Mozart in the Meadow

Peter Shackleton is principal clarinetist of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra and a member of Music in Common and INNERchamber He has served as principal clarinetist of Orchestra London Canada, and has performed with Tafelmusik (on historical clarinet) and Les Violons du Roy, as well as with the Milwaukee Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and Stratford Festival Orchestras. Peter is currently on the faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University and in the past has held teaching positions at Western University and Lakehead University Awarded First Prize at the 27th CBC Radio Competition, he has performed as a soloist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra (Vancouver), Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra and Tafelmusik. Peter received his Honours Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University and a certificate in Chamber Music Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

ski, violin. Acclaimed for his musical versatility and eclectic nist and conductor Stephen Sitarski was born in Oakville, eceived his training from Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of versity of Toronto, and the State University of New York at His most influential teachers were Lorand Fenyves and Joyce holding the position of Associate Concertmaster of the ra Company Orchestra, he took the same position with the mphony Orchestra, and then went on to become r of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony He is currently r of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in addition to it Orchestra He has performed as guest concertmaster for an orchestras, and has often been featured as soloist. Composers Glenn Buhr and Kelly-Marie Murphy have both written concertos expressly for Stephen, and he has been involved in countless premieres of new works in solo, chamber, and orchestral forms. A former faculty member of Canada’s National Youth Orchestra, he is currently on the faculty of Toronto’s Royal Conservatory Himself a victim of severe depression, Stephen has become an advocate and spokesperson for musicians’ mental health issues

Cathy Anderson is the Associate Principal Cellist of the KitchenerWaterloo Symphony, of which she has been a member since 2007 She also plays occasionally with Drayton Entertainment and as a sub for the Stratford Festival. She has been heard as a soloist and chamber musician on CBC Radio and National Public Radio in the United States, and holds music degrees from Wilfrid Laurier and Yale Universities. Cathy performs regularly in the Kitchener-Waterloo area both with the symphony and in collaboration with other local musicians She enjoys teaching the young musicians of the K-W Symphony Youth Orchestra programs, and maintains a teaching studio at the Renaissance School of the Arts.