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:Evan Zhu | Titles: The Boy Paganini by Eduard Mollenhauer Sonatina in C Minor, WoO 43a by Ludwig van Beethoven | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:9:15 AM | Name:Andrew Zhang | Titles: Concerto in G Major, op. 3, no. 3, RV 310:1, 1st mvt. by Antonia Vivaldi Hornpipe by George Coutts | Home Festival:IMFC |
Time:9:30 AM | Name:Olivia Muchen Li | Titles: Concerto in G Major, op. 3, no. 3, 1st mvt. by Antonio Vivaldi Andantino in the style of Martini by Fritz Kreisler | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
Time:9:45 AM | Name:Carson Zheng | Titles: Concerto in A Minor, op. 3, no. 6, RV 356, 1st mvt. by Antonio Vivaldi Perpetuo mobile, Little Suite No. 6 by Carl Bohm | Home Festival:Star-MVP |
Time:10:00 AM | Name:Oliver Zhou | Titles: Concerto in G Major, op. 3, no. 3, RV 310:, 1st mvt. by Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Kathleen Wood Dance Caprice (Mazurka) by Adelmo Melecci , arr. Frank Radcliffe | Home Festival:CCC |
Time:10:10 AM | Name:Kelly Lu | Titles: Sonata No. 2, 2nd mvt. by Healey Willan Adoration by Felix Borowski | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:10:20 AM | Name:Michael Kim | Titles: Concerto in A Minor (no. 6), 3rd mvt.: Allegro by Antonio Vivaldi Sarabande in G Minor by Carl Bohm | Home Festival:North York Live |
Time:10:35 AM | Name:Yvonne Gao | Titles: The Boy Paganini (Fantasia) by Eduard Mollenhauer Sonata No. 3 in F Major, HWV 370, 1st and 4th mvts. by George Frideric Handel | Home Festival:Sudbury |
Time:10:50 AM | Name:Emma Cesario | Titles: Sonatina BAR, 3rd mvt. by Bohuslav Martinů Coraggio (no. 10) by Harold Birston | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Milly Saliwonchyk | Titles: Adoration by Felix Borowski Concerto in A Minor, op. 3, no. 6, 3rd mvt. by Antonio Vivaldi | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:11:15 AM | Name:Sreenivas Pillai | Titles: Sonata in G Major, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Benedetto Marcello Catch me if you can! by Christine Donkin | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:11:30 AM | Name:Yingluo Zhou | Titles: Concertino in G Major, op. 24, 3rd mvt.: Allegro by Oskar Rieding Tarantella, op. 27, no. 2 by František Drdla | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:1:15 PM | Name:Emma Yang | Titles: Concerto in A minor (no. 6), RV 356, 3rd mvt. by Antonio Vivaldi Gavotte by Jean-Philippe Rameau | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Priscilla Wong | Titles: The Boy Paganini by Edward Mollenhauer Sonatina in C Major, WoO 44a by Ludwig van Beethoven | Home Festival:Yip's |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:Giaus Atse | Titles: Concerto A Minor, op. 3, no. 6, 3rd mvt. by Antonio Vivaldi Sonata No. 3 in F Major, HWV 370 BAR, 3rd and 4th mvts. by George Frideric Handel | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:2:00 PM | Name:Jessie Dong | Titles: Berceuse, op.16 by Gabriel Fauré Concerto in A minor (no. 6), 1st mvt.: Allegro by Antonio Vivaldi | Home Festival:Toronto |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:45 to 4:00 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
400 Northfield Dr. W., Waterloo, ON N2L 0A6