Stephanie Mara

Canadian pianist, Stephanie Mara, received an Associate Diploma in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music, and a Bachelor Degree in Piano Performance from Wilfrid Laurier University, where she studied with Garth Beckett.  She is a collaborative pianist and coach for Wilfrid Laurier University where she works with performance majors in brass, bassoon, and cello, and has assisted in master classes with Alain Trudel, Dennis Najoom and James Campbell.      

Stephanie has performed in recital and gala presentations with Canadian soloists James Campbell, Alistair Kay and Jasper Wood.  She performs on a regular basis with Canadian trumpeter/pianist/singer Guy Few in Canada and the United States.  Festival and series appearances include the Elora Festival, the Festival of the Sound, the Ottawa Chamber Festival, Barrie Colours of Music, and Quad City Arts (USA).  Stephanie’s broadcast credits encompass Bravo, CBC radio and NPR.

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Video

Hubeau - Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

Schoenfield - Five Days from the Life of a Manic-Depressive
piano four-hands - excerpts



Vocalise

This disc explores the instrumental "voice" of ecstasy.  Love, death, pain, sensuality, nature, anticipation and even religious ecstasy are vibrantly present here.  The inherent ecstasy of performing as a “singer” plays no small role.  As any singer will agree, there is a natural high in singing that is very difficult to match in the instrumental world.

Through Vocalise, Stephanie and I examine songs, poetry, and solo trumpet repertoire as they relate to my vocally based trumpet technique.

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Background Picture: Bo Huang www.bohuang.ca