Feathers and Fire

Growing up in Prince George, Elizabeth Klassen participated in the local music and drama festivals, winning multiple awards in both. She holds her RCM level 10 and her ARCT in Harmony and Analysis. She is currently pursuing her Performance ARCT and plans to complete it in January, 2024. 

Elizabeth has been teaching piano for the last seven years. She loves sharing her passion for music with her students and watching their love and understanding of music grow. Through the years she has learnt how to maximize on every child’s skill and how to encourage them where they struggled. She has taught a wide range of ages, the youngest being five and the oldest in her sixties, as well as students with special needs. She has a relaxed leadership style in which she encourages her students to ask questions and share their opinions on the music. 

Elizabeth enjoys collaborating with other musicians and has accompanied the UNBC Musical Productions presentation of “The Last Five Years,” Theatre NorthWest’s production of “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” and Cedars Christian School’s Christmas Concert.

Concert violinist Dr. Calvin Dyck wears many hats ​(literally and figuratively). He is in his 25th season as Concertmaster for the Vancouver Island Symphony (Nanaimo), and is in demand as an adjudicator for music festivals across the country. Calvin is the Artistic Director for Oceanside Classical Concerts, the Artistic Director of the Abbotsford Youth Orchestra, has a teaching studio with 25 students, and is a busy producer with his company Songs, Strings and Steps Events Ltd.  In his spare time he runs a Christmas tree farm in Mission.
 
Calvin has his Doctor of Musical Arts (in violin performance) from the University of Southern California​ with minors in conducting, music education and music history.  He has produced 4 CDs which help raise money for Communitas, a charity which supports people living with disabilities.

Highlights from the past few years include producing concerts with the Celtic Tenors, Barrage, and Cirque Musica. In 2012 Calvin was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for service to the community and in April 2013 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humanities by Trinity Western University. In 2024, Calvin was awarded the “Order of Abbotsford” to recognize his work with youth.