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Galina Dinina

Instruments: Violin, Viola, Piano
Education: Masters Degree in Viola and Violin, Musical School #2, Minsk, Music Teacher Certificate, Glinka Musical College, Minsk
Style: Classical, Folk, Popular
Languages: English, Russian

Galina has been teaching music since 1982 and preparing students for Royal Conservatory exams in piano, violin and viola since 1996. Galina has performed in many orchestras, quartets, trios and other ensembles in Belarus and in Canada.

Addison Cheung

Instruments: Violin
Education: B.A., Music, University of Waterloo; Royal Schools of Music Diploma
Style: Classical, Popular
Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin

Addison has played the violin since the age of four and has studied with many different teachers.  He has won numerous awards in Kiwanis Canada and Asia.  He has performed with many different orchestras including the Toronto District Youth Orchestra and the HK Symphony Orchestra of the Academy of Performing Arts.  He also has rich teaching experience including experience with the Toronto District School Board music camps.

Hannah Jackson

Instruments: Cello
Education: Honours B. Mus. Ed, University of Western Ontario; M.Mus, University of Ottawa; Suzuki Teacher Training
Style: Classical
Languages: English

Fion Leung

Instruments: Piano, Violin
Education: B. Music, York University
Style: Classical, Popular, Blues
Languages: English, Cantonese

Nate Renner

Instruments: Violin, Guitar
Education: B.Mus, Jazz Studies, Thompson Rivers University; Advanced Diploma, Jazz Performance, Humber College; Advanced studies with the Royal Conservatory of Music, Violin
Style: Jazz, Classical, Popular, World Music
Languages: English, Japanese

Nate is an experienced musician with a passion for improvising and composing original music. As a guitarist and violinist, he has appeared at countless venues and jazz festivals across Canada, the United States, and Japan. In the summer of 2006, Nate attended the prestigious Banff Centre for the Arts' Jazz and Improvised Music Workshop.  In 2009, he was selected again to study at the Banff Centre with a renowned faculty. Nate is always searching for new influences to create depth and meaning behind his music, and to fully engage and move his listeners and students.

Natalie Simmons

Instruments: Violin, Viola
Education: B.F.A., Integrative Music and Electroacoustic Studies, Concordia University
Style: Classical, Popular
Languages: English

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