KYE MARSHALL is a professional composer, cellist and nature photographer. She has written for full orchestra and numerous chamber ensembles. Her full length opera Pomegranate was presented by the Canadian Opera Company in June 2023 and was nominated for a Dora Award. Her credits also include four film scores, forty jazz compositions, and [...]

Bernard Fan is 13 years old. He has been studying the violin since the age of five and is currently under the tutelage of Dr. Conrad Chow. As a former violin student at the Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Bernard had the opportunity to [...]

MICHELLE YEH is a dedicated pianist, currently studying under the tutelage of Lang-Ning Liu as a scholarship student at The Phil and Eli Taylor Academy of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Throughout her studies, Michelle has had the privilege of working with numerous distinguished pianists, including James Anagnoson, Leslie Kinton, Stephan [...]

ZOE LAIYI CLARKE is 16 years old and has been playing the violin since she was 4. Laiyi is the current concertmaster of the Canadian Sinfonietta Youth Orchestra (CSYO) and a member of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. She has been a featured soloist with the York Chamber Ensemble (with whom she is [...]

NOAH CLARKE is 17 years old and studies cello with Andras Weber. Noah is also a pianist and studies with Aster Lai. Noah has completed the Royal Conservatory of Music Associate Diploma (ARCT) for Performance in both instruments with First Class Honours with Distinction. In 2024 Noah placed first both at the Toronto [...]

EVELYN ESCH is a 17 year old vocalist. She is currently studying vocal performance on full scholarship at Wilfrid Laurier University in the studio of Leslie Fagan and Allyson McHardy. Evelyn undertook pre-college studies with Michelyn Wright, under whose tutelage she won many awards and scholarships, and completed RCM level 9 vocal examination [...]

JEREMY ZHU is 12 years old and currently studying violin with Maestro Tak Ng Lai. He started his violin journey at 4. Jeremy completed his Royal Conservatory of Music Level 10 with first-class honours at 10, and he has been playing violin in the Canadian Sinfonietta Youth Orchestra over 2 years. Jeremy just [...]

Noah Clarke, piano Noah Clarke is 15 years old and has been studying piano with his grandmother Aster Lai since he was five years old. This past summer Noah completed his Royal Conservatory of Music Associate Diploma (ARCT) for Performance with first class honours. He also plays cello and is a student of [...]

CHRISTOPH CHUNG, VIOLA Christoph is a former member of the CSYO viola section, and a CS Young Artist Competition winner. Born in Toronto, Christoph began his musical journey at the age of 2 by learning piano with his mother. He furthered his piano studies with Marina Geringas and Aster Lai, and later found [...]

JONATHAN MAK, PIANO and VIOLA Pianist Jonathan Mak is from Toronto, Canada, and he began studying piano at the age of three with Aster Lai. He made his orchestra debut with the Canadian Sinfonietta just one year later, at the age of 4.  Jonathan studied with Daniel Shapiro at the Cleveland Institute of Music, [...]