Laurel Spencer | wagner tuba
Laurel Spencer received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Victoria, British Columbia and then obtained her Master’s in Performance at the Mannes School of Music, New York where she was a student of Philip Myers. She is the Principal Horn of the Vancouver Opera and also plays with …
Oliver de Clercq | wagner tuba
Oliver de Clercq joined the VSO in 2001 as Principal Horn and has served as Associate Principal Horn since 2021. Oliver completed his Bachelor’s Degree at Boston University with Eric Ruske and James Sommerville and was a Master’s Student of Jerome Ashby at the Juilliard School before moving to Vancouver. …
Sarah Jackson | piccolo
Sarah Jackson has held the position of Piccolo for the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2003. Prior to this, in 1993, she joined the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (British Columbia, Canada) as Second Flute, later moving on to take the position of Assistant Principal Flute and Piccolo with the VSO. Sarah received …
Telegraph Quartet | chamber ensemble
The Telegraph Quartet was formed in 2013 with equal passion for the standard chamber music repertoire and both contemporary and non-standard repertoire. Described by the San Francisco Chronicle in 2017 as ..an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape and ‘powerfully adept… with a combination of brilliance and subtlety, the …
Steven Grahl | director
Steven Grahl was Director of Music and Tutor in Music at Christ Church, Oxford 2018-2023, during which time he was also an Associate Professor of Music at Oxford University, and Conductor of Schola Cantorum of Oxford. Steven served as Director of Music at Peterborough Cathedral from 2014 to 2018, where …
