Peter Allen

 

Jennifer Barrett-Drew

Born in 1971, Jennifer was raised in Bedford, Nova Scotia beginning piano lessons in the 70's and later studying piano, theory and classical guitar at the Royal Conservatory in Halifax. In the late 80's, Jennifer relocated to Quebec to study both music and art at Dawson College in Montreal. With the stronger interest emerging in music, she returned to Nova Scotia entering Dalhousie's music program in the early 90's, concentrating in classical guitar. In 1995, Jennifer was married to fellow classical guitarist Robert Drew and relocated to Prince Edward Island, opening Fretworks Guitar Studio, teaching guitar, piano and music theory, having two children Ryan (1997) and Shannon (2000) and regularly performing with her husband in their classical guitar duo. Throughout this time Jennifer has remained dedicated to composing music for both piano and classical guitar.

 

Daniel Basiletti

Daniel Basiletti was born on Prince Edward Island in 1976. He grew up in a musical family and learned how to play several instruments before settling on the two that interested him most: trumpet and piano. With a solid foundation in Jazz and Classical music, Daniel began to compose, drawing from the music he heard in Atlantic Canada and in New Orleans. He has composed music for several short films, but "Study of a Manhattan Subway" is his first published piece. This composition expresses the various moods of New York City, where he currently resides.

 

Rémi Bouchard

 

Dennis Farrell

 

Serge Filiatreault

Serge Filiatreault holds a degree in trombone and has been, for more than 20 years, a teacher of trombone and low brass. In addition to many years as a freelance musician and clinician, Filiatreault has performed as a member of the brass quartet 4 Cast, music director of the Kwazulu-Natal Youth Orchestra (in South Africa), and trombonist with the Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra and l'Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivières. Some of his compositions have been broadcast and performed in concert. Of particular note are his performances in the company of artists such as Shirley Bassey, Helmut Lotti, The Three Tenors and Zubin Mehta.

 

Richard Gibson

 

Laura Hoffman

 

Rebekah Maxner

 

Michael C. Snelgrove

Michael was born in Botwood, Newfoundland in 1962. He started his musical studies in St. John's with Dr. Eric Abbott. Michael attended and finished high school in London, Ontario where his teacher was Bill Davies. He attended the University of Alberta where he studied with Malcolm Forsythe and Manis Sasonkin. He completed his university studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where his teachers included, Dr. Donald Cook, Dr. Donald Buell and Paul Bendsza. He graduated from MUN in 1987 with a B.MUS. and a B.MUS. Ed. He has been teaching in the Newfoundland school system ever since. He is currently the music specialist at Exploits Valley High, Maple Division, in Grand Falls - Windsor. Despite his workload with education, Michael still finds time to compose music for various ensembles and soloists. He has received several commissions from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, The Soiree 99 Celebrations, Cabot 500 and most recently composed a piece for the memorial University's School of Music commemorating their 25th Anniversary. Michael has over 200 compositions and arrangements to his credit. Michael has just recently had some of his music published with Waterloo Music, in conjunction with the Canadian Conservatory of Music. He currently resides in Grand Falls - Windsor, with his wife Peggy, son Samuel and Great Pyrenees mountain dog, Allegro.

 

John Spray

 

Stella terHart

 

Hubert Tersteeg

Bert Tersteeg is a retired professor from the University of Prince Edward Island. Throughout his life he was active as a performer, teacher, administrator and composer. There are few musical organizations on PEI that have not been influenced by Bert to some degree. Bert has written and arranged many pieces for piano, brass ensemble, string quartet and others.