Sybil Shanahan has played the cello for as long as she can remember. A multi-faceted performer, Sybil currently performs with the classical Tadioli Duo and she is the founder of Beaux Strings, a contemporary event music performance business for which she is also a published music arranger. Sybil's lifelong commitment to the cello and the medium of chamber music has taken her to perform on 4 continents to date. Between 2010-2020, she toured internationally and recorded on 4 albums with Ensemble Vivant, "Canada's chamber music treasure" (Toronto Star) and with Solidaridad Tango from 2020-2023. Her first album, Caprice, was released in 2014 and features several previously unrecorded French Romantic cello duos with her mentor Coenraad Bloemendal. With a diverse freelance career, she has played with professional orchestras across the province and was pleased to most recently be a part of Tapestry Opera's production of Rocking Horse Winner and the Musical Stage Company's award winning Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812.
As a student, Sybil had the privilege of learning from some of the great cellists and pedagogues, including Janos Starker, Ralph Kirschbaum and Laurence Lesser. She now manages a full private teaching studio for adult cellists based in Toronto, and she has been on faculty at Lake Field Music Camp since 2012. Sybil completed her University education in Europe. She holds a Master's Degree from the class of cello soloist Patrick Demenga in Switzerland and a Bachelor from the class of Gregor Horsch in Amsterdam.
Brant Hills Presbyterian Church
2138 Brant Street
Burlington, On L7P 3W5
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
---|---|---|---|
Time:9:00 AM | Name:David Kim | Titles: Danse Rustique, op. 20, no.5 by William Henry Squire Sonata in G Minor, op. 65, 3rd mvt. by Frederic Chopin | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:9:15 AM | Name:Jay Gratzer | Titles: Sonatina in G Minor, 2nd mvt. by Rudolf Matz Suite No. 1 in G Major , BWV 1007, Gigue by Johann Sebastian Bach | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:9:30 AM | Name:Christopher Zhou | Titles: Concertino No. 2 in C Major, 1st mvt. by Jean-Baptise Breval Suite for Violoncello, Light and Shadows, II:Cantabile and VIII: Final giocoso by Rudolf Matz | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:9:40 AM | Name:Kyle Wong | Titles: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007, Minuetto I and Minuetto II by Johann Sebastian Bach Danse Rustique, op. 20, no. 5 by William Henry Squire | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:9:50 AM | Name:Evan Wang | Titles: Dance Rustique, op. 20, no 5 by William Henry Squire Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007, Gigue by J.S. Bach | Home Festival:North York Live |
Time:10:00 AM | Name:Janine Gong | Titles: Cello Sonata in G Minor, op.65, III: Largo by Frederic Chopin Hip Hip Bourree, for Steve Isserlis by Julian Jacobson | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:10:10 AM | Name:Zachary Anderson | Titles: Harlequinade by William Henry Squire Chanson triste, op. 40, no. 2 by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:10:20 AM | Name:Mason Song | Titles: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007, Minuetto I and Minuetto II by Johann Sebastian Bach Danse Rustique, op. 20, no. 5 by William Henry Squire | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Olivia Tasset-Scherer | Titles: Suite française, op. 114, Chanson d'Alsace and Chanson de Bresse by Paul Bazelaire Lebhaft (no. 3) by Paul Hindemith | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:Cheuk Yui Li | Titles: Wild Rider by Robert Schumann Gavotte by Francois Gossec | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:10:50 AM | Name:Rylee Chang | Titles: Suite Francaise, op. 114, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Paul Bazelaire Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007, Menuetto I and Menuetto II by Johann Sebastian Bach | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:11:05 AM | Name:Becky Feng | Titles: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007, Menuetto I and Menuetto II by Johann Sebastian Bach Chanson Triste, op. 40, no. 2 by Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky | Home Festival:North York Live |
Time:1:15 PM | Name:Henry Sun | Titles: Chanson Triste, op. 40, no. 2 by Pyotr Ill'yichTchaikovsky Danse Rustique, op. 20, no. 5 by William Henry Squire | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:1:25 PM | Name:Cheuk Nam Louis Cheung | Titles: Elfentanz by Ezra Jenkinson Suite No.1 in G Major, BWV 1007, VII: Gigue by Johann Sebastian Bach | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:Callum Durward | Titles: Chanson Triste, op. 40, no. 2 by Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007, Menuetto I and Menuetto II by Johann Sebastian Bach | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:2:00 PM | Name:Devin Sum | Titles: Concertino No. 2 in C Major, 1st mvt. by Jean Baptiste Bréval Chanson Triste, op. 40, no. 2 by Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:30 pm until 4:00 pm.
Announcement of the winners will happen at the end of the workshop.