PROGRAMME TO INCLUDE:

J.S. BACH: Chaconne

FRANCK: Sonata for Violin & Piano

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir D'un Lieu Cher, op. 42
(Three Pieces: Meditation; Scherzo; Melody)

WIENIAWSKI: Variations on an Original Theme, op. 15

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Violinist Sadie Fields performs frequently throughout the UK and in her home country of Canada. Since being invited at the age of fourteen by conductor Victor Feldbrill to perform as soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Sadie has been featured as guest soloist with many Canadian orchestras, such as the Windsor Symphony, the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra, the National Festival Symphony Orchestra, the Canadian Chamber Academy, and the Toronto String Orchestra. Sadie’s most recent performances in the UK have included the Bruch concerto with the Cheshire Symphonia, the Beethoven concerto with the Eversley Orchestra, the Mendelssohn concerto with the Wilmslow Symphony, and The Lark Ascending with the Manchester Beethoven Orchestra. Sadie has also performed as soloist with the orchestra of the Royal Northern College of Music. Sadie will be appearing next year as soloist in the Alban Berg concerto with the University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra.

Sadie appears regularly in solo recitals, and has been featured in the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society Series, the Caskey Recital Series, and the Guelph Spring Festival. Sadie has performed for the Prime Minister of Canada and for the late Pope John Paul II, and she has been featured in a national broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation playing works by Sarasate. In the UK, Sadie has appeared at many important music festivals including the Windsor Festival, the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, the Newbury Spring Festival, and the Halifax Young Musicians’ Showcase. Sadie has also performed Stravinsky’s ‘Soldier’s Tale’ at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, and has appeared in London at Goldsmith’s Hall and St. Bride’s Church.

Sadie was a first prize winner of the Canadian Music Competition, a winner of the Edward Johnson Music Competition, and winner of the RNCM Eleanor Warren Prize. Sadie has been awarded scholarships from the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto), the Edward Johnson Music Foundation, and the Royal Northern College of Music, and was recently honoured with major awards from the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. Prior to her studies at the RNCM, Sadie received full scholarship to attend the Young Artists Performance Academy in Toronto, where she studied with Atis Bankas. In addition, Sadie has had lessons and master classes with many of the most distinguished violin pedagogues, including Victor Danchenko, Aaron Rosand, Marucio Fuks, Almita Vamos, Paul Kantor, Ivry Gitlis, Zvi Zeitlin, and Nelli Schkolnikova. Sadie won full scholarship to study at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK, where she now studies with Prof. Yair Kless. Sadie plays on a 1677 violin by Ruggieri, kindly on loan from the RNCM.