The 46th annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts takes place between April 15 and May 12.
Organizers welcome Susan De Burgh as piano adjudicator from April 29 to May 1. She is a gifted musician and teacher and all who perform for her are sure to be inspired by her guidance.
De Burgh began her studies on Salt Spring Island with Doris Crofton, and continued on scholarship at the Victoria Conservatory of Music with Robin Wood. Further studies were with Frank Mannheimer in Minnesota, and at the Dartington School of Music, England. De Burgh teaches at the Victoria Conservatory, in the Camosun College Program, and in her home studio. She is also the Artistic Director of the VCM Summer Piano Academy each July at the University of Victoria. De Burgh’s students have been accepted for continuing studies at McGIll, UBC, UVIC, the University of Toronto, and the University of Western Ontario.
De Burgh has examined for many years for the Royal Conservatory of Music, travelling from Markham, Ont. to Whitehorse to Hawaii and all points in between. She has adjudicated over 40 music festivals in western Canada, including the Provincial Finals of Alberta and Manitoba.
De Burgh has performed with all instruments, choir and solo voice, and has played orchestral piano, celeste and harpsichord with the Victoria Symphony, Victoria Chamber Orchestra, and the Sidney Classical Orchestra. She has played Bach, Mozart and Beethoven concerti with the Sidney Classical Orchestra, and all the Bach and Mozart duo piano concerti. Recent performances include the Poulenc Double Concerto in D Minor and Carnival of the Animals with her duo partner Edwin LeBarron, and the Bach solo concerto in D Minor.
De Burgh has had works written for her by Peter Jancewicz, Lorna Paterson and Joan Hansen. Currently, the well-known Victoria composer David Clenman is writing a work for De Burgh and LeBarron to perform.
For the complete schedule and syllabus of the Festival of the Performing Arts, see www.coastfestival.com
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