music in common

 

 

music in common first appeared as an ensemble in 1990 and was quickly recognized as a meeting of kindred musical spirits. although heather, peter and derek form the nucleus of the group, they are the trio as a flexible ensemble whose repertoire and interest expand with the inclusion of other colleagues and friends.

heather morrison holds the position of principal keyboard with the tbso and is a lecturer in lakehead university's department of music.  she is the concert co-ordinator and faculty pianist for the inter-provincial music camp and is an active adjudicator for festivals across the country.

hornist, derek conrod is a member of the tafelmusik baroque orchestra, apollo's fire, aeolian winds, national ballet orchestra and the stratford festival orchestra. he teaches at both the eastman school of music and the university of western ontario. in 1995 he served as music consultant for the stratford festivals' acclaimed production of "amadeus." 

in 1993, clarinetist peter shackleton was awarded first prize at the 27th cbc radio competition. subsequently, he has performed as a soloist with many of canada's major orchestras. currently he holds the principal clarinet chair with the tbso, is a member of the aeolian winds, is a faculty member at the university of western ontario and performs with tafelmusik on historical clarinet.

jean mcintyre came to canada in 1955 shortly after completing courses at the central school of speech and drama in london, england. she spent the next twenty five years in edmonton, alberta where she appeared in a wide variety of productions. since coming to winnipeg in 1980 she has worked at the manitoba theatre centre and rainbow stage along with doing film work, notably murdoch mysteries. she has been back and forth to thunder bay quite often as an adjudicator for the speech and drama classes of the local festival and h ad the pleasure of speaking the narration in camille saint saens' carnival of the animals with the thunder bay symphony orchestra and a company of young dancers in 2007.   

penny clarke studied at the university of toronto with robert aitken and louis moyse before coming to thunder bay in 1978. as principal flute of the thunder bay symphony orchestra she has had the opportunity to perform most of the major concertos written for flute in the repertoire. she has also taught flute performance courses and theory at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 since arriving in thunder bay. since playing chamber music is one of the things she likes best, she is thrilled to be able to perform with music in common and actor jean mcintyre at this concert.