Orion Series in Fine Arts
Stephanie Chua, piano (BMus ’01)
Véronique Mathieu, violin

Stephanie Chua is a much sought-after collaborative pianist devoted to performing contemporary music. She co-founded junctQín keyboard collective, who have commissioned and premiered over 25 works to date. Canadian violinist Véronique Mathieu has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe, South Africa, South America, and the United States. She is a prizewinner of the 2012 Eckhardt-Gramatté Contemporary Music Competition, the 2010 Krakow International Contemporary Music Competition, and a three-time winner of the Canada Council Bank of Instruments Competition.

Chua and Mathieu recently released their debut CD on Centrediscs/Naxos, featuring over 100 years of Canadian duos by Healey Willan, Heather Schmidt, Alice Ho, Maria Molinari as well as two new works by emerging composers Brian Harman and Adam Scime.

Program:
Adam Scime: Gradual Erasures (2016)
Christopher Butterfield*: Four Short Pieces for Violin & Piano (1999)
Alice Ping Yee Ho: Extasis (2012)
Brian Harman: Cherry Beach (2016)
Anna Hostman*: Lattice (2015)
Maria Molinari: Danza from Tre Pezzi (1997)
Cassandra Miller*: for mira – solo violin (2013)
Fuhong Shi*: Far and Near (2004)
Derek Johnson: Fragments (2002, rev. 2005)
Christos Hatzis: Coming To (2011)

*UVic alumni

Student Composer Reading Session: Tuesday, January 23 | 12 PM – 1:20 PM
Chua and Mathieu workshop pieces written by School of Music composition students.
Rm. B037, MacLaurin Building, B-Wing