The Ladies’s Musical Membership Of Toronto (WMCT) has named Amy Hillis as the brand new Inventive Director of Music within the Afternoon, the group’s longstanding signature live performance collection. Hillis will start curating the programming for the 2026-26 season.
Amy will take over from Simon Fryer, who has held the place since 2006.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Amy Hillis as our new Inventive Director,” mentioned Janet Murray, President of the WMCT. “Amy is a dynamic artist and a visionary thinker with a ardour for chamber music and a robust connection to rising Canadian expertise. Her expertise as a performer and her modern strategy to programming are an excellent match for the WMCT’s mission as we strategy our a hundred and thirtieth anniversary.”
WMCT has been internet hosting one of many metropolis’s premier chamber music live performance collection for a staggering 127 seasons. The Music within the Afternoon collection has develop into a spot to expertise the world’s finest chamber musicians, together with native and Canadian in addition to worldwide artists.
Amy Hillis
Amy Hillis is a violinist, educator, and advocate for Canadian music. Amy is a local of Regina, Saskatchewan. She earned her Bachelor of Music at McGill College, adopted by a Grasp’s diploma on the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Gillis returned to McGill to finish her Physician of Music in Violin Efficiency.
Her expertise has been acknowledged with a primary prize on the Eckhardt-Gramatté Nationwide Music Competitors, in addition to a creative residency at La Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, a win on the McGill Concerto Competitors, and the Sylva Gelber Basis Music Award.
She has carried out throughout Canada, and commissioned a number of new works from composers equivalent to Matthew Brubeck, Fjóla Evans, Vincent Ho, Andrew Staniland, Jocelyn Morlock, and Nicole Lizée, amongst others.
Amy is at present Assistant Professor of Neighborhood Music at York College’s Faculty of Arts, Media, Efficiency and Design.
Music within the Afternoon: 2025-26
Simon Fryer’s last season as Inventive Director, and the live performance collection’ 128th, features a inventive mixture of chamber music.
- Karoline Podolak, soprano (October 9, 2025)
- Maxwell Quartet (Nov 12, 2025)
- VC2 Cello Duo with Amy Hillis, violin (March 5, 2026)
- Stéphane Tétreault, cello; Denis Plante, bandoneon; Chloé Dumoulin, piano (April 2, 2026)
- Fierbois: Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe & Madeline Hildebrand, piano (Could 7, 2026)
Discover extra particulars concerning the upcoming season [HERE].
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