Artistic Director & Guest Artists
Our esteemed Guest Artists are members of some of the world’s leading orchestras, such as Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, LA Phil, Montreal Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Victoria Symphony, and more. Click on the photos below to learn more about our 2024 guest artists.
Garneau String Quartet
String Quartet
Robert Uchida
Violin
Laura Veeze
Violin
Richard Roberts
Violin
Boson Mo
Violin
Máté Szücs
Viola
Keith Hamm
Viola
Hung-Wei Huang
Viola
Henry Shapard
Cello
Brian Yoon
Cello
Julie Hereish
Cello
Dylan Palmer
Bass
Janet Arms
Flute & Piccolo
Alain Desgagné
Clarinet
Marc Goldberg
Bassoon
Julia Lockhart
Bassoon
Oliver de Clercq
French Horn
Catherine Turner
French Horn
Marcus Goddard
Trumpet
Andrew Poirier
Trombone
Gordon Cherry
Trombone
Paul Beauchesne
Tuba
Bill Linwood
Percussion
Alyssa Katahara
Harp
Yoomi Kim
Piano
Alexandria Le
Piano
Previous Guest Artists
From award-winning soloists Anne Akiko Meyers, Soyoung Yoon, Amanda Forsyth and Máté Szücs to principal players Timothy Cobb, Carter Brey, David Halen and Michael Gieler, we’ve welcomed dozens of world-class Guest Artists throughout the history of PRISMA. Click the instruments below to see who has mentored our students in recent years.
Martin Chalifour (2018, 2021)
Elmira Darvarova (2015)
Ann Elliott-Goldschmid (2021–2023)
Herbert Greenberg (2013–2016, 2023)
David Halen (2021)
Dennis Kim (2017–2019)
Carla Leurs (2020, 2022, 2023)
Anne Akiko Meyers (2021)
Richard Roberts (2014–2020)
Sharon Stanis (2021–2023)
Terence Tam (2017, 2019, 2021–2023)
Andrew Wan (2013)
Jasper Wood (2016–2017)
Soyoung Yoon (2013, 2014)
Yariv Aloni (2022–2023)
Andrew Brown (2014–2017)
Carrie Dennis (2013)
Michael Gieler (2016, 2018)
Susan Gulkis Assadi (2014)
Joanna Hood (2021–2023)
Hung-Wei Huang (2022–2023)
Vicki Powell (2019, 2020)
Máté Szücs (2018)
Jonathan Vinocour (2021)
Yi Zhou (2017)
Ariel Barnes (2013, 2014)
Carter Brey (2021)
Yegor Dyachkov (2017–2018)
Amanda Forsyth (2015, 2016)
Pamela Highbaugh-Aloni (2021–2023)
Katinka Kleijn (2021)
John Lutterman (2021)
Henry Shapard (2022–2023)
Brian Yoon (2016, 2018–2021–2023)
Timothy Cobb (2021)
Mark Morton (2013–2020)
Dylan Palmer (2021–2023)
Janet Arms (2014–2020, 2022–2023)
Shelley Brown (2013)
Roger Cole – Oboe (2013–2020)
Pauline Oostenrijk (2019–2020, 2022–2023)
Allan Vogel (2018)
Alain Desgagné (2013–2020, 2022–2023)
Keith MacLeod (2013)
Marc Goldberg (2016, 2018–2020, 2022–2023)
Mathieu Harel (2014–2017)
Julia Lockhart (2017–2018)
Gwen Seaton (2013)
Oto Carillo (2013)
Oliver de Clercq (2023)
Fokke van Heel (2014–2017, 2022)
Leelanee Sterrett (2023)
Laurens Woudenberg (2018)
Marcus Goddard (2013–2020, 2022–2023)
Paul Merkelo (2018)
Gordon Cherry (2013–2020, 2022–2023)
Robert Fraser (2013)
Brian Wendel (2022)
Paul Beauchesne (2013–2019, 2023)
Richard Antoine White (2022)
Vern Griffiths (2013)
William Linwood (2014–2020, 2022–2023)
Heidi Bearcroft (2022)
Michelle Gott (2016–2017)
Alyssa Katahara (2023)
Cheryl Losey Feder (2016–2020)
Valerie Muzzolini (2014, 2015)
Elizabeth Volpe Bligh (2014)