Canadian violist Meagan Turner is in demand as a performer throughout North America and Australia. A dedicated chamber musician, she has appeared at the Ravinia Festival (Steans Music Institute), Tippet Rise Arts Centre, the Toronto Summer Music Festival, the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, the Luminato Festival, the Mackay Chamber Music Festival, Bangalow Festival, and Musica Viva's Morning Masters series. Additionally, Meagan performs with the Alma Moodie Quartet, and will serve as guest violist for the latter half of the Affinity Quartet's 2024 season. She has performed as guest principal violist with Sydney's Omega Ensemble and with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players and Shattered Glass (NYC). In addition, Meagan has served as principal violist of the New York String Orchestra Seminar, the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, and the Tanglewood Music Centre Orchestra. She regularly performs with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Meagan is the recipient of numerous awards, including Canada's "Hottest Musicians Under 30"
(Canadian Broadcasting Company, 2019). Additionally, she was chosen as a recipient of a Rachel Elizabeth Barton Pine Foundation Career Grant – an award intended for the advancement of young artists' performance careers – and is a past scholar and grant recipient of the Virtu Foundation. From 2018-2020, Meagan held a young artist in residence position at Carnegie Hall (Ensemble Connect), a residency designed to prepare extraordinary young classical musicians for careers combining musical excellence, teaching, community engagement, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and leadership. During her time with Ensemble Connect, Meagan worked closely with Carnegie Executive and Artistic Director Clive Gillinson in a performance and workshop series at Sing Sing Correctional Institute in conjunction with Carnegie's Musical Connections Program.
Meagan received her Bachelor's (violin) and Performance Certificate (viola) from the University of Toronto under the tutelage of Eric Nowlin and Erika Raum, and her Master's degree from The Juilliard School as a full-scholarship student (Felix Galimir Scholarship and Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship) of Samuel Rhodes. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University, working as Eric Nowlin's Teaching Assistant. Meagan plays a viola by Giovanni Pistucci, on private loan.
All Saints Anglican Church
400 Northfield Dr. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 0A6
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:9:00 AM | Name:Claire VanderMeer | Titles: Allegro in G Major by Joseph-Hector Fiocco Sicilienne by Maria-Theresia Von Paradis | Home Festival:Niagara |
Time:9:15 AM | Name:Matilda Pavlin | Titles: Sonata in F Major, op. 2, no. 4, RV 20, 1st mvt. by Antonio Vivaldi Souvenir de Sarasate (Fantasia espagnole) by William Potstock | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:9:30 AM | Name:Donald Zhang | Titles: Air Varié on a Theme by Weigl, op. 89, no. 5 by Charles Dancla Sonata in E Minor, K 304, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:IMFC |
Time:9:45 AM | Name:Lucas Zadorsky | Titles: La Folia by Arcengelo Corelli Israeli Concertino, 3rd mvt.: Fantasie-Recitative by George Perlman | Home Festival:London |
Time:10:00 AM | Name:Branek Cicci | Titles: Country Dance by Carl Maria von Weber Sonata in F Major, op. 2, no. 4, RV 20, 1st mvt. by Antonio Vivaldi | Home Festival:Brant |
Time:10:15 AM | Name:Lily McLean | Titles: Polish Dance by Edmund Severn Hope Told a Flattering Tale by Henry Farmer | Home Festival:Lakehead |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Ryan Jia | Titles: Hope Told a Flattering Tale by Henry Farmer Air de Ballet by Paul Wachs | Home Festival:South Simcoe |
Time:10:45 AM | Name:Matthew Law | Titles: Introduction and Polonaise (no. 12) by Carl Bohm Concerto No.3 in G Minor, op.12, 1st mvt. by Friedrich Seitz | Home Festival:North York Live |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Sofija Radovanovic | Titles: La Folia, by Arcangelo Corelli, arr. Shinichi Suzuki Allegro in G Major, by Joseph-Hector Fiocco | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:11:15 AM | Name:Julian Stephens | Titles: La Folia by Arcangelo Corelli, arr. Shinichi Suzuki Chanson du matin, op. 15, no. 2 by Edward Elgar | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:11:30 AM | Name:Hayato Sone | Titles: Etude in E flat Major, op. 20, no. 15 by Heinrich Ernst Kayser Allegro in G major by Joseph Hector Fiocco | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:1:00 PM | Name:Dalton Yang | Titles: La Folia by Arcangelo Corelli Polish Dance by Edmund Severn | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:1:15 PM | Name:Abbi Lyn Gonsalves | Titles: Sonata in E Minor, K. 304, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto No. 3 in G minor, op. 12, 1st mvt. by Friedrich Seitz | Home Festival:Star-MVP |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Wesley Wong | Titles: Air Varié on a Theme by Weigl, op. 89, no. 5 by Charles Dancla Mazurka by Emil Mlynarski, arr. B. Barber | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:Hannah Zhou | Titles: Allegro in G Major by J.-H. Fiocco Polish Dance by Edmund Severn | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:2:00 PM | Name:Robert Li | Titles: Chanson de matin, op. 15, no. 2 by Edward Elgar Syncopation by Fritz Kreisler | Home Festival:Toronto |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm.
Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.
The top two competitors from this class will proceed to the playoffs.
The playoffs will be held at All Saints Anglican Church - Sanctuary
400 Northfield Dr. W., Waterloo, ON N2L 0A6