Rachel Desoer is a Canadian cellist. She studied at the Juilliard School, Oberlin College, McGill University and the Banff Centre. She graduated from Oberlin in 2008 with a Bachelor of Music degree.
Rachel was the cellist of the Cecilia String Quartet from 2010 to 2018. In this ensemble Rachel toured extensively around the world, recorded 4 albums on the Analekta label and taught chamber music at the University of Toronto.
Touring has allowed Rachel to perform at such inspiring venues as Wigmore Hall, The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Konzert Haus Berlin and many more. The Cecilia Quartet also made educational programming a priority and performed hundreds of presentations for schools. In 2014, the quartet created a concert series called Xenia concerts specifically designed for children on the autism spectrum and their families. Exemplifying their commitment to the equal representation of women in music, Rachel spearheaded the commissioning of 4 string quartets by Canadian women composers in 2016.
Rachel continues to play recitals and chamber music regularly. She has worked in orchestras, most notably, the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Canadian Opera Company. Currently, Rachel is the principal cellist of Symphony Nova Scotia. Rachel performs on a Vuillaume from ca. 1850, generously loaned by the Symphony Nova Scotia Society.
Mount Zion Lutheran Church
29 Westmount Rd. S.
Waterloo, ON N2L 2K4
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:9:00 AM | Name:Jenny Hsu | Titles: Solo Cello Suite BWV 1007 Prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach Solo Cello Suite BWV 1007 Allamande by Johann Sebastian Bach | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:9:15 AM | Name:Michael Sanatani | Titles: Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008, Prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach Suite No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1008, Sarabande by Johann Sebastian Bach | Home Festival:London |
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:9:30 AM | Name:Caitlin Cull | Titles: Two Grenadiers by Robert Schumann Minuet No. 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:9:40 AM | Name:Marc Joyce | Titles: Minuet in G Major, from Sechs Menuette, WoO 10, no. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven Theme, from Witches’ Dance by Niccolò Paganini | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Workshop will be held from approximately 10 am to 10:30 am.
Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.