The Winnipeg Chamber Music Society
The Ensemble
Gwen Hoebig, violin
Karl Stobbe, violin
Daniel Scholz, viola
Yuri Hooker, cello
David Moroz, piano

Special Guests
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Desmond Hoebig, cello
Jon Kimura Parker, piano

Guest Performers
Alexandra Eastley, bassoon
Patricia Evans, horn
Micah Heilbrunn, clarinet
Meredith Johnson, bass

Performer Biographies

Daniel Scholz, viola

Daniel Scholz enjoys a versatile career as an orchestral performer, chamber musician, teacher and conductor. Born in Saskatchewan, he holds a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from the University of Regina, and pursued graduate studies at McGill University and at the University of British Columbia, where he was a student of Gerald Stanick. Mr. Scholz is the Principal viola of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, and is a core member of THE WINNIPEG CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY and the Rembrandt String Quartet. As a solo artist, he has performed concertos with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchrestra, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Musicbarock, Okanagan Symphony and the Vancouver Chamber Players, and toured Europe with the Nordic Symphony as guest Principal viola. He was also a prize-winner at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, the most prestigious event of its kind, held on the Isle of Mann.

Highly sought after as a teacher, Mr. Scholz is an instructor at the University of Manitoba and the Canadian Mennonite University, and is the conductor of the Winnipeg Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has performed and taught at many of Canada's major festivals and is a faculty member of the University of Manitoba Summer Chamber Music Program. Mr. Scholz has commissioned new works by Bramwell Tovey, David Scott, T. Patrick Carrabré and Jim Hiscott. He plays a viola designed by Gerald Stanick and made by Alan Balmforth of Seattle.

[ Daniel Scholz ]
Daniel Scholz (photo: Andrew Sikorsky)

(biography current as of October, 2011)
 
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