TRIO D’ARGENTO
Sibylle Marquardt, Flute
Peter Stoll, Clarinet
Kathryn Tremills, Piano

Friday, October 29, 2010
7:30 pm

Three virtuosi join together in the exciting new group, Trio d'Argento. Friends in the city of Toronto's vibrant arts community, Sibylle, Peter and Kathryn were asked to perform for a noted chamber music series just outside the city. They had such a great time working together, and so much fun onstage with their virtuoso arrangements and original pieces that the series immediately asked them back, and so the Trio was born! Recently, The Trio has appeared in concerts held at Mc Master (Hamilton), University of Guelph and the University of Toronto (Scarborough) campuses. They have also performed twice in the Caledon East Chamber Music Concert Series. This fall, they look forward to being part of the concert series held by the Muskoka Concert Association. From Bach to "Carmen" to the European jazz master Claude Bolling, these three provide lively and entertaining concerts of trios, duos and solos with spoken introductions to each piece. With Peter’s ability to play clarinets of various sizes as well as the saxophone, the varied programs always leave the audience wanting more.

SIBYLLE MARQUARDT, Flute
A native of Germany, Sibylle Marquardt moved to Canada in 1997 where she established herself as a chamber musician to reckon with. She is a member of the ERGO ensemble, specializing in modern music, as well as various other ensembles with whom she performs regularly at such events as the George Crumb Festival in Waterloo and the Elora Festival. In Germany she was a founding member of Trio Resonance, which was an established ensemble at numerous high-profile concert venues and festivals throughout Germany and Switzerland. Sibylle’s teachers include Hermann Klemeyer, Wolfgang Schulz, Trevor Wye, Geoffrey Gilbert and Aurele Nicolet. She has performed in Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Japan, Italy, former Czechoslovakia and France, as well as for Radio Canada, the BR Munich and TV and movie productions. Her orchestral career began at the early age of 23, when she was regularly hired as 2nd flute/piccolo with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Munich under Sir Colin Davis, touring to Italy and Japan. She went on to hold a 2nd flute/piccolo substitute position at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and a solo flute/solo piccolo position at the Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra. She was a substitute player with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Deutsche Kammer Philharmonie Bremen, Gaertnerplatz Theater Munich, Bern and Biel Symphony Orchestras. She has also played with the Windsor Symphony, the Toronto Philharmonia and the Oshawa Durham Symphony amongst others, as well as in the Phantom of the Opera and the Beauty and the Beast in Toronto. Currently she is a member of the faculty of the Royal Conservatory of Music and the National College of Examiners of the RCM in Toronto and lives with her husband and two children.

PETER STOLL, Clarinetist
Known for his virtuoso energy on stage and for his easy and entertaining way of speaking with the audience, Peter Stoll was a prizewinner in the 1987 International Clarinet Society Competition and also that year Solo Clarinetist with the World Orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales in Berlin and Vienna. He performs regularly in Toronto as Principal Clarinetist of the Toronto Philharmonia at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, and also with the contemporary music groups the Talisker Players, who made their debut recording this summer, and the ERGO ensemble, which has toured to New York City, Germany, Finland and Lithuania as well as the east coast of Canada. Peter received his Bachelor's degree in Performance from the University of Toronto, and his Master of Music degree from Indiana University. In 2001 Peter went to Russia as soloist in Saratov on the Volga River, playing John Hawkins' concerto “Summerdances”. He teaches clarinet and chamber music at the University of Toronto as well as privately, and is a member of the Royal Conservatory's National College and Council of Examiners. This season will see concerto performances with the Toronto Philharmonia, the Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra, and a duo recital with renowned Canadian percussion star Beverley Johnston.

KATHRYN TREMILLS, Piano
Kathryn Tremills is active as a freelance chamber musician, accompanist, vocal coach, soloist and piano teacher. She has appeared at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival; performed at Roy Thomson Hall alongside the Canadian Brass; and has been broadcast by CBC Radio Canada and FM96.3. Kathryn was an international finalist for the Grace Welsh Prize for Piano and has performed concerti with orchestras across North America. In 2005 she gave the world premiere of Canadian composer, Andrew Ager's Piano Concerto. In demand in the vocal world, Kathryn has coached various productions at the Canadian Opera Company and coaches and accompanies numerous vocalists at the University of Toronto. She has also accompanied choral groups including the Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir and the National Treble Youth Honor Choir conducted by Jean Ashworth Bartle at the American Choral Directors Association's National Convention. Kathryn currently accompanies the Toronto Children's Chorus, is on Faculty of the Centre for Opera in Sulmona, Italy and teaches at the University of Toronto. Kathryn’s discography includes her debut solo album, Dedication, the self-titled toneART ensemble CD, the St. Mary’s Children’s Choir's The Music in Us and Winter Walk, and baritone Giles Tomkins' classical crossover album And So It Goes.