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Joshua Peters

Academic title(s): 

Course Instructor (Violin)

Joshua Peters
Department: 
Music Performance
Area(s): 
String
Contact Information
Email address: 
joshua.peters [at] mcgill.ca
Instrument(s): 
Violin
Group: 
Faculty
Biography: 

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Joshua Peters is the 2nd Assistant Principal Second Violin of the Orchestra Symphonique de Montréal. Mr. Peters is the First Prize Winner of the 2015 Eckhardt-Gramatté Music Competition, the First Prize Winner of the 2014 WMC Doris McClellan Competition, and the 2015 Golden Violin Award from McGill University. Particularly drawn to the performance of chamber music, Peters has collaborated with many renowned musicians including Menahem Pressler, Kim Kashkashian, André LaPlante, and members of the Emerson, St. Lawrence, and Guarneri quartets. As a soloist, he has performed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra on numerous occasions as well as with the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra and I Medici de Montréal.

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Joshua Peters est né et a grandi à Winnipeg au Manitoba. Il est 2e assistant des 2e violons de l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. M. Peters a remporté le premier prix du concours de musique Eckhardt-Gramatté en 2015, le concours WMC Doris McClellan en 2014 et le Violin d’or de McGill en 2015. Particulièrement attiré par la musique de chambre, M. Peters a collaboré avec plusieurs musiciens de renom, dont Menahem Pressler, Kim Kashkashian, André LaPlante, Steven Dann et les membres des quatuors Emerson, Concord, St. Lawrence, Guarneri et Pacifica. En tant que soliste, il a joué à de nombreuses reprises avec l'Orchestre symphonique de Winnipeg, ainsi qu'avec l'orchestre du conservatoire de San Francisco et I Medici de Montréal.

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