January 30 Workshops and Masterclasses: Gryphon Trio, Nordic Voices, and Bohdana Frolyak

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Join us on Friday, January 30, 2026 for an afternoon of workshops and masterclasses featuring special guests connected to Laurier’s Gryphon Trio + Nordic Voices concert week.

The week also includes an extraordinary concert on January 29, 2026 at 7:30 p.m., featuring Gryphon Trio and Nordic Voices, live in Laurier’s Maureen Forrester Recital Hall. Tickets are available now.

Workshops and masterclasses are open to participating Laurier students and ensembles.

Quick schedule at a glance:

• 1:00–4:00 p.m. Choir Workshop with Nordic Voices (Mezzanine)
• 1:00–2:30 p.m. Chamber Music Masterclass with Gryphon Trio (Maureen Forrester Recital Hall)
• 1:00–2:30 p.m. Composition Seminar with Bohdana Frolyak (M4031)

Choir Workshop with Nordic Voices

Date: Friday, January 30, 2026
Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Location: Mezzanine

Featuring: Nordic Voices with Laurier Concert Choir and Laurier Singers

Spend the afternoon in a collaborative choral workshop with members of Nordic Voices, working with Laurier’s choral ensembles through repertoire refinement, sectionals, and Q&A. 

Chamber Music Masterclass with Gryphon Trio

Date: Friday, January 30, 2026
Time: 1:00–2:30 p.m.
Location: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Featuring: Gryphon Trio

This masterclass offers student chamber ensembles the opportunity to learn from Gryphon Trio, one of Canada’s most celebrated chamber groups.

Composition Seminar with Bohdana Frolyak

Date: Friday, January 30, 2026
Time: 1:00–2:30 p.m.
Location: M4031

Featuring: Bohdana Frolyak (Ukraine)

Join us for a composition seminar with Bohdana Frolyak, one of the foremost Ukrainian composers today, as she discusses her creative work, context, and compositional approach.

The Gryphon Trio and Nordic Voices Ontario tour is funded (in part) by the Shevchenko Foundation Boris Horodynsky Music Fund.