Adult Guest Soloists

Adult Guest Soloists (those over 25 years old) with the Cowichan Consort Orchestra & Choir

Year Performance Guest Soloist/Guest Conductor
1992 Fauré Louise Vaillancourt – soprano
Robert Norris – baritone
1993 Haydn Geraldine Bayley – mezzo – soprano
Patrick Corrigan – tenor
Garth Gislason – bass
1995 Handel Veronica McPhee – soprano
Peter Collins – tenor
Sam Marcaccini – bass
  Hovhaness Dawn Hage – trumpet
1996 Vivaldi Veronica McPhee – soprano
  Handel Heidi Breier – soprano
Susan Black Mezzo – soprano
Ken Lavigne – tenor
Bill Kelly – bass
1997 Mozart Veronica McPhee – soprano
Carolyn Howe – Mezzo-soprano
Peter Collins – tenor
Bill Kelly – bass
  Mozart Yvonne Gillespie – piano
  Biebl Jean Marie Kent – alto
Veronica McPhee – soprano
Christine Fagan – soprano
  Bach Geraldine Bayley – mezzo-soprano
Bill Kelly – bass
1998 Vaughan-Williams Susan Black – mezzo-soprano
1999 various opera composers Heidi Brier – soprano
Linda James – soprano
Valerie Galvin – soprano
  Lehar/Gounod/Strauss Heidi Brier -soprano
  Handel Veronica McPhee – soprano
Sue McCullouch Kelly – alto
Grant Mellemstrand – tenor
Robert Menes – bass
2000 Faure Meredyth Broadway – soprano
Timothy Kyle – tenor
  Menotti Meredyth Broadway – soprano
Grant Mellemstrand – tenor
Tim Kyle – tenor
Bill Kelly – bass
Steve Lovejoy – baritone
2001 Bach Wade Noble – baritone
  Bock/Mozart Bill Kelly – bass
  Handel Rachel Perkyns – soprano
Geraldine Bayley – mezzo-soprano
Grant Mellemstrand – tenor
Bill Kelly – bass
2002 Bizet Rachel Perkyns – soprano
  Schubert Valerie Witham – soprano
Grant Mellemstrand – tenor
Bill Kelly – bass
  Gounod Colleen Ball – soprano
Paul Boughen bass-baritone
  Xmas carol Bill Kelly – bass
2003 Gershwin Dwight Siemens – piano
  Mozart Bill Kelly – bass
  Bizet Rachel Perkyns – soprano
  Lehar/Donizetti Colleen Ball – soprano
  Verdi Rachel Perkyns – soprano
Doug Sharp – tenor
2004 Haydn Ken Lavigne – tenor
Bill Kelly – bass
Riley McMitchell bass-baritone
2005 Dvorak Garth Williams – violin
  Fauré Rachel Perkyns – soprano
Bill Kelly – bass
  Vivaldi/Humperdinck Betty Allison – soprano
Michelle McKenzie – contralto
2006 Mozart Allison Arends – soprano
  Massenet Garth Williams – violin
  Duruflé Rachel Perkyns – soprano
  Franck/Bizet Grant Mellemstrand – tenor
  Bizet/Duruflé Paul Boughen bass – baritone
  various composers Rob Fox – horn
Margaret St Cyr – horn
Amy Sandford – horn
Sandy Sandford – horn
  Handel Meredythe Broadway – soprano
Terry Harrison – contralto
Grant Mellemstrand – tenor
Paul Boughen – bass
2007 Rogers &Hammerstein Terry Harrison – contralto
Rachel Perkyns – soprano
Duncan Frater – tenor
  Gounod Elizabeth MacIsaac – soprano
Neil Bryant – tenor
Paul Boughen – bass
2008 Stamitz Ruth Baumann -clarinet

Duncan Frater – clarinet

Joy Ann Bannerman -Conductor

  Saint-Saens Ron Kilian – piano
Ann Mendenhall – piano
  Handel Rachel Perkyns – soprano
Grant Mellemstrand – tenor
2009 Jenkins Elad Peleg – tenor
Ron McFarlane – trumpet
Chantal Brennink – soprano
Terry Harrison – mezzo-soprano
Steve Bradshaw – tenor
Maria Ridewood – soprano
Trisha Daniell – cello
  Vaughan-Williams Rachel Perkyns – soprano
2010 Jenkins Terry Harrison – contralto
Cari Burdett – mezzo-soprano
  Schubert Annette Lampson – soprano
Stephen Bradshaw – tenor
Bill Kelly – bass
  Beethoven George Corwin – Conductor

Stephen Shields – piano
Jennifer Hoener – soprano
Terry Harrison – contralto
Tony Abbott – tenor
Stephen Bradshaw – tenor
Jim Moore – baritone
Robert Weston – bass

  Handel Nancy Washeim – soprano
Michelle MacKenzie – mezzo-soprano
Ted Rhodes – tenor
Steve Price – bass
2011 Vivaldi Lucinda Fothergill – soprano
Maria Ridewood – soprano
Annette Lampson – soprano
Miriam Stanford – contralto
  Mozart Emma Nielsen – violin
  Durante Terry Harrison – Soprano
Miriam Stanford – Contralto
Ted Rhodes – tenor
  Palmeri Jonathan Goldman – bandoneon
Dwight Siemens piano
  Handel Valorie Cunningham – soprano
Ann Yelland – soprano
Annette Lampson – soprano
Ashley Green – soprano
Cari Burdett – alto
Miriam Stanford – alto
Graham Brockley – tenor
Ted Rhodes – tenor
Peter Yelland – tenor
Bill Kelly – bass
Tim Spencer – bass
2012 Bach Valorie Cunningham – soprano
Grant Mellemstrand – tenor
Bill Kelly – bass
  Fauré Tim Kyle – baritone
  Mozart Jennifer Laing – soprano
Paul Boughen – bass
  Jenkins Sandy Jasper – Penny whistle
Ted Rhodes – tenor
Miriam Sanford – alto
Sue Doughty – soprano
Bill Kelly – bass
Ron McFarlane – trumpet
Trisha Daniell – cello
  Mari Cari Burdett – narrator / mezzo – soprano
  Handel / Carols Alexandra Hill
Robert Weston
Anita Elphick
2013 Haydn Alexandra Hill – soprano
Ted Rhodes – tenor
Paul Boughen – bass-baritone
2013 Rutter Ann Wylie Yelland – soprano
2013 Beethoven Alexandra Hill – soprano
Ted Rhodes – tenor
Cari Burdett – alto
Stephen Price – bass
  Handel/Carols Heather MacGregor – soprano
Carol Fetherston – soprano
Ann Wylie Yelland – soprano
Robert Weston – baritone
Cari Burdett – alto
Zandra Burns – alto
Jennifer Lang – soprano
2014 Verdi Alexandra Hill – soprano
Ted Rhodes – tenor
2014 Mahler Judit Kabath – soprano
2014 Beethoven Raya Fridman – violin
2014 Vaughan Williams Graham Brockley – baritone
2014 Blake Bob McDonald – narrator
Ann Mendenhall – piano
2015 Grieg Kate Rhodes – soprano
2015 Mendelssohn Gary Relyea – bass
Anna Tamm-Relyea – mezzo soprano
Alexandra Hill – soprano
Ted Rhodes – tenor
2016 Mozart Gary Relyea – bass
Anna Tamm-Relyea – mezzo soprano
Ted Rhodes – tenor
Sarah Vardy – soprano
2016 Cinema Music Aaron Brooks, narrator
Ron McFarlane, voices
Colin Mailer, oboe
Chloe McConchie, violin
2016 Handel Gary Relyea – bass
Monica Orso – soprano
Kaden Forsberg – tenor
Anna Tamm-Relyea – mezzo soprano
2017 Haydn Gary Relyea – bass
Jennifer Turner – soprano
Ted Rhodes – tenor
Nathan McDonald – baritone
2017 Jenkins Bryn Badel – trumpet
Marnie Setka Mooney – soprano
2018 Verdi Betty Allison -soprano
Benjamin Butterfield -tenor
Anne Relyea-mezzo soprano
Gary Relyea- baritone-bass
2018 Beethoven Yvonne Gillespie – piano
2018 Handel Erica Phare-Bergh  Conductor
Gary Relyea   bass
Andrea Rodall  soprano
Anne Relyea  mezzo-soprano
Ted Rhodes  tenor
2019 Kodaly Ted Rhodes    tenor
2019 Dec. Hospice Fundraiser Concert Joy Ann Bannerman  Conductor
2020 Featuring Our Youth Nathan Jacklin  Conductor

     2022                    Gounod                                                     Erica Phare-Bergh    Conductor                                                                                                                                                                            Julia Morgan   soprano                                                                                                                                                                                                   Adam Dyjach  tenor                                                                                                                                                                                                   Gary Relyea   bass-baritone

      2022             Handel                 Andrea Rodall soprano       Julia Morgan mezzo-soprano

                                                         Ted Rhodes tenor               Alex Chen  bass-baritone