October 10, 1965 – August 10, 2022 Tom Mueller celloPhoto by Yuri Koller Tom Mueller Self-Portrait Ensemble Vivant with Adrian Bent It is with tremendous sadness that I write about the passing of Ensemble Vivant’s beloved cellist, Tom Mueller. Although Tom began...
Adele Armin with Ensemble VivantEnsemble Vivant live-in-concert in the mid-1990s at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Performing Arts, Jane Mallett Theatre. L to R: Adele Armin, violin; Catherine Wilson, piano; Jack Mendelssohn, cello Adele Armin, violin; Catherine...
Ensemble Vivant is thrilled to announce the release of our single iFUGUE, which was specially mastered by Andy Walter at ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS (of Beatles fame) in London, England. iFugue is Track 1 on our album, iFUGUE ~ A World of Fugues on the Opening Day...
When the great, now late Canadian composer John Burke heard Antonio Vivaldi’s fugue in e minor (from Sinfonia in e minor for strings and continuo, RV 134), he immediately knew it would be a perfect complement to Ensemble Vivant’s fugue recording. Cleverly coining it...
Written by John ArkelianPublished: April 2021 Pianist and ensemble artistic director Catherine Wilson is joined for this ebullient celebration of Latin music by Corey Gemmell on violin, Norman Hathaway on viola, Jim Vivian on bass, Sybil Shanahan on cello, Don...
Written by John ArkelianPublished: April 2021 Recorded in May 2017 at Grace Church-on-the-Hill in Toronto, this album celebrates the long and fruitful musical collaboration between the estimable Canadian composer and arranger Rick Wilkins and Catherine Wilson’s...