On this concert we're please to feature our principal flute, Susan Somerville, who will join us in the Bach Suite #2. This Suite ends with the famous Badinerie.
Another favourite on this concert is the last movement of the Handel Concerto Grosso.
This is music that lives and breathes joy!
Susan Somerville (Edmonds) recently relocated to Grimsby, ON after spending the last 14 years teaching flute and piano lessons in Milton. Along with rebuilding her studio in her new town, Susan continues to teach several students in Milton and is the collaborative pianist for the Milton Choristers.
Having started her music training as a young girl in Chatham, ON, Ms. Somerville went on to receive a Bachelor of Music in flute performance from Wilfrid Laurier University, a Bachelor of Education from Western University and a Master of Music in flute performance and pedagogy from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Along with playing principal flute for OCO, she also plays flute with the Masterworks Orchestra and enjoys performing solo and chamber music at a variety of community engagements.