Masterclasses in Ottawa

with musicians from the Orchestre symphonique de Québec

2024-03-07 16:00 2024-03-08 17:30 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Masterclasses in Ottawa

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36142

In-person event

As part of the Two Orchestras, One Symphony Tour, attend free masterclasses with musicians of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec: March 7, 4 pm: Andre Dubelsten, Principal Trumpet March 8, 3:30 pm: Marlène Ngalissamy, Principal Bassoon FREE ADMISSION André Dubelsten A native of Toronto, Andre Dubelsten has been a member of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec since 2022. Prior to joining the OSQ, he spent over a decade playing with the Canadian...

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University of Ottawa: Perez Building, Freiman Hall,50 University Private,Ottawa
March 7 - 8, 2024
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Music Classical music Masterclass
  • In-person event
  • Bilingual

As part of the Two Orchestras, One Symphony Tour, attend free masterclasses with musicians of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec:

  • March 7, 4 pm: Andre Dubelsten, Principal Trumpet
  • March 8, 3:30 pm: Marlène Ngalissamy, Principal Bassoon

FREE ADMISSION

André Dubelsten

A native of Toronto, Andre Dubelsten has been a member of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec since 2022. Prior to joining the OSQ, he spent over a decade playing with the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, as well as with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the National Ballet of Canada and other Toronto-area ensembles. He has performed as a soloist throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East, most notably at Steinway Hall in New York City; the Villersexel cathedral in Villersexel, France; San Marcos University in Lima, Peru; the Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California; the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California and Messiah University in Grantham, Pennsylvania. He regularly tours as a soloist with the Young Musicians European Orchestra, performing concerts throughout Italy, other parts of Europe and the Middle East.

As a chamber musician, Andre has toured the United States with New York-based soprano Devon Guthrie, performing baroque concerts for trumpet and voice. The duo’s tour took Andre through California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, and the United Kingdom. Andre has also played as a soloist with the Portland Chamber Orchestra in Oregon. He credits his musical development to his teachers, Gerald B. Webster, Andrew McCandless, Edward Carroll, Jens Lindemann and Mark Gould.

Marlène Ngalissamy

Marlène Ngalissamy was appointed principal bassoon of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec in May 2022. She has also played with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, The Philadelphia Orchestra and as guest principal bassoon with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota.

Marlène studied under Mathieu Harel and Stéphane Lévesque at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal before completing a graduate degree at Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia under Daniel Matsukawa.

She has participated in workshops at a number of chamber music festivals, including Domaine Forget, the National Arts Centre, the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont and the Pablo Casals Festival in France. She is also an alum of the Pacific Music Festival in Japan. Marlène is a Hnatyshyn grant recipient and a Meg Quigley competition finalist and placed first at the 2013 Canadian Music Competition.

In 2020 and 2021, Marlène traveled to London, England, to perform with the Chineke! Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall, where she recorded works by Samuel Coleridge‑Taylor.

She was recently invited to perform with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society in a program of works for bassoon, voice, and piano, and has been on the faculty of the National Youth Orchestra Canada since summer 2023.

Artists

  • Featuring Andre Dubelsten
  • Featuring Marlène Ngalissamy