Miranda Wong

Miranda Wong is ever passionate about the music of the great traditional masters and ever curious about the complexities of the contemporary idiom.

Her solo career has taken her across Canada, the United States, England, and often before the microphones of CBC Radio.  In the ten years as pianist of the contemporary music ensemble, Aventa, her performances have embraced both world premieres and appearances at music festivals in multiple continents.

She holds degrees from the University of Victoria; the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London; and the Peabody Conservatory.  Robin Wood, Leonard Shure, and Leon Fleisher sit as the triumvirate of her musical inspiration and education.

The wish to share in discovering the small, and large, ideas that connect life to music ensures a place for teaching in her professional activities.  Miranda Wong currently serves on the faculty of the School of Music at the University of British Columbia.

Alice Enns

After being awarded the medal for the highest mark in Canada for the ARCT in Piano Performance diploma, ALICE ENNS studied with Joan Davies (one of England’s early fortepianists) and with Jean-Paul Sévilla in France.  She has given concerts and adjudicated festivals in North America, the Middle East and India. 

A prizewinner in Canada’s E-gré competition for the performance of contemporary music, she went on to perform, commission and record contemporary Canadian music.  These performances were often broadcast nationally on CBC radio.

Her career as an adjudicator has taken her from local associations to provincial and international music festivals and competitions. She has given lectures to music teacher’s groups and professional associations, the latest one as part of the international conference of the CFMTA/MTNA. 

As a faculty member of the School of Music at UBC (Vancouver campus) ALICE ENNS was active in the Keyboard Division as a performer, piano teacher and lecturer, teaching courses in piano pedagogy, piano repertoire, class piano and keyboard harmony.  She is proud to note that among her former students are performers, university professors and teachers, thus continuing the tradition of passing on the love of classical music to the next generation.