Notice Board

Music at Noon Series: Terence Dawson, piano (University of British Columbia)
De Profundis
12:15 pm, October 11, 2016
University Recital Hall
FREE Admission, Everyone Welcome

British-born, Canadian pianist TERENCE DAWSON has firmly established himself as one of British Columbia’s most respected and versatile musicians. His reputation has resulted in repeat engagements from coast to coast across Canada, as well as in the USA, England and Asia. His many performances have garnered critical acclaim: "lucid" (Globe and Mail), "stunning" (Vancouver Sun), and possessing "trademark elegance and technical flair" (Georgia Straight).

He has appeared as concerto soloist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, CBC Curio Ensemble, and is the pianist of choice for numerous artists and ensembles. He has recorded nine discs of chamber music with both large and small ensemble and is well known to CBC Radio audiences.  He has toured Rzewski’s De Profundis at educational institutions from Vancouver Island to New Brunswick.

A dedicated teacher, Dr. Dawson has been invited to lecture, adjudicate and conduct master classes at universities and colleges, and for National Conferences of the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers, Registered Music Teachers Association branches, the Canadian Music Competition and the Canada Council. He is a founding faculty member of the Vancouver International Song Institute and is a member of the faculty in residence at the annual Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Summer Institute at Whistler.

After early studies with Janet Hammock, Jamie Syer and Lynn Johnson in Eastern Canada, his graduate studies were with Canadian pianist, Jane Coop. Since 1991, he has taught piano and chamber music at the University of British Columbia, and in 2011 was appointed Chair of the Keyboard Division, succeeding his principal teacher.