GUY FEW
Guy Few is a virtuoso, in demand as a trumpeter, cornist,
pianist and singer. Montreal’s Le Devoir calls him
“outrageously gifted” and “quite simply
phenomenal”.
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 marks 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, Banff Centre for the Arts and The Festival
of the Sound, 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 Bellows and Brass, Nadina Mackie Jackson (bassoon),
and Stephanie Mara (piano). He has appeared on CBC-TV, CTV,
BRAVO, TV5 and European television broadcasts and is heard
regularly on CBC Radio and NPR.
Guy is a sessional lecturer at Wilfrid Laurier University
where he conducts the Wilfrid Laurier Brass Ensemble and
teaches trumpet and duo piano. He is a Yamaha Artist performing
on XENO and Custom trumpets.
