John's Brushes with Fame
(Music courtesy of Loreena McKennitt)
Conductor Julian Pelicano, Winnipeg
(Photo © RWB)
Composer, singer and Artistic Director of Camerata Nova Andrew Balfour, Winnipeg
(Photo © John Iverson)
Musician and composer KevOz, Winnipeg
(Photo © John Iverson)
Musician and composer Steven Vitali, Toronto
(Photo © Steven Vitali)
George "Sulu" Takei, Winnipeg
Beam us up Scotty!
(Photo © WSO)
Calgary singer, musician & songwriter Sora, Winnipeg
(Photo © John Iverson)
Tenor Ben Heppner, Winnipeg
(Photo © Haley Rempel)
Soprano Dawn Upshaw, Winnipeg
(Photo © John Iverson)
Preeminent Canadian composer Michael Conway Baker, Vancouver
(Photo © John Iverson)
Soprano Sarah Brightman, Winnipeg
(Photo © John Iverson)
Fionnuala Sherry & Rolf Lovland (Secret Garden), Minneapolis, MN, USA
(Photo © John Iverson)
Singer, musician & songwriter Loreena McKennitt, Winnipeg
(Photo © John Iverson)
Singer, musician & songwriter Steve Bell, Winnipeg
(Photo © John Iverson)
Other famous musical artists I have met
(but unfortunately no pictures)
- Classical violinist Joshua Bell
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet Principal Dancer Tara Birtwhistle
- Canadian classical guitarist Liona Boyd
- The Canadian Tenors
- Soprano Andriana Chuchman
- Canadian new age guitarist Jesse Cook
- Canadian singer, songwriter and pianist Burton Cummings
- New age pianist Scott Cossu
- Soprano Tracy Dahl
- Canadian classical violinist James Ehnes
- Soprano Nikki Einfeld
- Canadian classical guitarist Rachel Gauk
- Canadian classical pianist Angela Hewitt
- The Hilliard Ensemble
- Soprano Monica Huisman
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet Principal Dancer Vanessa Lawson
- New age guitarist Ottmar Liebert
- The Orford String Quartet
- Canadian classical pianist Jon Kimura Parker
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet Principal Dancer Jo-Ann Sundermeier
- Pan flutist Gheorghe Zamfir
Other conductors I have met
(but unfortunately no pictures)
- Russian conductor Andrey Boreyko
- English conductor Roy Goodman
- German conductor Alexander Mickelthwate
- Russian conductor Daniel Raiskin
- American conductor and violinist Joseph Silverstein
- English conductor Bramwell Tovey
Classical concerts I have attended
(in alphabetical order)
- Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Michael Conway Baker & Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra
- Joshua Bell (with Manitoba Chamber Orchestra)
- Liona Boyd
- Simone Dinnerstein (with Manitoba Chamber Orchestra)
- James Ehnes (with Manitoba Chamber Orchestra)
- Rachel Gauk
- Ben Heppner (with Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra)
- Angela Hewitt (with Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra)
- Nigel Kennedy (with Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra)
- Norbert Kraft
- Yo-Yo Ma (with Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra)
- Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
- MusikBarock Ensemble
- Montreal Symphony Orchestra
- Orford Quartet
- Jon Kimura Parker (with Manitoba Chamber Orchestra)
- Jon Kimura Parker (with Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra)
- Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
- Dawn Upshaw (with Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra)
- Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Non-classical concerts I have attended
(in alphabetical order)
- America
- The Bee Gees
- Steve Bell
- Sarah Brightman
- The Buckinghams
- Glen Campbell
- The Canadian Tenors / The Tenors
- Jesse Cook
- Scott Cossu
- Burton Cummings
- The Everly Brothers
- Gary Lewis And The Playboys
- The Grassroots
- The Guess Who
- The Hollies
- Elton John
- Gordon Lightfoot
- Frank Mills
- Natalie MacMaster
- Loreena McKennitt
- Don McLean
- The Moody Blues
- The Pointer Sisters
- Paul Revere and the Raiders
- The Righteous Brothers
- Kenny Rogers
- Secret Garden
- The Turtles
- Gino Vannelli
- Gheorghe Zamfir
