Music of the Baroque

Clinicians

Paul Luchkow

Paul Luchkow is a versatile violinist and violist whose activities cover the range of music from the 17th century to the present day on modern and period instruments. A regular feature of Vancouver's Early Music scene, Paul is a long-time member of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, appears frequently in concerts for Early Music Vancouver, and Festival Vancouver, and was a founding member of the Burney Ensemble and of Vancouver's 17th century string band "La Cetra". He has performed with the CBC Radio Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony, the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and in studio ensembles, recording for popular music groups, film, television, and theatre.

After graduating with a M.Mus. degree from the University of British Columbia, Paul moved to Holland where he became a member of the chamber orchestra "Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam". In addition to Sinfonietta tours through Holland, France, and South Africa, he played with the Netherlands Radio Symphony and the Baroque Orchestra of the Netherlands Bach Society. Since his return to Vancouver, Paul continues to travel, touring with local ensembles and playing regularly with the Portland Baroque Orchestra, the Trinity Consort (Portland), and Baroque Northwest in Seattle Washington.

An active performer of contemporary music on modern violin and newly written music for period instruments, Paul has performed, often in premiers, music of Jean Coulthard, Michael Osterle, Peter Hannan, Bradshaw Pack, Jocelyn Morlock, Linda Catlin Smith, John Abram, Martin Arnold and Ray Zhuo (to name a few!). Paul has participated in recordings for the BIS, Koch, Spool, ATMA Classique, CBC Records, and Artifact Music labels and his concert performances are frequently broadcast on the CBC (radio and television) and NPR networks. Paul's most recent project involves the exploration of chamber music of the Classical and Romantic periods on period instruments with Michael Jarvis.

Michael Jarvis

Michael Jarvis has been acclaimed as one of Canada's finest harpsichordists, fortepianists and continuo players, and has performed with many of Canada's leading orchestras and chamber ensembles. He has also conducted the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, and was for 15 years Artistic Director of the period instrument ensemble The Baroque Players (of Hamilton.) In addition to performing across Canada, he has performed as soloist and continuo player throughout the USA, England, Italy and Bermuda. He has worked with, accompanied, conducted, or played continuo for many of Canada's finest singers from Maureen Forrester to Russell Braun and is regularly a featured soloist or continuo player at many festivals, including The Elora Festival, the Guelph Spring Festival, The Grand River Baroque Festival, The Festival of the Sound, and Music at Westben.

Michael is featured on two national Canadian television specials "A Baroque Christmas" and "A Baroque Easter". Now seasonal favourites, they may be seen on Vision and Bravo-tv. He is also co-host and star of the 13-part television series "Come into the Parlour". Featuring co-host and star Carolyn Sinclair, soprano, and their original 1857 Chickering square grand, the series features some of Canada's finest musicians from the opera and concert stages, including baritone Russell Braun, mezzo Kimberley Barber, violinist Mayumi Seiler, tenor Eric Shaw, baritone Bruce Kelly, 'cellist Margaret Gay, and violinist Julie Baumgartel. "Come into the Parlour" runs nationally in Canada on Bravo TV and Vision.

His performing editions of 17th and 18th century choral and organ music are published by GIA, Chicago. Michael has taught fortepiano at the University of British Columbia and harpsichord, continuo, and baroque vocal ornamentation at the University of Toronto. He has also taught harpsichord performance at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario and at Havergal College, Toronto. He is also Director of Music at St. Jude's Parish and Shrine in Vancouver, BC. He is on faculty as harpsichordist and vocal coach at the Early Music Vancouver Summer Baroque Vocal Programme "The Compleat Singer". Upcoming performances this Fall include playing harpsichord for the 25th Anniversary North American Tour of Les Violons du Roy with conductor Bernard Labadie with performances in Quebec City; Montreal; Carnegie Hall, New York; and the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

Marvin Regier

Marvin Regier is very active as a vocal pedagogue, music theatre director, music festival adjudicator, and a guest clinician for vocal and choral workshops. Marvin Regier began his teaching career at a Mennonite College in Saskatchewan, Canada. Marvin received his Masters in Conducting from Southern Methodist University in Dallas Texas. Since moving to the Pacific Northwest he has taught at the University of Oregon in Eugene, the University of Washington in Seattle and, presently, at Western Washington University in Bellingham where he co-directs their music theatre productions. His doctoral dissertation on the operatic tenor of the French Baroque has received international recognition from the North American Association of Teachers of Singing (NAATS), the European Voice Teachers Association (EVTA) and the Association Francaise Professeurs du Chant (ATPC).

Marvin has been a bari-tenor soloist in Canada as a member of the Vancouver Opera (EQUITY) and as a member of the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA). His singing career has given him the opportunity to perform in South America, China, Hong Kong and throughout the United States and Canada. In 2003 he won the Kennedy Center Meritorious Achievement Award for his Musical Direction of Sweeney Todd and later that year he was also awarded The Bentley Award for Outstanding Vocal Performance in his role as Sen. Edward Rutledge in "1776".

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