Announcing HATCH 2024 Participants!

For our sixth consecutive season, we are excited to present HATCH, Continuum’s annual summer music mentorship project for performers, composers and conductors.

From this year’s pool of applications, our jury selected the following participants:

Composers: Shameran Khamo, Olivier St-Pierre, Tsz Long Fish Yu

Performers: Joelle Crigger (violin), Samantha Yang (cello), Jordana Kleiner (flute), Cheng Cheng (clarinet), Carina Shum (piano) and Britton-René Collins (percussion). We are also proud to continue our partnership with Tapestry Opera and other partner organizations across Canada for the Women in Musical Leadership program. We welcome conductor Kelly Lin, who will lead the HATCH ensemble in rehearsal and performance. Kelly’s conductor mentor is Jennifer Tung.

Joelle Crigger, violin
Joelle Crigger, violin
Samantha Yang, cello
Samantha Yang, cello
Jordana Kleiner, flute / bass flute
Jordana Kleiner, flute / bass flute
Cheng Cheng, clarinet / bass clarinet
Cheng Cheng, clarinet / bass clarinet
Carina Shum, piano
Carina Shum, piano
Britton-René Collins, percussion
Britton-René Collins, percussion
Shameran Khamo, composer
Shameran Khamo, composer
Olivier St-Pierre, composer
Olivier St-Pierre, composer
Tsz Long Fish Yu, composer
Tsz Long Fish Yu, composer
Kelly Lin, conductor
Kelly Lin, conductor

Mentors: rebecca bruton (composer), Fjóla Evans (composer), Carol Fujino (violin), Paul Widner (cello), Leslie Newman (flute), Anthony Thompson (clarinet), Gregory Oh (piano), Ryan Scott (percussion).

We are excited to once again partner with our friends at the Canadian Music Centre that will host our rehearsal process in Toronto in July, followed by performances at the Toronto Summer Music Festival (July 24), Biglake Arts (July 27), and Ottawa Chamberfest (August 5)! We look forward to sharing recordings of the works by our participating composers and mentors as part of our Press Play series next season.

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