Cathy Stone

Cathy Stone

Cathy Stone is an active freelance trombonist based in Toronto, ON. She is a founding member of a dynamic and in-demand chamber music ensemble, the Trillium Brass Quintet, performing recitals and educational concerts throughout southern Ontario. Cathy has performed on a freelance basis with such ensembles as the National Ballet Orchestra, the Hannaford Street Silver Band, Hamilton Philharmonic, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra London and Talisker Players. From 1995-2001 Cathy held a tenured position with the Albany Symphony Orchestra in Albany, NY. While in Albany, she participated in numerous recordings of orchestral works by American composers including Morton Gould, John Harbison, Roy Harris and Kamran Ince. She maintains a private studio of low brass students and is on the faculty of the National Music Camp of Canada.

Cathy was born and raised in Saskatchewan, and received her Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Saskatchewan where she studied trombone with Dawn McLean and piano with Bonnie Nicholson. She then received a Master of Music in Performance from the University of Toronto studying with Gordon Sweeney. Cathy’s other teachers have included Richard Erb, during her summers with NYO, and Alain Trudel, as a participant in the Musicians at Large program at the Banff Centre for the Arts.

Cathy Stone - trombone

Monday, May 2
12:15 – 1:00 p.m.
Suggested donation: $10.00