| Edwin Huizinga Edwin Huizinga is a recent graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio where he studied baroque and modern violin with Marilyn McDonald. Edwin began playing the violin at the Suzuki string school in Guelph, Ontario, at age 5. In 1998, Mr. Huizinga began studies with Mark Fewer at the Glenn Gould School of Music’s Young Artist Performance Academy in Toronto. In January 2005, he traveled to Panama, where he toured with his quartet and taught at the National Music Festival in Panama City. Mr. Huizinga has appeared as soloist with the Kitchener Waterloo Chamber Orchestra on March 25, 2006, performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, and with the Oberlin Baroque orchestra. He also performed in both the chamber and contemporary orchestras at the Oberlin Conservatory. From December 2005, through January 2006, he participated in the Oberlin Orchestra tour of China. This past summer he studied in Berlin with the concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmoniker, and was invited to play in the 2006 Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra. He will be returning to Carmel for this upcoming summer’s festival. On a recital given as a fundraiser during the summer of 2005, the Puslinch Pioneer wrote “[Mr. Huizinga’s] ambition is to bring classical music to the attention of younger people in such a way that makes it more appealing to them. It was a wonderful, magical evening of music.” Mr. Huizinga is currently continuing his studies in performance and chamber music at the San Francisco Conservatory. O1C Performances: Passamezzo Moderno |
