop and Sylvain Blassel. Kyra now studies at the Université de Montréal under the guidance of harpist-composer... Read More →
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Samuel Ouellet Mata

Cello
Samuel Ouellet Mata is a versatile cellist from Montreal and graduated from the Faculty of Music of the University of Montreal in 2026 under the guidance of Yegor Dyachkov. Mata’s classical training includes a variety of solo and chamber standard repertoire, combined with contemporary... Read More →
avatar for Lori Gemmell

Lori Gemmell

Lori Gemmel is principal harpist with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and teaches at Wilfrid Laurier University and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. She tours Canada with her husband Tom Allen, presenting Chamber Musicals they create together combining music, history and storytelling... Read More →
avatar for Caroline Chehade

Caroline Chehade

Violin
Caroline Chehade is a Montreal-based violinist with a solo, chamber and orchestra career. She won many competitions, including many editions of the Music Instruments Bank of the Canada Council for the Arts who lent her the Windsor-Weinstein Stradivarius of 1717 for a period of three... Read More →
Wednesday July 29, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom
  Performance, Canadian Music & Musicians

15:30 EDT

The Petyan Quartet: Connection
Wednesday July 29, 2026 15:30 - 16:00 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom

Australia’s Petyan Quartet presents a compelling program featuring Yidaki (didgeridoo), flute, viola and harp, weaving together evocative contemporary works inspired by Country, culture, birdsong and nature’s soundscapes.
Presenters
avatar for Jacinta Dennett

Jacinta Dennett

Petyan Quartet
Australian harpist Jacinta Dennett's creative practice intrinsically entwines movement and music. Drawn to the harp’s responsive nature and lingering resonance, she has developed an idiosyncratic performance style rooted in her pursuit of the essence of gesture. Inspired by Carlos... Read More →
avatar for Amos Roach

Amos Roach

Didgeridoo, Petyan Quartet
Amos Roach is an award-winning performer, composer, dancer, director and proud Djab Wurrung/Gunditj Mara and Ngarrindjeri man. Amos plays keyboard, guitar, and Didgeridoo. The inaugural First Nations Artist in Residence with the Australian Art Orchestra, Amos performs regularly including... Read More →
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Johanna Selleck

Flute, Petyan Quartet
Johanna Selleck is a composer, musicologist, and flautist. She holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne, where she is currently an honorary fellow. Her compositions have been performed throughout Australia, Asia, the USA, and Europe. As a flautist, she performs regularly as a soloist and in c... Read More →
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William Vyvyan Murray

Viola, Petyan Quartet
William Vyvyan Murray is a Melbourne/Naarm-born violist whose passion for music has led him to study and work throughout Europe. He has worked leading the viola section of orchestras in Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin.
William's compositional work is performed in Europe, America and Asia.
He has won awards... Read More →
Ensembles
avatar for Petyan Quartet

Petyan Quartet

Petyan Quartet is a contemporary cross-cultural ensemble named after the wildflower season of Gariwerd. Founded in 2021 by harpist Jacinta Dennett, the quartet brings together four distinctive musical voices: Amos Roach (Yidaki), a proud Djab Wurrung/Gunditj Mara, and Ngarrindjeri... Read More →
Wednesday July 29, 2026 15:30 - 16:00 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom
  Performance, Chamber Music

16:30 EDT

Canada from East to West 🍁
Wednesday July 29, 2026 16:30 - 17:30 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom
Matt Dupont's Transatlantic Journey , where we discover original works
for harp by Canadian and French female composers.

Josh Layne performs ... Josh Layne, original works by a Canadian original!
Presenters
avatar for Josh Layne

Josh Layne

Canadian harpist and composer Josh Layne is a frequent performer around the world, as well as being the creator of “Harp Tuesday”, a biweekly instructional series on YouTube that now spans fifteen years and over three hundred episodes. When not touring, Layne can often be found... Read More →
avatar for Matt Dupont

Matt Dupont

Matt began learning the harp in France at the age of 8. He studied with Nicolas Tulliez in Shanghai, Heidi Krutzen in Vancouver, and completed his training with Caroline Lizotte. Matt is the recipient of several awards and scholarships, including second prize in the Orford Music Prize... Read More →
Wednesday July 29, 2026 16:30 - 17:30 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom
  Performance, Canadian Music & Musicians
 

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