Welcome to the Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra’s Spring Concert
Michael Clark, Music Director
Sunday June 1, 2025 @ 2pm
Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre
Entrance by Donation
Program
C. Lavallée, orch. by W. G. Chapman
O Canada
Stephen Schwartz, arr. by Ted Ricketts
Highlights from WICKED
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35,
Ist Mvt
Soloist Elina Yuma, violin
Short Interval
Alan Silvestri, arr. by Michael Clark
The Avengers
Wade Hemsworth, arr. by Michael Clark
The Log Driver’s Waltz
William Walton
Crown Imperial “Coronation March”
Soloist
Ms. Elina Yuma has been playing the violin for 12 years. She has participated in local, provincial and national music festivals regularly and has received numerous scholarships.
She received 1st place in the 28 and Under Solo Violin Category at the Alberta Provincial Festival 2024, and 2nd place at the Canadian Music Competition National Finals in 2019 and 2022. In 2022, Ms. Yuma was also the winner of the Northern Alberta Concerto Competition and performed the Paganini Violin Concerto with the Edmonton Youth Orchestra (EYO) at the Winspear Center.
Ms. Yuma was part of the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine, the Young Artist Program in Ottawa and the Sounding Point Academy Program in Los Angeles, as well as the Heifetz International Music Festival in Virginia, which she will attend again this summer.
Ms. Yuma studied at Calgary’s Mount Royal University Music Academy from 2016 to 2021 and had masterclasses and lessons with world-renowned violinists such as Pinchas Zukerman, Martin Beaver, Ian Swesen, Timothy Choi, Itamar Zorman, Ivan Zenaty, Tong Wei Dong, Axel Strauss and many others.
Her greatest honour was to be the Concertmaster of the EYO from 2018 to 2024. Ms. Yuma studied with Mr. Robert Uchida in Edmonton and is currently studying with Erika Raum at the Glenn Gould School.
Musicians of the Orchestra
VIOLIN 1
Karen Hagens (Concertmaster)
Bobbi Cerin
Colton Frank
Deirdre Eeson
Duke Kim
Janice Hoffman
Olena Suknovska
Shirley Werbicki
VIOLIN 2
Anna Lysa
Beverley Currie
Brad Salomons
Cathy Campbell
Cynthia Howard
Kauri Aalto
Linda St. Onge
Rebecca Epp
VIOLA
Anneka MacDonald
Lidia Khaner
Maxine Wong
CELLO
Alice Goulet
Frances Elgaard
Sopulu Ephraim
Catherine Eadie
Judy Lamothe
Judy Lewis
Lawrence Danyluk
BASS
Leland Stelck
FLUTE
Jean Triscott
Joanne MacDonald
Marcia Wright
Tiffany Miller
CLARINET
Kiffy Brucks
Brenda Russell
BASS CLARINET
Leslie Stephenson
OBOE
Debra Miller
Marion Boyd
Sharon Sherman
BASSOON
Alfred Falk
Jacqueline Miller
FRENCH HORN
Anci Fortoloczky
Janet Zwicker
Kayley Tensen
Richard Wiznura
TROMBONE
Devon Atkinson
Kaleen Clark
Scott Palmer
TRUMPET
Lexi Bruseker
Michael Mott
Mike Pearson
EUPHONIUM
Greg Falkenstein
TUBA
Harley Dawson
PERCUSSION
Douglas Vick
About Us
The Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1971 by violin teacher Ranald Shean. As a community orchestra, we bring free admission concerts to retirement homes, care centres and hospitals. Funds are provided through members’ fees, spring concert receipts, community arts grants, and charitable donations.
Robert Cook, former Music Director of the Provincial Cultural Development Branch, was our first Music Director and Conductor. Since then, we have been privileged to work with Dr. Manus Sasonkin, Eric Hanson, Dan Breda, Kirk Muspratt, John Unsworth, Dr George Naylor, Diane Persson, Aaron Au, Murray Vaasjo, Dr. Danielle Lisboa, and, since October 2023, Michael Clark. We are indebted to them for their patience and excellent direction.
To support young Edmonton and Alberta musicians competing in the Edmonton Music and Speech Arts Festival, we created the Edmonton Philharmonic Society Scholarship. We feature winners of the scholarship in our spring concerts. We have also commissioned and performed music written by local composers.
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