Brenna Hardy-kavanagh - Classical Violin Player

Brenna Hardy-kavanagh Resume

Brenna Hardy-Kavanagh, violin ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal Montréal, QC 2007-present Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne (principal second violin) Montréal, QC 2007-present Ottawa Symphony Orchestra Ottawa, ON 2006-2008 University of Ottawa Orchestra (assistant principal second violin, assistant concertmaster) Ottawa, ON 2005-2007 Ottawa Youth Orchestra (principal second violin) Ottawa, ON 2002-2006 Greely Players Orchestra (concertmaster) Greely, ON 2005 Ottawa Junior Youth Orchestra Ottawa, ON 2001-2002 CHAMBER MUSIC EXPERIENCE Alaya String Quartet Montréal, QC 2008-present Cadenza String Duo Ottawa, ON 2004-present University of Ottawa Piano Trio & Piano Quartet Ottawa, ON 2006-2007 Cadenza String Quartet Ottawa, ON 2004-2007 Junior Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra Ottawa, ON 2005-2006 Canterbury High School String Ensemble Ottawa, ON 2002-2005 Le Domaine Forget Summer Music Academy String Quartet St. Irenée, QC July 2004 Canterbury String Quartet Ottawa, ON 2002-2004 Purple Cloud String Quartet Ottawa, ON 2001-2003 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Private violin teacher Ottawa, ON 2005-2007 MUSIC ADMINISTRATION Cadenza Strings Manager and Music Librarian Ottawa, ON 2004-present EDUCATION Université de Montréal Baccalaureate in Music, Major in Performance Montréal, QC 2007-present University of Ottawa Baccalaureate in Music, Major in Performance Ottawa, ON 2006-2007 University of Ottawa Applied Music Minor Ottawa, ON 2005-2006 SUMMER MUSIC PROGRAMS Orford Arts Centre Orford, QC August 2005, August 2006 Le Domaine Forget Summer Music Academy St. Irenée, QC July 2004, July 2006 MAJOR TEACHERS Violin Vladimir Landsman David Stewart Paule Préfontaine Yvrose Philippe-Auguste Chamber Music Yuli Turovsky Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot Johanne Perron Sandor Devich Stefan Metz Rennie Regehr Paul Marleyn Brett Molzan John Gomez Paule Préfontaine Kirk Starkey Karine Rousseau Master classes Ning Feng Andrew Dawes Robert Uchida David Stewart Regis Pasquier AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS Festival de Musique Classique du Bas-Richelieu First prize in the Chamber Music category Sorel-Tracy, QC 2008 Tiberius International Chamber Music Festival International Student Full Tuition Scholarship Targu-Mures, Romania 2007 University of Ottawa Bhawani Anantaraman Memorial Foundation Scholarship Ottawa, ON 2007 University of Ottawa Undergraduate Admissions Scholarship Ottawa, ON 2006 Le Domaine Forget Summer Music Academy Scholarship St. Irenée, QC 2006 Ottawa Youth Orchestra Anantaraman Trophy and Scholarship Ottawa, ON 2006 Orford Arts Centre Summer Music Academy Scholarship Orford, QC 2005 Ottawa Kiwanis Music Festival Betts Family Scholarship Ottawa, ON 2005 Ottawa Kiwanis Music Festival James Rattray Wilson Trophy Ottawa, ON 2005

Updated: May 22, 2008