Membership

Performing on both the viola and the viola d'amore, Jennifer Thiessen cultivates a particular interest in classical and contemporary chamber music, creating new composed and improvised music, and historically inspired performance practice.

Sarah Albu is a dynamic and versatile vocalist specializing in the creation, development and performance of contemporary work at the intersection of music and theatre. Active on the Montreal scene, Sarah is a frequent collaborator with composers, musicians and multidisciplinary artists across genres.

Elaine Keillor, Distinguished Research Professor Emerita, Carleton University, received her Associate (ARCT) in piano performance with all theoretical requirements completed at the age of ten. Previously from the Royal Conservatory of Music she earned four silver medals in piano and violin. 

Jan Jarvlepp returned to his native Ottawa in 1981 after completing his doctoral studies in composition at the University of California, San Diego. He joined the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra and has been active as a composer, teacher, freelance cellist, recording technician and as a contractor for chamber music groups.

Jesse Stewart is an award-winning composer, improviser, percussionist, instrument builder, researcher, writer, visual artist, and educator dedicated to re-imagining the spaces between artistic and scholarly disciplines.

Jen McLachlen is a Canadian composer and flutist.  She completed her DMA in flute performance at Texas Tech University in 2013 under Dr. Lisa Garner; and in 2014, received a PhD in Fine Arts with a concentration in music composition. 

Sundar Subramanian is currently the Visiting Assistant Professor of Composition and Music Technology at Clark University in Worcester, MA. He has taught subjects including music theory, counterpoint, analysis, popular music, and world music at University of Ottawa, Carleton University, University of Regina, and University of Windsor. 

A native of Dartmouth, NS, Tracey Stabback, OCT, B.Mus, B.Ed, is a performer, composer, and teacher who attended Mount Allison University, Neptune Theatre School, and the University of Ottawa. Along with many solo performances, Tracey has toured with the Nova Scotia Youth Choir, the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra, and the National Youth Choir of Canada. 

Teresa Suen-Campbell's playing was described as "angelic" by the Financial Times, and was praised as "a formidable technique which shines and stuns" by the Macao Daily. She was the former principal harpist of the Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra and Evanston Symphony Orchestra. 

Elise Letourneau is an accomplished performer, composer, arranger, and educator. She established and directs Vox Eclectica Women's Chamber Choir. Elise is also the founding music director of Capital Vox Jazz Choir, which has been heralded as Canada's first community jazz choir.

American-born pianist Claudia Cashin-Mack is deeply-rooted in the musical life of Ottawa, as a respected teacher since 1978, and as a performing artist at a wide variety of festivals and concert series.

Colin Mack is a native of Ottawa born in 1957. Initially influenced by the music of Olivier Messiaen, formal composition studies were with Steven Gellman, Michel Longtin, André Prévost and Serge Garant.