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| Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger are Duo Majoya. Their duo repertoire includes piano duets, organ duets, duets for organ and piano, and duets for organ and harpsichord. Concert programs are eclectic and innovative, spanning original and commissioned works to transcriptions and jazz; they usually combine solo and duo works and frequently include improvisation. Regular performers in the Winspear Centre for Music in Edmonton and Jack Singer Concert Hall in Calgary, recent performances also include Los Angeles, California (American Guild of Organists Convention, 2004), Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna and numerous venues in Canada, US and Europe. Giesbrecht and Segger direct the music at First Presbyterian Church in Edmonton, AB, Canada. For more information on their solo and duo CDs or Duo Majoya, visit: www.majoya.com. Marnie Giesbrecht Marnie Giesbrecht has performed in major cities and universities throughout Canada, the United States, South Africa and Europe. A versatile keyboard artist, she performs regularly as an organ soloist in recitals and with orchestra, as a choral accompanist and chamber musician. Educated at the University of Alberta, the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y.and the Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria, Dr. Giesbrecht is Professor of Music at the University of Alberta where she teaches Organ Performance, Organ Literature and related subjects. She was national president of the Royal Canadian College of Organists from 2000 to 2002 and is on the faculty of the McGill International Organ Academy in July 2005. |
Joachim Segger Joachim Segger is a versatile musician who regularly performs piano solo and various duo and chamber recitals as well as concertos. Educated at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, the University of Alberta, Canada and the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, he has performed in various venues throughout North America, Europe and South Africa including Carnegie Recital Hall, NY. Dr. Segger is Professor of Music at The King's University College, Edmonton, Alberta and Adjunct Professor of Piano at the University of Alberta. A church organist since the age of nine, Joachim has given workshops on improvisation at national conventions in the US and Canada and is a traveling clinician for the Royal Canadian College of Organists in 2005. majoya@majoya.com and www.majoya.com |
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