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Orchestra

The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra

The National Ballet of Canada is privileged to have its own full orchestra with over 60 members and is led by Music Director and Principal Conductor David Briskin.

The company's first Music Director was George Crum who, along with Founder Celia Franca, was a pioneer of the company. Mr. Crum held the position from the company's inception in 1951 to 1984, when he was appointed Musical Director Emeritus. The orchestra was led by Ermanno Florio from 1985 to 1990 and Ormsby Wilkins was Music Director from 1990 to 2006.

The National Ballet Orchestra has toured extensively with the company through Canada, the United States and Europe. Over the years, the orchestra has received much acclaim from audiences and critics alike and has recorded two CDs of Michael Torkes' compositions for The Contract (The Pied Piper) and An Italian Straw Hat.

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Members

Violins

Benjamin Bowman
Concert Master

Lynn Kuo,
Assistant Concert Master

Dominique Laplante,
Principal Second Violin

James Aylesworth
Jennie Baccante
Sheldon Grabke
Xiao Grabke
Nancy Kershaw
Csaba Koczó
Sonia Klimasko-Leheniuk
Yakov Lerner
Jayne Maddison
Ron Mah
Aya Miyagawa
Wendy Rogers
Filip Tomov
Joanna Zabrowarna
Paul Zevenhuizen

Violas

Angela Rudden, Principal
Theresa Rudolph Koczó, Assistant Principal

Valerie Kuinka
Johann Lotter
Beverley Spotton
Larry Toman

Cellos

Maurizio Baccante, Principal

Marianne Pack
Olga Laktionova
Andrew McIntosh
Marianne Pack
Elaine Thompson
Paul Widner

Basses

Hans J. F. Preuss, Principal

Paul Langley
Robert Speer
Cary Takagaki

Flutes

Leslie J. Allt, Principal

Maria Pelletier
Shelley Brown, Piccolo 

Oboes

Mark Rogers, Principal

Karen Rotenberg
Lesley Young, English Horn 

Clarinets

Max Christie, Principal

Emily Marlow
Gary Kidd, Bass Clarinet 

Bassoons

Stephen Mosher, Principal

Jerry Robinson
Elizabeth Gowen, Contra Bassoon  

Horns

Gary Pattison, Principal

Vincent Barbee
Derek Conrod
Scott Wevers

Trumpets

Richard Sandals, Principal

Mark Dharmaratnam

Trombones

David Archer, Principal

Robert Ferguson
David R. Pell, Bass Trombone 

Tuba

Sasha Johnson, Principal

Harp

Lucie Parent, Principal

Timpani

Michael Perry, Principal

Percussion

Robert Comber, Principal
Mark Mazur

Keyboards

Edward Connell
Janis Neilson
Andrei Streliaev

 

Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager: Raymond Tizzard

Library Assistant: Lucie Parent

Personnel Manager and Music Administrator:
Jean Verch

Quotes

Soldiers’ Mass

"The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir sang magnificently, the National Ballet orchestra played with commitment and the all-male ensemble danced like angels winging their way to glory."

The Hamilton Spectator, 2008
 

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