Jerome Summers

Some recently acclaimed
performances include:
Berlioz: Requiem
Elgar: Cello Concerto
with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi
Mozart: Piano Concerto
in A with
Janina Fialkowska
Bloch: Schelomo
with Yuli Turofsky
Mahler: Symphonies
No. 1, 3, 4
Orff: Carmina Burana
Nielsen: Symphonies
No. 3, 4, 5
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony

Jerome Summers - Conductor (Calendar of Events)

Jerome Summers was born and educated in British Columbia, where he became a member of the Vancouver Symphony and CBC Vancouver Radio Orchestras. After acquiring graduate degrees in composition from the University of British Columbia, he undertook studies in conducting at the prestigious Toho Gakuen in Tokyo, under Kazuyoshi Akiyama and Morihiro Okabe. A versatile musician, he has established a distinguished career as a conductor, composer, and clarinetist.

Since locating in Ontario, Maestro Summers has appeared with many of Canada's leading orchestras, and has broadcast frequently on CBC national radio.

His conducting activities have embraced a broad spectrum of styles and genres, including opera and ballet productions, symphonic masterworks, world premiere performances of new works, pops, theatre pieces, recording sessions and chamber orchestra performances throughout North America and Western Europe.

He currently serves as Music Director of thriving orchestras in Southern Ontario, Michigan, and Toronto.

Jerome Summers has acquired widespread recognition and critical acclaim as one of Canada's most vital musicians.

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Selected International Artists Concerto Collaborations

William Aide, pianist
Peter Katin, pianist
Janina Fialkowska, pianist
Ronald Turini, pianist
Larry Larson, trumpeter
Kevin McMillan, tenor
Theodore Baerg, baritone
Darryl Edwards, tenor
Michael Schade, tenor
Norbert Kraft, guitarist
Erika Raum, violinist
Eduard Minevich, violinist
Patricia Green, mezzo soprano
Robert Kortgaard, pianist
Scott St. John, violinist
Sheila McCarthy, narrator
David Keeley, narrator
Lara St. John, violinist
Caroline Goulding, violinist
Karen Elaine, violist
Arkady Yanivker, violinist
Jamie Parker, pianist
Lara St. John, violinist
Mirielle Asselin, soprano
Conrad Chow, violinist
Mary-Elizabeth Brown, violinist

Yuri Mazurkevitch, violinist
Yuli Turofsky, cellist
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cellist
Ronald George, hornist
Damian Bursill-Hall, flutist
Alexander Tselyakov, pianist
Michael Burgess, tenor
Mark Dubois, tenor
Mary Lou Fallis, soprano
Joseph Lanza, violinist
True North Brass quintet
Anita Krause, mezzo soprano
Ian Sadler, organist
Sara Davis Buechner, pianist
Robert Silverman, pianist
Yi-Jia Susanne Hou, violinist Denise Djokic, cellist
Steve Reich, composer/percussionist
Sharon Kahan, flutist
Miriam Khalil, mezzo soprano
Julie Nesrallah, mezzo soprano
The Gryphon Trio
Sharon Wei, violist
Kevin Cole, pianist
Umberto Cravici, cellist

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