Memorial University of Newfoundland,also known as Memorial University or MUN,is a public research university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador,based in St. John's,with satellite campuses in Corner Brook,elsewhere in Newfoundland and in Labrador,Saint Pierre,and Harlow,England. Memorial University offers certificate,diploma,undergraduate,graduate,and post-graduate programs,as well as online courses and degrees.
Midori Goto,who performs under the mononym Midori,is a Japanese-born American violinist. She made her debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 11 as a surprise guest soloist at the New Year's Eve Gala in 1982. In 1986 her performance at the Tanglewood Music Festival with Leonard Bernstein conducting his own composition made the front-page headlines in The New York Times. Midori became a celebrated child prodigy,and one of the world's preeminent violinists as an adult.
Tanya Tagaq,also credited as Tagaq,is a Canadian Inuk throat singer,songwriter,novelist,and visual artist from Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq),Nunavut,Canada,on the south coast of Victoria Island.
Suna Kan was a Turkish violinist who studied in France and appeared internationally. She was a soloist and concert master of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra for 44 years. She was professor of violin at the Music and Performing Arts Department of Bilkent University in Ankara.
Andrew Paul MacDonald is a Canadian classical composer,guitarist,conductor,and music educator. His compositions have been performed in many countries and recorded by well-known musical ensembles.
Richard Francis Nolan was a Canadian musician,from Newfoundland. Nolan was known for performing Newfoundland folk music in Toronto night clubs. During his 50-year career he released more than 40 albums and recorded over 300 tracks. He is particularly known for his song "Aunt Martha's Sheep".
The Tuckamore Festival is a chamber music festival in St. John's,Newfoundland,Canada. It is traditionally held annually in August for two weeks. The festival was co-founded in 2001 by violinist Nancy Dahn and pianist Timothy Steeves,classical musicians who perform together as Duo Concertante. Dahn and Steeves are the current artistic directors of the festival. This year's festival will be held online from August 8–21,2022.
Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté was a Russian-born Canadian composer and virtuoso pianist and violinist.
Valerie Tryon,is an English classical pianist. Since 1971 she has resided in Canada,but continues to pursue an international performing and recording career,and spends a part of each year in her native Britain. Among her specialisms is the music of Franz Liszt,of which she has made a number of celebrated recordings. Currently 'Artist-in-Residence' at McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Tryon is active as a concerto soloist,recitalist,chamber musician,accompanist and adjudicator.
Christina Petrowska Quilico is a Canadian pianist. She is a professor emerita,senior scholar at York University in Toronto,Ontario,Canada. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2020 “For her celebrated career as a classical and contemporary pianist and for championing Canadian music.”In 2021,she was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2022,she was appointed to the Order of Ontario for having “opened the ears of music lovers internationally through numerous classical and contemporary performances…. As a Professor of Musicology and Piano at York University,she has received esteemed research awards. As a benefactor,she established The Christina and Louis Quilico Award at the Ontario Arts Foundation and the Canadian Opera Company.”
Kati Ilona Agócs is an Canadian-American composer and a member of the composition faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston,Massachusetts.
Kellie Loder is an independent singer-songwriter from Newfoundland who plays drums,guitar and piano. They have released three albums:The Way in 2009,Imperfections &Directions in 2010 and Benefit of the Doubt in 2018. With a voice that St. John's-based newspaper The Telegram has described as "powerful yet serene and soulful",they received critical recognition from Canada,including a nomination at the Juno Awards.
Rosemary Joy Siemens is a Canadian violinist and vocalist originally from Plum Coulee,Manitoba. She has performed at the Grand Ole Opry,three times at St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican,four times at Carnegie Hall,for two U.S. presidents and Canadian Prime Ministers,and was the first violinist to perform at the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican since its first mass in 1483. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal and Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for her contribution to the arts in Canada and is married to saxophonist and film composer Eli Bennett with whom she records and performs with their instrumental duo SaxAndViolin.
Vianne Timmons,OC is a board member of VIA Rail Canada. She was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2019. She was president and vice chancellor of the University of Regina,from 2008 to 2019,and is also the disgraced former president and vice-chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Bekah Simms is a Canadian composer of contemporary classical music.
Barbara Neis is a Canadian social scientist. She is a John Lewis Paton Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Senior Research Associated in the SafetyNet Centre.
Andrew Staniland is a Canadian composer and guitarist. He is currently a professor of Composition and Electronic Music at the Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Ursula Anne Margaret Kelly is a Canadian University Research Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Megumi Masaki is a Japanese-Canadian pianist,multimedia artist,educator,researcher,arts administrator,conductor,and curator.
