Janelle Nadeau

Celtic harp, classical harp, voice

Janelle, who holds a degree in Harp Performance from the University of B.C., has performed and toured with various groups and as a soloist throughout Canada.

Janelle has toured Canada with the National Youth Orchestra, performed for Celebrity Cruises, worked with Grammy-nominee Deborah Henson-Conant, and played in Kanye West’s backup band. Janelle also plays in various orchestras in the Lower Mainland including second harp with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. This bilingual (French/English) harpist, who is also a singer and composer, has performed for Manitoba’s popular Home Routes concert tour and the Manitoba Arts Council.

Janelle is the 2008 first place winner and the 2006 second place winner of the Winnipeg Women's Musical Club competition. Her performances have been heard on CBC Radio as well as VIA TVA television. Janelle studied harp with Richard Turner (Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra), Heidi Krutzen (Vancouver Opera Orchestra) and Rita Costanzi (CBC Radio Orchestra). Janelle's music spans genres from classical to folk to world music.

Esther Cannon

Classical harp, voice

Esther Cannon began studying harp at age 11 and has won multiple awards from the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra (2008 concerto competition), and the Royal Conservatory of Music. Performance highlights include concerts at the Chan Centre for Performing Arts at UBC with the Taipei National University of the Arts Orchestra, recording for the closing ceremonies of the 2010 BC Summer Games, and most recently, being featured during the opening gala of the 2011 World Harp Congress in Vancouver. Esther has performed at masterclasses with Judy Loman, Dr. Ann Yeung, Natalia Shamayeva and Yolanda Kondonassis. She currently studies harp performance at Trinity Western University under Elizabeth Volpe Bligh of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Jeff Pelletier

Flute, alto flute, bass flute, wooden piccolo, recorder

Jeff Pelletier has appeared in concerts and as a soloist numerous times throughout the U.S. and Canada. In addition to being the founder and artistic director of the wind quintet Ventos (www.ventos.org ), Jeff is the principal flutist with the Vancouver Chamber Players, the Vancouver InterCultural Orchestra, is second flute/piccolo with the Kamloops Symphony and performs regularly with the Vancouver Island Symphony.

Jeff Pelletier has studied with Carl Bergner, and, most notably, Julius Baker, former principal flutist of the New York Philharmonic. Jeff holds an Artist Diploma from the University of BC where he studied with Lorna McGhee. Jeff Pelletier is a Pearl Flute Performing Artist. www.pearlflutes.com