Soprano Suzie LeBlanc, Artistic and Executive Director of Early Music Vancouver, has enjoyed a remarkable international career in recital, opera, and chamber music. She has recorded nearly 60 albums and received numerous distinctions, including an Éloize Award in 2020 and an East Coast Music Award for I Am in Need of Music. She played the lead role in Rodrigue Jean's film Lost Song, a prizewinner at the Toronto International Film Festival. Her original projects include mouvance, a reflection on exile and migration co-created with composer Jérôme Blais. She is a recipient of the Order of Canada, a Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France, and holds five honorary doctorates.

Pianist by trade, Pierre-André Doucet is also a writer, clown, comedian, and translator. Praised for "the emotion of his playing and his impeccable control" (Audiophilia), he has performed across Canada and internationally, notably as a Lincoln Center Stage artist. Winner of the Knigge Piano Competition and the Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition, he has also been recognized at the Prix d'Europe and the Ibiza International Piano Competition. He holds a graduate diploma in collaborative piano from McGill University and a doctorate in piano performance from the Université de Montréal. Pierre-André Doucet is the author of Sorta comme si on était déjà là (2012) and Des dick pics sous les étoiles (2020), both published by Prise de parole. His translation of Len & Cub: A Queer History will be published in September 2026 by Éditions Perce-Neige.

Australian-Canadian violinist Emilie Duncan will soon begin Grade 11 at École Mathieu-Martin in Moncton. She discovered classical music at age 8 by joining Sistema Moncton, then progressed to the Moncton Youth Orchestra and the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra (NBYO). In 2023, she performed at Carnegie Hall with the NBYO at the Viennese Masters Orchestra Invitational. In 2024, she represented the NBYO at the National Seminario Ravinia in Chicago, and in 2025 participated in the National Arts Centre Orchestra's collaborative tour of Japan. Her perseverance earned her the role of Concertmaster with the NBYO and the Sistema New Brunswick Children's Orchestra, notably in performances of The Wild Symphony with author Dan Brown as narrator, and again with actor Viggo Mortensen at the first World Congress on the Social Impact of Music in Toronto. In 2026, she secured a position with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.

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Norman Adams is a cellist, improviser, sound artist, educator, and transdisciplinary artist. A former Principal Cellist of Symphony Nova Scotia (1991–2018), he is founder and past Artistic Director of suddenlyLISTEN Music, presenting new and improvised music for over 25 years. He has been guest Principal Cellist of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, performed at the Venice Biennale, and collaborated with artists including Joëlle Léandre, Pauline Oliveros, and Marilyn Crispell. He currently performs with stra:ta, Collateral, and with Joe Sorbara. normanadams.ca

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