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In addition to his compositional ventures, Kevin is an accomplished pianist and arranger. He has performed in a variety of series and venues, including the Toronto Arts and Letters Club, Heliconian Hall, the Liberty Village New Artist Series, and the Mondavi Center in UC Davis, California. His two orchestral arrangements of Christmas Carols ("Jingle Bells" and "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear") are performed frequently by the community orchestras in the Greater Toronto Area. He has worked with numerous pop/folk artists on live orchestral arrangements, including the Celtic group Rant Maggie Rant, the rock band Code Blue, the R&B singer Chuck Jackson, and the Juno-nominated pop artist Suzie McNeil. In 2009 he debuted as a guest conductor for the Mississauga Symphony on his own composition, Sea of Blossoms. Recently, he was commissioned by the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles to arrange the percussion concerto Tongues of Fire (by canadian composer Christos Hatzis) for wind ensemble and percussion. He is an active member of the Mississauga Chamber Music Society (under the direction of Peggy Hills), most recently composing and arranging music for both European classical and traditional Persian instruments in the 50-minute educational production Carpet of Dreams. | In addition to his compositional ventures, Kevin is an accomplished pianist and arranger. He has performed in a variety of series and venues, including the Toronto Arts and Letters Club, Heliconian Hall, the Liberty Village New Artist Series, and the Mondavi Center in UC Davis, California. His two orchestral arrangements of Christmas Carols ("Jingle Bells" and "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear") are performed frequently by the community orchestras in the Greater Toronto Area. He has worked with numerous pop/folk artists on live orchestral arrangements, including the Celtic group Rant Maggie Rant, the rock band Code Blue, the R&B singer Chuck Jackson, and the Juno-nominated pop artist Suzie McNeil. In 2009 he debuted as a guest conductor for the Mississauga Symphony on his own composition, Sea of Blossoms. Recently, he was commissioned by the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles to arrange the percussion concerto Tongues of Fire (by canadian composer Christos Hatzis) for wind ensemble and percussion. He is an active member of the Mississauga Chamber Music Society (under the direction of Peggy Hills), most recently composing and arranging music for both European classical and traditional Persian instruments in the 50-minute educational production Carpet of Dreams. | ||
In 2007 Kevin co-founded the Sneak Peek Orchestra with conductor Victor Cheng. Composed primarily of young and emerging professionals from Toronto, the orchestra has premiered four of his works, including The Water of Life, which was performed at the George Weston Recital Hall (with violinist Conrad Chow) as part of the international charity Free the Children, and most recently his Cello Concerto Foundation, commissioned by Rachel Mercer. Kevin lives in Toronto and recently received his doctorate degree in music composition from the University of Toronto under the supervision of Christos Hatzis. He served as composer-in-residence for the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra (2010-12) and was one of two emerging resident composers at the Banff Centre (summer of 2012). He was recently appointed Affiliate Composer of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (2012-14). | In 2007 Kevin co-founded the Sneak Peek Orchestra with conductor Victor Cheng. Composed primarily of young and emerging professionals from Toronto, the orchestra has premiered four of his works, including The Water of Life, which was performed at the George Weston Recital Hall (with violinist Conrad Chow) as part of the international charity Free the Children, and most recently his Cello Concerto Foundation, commissioned by Rachel Mercer. | ||
Kevin lives in Toronto and recently received his doctorate degree in music composition from the University of Toronto under the supervision of Christos Hatzis. He served as composer-in-residence for the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra (2010-12) and was one of two emerging resident composers at the Banff Centre (summer of 2012). He was recently appointed Affiliate Composer of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (2012-14). | |||
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