D'Arcy Philip Gray  grew up in rural Nova Scotia, attended McGill University and the Juilliard School and is now a most versatile percussionist and electronic musician. Recent solo projects have taken him to Amsterdam, Toronto, Columbus GA and Nashville. Throughout his career he has premiered numerous solo percussion works. In the past, Gray has taught percussion and music technology courses at McGill, been a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and has performed with the Montreal Symphony and the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada. He has written a number of articles on percussion and electronic music, most recently for the Leonardo Music Journal. D’Arcy Philip Gray is a Yamaha Clinician and a Sabian Artist.

"Nattering Drama and Winking Humour" - The LA Times

Andrew Reed Miller founded Motion Ensemble in 1998. Andrew is principal bass of Symphony NB, Atlantic Sinfonia, and is a faculty member of the NB Youth Orchestra and Sistema NB organization. Andrew's principal mentors were David Currie in Ottawa and Joel Quarrington in Toronto. He has played with The Canadian Opera Company, the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Miller has written music for orchestra, dance, chamber music, film, theatre, performance art and installations. Miller lives in Fredericton and is a proud father. Andrew is an advocate of 5ths tuning and uses a bow made in 1990 by Reid Hudson and a bass (2001) by Masa Inokuchi.   Andrew is the host of Re:Sound, a weekly show on community radio CHSR 97.9 FM.
He also teaches courses in the audio engineering department of the Centre for Arts and Technology.

“Miller is a superb player, a master and a creative inventor......”
-Stephen Pedersen The Chronicle Herald (Halifax) Jan 10, 2011

contact: andrew@motionensemble.com

Nadia Francavilla, a well-known performer of new music, lives in Montreal and plays with Bozzini Quartet and Ensemble Kore. Nadia studied violin with Mauricio Fuks at McGill University. She has been awarded the McGill chamber music prize, the CIBC Festival prize, and has attended the Tanglewood Festival. She has performed around the world with such ensembles as Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and le Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc.

Helen Pridmore has performed across Canada and the USA as soloist and chamber musician.  Her interest in new music has resulted in many performances and premieres of works by Canadian and American composers, including Helen Hall, Tim Brady, W.L. Altman, Jim O'Leary, Randall Snyder, and more.  Helen has recorded for CBC Radio and Albany Records.  Born in England, she studied music in Canada and the USA, earning a doctorate at Eastman where she studied with Carol Webber.  More recently she has studied extended vocal techniques with Joan La Barbara.  Helen teaches voice at  Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB.

Richard Hornsby studied clarinet at the University of Toronto and Indiana University. Richard is Director of Music at the University of New Brunswick, and Director of the UNB Music Camp. He has played with the Toronto, National Arts Centre, Indianapolis and Hamilton Symphonies. Richard has been heard with the Canadian Saxophone Quintet, New Music Concerts, and on numerous C.B.C. broadcasts. He is founder and director of the New Brunswick Summer Music Festival.
 

Karin Aurell moved to Canada from her native Sweden in 2001. Since then she has become one of Eastern Canada’s most sought after flutists. She performs regularly with orchestras in the Maritimes, as well as performing in solo and chamber recitals across the region. In Sweden, Karin was a member of the Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, with which she toured extensively through Europe, and recorded on the BIS and CPO labels Karin has She has performed and recorded with Trio Arkaede (with violinist Isabelle Fournier and pianist Julien Leblanc).



contact:  karin@motionensemble.com