11/13/2025
PLAYLIST:
RESONANCE :MUSIC FOR STRINGS AND PIANO
Currents for piano Steven James (b. 2000)
Sonata No. 1 in A minor for violin and piano Robert Schumann
Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck (1810-1856)
Après un rêve Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D. 343 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Limestone & Felt Caroline Shaw (b. 1982)
Variations on a theme by Corelli Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Old Man (Neil Young) Neil Young, arr. John Sellick
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Piano Quartet No.2, Op.87 Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Allegro con fuoco
Lento
Allegro moderato, grazioso
Finale. Allegro ma non troppo
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PROFORMERS:
JASPER WOOD: violin
Canadian violinist Jasper Wood has performed with many of North America’s finest orchestras, in cities such as Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Buffalo, and throughout Europe. He has appeared under the batons of Gregory Novak, George Cleve, Georg Tintner, Bramwell Tovey, and Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Jasper has also garnered acclaim as a recitalist and chamber musician, performing in major venues worldwide including Dame Myra Hess (Chicago), Carnegie Weill Recital Hall (New York), and the Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts. He is equally committed to performing in Canada’s smaller communities.
Jasper Wood lives in Vancouver with his wife, Grace, and their two children. He is Professor of Violin and Chamber Music, Associate Director of the Undergraduate Program, and Chair of the Strings Division at the University of British Columbia, where he has been on faculty since 2004. Jasper Wood plays a 1914 Stefano Scarampella violin.
DAVIS RILEY: piano
Pianist David Riley has received rave reviews throughout the U.S. and Canada, including “Absolutely exquisite technique” (New York Concert Review) “A soloist’s dream, star quality, gifted and sensitive …” (Billings Gazette). He has extensive experience as a professional recitalist, frequently performing at many of North America’s most prestigious venues such as Merkin Hall, the National Art Gallery in Washington D.C. on multiple occasions, six times at Carnegie Hall, the Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago, the Gardner Museum in Boston, the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. Dr. Riley is Professor and Director of Accompanying and Chamber Music at the University of Oregon and previously worked as a vocal coach at the Manhattan School of Music. He holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School of Music, studying with Anne Epperson and Jean Barr respectively.
RYAN DAVIS: viola
“A violist unlike any other” (Stir Vancouver), Canadian Ryan Davis has swiftly emerged as a singular creative force. Performing under the moniker Radia, Davis has earned acclaim as a composer-performer who unites his extensive classical training with the influences of folk, electronic, and hip-hop music. Hailed as an “electronic Wunderkind” (OperaRamblings), he delights in redefining the viola’s profile and seamlessly moves between creative spaces. His distinctive sound has drawn wide attention, with performances and features in venues and platforms such as Toronto’s Koerner Hall, CBC Radio, The Violin Channel, Los Angeles’s Skid Row, and ABC Channel 7 News LA.
In 2021, Davis was named one of “30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30” by CBC Music. He completed his studies at McGill University, Yale University, and The Colburn School under the tutelage of André Roy, Ettore Causa, and Paul Coletti, later becoming the first-ever violist to receive the Rebanks Fellowship Residency in Toronto. He was recently appointed Assistant Professor of Viola at the University of British Columbia’s School of Music in Vancouver.
SONG HEE LEE: cello
Korean-born cellist Song Hee Lee joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in September 2022. Prior to this, she served as the principal cellist of the Verbier Festival Orchestra, Music Academy of the West Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Orchestra, and Jacobs School of Music Philharmonic Orchestra. In recent years, she also served as a guest principal with the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, and as assistant principal with the Tongyeong International Music Festival Orchestra and Symphony S.O.N.G. in Korea. Lee is a recipient of Verbier Festival Awards and was a finalist of the Kirishima International Music Festival Competition.
Lee studied with Kyung-Ok Park and Hyun-shil Kim in her youth in Korea, and started her undergraduate studies at The Colburn School with Ronald Leonard. She received her bachelor’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music under David Geber, and her master’s degree with Timothy Eddy at The Juilliard School. Lee was in the process of obtaining her performance degree in orchestral studies with Eric Kim right before she joined the TSO.
