GUY FEW
Equally at home in classical or contemporary genres, Guy
has debuted new works by Canadian composers including Glen
Buhr, Peter Hatch, Alain Trudel, Melissa Hui, Boyd McDonald,
Mathieu Lussier and Jacques Hétu among others. He
has recorded for S.N.E., Arsis Classics, CBC Musica Viva,
CBC SM5000, Naxos, MSR and the Hänssler Classics labels.
Hänssler recordings include the Grammy Award winning
Credo of Penderecki with the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra,
Helmuth Rilling conductor. June 2008 marked the release
of Romanza (Hummel, Lachner, Weber), with Nadina Mackie
Jackson and The Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
conductor for MSR Classics.
Guy has been invited as a professor, adjudicator, soloist,
principal and recitalist to hundreds of festivals including
The Festival of the Sound, Scotiafest, The Orford Festival,
The Kiwanis National Music Festival, The Ottawa Chamber
Festival, The Elora Festival, Tanglewood, Takefu International
Music Festival and The Oregon Bach Festival. Clinics and
master classes have been presented for festivals worldwide
including Scotiafest, Takefu International Music Festival,
Orford Arts Centre and The Banff Centre for the Arts as
well as post-secondary institutions such as the Montreal
Conservatory, the University of Toronto, Memorial University
of Newfoundland, State University of New York at Fredonia
and Sonoma State University.
Guy is a gold medal graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University,
Waterloo, Ontario and holds a Fellowship Diploma from Trinity
College, London, England. He performs and records on a regular
basis with Nadina Mackie Jackson (bassoon), Stephanie
Mara (piano) and Bellows and Brass. He has appeared
on CBC-TV, CTV, BRAVO, TV5 and European television broadcasts
and is heard regularly on CBC Radio and NPR.
Guy Few and Nadina Mackie Jackson are co-artistic directors
of the Grand River Baroque Festival in Ayr and Paris, Ontario.
Guy is a part-time faculty member at Wilfrid Laurier University
where he conducts the Wilfrid Laurier Brass Ensemble and
teaches trumpet and duo piano. He is a Yamaha Artist.
