Thu, Jun 20
|St. Augustine's Anglican Church
Concert II: Trio de Moda and Alison Kilgannon
Featuring talented musicians of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Canadian ensemble, Trio de Moda is “turning heads with their style, flare and musical charisma” (St. Albert Gazette). They will perform with accomplished Canadian pianist, Alison Kilgannon. Works by Beethoven, Schubert, and Schumann.
Time & Location
Jun 20, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
St. Augustine's Anglican Church, 411 - 11 St S, Lethbridge
About the event
Graduates of McGill, University of Victoria and The Cleveland Institute of Music, the members of Trio de Moda (violinist Neda Yamach, violist Clayton Leung and cellist Kathleen de Caen) have been mentored by the Lafayette, Cavani, Cleveland, Juilliard, Tokyo and American String Quartets and musical celebrities; Itzak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Lorin Maazel, William Preucil, Henk Guittart, Barry Shiffman and Thomas Rolston.
Passionate teachers and promoters of classical music, Trio de Moda is involved as mentors in their community. They are on faculty at the MacEwan Conservatory and have worked extensively as teaching artists and ambassadors with YONA Youth Orchestra of Northern Alberta over the past two years.
Canadian pianist Alison Kilgannon has performed in North America as well as in Spain, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Ecuador. She has appeared with the Orquesta Santa Cecilia Cullera, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra and has received awards at competitions including the Concours Prix d’Europe, the Northern Alberta Concerto Competition, the Festival de Musique de Bas-Richelieu, and the STARS Award for Young Artists. Her chamber music performances have been broadcast on the radio station Avenue Vincent D’Indy.
Currently based in Alberta where she holds a position as Assistant Professor at Burman University, Alison remains active as a soloist, recitalist, collaborative artist, and adjudicator while still finding time to enjoy hiking in the Rocky Mountains. In 2014, she was honoured to become a fellow of the Schmeelk Canada Foundation in recognition of her interest in promoting understanding and exchange between Canada’s Anglophone and Francophone cultures.
Trio de Moda and Alison Kilgannon will perform the following program:
String Trio in B-flat major, D. 471 - Schubert
String Trio in G major, Op. 9, no. 1 - Beethoven
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47 - Schumann