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Jamie Parker
Meagan Morris
Sheela Sur
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Jamie Parker
In the realm of Canadian pianists, Jamie Parker is among the best. Accomplished, versatile, and brilliant, are descriptors frequently linked to this sought-after artist. The Toronto Star described him as having “a messianic manner at the keyboard”, and he has demonstrated his artistry to critical acclaim in solo, chamber and orchestral performances across Europe, the US and Canada.
He has performed with every major Canadian Orchestra, including the L’orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, the Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg and National Arts Centre orchestras, to name a few, and has given recitals across North America. He has made frequent appearances on CBC and performances on Bravo!, the CanWest Global Network, and MuchMusic. Jamie is also the pianist for Canada’s foremost ensemble, The Gryphon Trio.
He first achieved national prominence after winning first place at the 1984 Eckhardt-Gramatte National Music Competition. He continued to capture major prizes, including the CBC Radio’s 25th National Competition for Young Performers, The Julliard Concerto Competition, and the Virginia P. Moore Award as the most promising young classical artist in Canada.
Jamie completed his early training at the University of British Columbia and the Banff School. He earned both his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from The Julliard School where he studied under the legendary Adele Marcus. He is presently on the Music Faculty of Wilfrid Laurier University in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. He is also currently the Rupert E. Edward Chair in Piano Performance on the music faculty at the University of Toronto.
Jamie is making a return visit to perform with the Deep River Symphony Orchestra. He last performed here with the Gryphon Trio during the DRSO’s 50th anniversary season in October 2002.
Megan Morris
Megan Morris is no stranger to the Deep River music scene. A native of the town and part of an actively musical family, Megan was involved in many after-school choirs, bands, musical productions, and small ensembles from an early age. She began studying the bassoon when she was 12 and by the age of 15 was playing in the Deep River Symphony Orchestra, the Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy, and studying privately with Ben Glossop, also in Ottawa. She currently studies with Nadina Mackie Jackson at Wilfrid Laurier University where she has had the opportunity to work in a variety of ensemble and solo settings and will finish a BMus in Orchestral Performance in the summer of 2010. Megan’s most recent performances have been through the WLU Symphony Orchestra, a wind quintet, the bassoon quartet 54 Thumb Keys, the Kitchener Waterloo Chamber Orchestra, and the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Youth Orchestra, with whom she performed Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E flat in the fall of 2009. Megan plans to continue her education on the bassoon in the 2010/11 school year and is very excited for the opportunity to share what she has learned so far with the DRSO audience this May!
Sheela Sur
Sheela grew up in Deep River where she began her musical pursuits at an early age, studying piano and recorder with Susan Morris. She joined her first choir at age eight and later continued her vocal studies in Deep River with Stella Callighen and Peter Morris.
Her interests in music and theatre have led her to take part in over twenty-five community theatre projects. Her most recent roles include “Tuptim” in The Pembroke Musical Society’s production of The King and I and “Chiffon” in Musical Theatre Productions’ (London, Ontario) production of Little Shop of Horrors.
Sheela has been a member of the Deep River Recorder Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, Woodwind Quintet, Choral Group and Cantandos. She has performed as a soloist with the Deep River Symphony Orchestra, the Deep River Choral Group, and the Ottawa Valley Music Festival. In 2006, Sheela competed in the Pembroke Kiwanis Music Festival, where she received the Ottawa Valley Music Festival Award for adult vocal solo. Later that year she was selected to receive the DRSO Music Director’s Award.
Sheela is currently in her fourth year of the undergraduate music program at the University of Western Ontario where she studies voice with Jackalyn Short. She is also a member of Les Choristes, UWO’s award-winning women’s choir. Sheela will graduate in spring 2010 with a Bachelor of Music (Honors Specialization in Music History) degree. Though she hopes to pursue a Master’s degree in library science, Sheela plans to remain highly involved in music and community theatre.
Marian Arthur
Ms. Arthur's bio will be posted shortly
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