ABOUT CAMP STAFF
Esfir Dyachkov, Camp Director
Born in Yakoutsk, Siberia, Esfir Dyachkov began piano lessons at age five. After studying at the Moscow Academy
of Music, she continued at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory with the renowned professors Nathan Fishman and Leonid
Roizman. Having graduated with "Great Honours", she was invited to become a professor at the Conservatory's
Academy of Music, a position she kept in conjunction with an active concert career. She moved to Canada in 1988.
Performing as a soloist and accompanist has enabled her to tour throughout Europe, the United States and South
America. While a member of the Moscow Goskonsert, she had the opportunity to play with famous artists from
all over the world.
She guides soloists, while remaining discretely in the background. As well as being an experienced
instrumentalist, she coaches and performs with vocalists and choirs.
Esfir Dyachkov has won numerous international prizes and a special first prize for the premiere of
Shostakovich's last work: Sonata for viola and piano, op.147. She has recorded for Melodiya and Radio-Canada.
As a teacher, she has authored several publications on piano pedagogy, methods and techniques, and many of her
students have been recipients of international prizes. She founded music schools in Russia, Ecuador, and Camp
Musical Tutti in Canada.
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Yegor Dyachkov, Cellist
Whether offering "a most beautiful romantic interpretation" (Le Soleil, Quebec), captivating audiences
with his "silky round tone" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), or bringing "music to the point of incandescence"
(Le Devoir, Montreal), Yegor Dyachkov's artistic profile is characterized by a uniquely beautiful sound, an
intensity and richness of playing, a remarkable maturity of musicianship, and a diversity of repertoire.
Born in Moscow in 1974, his principal musical mentors have been Aleksandr Fedorchenko in Moscow, Yuli Turovsky
in Montreal and Boris Pergamenschikow in Cologne. An impressive recitalist, orchestral soloist, and chamber
musician, Yegor Dyachkov participates in a wide array of festivals such as those in Evian, Kronberg,
Tanglewood, Lanaudiere and Vancouver. His concert schedule also includes invitations from such noted
ensembles the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra of Flanders, the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, I Musici de Montreal, the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
and the Geneva Chamber Orchestra.
Winning the Orford International Competition in 1997 led to an invitation from the Chandos label to record
his debut CD featuring Glazunov's Concerto Ballata. The following year, the American label Brioso launched
a CD comprising works by Strauss and Pfitzner, recorded with pianist Henri Brassard. Two other discs,
recorded with Jean Saulnier at the piano, featuring sonatas by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Schnittke
(Pellas label) and Brahms sonatas (Analekta), have recently been released to great critical acclaim.
In year 2000, he received the first "Artist of the Year" award from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(CBC) and the Toronto Women's Musical Club as well as the Young Canadian Musician Award from the eponymous
Foundation. Yegor Dyachkov tours internationally on a regular basis, and his performances are broadcast
and televised in Canada and abroad. The breadth of his musical commitment extends also to teaching where
in masterclasses he is a persuasive, articulate and enthusiastic presence. He currently teaches on the
Faculty of Music at McGill University, in Montreal.
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Nancy Golberg, our Administrative Director
Nancy teaches piano privately in Montreal. An experienced former camp counselor, she returns to Camp Musical
Tutti this summer to share her skills and enjoyment of outdoor activities with interested musician campers.
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Cazo, Percussionist
His name is Alex Soudin, but it is under the stage name of Cazo that he conveys us to the unique charm of
drums. A percussionist from Martinique with thirty years of experience, Cazo knows how to communicate his
passion for Latin, Cuban and African rhythms as well as those from the Antilles.
After having experienced great success in his country, Cazo immigrated to Quebec twelve years ago. He has
participated in cultural events such as the FrancoFolies of Montreal, the Montreal Jazz Festival,
Nuits d'Afrique, the Ottawa Jazz Festival, and Vues d'Afriques, to name only a few. With a variety of bands,
Cazo has more than twenty recordings. He has toured in Canada, in the Antilles, in South America,
in Europe and Africa. In addition, he gives private lessons and percussion workshops for individuals of all ages.
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Dr Andrew MacDonald, Composer
The compositions of Andrew Paul MacDonald have won many prestigious prizes, including the 1995 Juno Award
for 'Best Classical Composition' for his Violin Concerto. His many compositions have been performed across
the country by such notable ensembles as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, l'Orchestre Symphonique de
Montreal, the Esprit Orchestra, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Vancouver
Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, The Evergreen Club and the I Musici de Montreal. He has had
works commissioned by outstanding orchestras, chamber ensembles, solo performers, music competitions, the
Canadian Opera Company and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. His works are frequently broadcast on CBC and
Société Radio-Canada, and have been performed in England, Norway, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan,
Turkey, the United States and Canada. A number of his compositions have been recorded on twelve compact discs
to date, and two recent ones for violin and piano on the ATMA and Centrdiscs labels were both nominated for
the 2004 East Coast Music Award.
Vice-President and Council member of the Canadian League of Composers from 1993-97 and currently Artistic Director
of Ensemble Musica Nova, MacDonald performs in concert as a classical and electric guitarist and as a conductor,
and is chairman and professor of composition and electronic music at Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Québec.
Visit the website at: www.ubishops.ca/andrewpaulmacdonald.
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Caroline Malo
Caroline has a passion for all genres of performing arts. Her journey is quite the
unusual one: since her youth, she has studied music (by tackling a doctorate in piano performance at the Faculty of
Music of the University of Montreal), theater (mostly at the École le petit monde des artistes, but also
during numerous stages in Québec as well as overseas), singing (with Gaétane Létourneau and Pierrette Lachance)
and dance (classical and modern).
Not content to remain with a single means of expression, she has attempted for many years to fuse her different
artistic languages into a whole that would transcend the obstacles often associated with conventional schools.
Caroline Malo designs scenic shows for Le Théatre des Marie-Sirènes that she founded in 2002. In June of the same
year, 'Viviane', the first creation of the TMS, won two prizes given by the Association of Certified Gerontologists
of Laval University: best troop project and public prize.
Caroline Malo teaches privately piano and vocal posing to teenagers and adults. She is a specialist in vocal coaching.
For more than 15 years, she has been a rehearsal pianist, a playwright, choreographer, musical arranger, author of
musicals for Le petit monde des artistes. Furthermore, she has been part of the group Triange (voice, piano, cello)
and gives solo performances (piano and voice) for special occasions.
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Serge Mandeville, Performer
Since graduating from the Québec Conservatory of Dramatic
Arts in 1997, Serge has had several substantial roles in major Montreal theatres
such as the Theatre du Nouveau Monde, Rideau-Vert, Denise-Pelletier, as
well as in cinema and television plays. He recently acted in the televised
version of Michel Tremblay 's play Le coeur découvert. He
is also an experienced stage writer, translator, adapter, and designer,
and is co-director of the Absolutheatre theatre company. Serge Mandeville also prepares
students for entrance auditions to theatre schools. A keen amateur musician,
who sings, plays the piano, and is learning to play the cello, this is
his sixth summer teaching theatre arts to Camp Musical musicians.
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Luba Shapiro, Fine Artist
Luba is a fine artist who combines the traditional school approaches with the latest trends in art. Luba's
work encompasses portraiture and figure, imaginative and intuitive drawing, exploration of spiritual
concepts through personal experiences and daily encounters. Among her mediums are painting, drawing,
and sculpture. In her current work she also combines found objects and text. Her work was exhibited
in various group shows and has been purchased by several private collectors. Luba is also exploring her
potential as a writer and is working on a book inspired by her experiences as a mother and an artist.
Prior to focusing solely on fine art, Luba pursued a fashion design career, contributing as a designer and
illustrator at various fashion houses around Boston. Her line of clothes was exhibited on the runway at
Coupley Plaza in Boston. Luba is finishing her Masters of Fine Arts at Vermont College of Union Institute
and University (August 2003). She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Art Institute of Boston
with concentration in painting and printmaking (honors and an achievement in Liberal Arts Award).
Luba also holds a Fashion Design Degree from the School of Fashion Design in Boston. Luba immigrated to
USA from Russia in 1988, and lives in Salem, Massachusetts with her husband and son.
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Mark Simons
Mark has been artistic director of the Westmount Youth Orchestra from 1996 to 2004. During these years, the WYO has won two gold medals
and one silver at Musicfest. As clarinetist, he has been guest soloist with
I Musici de Montreal, the Quebec Symphony Orchestra and many other Canadian
ensembles. On the contempory music scene, he was soloist with L'Ensemble
Contemporain de Quebec in the first edition of the Musiques au Present
festival, and appeared with the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble
performing 'Echange' by Xenakis. He is a founding member of the exciting
contemporary music group KORE, now in its sixth season. Simons has
performed frequently with the Daponte String Quartet in the US and in
Montreal. He has also performed with Le Quatuor Arthur Leblanc, the Casal
string quartet and the Bozzini quartet. In a recent SRC radio broadcast
from Ottawa, he appeared with pianist Paul Stewart in a classical recital,
and after the intermission was joined by the Mazik Klezmer Band in some
jazz and klezmer music. SRC and CBC radio have broadcast numerous recitals,
most recently with New York pianist Matthew Herskowitz in which the duo
performed both classical and jazz repertoire. As an orchestral musician, he
has performed with the Montreal Symphony, the Quebec Symphony, I Musici de
Montreal, L'Orchestre Metropolitain and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Mr.
Simons conducted the National Youth Orchestra of Canada on a tour in
Eastern Canada, and he has been conductor of the Orchestre du College
Vincent D'Indy, the Concordia University contemporary music ensemble and
the CAMMAC music center orchestra. Mark Simons studied conducting with
Jonathan Sternberg, Mikail Kukushkin, Ole Schmidt and others. He studied
clarinet with Charles Neidich in New York, Anthony Gigliotti in
Philadelphia, and Emelio Iacurto and Peter Freeman in Montreal.
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Caroline MacLeay, art
The daughter of musician parents, Caroline MacLeay was born in Montreal in 1969. In 1987 she embarked on a course of self-study through which she developed into a multi-disciplinary artist. She works in acrylic, oil and ink, and she is also involved in dance and piano. Sports-minded as well, she has coached basketball and been a canoe-camping guide.
Since 2001, she has concentrated on teaching art (pastels and acrylics) and on producing her own works. She has illustrated music books, CD covers, publicity brochures and posters and pedagogical materials. She has participated in many exhibits, and her works form part of several private collections.
As an art teacher, she has animated many workshops, both for children and for adults, among them Camp musical Tutti. She is also active on many committees in the heart of her community. |
Françoise Morin-Lyons, Violinist
Francoise Morin-Lyons has been playing, touring and recording with I Musici
de Montreal Chamber Orchestra since its founding in 1983. She has taught the
violin privately, conducted music workshops and given masterclasses for the
last twenty-five years.
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 Samuel Laroche-Pagé
Active these past four years teaching his instrument in the Montreal region, Samuel Laroche-Pagé has participated in many concerts and events since a young age. Having studied classical guitar at CEGEP Marie-Victorin for several years with M. Jacques Joubert, he received his D.E.C. in 2007. Samuel has several years of experience in jazz and rock/blues. His musical interests are well diversified. He is now studying lute, cello and Latin percussion instruments as he wishes to enlarge is horizons with instruments complementary to the guitar.
During the past year Samuel has been a founding member of a guitar duo, a guitar/violin duo and a guitar/flute duo, where he plans to broaden his experience in music of all genres.
Samuel will soon begin university studies in interpretation.
 Kerry Roebuck
“If music be the food of love, play on!” is the philosophy which drives Kerry Roebuck.
By the age of 18, Kerry was awarded a full-year scholarship to study clarinet and conducting in Venezuela. He also received trophies for a number of competitions, including the Edward Johnson Music Competition and the Trinidad & Tobago Music Festival.
Kerry loves jazz, popular, and art music alike, and helping young and not-so-young musicians find understanding and joy in performing music truly satisfies his thirst as a conductor and teacher. He has taught and performed in Caracas, Trinidad & Tobago, Ontario and Montreal. As an instrumentalist, he has performed with such groups as the Simon Bolivar Clarinet Choir, The Lydian Players, the Brass Institute Soca Band, the Magnum Dance Band, the North York Symphony Orchestra and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. As a conductor, Kerry has directed the National Youth Orchestra of Trinidad & Tobago, and the Queen’s Royal College Concert Band and Marching Bands. He currently directs the Rudolf Steiner School Choral and Orchestral ensembles, the Montreal West Operatic Society, and the Chroma Musika Symphonic Ensemble.
His musical arrangements for diverse combinations of small to large ensembles have been performed since his high school days. He likes spending his free time thinking of innovative ways of enticing and motivating musicians in their quest for musical fulfillment.
 Sonia Hernandez
Born in 1987, Sonia Hernandez has played the violin since the age of 5. She started her studies in Spain and from the age of 8 continued at the primary music school Lubomir Pipkov in Sofia. In 1997 she arrived in Canada, where she pursued private studies with Larissa Macmac. A little while later, she entered the Conservatoire de Musique et d’Art Dramatique du Québec and became a student of Johanne Arel. She won 2nd prize at the Montreal Classical Music Festival in 2002 and 3rd prize in that competition in 2004. She made the momentous decision to join the class of Eleanora Turovsky in 2003. Sonia has been studying with Mme Turovsky ever sine, and is at present enrolled in the Baccalauréat program at the University of Montreal.
 Liliya Bayarashova
Born in Russia, Liliya Bayarashova started learning the piano at the tender age of six. She studied in numerous music establishments in her native Kazan, obtaining a Masters Degree at the State Conservatory in 1997. She participated in master classes in Zurich as well as piano and chamber competitions in Russia and abroad. She works mainly as a soloist and chamber musician. She is also a piano teacher and accompanist in several music colleges.
Liliya Bayarashova emigrated to Canada in 2005, where she completed her Masters Diploma at the Université de Montréal, under Maneli Pirzadeh. At present she is continuing her studies at the Université de Montréal under professor Jean-Eudes Vaillancourt.
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