Musicians
L'École Buissonière/ Skipping School
KEN CORMIER
PIANO
KEN CORMIER IS A FREE LANCE PIANIST AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR BASED IN VANCOUVER. HE CURRENTLY MUSIC DIRECTS FOR THE ARTS CLUB STANLEY THEATRE PRODUCTION. A GRADUATE OF UBC SCHOOL OF MUSIC WITH A DEGREE IN PIANO PERFORMANCE, KEN IS EQUALLY AT HOME IN THE CLASSICAL, JAZZ AND POP GENRES.
CREDITS: SOUND OF MUSIC , MATILDA, IN THE HEIGHTS.VANCOUVER OPERA, REPETITEUR.
SECTION PLAYER FOR THE VSO . CHOIR DIRECTION ALBUM RECORDINGS AND TOURS WITH CHOR LEONI MEN CHOIR. "NIGHT RIDE" ,SOLO PIANO PERFORMANCE COMMISSIONNED BY THE LITTLE CHAMBER OF MUSIC .
MARK HANEY
NAMED ONE OF THE GLOBE AND MAIL'S "CANADIAN HEROES OF 2020 FOR HIS WORK DURING THE PANDEMIC AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF VANCOUVER'S LITTLE CHAMBER OF MUSIC, MARK HANEY IS A DOUBLE BASSIST, AND A COMPOSER WHOSE WORKS HAVE EARNED NATIONAL ATTENTION.
CREDITS: JESSIE RICHARDSON AWARD FOR"11". "3339". "OMNI TEMPORALIS". DOUBLE BASS SUITE" AIM FOR THE ROSES. (DOXA FESTIVAL,CBC DOC CHANNEL)
MARTIN FISK
PERCUSSIONIST
MARTIN PERFORMS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF MUSICAL STYLES INCLUDING ORCHESTRAL, JAZZ, CHAMBER, THEATRE, KLEZMER,WORLS MUSIC AND MUSICAL THEATRE. MARTIN WAS ALSO PRIVILEGED TO STUDY GAMELAN WITH THE RENOWNED ORCHESTRA CUDAMAN IN BALI, INDONESIA. A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE FRINGE PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE AND DRIFTWOOD PERCUSSIONS, MARTIN HAS PERFORMED COUNTLESS CONCERTS WITH THE VSO, RED SHIFT MUSIC SOCIETY AND THE VANCOUVER OPERA.
CREDITS:FRANCK SINATRA JR ORCHESTRA, WEIRD AL YANKOVICH,THE WHO,PETULA CLARKE ORCHESTRA,CITY OPERA,CONBRIO MUSIC FESTIVALS,GATEWAY THEATRE, CHOR LEONI, ARTS CLUB THEATER.