Tuesday, January 20th, 2009, 12:00pm
University of Toronto New Music Festival
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons for the Performing Arts
Free admission

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009, 7:30pm
University of Toronto New Music Festival
Walter Hall, Faculty of Music, 80 Queen's Park
University of Toronto
Karen Kieser Prize in Canadian Music Presentation and Concert
Free admission

Saturday, January 24th, 2009, 7:30pm
Mendelssohn d minor Violin Concerto (1822)
Sneak Peek Orchestra, Victor Cheng, conductor
Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St (Bloor & Avenue Road), Toronto
Admission: $20/10
Facebook event page: Sneak Peek Orchestra, "Heartstrings"

February 2009: Duo Vita on tour: "How the Hell Are You Feeling"?

Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 12:30pm
Duo Vita: Lynn Kuo, violin; John Oliver, guitar
LUMINA Concert Series
Jean McNulty Recital Hall, Lakehead University
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Free admission

"How the Hell Are You Feeling?":
Paul Richards Asphalt Gypsy (1999)
James Harley Duo1 (2009) - WORLD PREMIERE
Seán Clancy, Nothing/Worse (2008) - WORLD PREMIERE
Scott Godin, Manusa (2008) - WORLD PREMIERE
Kristi McGarity How the Hell are you Feeling? (1998)
John Oliver Am bushed (2009) - WORLD PREMIERE

Thursday, February 12, 2009, 12:10pm
Duo Vita: Lynn Kuo, violin; John Oliver, guitar
Thursdays at Noon Concert Series, University of Guelph, School of Fine Art and Music
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
MacKinnon Room 107 (Goldschmidt Room)
"How the Hell Are You Feeling?"
Free admission

Thursday, February 17, 2009, 12:00pm
Duo Vita: Lynn Kuo, violin; John Oliver, guitar
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons for the Performing Arts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"How the Hell Are You Feeling?"
Free admission

Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 7:30pm
Duo Vita: Lynn Kuo, violin; John Oliver, guitar
Les AMIS Concerts
Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"How the Hell Are You Feeling?"

John Oliver A Dream of Africa (2006)
Paul Richards Asphalt Gypsy (1999)
Seán Clancy Nothing/Worse (2008) - WORLD PREMIERE
Scott Godin Manusa (2008) - WORLD PREMIERE
David Smooke Dance Music (2000)
James Harley Duo1 (2009) - WORLD PREMIERE
John Burke Mysterium ((2000)
Kristi McGarity How the Hell are you Feeling? (1998)
John Oliver Am bushed (2009) - WORLD PREMIERE
David Smooke Dance Music ((2000)

Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 12:00pm
Music of Mark Nerenberg and Robert Rival
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons for the Performing Arts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
With Marianna Humetska, piano
Free admission

April 2009
Les AMIS Ensemble European Tour

Les AMIS Ensemble:
Lynn Kuo, violin; Rachel Mercer, cello; Marianna Humetska, piano; Katarzyna Sadej, mezzo-soprano; Joseph Macerollo, accordion.

Monday, April 20, 2009
Guest soloist with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Raitcho Hristov, conductor
Pernik, Bulgaria
Mendelssohn Concerto in d minor

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Guest soloist with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Raitcho Hristov, conductor
Sofia, Bulgaria
Mendelssohn Concerto in d minor

Thursday, April 23, 2009, 12:00pm
CANADA DAY at 25th Music Biennale Zagreb Festival, Croatia
International Festival of Contemporary Music, April 15-26, 2009
Les AMIS Ensemble
Pepa/Patrick Squamish for Violin and Electroacoustic Sound (2006), Patrick Ręves de l'Inde for Violin, Accordion and Electroacoustic sounds - WORLD PREMIERE

Thursday, April 23, 2009, 10:00pm
Les AMIS Ensemble, with Guests Cantus Ensemble; Berislav Sipus, Conductor
Music Biennale Zagreb Festival
Zagreb, Croatia
Program to include: Constantine Caravassilis WORLD PREMIERE commissioned by Les AMIS, Pepa ISOMORPHE for Voice, Violin, Accordion (2008) with Cantus Ensemble

Saturday, April 25, 2009,
Les AMIS Ensemble, with guests Penderecki String Quartet
Bucharest, Romania
Chausson Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008, 12:00pm - NEW
University of Toronto New Music Festival at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts - MAP
More info: UofT and COC
George Tsontakis Knickknacks for Violin and Viola
Yosef Tamir, viola

Thursday, January 31rst, 2008, 7:30pm - NEW
University of Toronto New Music Festival
Student Composers Concert
More info: UofT
Free admission

Friday, February 1rst, 2008, 7:30pm - NEW
University of Toronto New Music Festival
Karen Kieser Prize in Canadian Music Presentation and Concert
Featuring the Kieser Prize-winning compositions Lightenings by Fuhong Shi. Works by graduate composers Hiroki Tsurumoto and Lan Chee Lam.
More info: UofT
Free admission

Saturday, February 9th, 2008, 1:30pm, 3:30pm
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008, 10:00am, 12:30pm
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008, 10:00am - NEW
J.S. Bach Meets the Great Glenn Gould!
Guest Concertmaster and Soloist with National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa, Canada
Boris Brott, conductor
Sarah Burnell, fiddle; Jan Lisiecki, piano; Christ Church Cathedral Boys Choir (Matthew Larkin, director)
More info: Click here

Friday, February 15, 2008, 8:00pm
Guest artist with Gryphon Trio
Chamber at Lula, "Crossings 2" at Lula Lounge, Toronto
Annalee Patipatanikoon, violin; Roman Borys, cello; Jamie Parker, piano; Steven Dann, viola; Roberto Occhipinti Quartet (Phil Dwyer, Hilario Duran, Mark Kelso)
More info: Click here
Admission $25

Monday, February 18th, 2008, 8:00pm
Solo Recital
Celebrating Les AMIS Concerts' 25th Anniversary and Arts and Letters Club's 100th Anniversary
Arts and Letters Club, Toronto
Map: 14 Elm Street, Toronto
Marianna Humetska, piano. Jamie Drake, Timothy Francom, Ed Reifel, percussion.
Featuring Michael Pepa's Fantaisie bohemienne and Elizabeth Raum's Phoenix written for the world premiere given by Lynn and NEXUS
Mozart, Pepa, Raum, Ravel
Cash bar starting at 5:30pm. Admission $24 (Please note price change), (includes dinner at 6:30). Concert at 8:00pm.
Limiting seating, please RSVP early to Naomi: 416-597-0223 Ext. 3

Sunday, June 1rst, 2008, 8:00pm
WORLD PREMIERE of new work for violin and chamber ensemble by Michael Pepa
soundaXis Festival
With Croatia's Cantus Ensemble, Artistic Director Berislav Sipus
Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Building, 250 Front Street West, Toronto - MAP

Saturday, August 30th, 2008, 8:00pm
GYPSY IMPRESSIONS - Solo Recital
D.F. Cook Recital Hall, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Thomas Yee, piano
Poulenc, Debussy, Chopin, Sarasate, Pepa
Tickets at: www.holyhearttheatre.com, 709-579-4424

Saturday, October 4, 2008, 11:10pm
Nuit Blanche
University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, Lobby, 80 Queen's Park Crescent
Pepa/Patrick Squamish for Violin and Electroacoustic Sound (2006), Avalon Rusk Calling Loons(2007)

October 31rst, 2008, 8:00pm
Music of David Lidov and William Westcott
Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Avenue, Toronto
Carol Fujino, violin; Carol Gimbel, viola; Rafael Hoekman, cello

Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 8:00pm
WORLD PREMIERE of Phoenix by Elizabeth Raum for Violin and Percussion Ensemble (2007)
With NEXUS Percussion Ensemble
Colours of Music Festival, Barrie, Ontario
Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, More info

Saturday, September 29, 2007, 2:30pm
Solo Recital
Colours of Music Festival, Barrie, Ontario
Central United Church, More info
Gregory Oh, piano
Schubert, Raum, Mozart, Pepa

Saturday, September 29, 2007, 11:30pm
Nuit Blanche
Awakening the Electronic Forest - Multimedia Installation Incorporating Sound, Visual Art, Dance, and Poetry
Mark Nerenberg, curator
University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, Lobby, 80 Queen's Park Crescent
For more information, visit: http://electronicforest.ca
Pepa/Patrick Squamish for Violin and Electroacoustic Sound (2006)

Thursday, October 4, 2007, 12:00pm
Thursdays at Noon, University of Toronto, Faculty of Music
Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen's Park - MAP
Gregory Oh, piano; Peter Stoll, clarinet
Elizabeth Raum Sonata for Violin and Piano
Free admission

Friday, October 19, 2007 CONCERT BROADCAST on Internet at: http://illeaglemedia.com
"Covers and Commentaries", Music of and by David Lidov
Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Avenue, Toronto
Paul Widner, cello
Lidov Fifteen ReInventions for Violin and Cello

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007, approx. 1:15-2:00pm
Solo Recital with William Aide, piano
Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm Street, Toronto, 416-597-0223 - MAP
Mozart, Franck
Free admission

Saturday, December 1rst, 2007, 2:00pm
Lynn Kuo performs student electroacoustic compositions
Walter Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen's Park - MAP
Free admission

Sunday, January 16th, 2005
A Tsunami Fundraising Concert, sponsored by the Classical Music Conservatory
Emmanuel Howard Park United Church, Toronto

Sunday, February 13th, 2005
Les AMIS Concerts, 416-929-6262
Les AMIS Chamber Ensemble
Heliconian Hall, Toronto
Kelly-Marie Murphy, Beverly Grigsby, Messiaen
Emily Marlow, clarinet, Rafael Hoekman, cello, Angela Park, piano

Monday, March 7th, 2005
Muskoka Concert Association, 705-637-8538 or 705-684-8449
Opera House, Gravenhurst, Ontario
Beethoven, Ravel, Brahms
Angela Park, piano

Monday, May 2, 2005
Les AMIS Chamber Ensemble
Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society
Murphy, Grigsby, Messiaen

August, 2005
Appearance in k-os music video
Watch the video: www.k-osmusic.com
Click on the "eyes" on main page. In the Peep Show, watch "The Love Song" video.

Thursday, September 8th, 2005, 6:00/8:00pm
Les AMIS Concerts at The Palace, 416-929-6262
Les AMIS Balkan Tour Benefit Concert
Dinner, drinks, music and comedy
Lynn Kuo, violin; Ellen Annor-Adjei, piano; Tokai Quartet; Sarah Cornell, actor; Jonathan Monro, actor/pianist; Geoffrey Tyler, actor
Dinner from 6:00pm
Concert, 8:00pm
The Palace Restaurant, 722 Pape Avenue (Pape and Danforth), Toronto

Monday, September 19, 2005
Guest lecturer, University of Alberta, Faculty of Music
Edmonton, Alberta
"Five Steps to a Great Practice Session" - View Article: Alberta String Association Newsletter (Fall 2005)

Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Guest lecturer, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Music
Vancouver, British Columbia
"Five Steps to a Great Practice Session"- View Article: Alberta String Association Newsletter (Fall 2005)

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2005 Balkan Concert Tour, October 22 - November 3:

Saturday, October 22, 2005
Recital, Guarnerius, The Center for Arts; Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Natalija Mladenovic, piano
Beethoven, Pepa, Miljkovic, Prokofiev, Kreisler

Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Recital, Timisoara Music Academy; Timisoara, Romania
Valentina Kohonicz, piano,
Beethoven, Pepa, Miljkovic, Prokofiev, Kreisler

Friday, October 28, 2005
Recital, Canadian Embassy; Bucharest, Romania
Valentina Kohonicz, piano,
Beethoven, Pepa, Prokofiev, Kreisler

Sunday, October 30, 2005
Tribina Festival, XIV International Review of Composers; Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Natalija Mladenovic, piano
Pepa Fantaisie bohémienne for violin and piano (2004)

Thursday, November 3, 2005 WATCH VIDEO
"Pepa in Bulgaria" concert; Pernik, Bulgaria
Soloist with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Nadja Hristov, piano; Raitcho Hristov, conductor
Pepa Chorale Partita for solo violin and strings (2003)
Pepa Fantaisie bohémienne for violin, piano, and strings (2005)

Sunday, December 11, 2005, 7:30pm
Les AMIS Concerts, 416-929-6262
Les AMIS Chamber Ensemble
Emily Marlow, clarinet, Rafael Hoekman, cello, Angela Park, piano
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto
Brahms Clarinet Trio, Ravel Piano Trio, Pepa "Falstaff" Variations for Violin, Cello, Piano, Clarinet, and Chimes

2004
Wednesday, January 28, 2004, 12:00pm
Trio Benetri recital
Thomas Yee, piano, Rafael Hoekman, cello
Midday Mosaics
Hart House, University of Toronto
Piano trios by Mendelssohn, Michael Parker, Brahms

Wednesday, January 28, 2004, 8:00pm
Trio Benetri recital
Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society
Mendelssohn, Parker, Brahms

Saturday, January 31, 2004, 7:30pm
"Music at Manoa"
Orvis Auditorium, Manoa Music Department, University of Hawaii, Honolulu
Beethoven, Poulenc, Parker, Franck
Thomas Yee, piano

Saturday, April 3, 2004, 8:00pm
Sunday, April 4, 2004, 8:00pm
Collaborations: StARS, A Reflection on SARS
St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Church, Toronto
Hindemith, Bolcom, Arensky, Andrew Staniland, George Gao
http://www.collabarts.com/stars.html

Friday, September 24th, 2004, 8:00pm
THEOP; Deep River, Ontario
Beethoven, Ravel, Brahms
Angela Park, piano

Saturday, October 23rd, 2004, 2:00pm
Contact Manitoba Showcase
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Angela Park, piano

Wednesday, October 27th, 2004, 12:00pm
Midday Mosaics
Hart House Music Room, University of Toronto - Map
Beethoven, Ravel, Brahms
Angela Park, piano

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Friday, November 5th, 2004, 8:00pm
Performing Arts Lakefield; Lakefield, Ontario
Beethoven, Ravel, Brahms
Angela Park, piano

Sunday, November 7th, 2004, 7:30pm
Les AMIS Concerts
Heliconian Hall, Toronto
Robert Janzen, cello recital
Schulhoff Duo for Violin and Cello

Monday, December 6th, 2004, 6/8pm
Les AMIS Concerts at The Palace, 416-929-6262
Holiday Chamber Music Extravaganza, 8:00pm
The Palace Restaurant, Toronto
Brahms and Mozart Clarinet Quintets, Mendelssohn Octet, Brahms Sextets, Tangos and more surprises

2003
Thursday, January 9, 2003, 8:00pm
Listen to the CBC Radio Broadcast
D.F. Cook Recital Hall, School of Music
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland
Featuring Bach, Saint-Saens, Paganini, Franck, and world premiere by Toronto composer Michael Pepa.
Thomas Yee, piano

Sunday, January 19, 2003, 7:00pm
LES AMIS Concerts (905) 773-7712
Heliconian Club, 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto
Featuring premiere by Toronto composer Michael Pepa.
Angela Park, piano

Thursday, January 23, 2003, 8:00pm
Concert - "Synchronisms"
New Music Festival, University of Toronto
Walter Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, 80 Queens Park, Toronto
Electroacoustic concert featuring the music of Mario Davidovsky and others

Sunday, January 26, 2003
CBC Radio broadcast 3:05pm EST
In Newfoundland: 12:35pm NST CBC Radio Two,
4:35pm NST CBC Radio One

Friday, February 7, 2003, 8:00pm
Raising a Bow for the Spirit - STEP/St. David's Presbyterian Church Concert
Arts and Culture Centre, St. John's Newfoundland
Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso with the Newfoundland Symphony Youth Orchestra

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Tuesday, March 4, 2003, 8:00pm
EROS Chamber Music Toronto
Stone Church, 45 Davenport Road (between Yonge and Bay)
Admission $10/5
Brahms Clarinet Quintet with Michael Westwood, clarinet, Miki Takahashi, violin, Adam Romer, viola, Meran Currie-Roberts, cello

Friday, March 21, 2003
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
Recitals Intimes
Angela Park, piano

Sunday, March 23, 2003, 3:30pm
Debut Young Concert Artists Series (514) 488-4848
Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur, 100 Sherbrooke Street East, Montreal
Angela Park, piano

Tuesday, April 15, 2003, 8:00pm
Canadian Music for Strings by ‘Les Cinq’, Les AMIS composers-in-residence
Michael Pepa 'Metamorphose II', World Premiere
Timothy Sullivan 'Double Concerto' with Carina Reeves, cello
Canadian Sinfonietta, Tak Ng Lai, conductor
Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Building
Friday, October 17, 2003, 7:30pm
Brandon Chamber Players
Soloist and guest Concertmaster
Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba
Pepa Metamorphose II, Mozart Serenata Notturna, Sibelius Rakastava

October 18-20, 2003
Violin Masterclasses
Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba

Tuesday, October 21, 2003, 8:00pm
Ford/Caron Duo Recital
Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba
Kenneth Nichols Trio for Flute, Violin, and Piano (World Premiere)
Robert Ford, flute, Claudette Caron, piano

Sunday, October 26, 2003, 2:30pm
Davidovsky Synchronisms No. 9 for violin and tape
Walter Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto

Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 12:45pm
Arts and Letters Club, Toronto
Poulenc, Franck Sonatas
Angela Park, piano

November 6-8, 2003
Ontario Contact '03 Conference
Toronto Centre for the Arts, Toronto

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2002
January 23, 2002
Midday Mosaics
Hart House, University of Toronto
David Swan, piano

March 6, 2002
Quebec Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Lacombe, conductor
OSQ Canadian Concerto Competition
Alexina Louie Thunder Gate

Sunday, October 6, 2002, 3:00pm
Sunday Classical Concerts (416) 978-5362
Great Hall, Hart House, University of Toronto

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2001
January 5, 2001
Trio Benetri recital
Rafael Hoekman, cello, Thomas Yee, piano
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's

February 11, 2001
New Music Festival, University of Toronto
Richard Mascall Illumination
Rafael Hoekman, cello, Gregory Williams, clarinet, Rachelle Risling, piano

March 8, 2001
University of Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Raffi Armenian, conductor
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218

April 5, 2001
Midday Mosaics
Hart House, University of Toronto
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
Rafael Hoekman, cello, Gregory Williams, clarinet, Rachelle Risling, piano

April 29, 2001
Felix Galimir Chamber Music Award Gala Concert
University of Toronto
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
Rafael Hoekman, cello, Gregory Williams, clarinet, Rachelle Risling, piano

July 15, 2001
Musikalischer Fruschoppen
Salzau, Germany
Strauss/Schonberg Roses of the South
Christoph Eschenbach, piano, Miki Takahashi, violin, Adam Romer, viola, Wolf-Dieter Zastrow, cello, Marianna Schirinjan, harmonium

November 29, 2001
Trio Benetri
Rafael Hoekman, cello, Thomas Yee, piano
Music Around Us
Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Studio, Toronto
Rachmaninov, Shostakovich Trios

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2000
March 17, 2000
Roy Thomson Hall Bring Your Own Lunch Concert
Angela Park, piano

July 9, 2000
Musicorda Young Artist Series
South Hadley, Massachusetts
Dvorak Concerto in a minor, Opus 53

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1999
January 5, 1999
Trio Benetri recital
Rafael Hoekman, cello, Thomas Yee, piano
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's

March 19, 1999
Roy Thomson Hall Bring Your Own Lunch Concert, Toronto
Angela Park, piano

Atlantic Young Artist Tour (October 3-13, 1999)
Thomas Yee, piano
October 3, 1999
St. John's, Newfoundland

October 4, 1999
Halifax, Nova Scotia

October 5, 1999
Wolfville, Nova Scotia

October 6, 1999
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

October 7, 1999
Sackville, New Brunswick

October 12, 1999
Saint John, New Brunswick

October 13, 1999
Fredericton, New Brunswick

November 20, 1999
Canadian Music Centre @ 40 Concert
Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto
Michael Parker In Memoriam

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1998
July 16, 1998
Banff Centre for the Arts
Dvorak Piano Quartet in E flat major
Elizabeth Sawyer-Parisot, piano, David Marks, viola, Cecilia Lee, cello

October 30, 1998
Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, Peter Gardner, conductor
Hibernia Gala Pops Concert, St. John's
Saint Saens Concerto No. 3 in b minor, First movement

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1994
Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, Peter Gardner, conductor
Khachaturian Violin Concerto

December 1993 - January 1994
Newfoundland Symphony Youth Orchestra, Peter Gardner, conductor
Wales, United Kingdom Tour
Sarasate Zigeunerweisen