September 10th, 2016

Mireille Lebel
Canadian mezzo−soprano Mireille Lebel grew up in Vancouver and studied music at the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal. Following her studies she was awarded major grants by the Canada Council and the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation and furthered her artistic training as a member of the Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal. In 2009, she was a winner of the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques Competition that earned her an invitation to join the Ensemble of Theater Erfurt. Throughout her time in the Ensemble, she sang leading roles in the lyric mezzo fach. She is now making critically successful debuts with opera companies and orchestras in Europe and North America.
This season Mireille makes her début at the Prague State Opera as the title role in Carmen. She will return to Theater Erfurt as Orfeo in Gluck’sOrfeo ed Euridice and will reprise her role as Ljubica in Ana Sokolovic’s opera Svadba at the Opéra de Nantes et Angers. She will make her début with Tafelmusik in Toronto in a programme of Handel and Vivaldi arias with conductor Rodolfo Richter.
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Chad Clark
As the founder and Creative Director of The Salon Sessions Chad’s passion for the arts extends into his performances. He studied music and classical voice at the University of Toronto and has been singing for most of his life. From jazz and funk alongside the Max Zipursky trio and the Brian Horswill trio he is also a section lead for the North Shore vocal group, Espiritu under the direction of Gillian Hunt, his musical mentor. As the Creative Director for the The Salon Sessions Chad acts as a musical host and audience guide, both preforming alongside guests of The Salon Sessions and collaborating on the concept and narrative of the performances of each artist. Chad is also responsible for the scouting of new talent to showcase through The Salon Sessions and is always on the look out for the next exciting artist to collaborate with. Chad Clark is also the Operations Director of Hawksworth Restaurant has managed and consulted with leading restaurants across Canada and in Europe.

Kinza Tyrrell Schmidt-Paborn
Victoria native Kinza Tyrrell is one of Canada’s most sought after vocal coaches and repetiteurs. In addition to receiving her Doctorate in piano and vocal coaching from McGill University under the tutelage of Michael McMahon, her musical education has been extensive, including study at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz, the International Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg, the Tanglewood Music Festival and the Merola Opera Program with world-renowned teachers Warren Jones, Martin Katz, Martin Isepp, Rudolph Jansen, Hans Graf, Gyorgy Sebok and Jon Kimura Parker. The year 2015 marks the 38th year that Victoria native Kinza Tyrrell has been playing the piano. She started lessons at age 4 and made her orchestral debut with the Victoria Symphony at age 12. Today, Dr. Tyrrell is one of Canada’s finest collaborators, having concertized with Canadian singers Richard Margison and Measha Brueggergosman to name a few.

Chris Chok
Chris Chok began his musical journey with the Royal Conservatory of Music at the age of three. Completing his ARCT by sixteen, Chris went on to perform as a soloist with the Vancouver and Victoria Symphony Orchestras in addition to touring across Europe and Egypt. Though classical music had always been a staple in Chris’ life, he soon discovered a passion for contemporary genres including soul, R&B and pop. Now a highly sought after session keyboardist, arranger and songwriter, he can be found performing as the musical director for soul singer Warren Dean Flandez. As the Musical Director of artist development house Studio Cloud 30, Chris is the mastermind behind studio productions for live performance and recorded music.
- HideShow lyrics“Habanera" Carmen
- HideShow lyrics“Séguedille" Carmen
- HideShow lyrics“Les tringles des sistres” Carmen
- HideShow lyricsMarry Me a Little
- HideShow lyricsChildren Will Listen/Not While I’m Around
- HideShow lyricsLet It Sing
- HideShow lyricsAdieux de l'Hôtesse Arabe
- HideShow lyricsTarentelle
- HideShow lyricsIt’s Hard to Speak My Heart
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- HideShow lyrics“Va! Laisse couler mes larmes” Werther
- HideShow lyrics“The Letter Aria” Werther
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Hawksworth Restaurant
A celebration of Vancouver’s cultural diversity and natural environment Hawksworth Restaurant showcases ingredient led, contemporary cuisine that demonstrates the highly skilled technique and relentless drive for perfection that has become Chef David Hawksworth’s trademark.
Motel & Co.
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Whitkow Interactive
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Showcase Pianos and Fazioli
Owner Manuel Bernaschek has a passion. As a piano lover who recognized the need for fine pianos in Vancouver, he founded Showcase Pianos in 2007. Showcase Pianos carries only the finest artist’s instruments, highlighting world-class brands such as Fazioli, Grotrian, and Bechstein’s ‘W. Hoffmann’ line. Thank you to Manuel and Judy Bernaschek for your generous and continued support