Kevin Park
Artistic Director
DATE
PROGRAM
Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major "Fandango", G.448
Luigi Boccherini
Piano Trio in A minor
Maurice Ravel
I. Modéré
II. Pantoum (Assez vif)
III. Passacaille: Trés large
IV. Final: Animé
Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4, for string sextet
Arnold Schoenberg
ABOUT
SIMON MACDONALD
Simon MacDonald began playing the violin at age seven in Victoria, British Columbia. He did his musical studies in Victoria, Boston, and Montreal; receiving a Bachelor of Music from New England Conservatory and Master of Music from McGill. As a student Simon spent summers performing and studying at several music festivals around Europe and North America. After playing the 1999 season with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans, Simon returned to Canada where he now calls Winnipeg home. On the prairies Simon is active as a teacher, orchestral musician, chamber musician, and soloist. Along with his regular duties in the first violin section of the WSO, he was Principal Second violin of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra (2003-12), guest Concert Master of the Regina Symphony Orchestra (2013, 14), and he is a member of the Rembrandt String Quartet. In October of 2013, his wife Jennifer gave birth to their first baby, a beautiful boy named Oliver.
JASON HO
A native of Vancouver, Jason Ho is a graduate of the prestigious Cleveland Institute of Music where he studied with David Updegraff. Jason began his musical studies at the age of four with Don Lum and also with Professor Andrew Dawes at the University of British Columbia.
Jason Ho was a grand prize winner at the Canadian Music Competition, BC Festival of the Arts, UBC Concerto Competition, and Burnaby Clef Concerto Competition. Mr. Ho made his orchestral debut at the age of fourteen, and has served as concertmaster of the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra.
Jason is currently a member of the First Violin section of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
