Department Head
Michael van der Sloot

Michael van der Sloot began his musical studies with one of Canada’s foremost string teachers, his brother William van der Sloot. He later received his Bachelor and Masters degrees on the viola at UBC, studying with Gerald Stanick, with Post-Graduate studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria with Thomas Riebl.

Collegium Program Instructors

Nancy Argenta – voice
Ingrid Attrot – voice
Martin Bonham – cello
Stephen Brown – theory
Müge Büyükçelen – violin
Anna Cal – piano
Kelly Charlton – piano; accompanist
Susan de Burgh – piano
Kenji Fuse – viola
Robert Holliston – piano; collaborative piano
Paula Kiffner – cello
May Ling Kwok – piano
Guyonne Le Louarn – violin/viola
Linda Low – piano
Gail O’Riordan – cello
Christine Prince – viola; strings
Kathryn Ranger – violin
Linda Stobbe – piano
Winifred Scott Wood – piano

Distinguished, inspirational instructors and coaches are a vital component of the Collegium program.

Recent guest artists include:

Cecilia String Quartet (Toronto)               Ivan Zenaty, violin (Czech Republic)
Nancy Argenta, voice (Victoria)                Bernadene Blaha, piano (Los Angeles)
Borealis String Quartet (Vancouver)        Sara Davis Buechner, piano (Vancouver)
Angela Cheng, piano (Oberlin)                 Katherine Chi, piano (Boston)
Winston Choi, piano (Chicago)                Jane Coop, piano (Vancouver)
Jonathan Crow, violin (Montreal)            James Ehnes, violin (Florida)
Terence Dawson, piano (Vancouver)      Andrew Dawes, violin (Vancouver)
Denise Djokic, cello (Boston)                   Elizabeth Dolin, cello (Montreal)
Joseph Elworthy, cello (Vancouver)        Janina Fialkowska, piano (New York)
Charles Foreman, piano (Calgary)          Allison Greene, voice (Victoria)
Anne Grimm, voice (Victoria)                  Desmond Hoebig, cello (Houston)
David Jalbert, piano (Toronto)                Dawn Johnson, voice (Victoria)
John Kadz, cello (Calgary)                        Karr/Lewis Duo (Victoria)
Jon Kimura Parker, piano (Houston)      Anita Krause, voice (Toronto)
Lafayette String Quartet (Victoria)          Stéphane Lemelin, piano (Ottawa)
Antonio Lysy, cello (Los Angeles)            Tania Miller, conducting (Victoria)
Lorraine Min, piano (Victoria)                 Gerald Stanick, violin, viola (Vancouver)
Terence Tam, violin (Victoria)                 Gwen Thompson, violin (Victoria)
Bruce Vogt, piano (Victoria)                    William Westney, piano (Texas)
Monica Whicher, voice (Victoria)            Jasper Wood, violin (Vancouver)