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Sheila Smyth
Viola, Violin and Viola de Gamba

Shelia Smyth is a violist and violinist with a Bachelor’s Degree in Performance from the University of Toronto. She furthered her studies with renowned specialists abroad, becoming a Baroque specialist. She performs actively with various ensembles and orchestras internationally. She is assistant principal violist of the Talisker Players and principal violist of both the Nota Bene Period Orchestra and Opera York. An active chamber musician, she has been heard in performance on CBC and CFMX.

John Milosh
Violin

Veteran conductor of all types of student orchestras and ensembles. John is a regular performer in a string quartet, and is the concertmaster of the Trinity Chamber Orchestra.

Rima Basov
Cello

Rima Basov holds a degree from the Belorussian State Conservatory of Music and has completed an internship at the Gnessen Institute in Moscow, studying with Alexander Piatigorsky. Her studies qualified her as soloist and chamber musician. She has performed with many orchestras, both in the former USSR and in Canada. She is a founding member of the Institute since 1995.