The Winnipeg Chamber Music Society
The Ensemble
Gwen Hoebig, violin
Karl Stobbe, violin
Daniel Scholz, viola
Yuri Hooker, cello
David Moroz, piano

Guest Performers
Patricia Evans, horn
Allen Harrington, saxophone
Micah Heilbrunn, clarinet
Desmond Hoebig, cello
Steve Kirby Trio, jazz trio

Performer Biographies

Daniel Scholz, viola

A native of Regina, violist Daniel Scholz enjoys a versatile career as an orchestral performer, chamber musician, teacher and conductor. Mr. Scholz is Principal violist with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, and is a member of THE WINNIPEG CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY , Brandon Chamber Players and the Rembrandt String Quartet. He studied at the University of Regina, McGill University and the University of British Columbia, and was a prize-winner at the Lionel Tertis Viola Competition, the most prestigious event of its kind, held on the Isle of Mann. As a soloist, Daniel Scholz has performed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchrestra, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, the Okanagan Symphony and the Vancouver Chamber Players, and last season was soloist in the WSO premiere of the Viola Concerto by William Walton. Highly sought after as a teacher, Mr. Scholz is an instructor at the University of Manitoba and the Canadian Mennonite University, and also conducts the Winnipeg Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has performed and taught at many of Canada's major festivals and is a faculty member of the University of Manitoba's Summer Chamber Music Program. Mr. Scholz has commissioned new works from Bramwell Tovey, David Scott, T. Patrick Carrabré and Jim Hiscott. He plays a viola designed by Gerald Stanick and made by Alan Balmforth of Seattle. [ Daniel Scholz ]
Daniel Scholz (photo: Andrew Sikorsky)

(biography current as of June, 2009)
 
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