For Trevor Cooper, his guitar has become his passport and it travels with him wherever he goes. The guitar has taken him from his home in the cold western Canadian Prairies to the heat of southern Spain.
Large urban centres like Toronto (U of T, BMusPerf ’13) gave way to mountain towns like Salzburg (Mozarteum, MA ’19). In Spanish vistas, he realized a life-long dream and made his orchestral début performing the Concierto de Aranjuez with the Concordia Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Danielle Lisboa. In 2018 he toured Western Canada and Norway with Henry Reitan.
He has had recitals with the Guitar Societies of Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver and has recently given master classes at Mount Royal University, UBC, and Concordia University of Edmonton.
Cooper was one of 14 internationally selected guitarists to study in the III Master de la Interpretación de la Guitarra Clásica at the Universidad de Alicante in Alicante, Spain. This followed studies in Seville, Spain, where he was invited to study with Spanish guitarist Francisco Bernier.
Born and raised in Edmonton, Cooper started playing guitar at a young age. He currently plays on an Alector guitar (Thessaloniki, Greece) with Knobloch strings.
Come out and meet Trevor Cooper and listen to his adjudication of up-and-coming musicians at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts on May 1 at the Arts Centre in Sechelt.
The festival runs from April 14 to May 1, with the Highlights Concert on Mother’s Day, May 10 at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons.
Go to www.coastfestival.com to register, become a member, donate or to volunteer.
– Submitted by SCFPA
