Gordon D. Mansell and Tamara Hrycak

Gordon D. Mansell

Gordon Mansell is Music Director and Titular Organist at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Toronto, Canada. He is also Executive Producer and Artistic Director of ORGANIX CONCERTS, an on-going year over year international organ festival series established in 2005 and in 2017 received a national award by the Royal Canadian College of Organists for its enduring Excellence in promoting organ music. In addition to his efforts in the realm of pipe organs, Mr. Mansell is also an exclusive dealer for Allen Organ Company, the world’s largest and most respected builder of digital classical and theatre organs.

As a concert artist, Mr. Mansell has performed organ and choir concerts in Europe and Israel and is well known and respected as a leading musician in Church music. Gordon Mansell holds a Bachelor degree in Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology (1979), a Diploma in Information Technology from the Faculty of Architecture, University of Toronto (2001), Bachelor of Music (2006) and Masters in Music (2008) degrees in organ performance from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music.

For more information: www.glionnamansell.com or www.organixconcerts.ca

Tamara Hrycak

Tamara Hrycak began her musical studies at an early age in Regina, Saskatchewan. Throughout her musical studies, she has won numerous provincial and national competitions. Upon her graduation from the Conservatory of Music in Regina, she won the prestigious Presidents Gold Medal. Tamara completed her Bachelor of Music with honours from the University of Saskatchewan and went on to complete a Masters of Music under Lorand Fenyves, as well as a Bachelor of Education at the University of Toronto.

Based in Toronto, Tamara Hrycak is a much sought after violinist and educator. As a performer, her award-winning talent has earned her positions with many orchestras including Hamilton Philharmonic, Toronto Philharmonia and the Windsor Symphony (where she has recorded composers such as Mozart, Haydn, and Chopin) and has toured throughout Europe, Asia, and North America with various world-renowned conductors. Her diversity as a musician makes her equally comfortable on stage with music of all genres; she has performed alongside artists such as Andre Bocelli, Josh Groban, Anne Murray, David Foster, Peter Gabrielle, The Tenors, Il Divo, and Joni Mitchell. She has served as concertmaster for the 2cellos, as well "Hanson", String theory, for their Toronto and Hamilton performances.

As a teacher, Tamara has enjoyed sharing her knowledge with children across the GTA as well as inspiring and guiding music students at the University of Toronto. Tamara is an advocate for education in the arts and an active string clinician throughout Ontario.