dino pepe and joy fahrenbruck - lumina concert

dino pepe, saxophone
joy fahrenbruck, piano

dino pepe studied music performance at humber college, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , where he received an honours bachelor of music degree, and the berklee college of music. he has studied saxophone performance with roy coran, eddie sossin, and george garzone.  after living abroad and performing for several years, he returned to thunder bay and 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 to complete a degree in music education, and began teaching with lakehead public schools in 1998.  he is presently a music teacher and chair of arts at sir winston churchill high school.  in 2006 he joined the department of music at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 as instructor of saxophone and director of the lu jazz ensemble (2007).  dino frequently performs as a saxophonist in a number of musical genres and venues, and has performed and recorded with a number of artists including: the t.b.s.o., esteban figeroa, robin rainger, tomson highway, and patricia cano.  he also was involved in providing the musical backdrop for the premiere of tomson highway’s â€"the post mistress” at magnus theatre in 2011.  he is excited to be presenting this lumina concert with joy fahrenbruck featuring music for saxophone and piano.

joy fahrenbruck is originally from ohio, where she obtained a bachelor of arts degree from bowling green university. in thunder bay she has taught piano both privately and as a contract lecturer with the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 department of music, where she now serves as accompanist for the opera studio and the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 vocal ensemble. joy has appeared in many recitals and chamber concerts, including the lumina concert series, the new music north festivals and the thunder bay symphony orchestra chamber music series. she has frequently performed with the tbso as both percussionist and keyboard player.