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Introduction	Brian Mix has been active as a freelance cellist in Vancouver since 1992. He frequently performs with the Vancouver Symphony and CBC Radio Orchestra, has played with Vancouver Opera and the National Ballet, and often collaborates in chamber music with many other Vancouver musicians. He has recorded for CBC, numerous film soundtracks, and CDs of pop, rock, folk, and children’s artists. Alongside performing, Brian writes program notes for the Vancouver Recital Society, gives pre-concert talks, conducts, and teaches. Brian studied at the University of British Columbia with Eric Wilson (receiving B.Mus. and M.Mus. degrees), the National Arts Centre in Ottawa with Donald Whitton, the University of Cincinnati with Hans Jensen, and at the Banff Centre. Other musicians with whom Brian has studied include Antonio Meneses, Antonio Lysy, Tom Rolston, Gilbert Kalish, Rena Sharon, and Jane Coop; and on baroque cello, Phoebe Carrai, Jaap ter Linden, Reinhard Goebel, Jacques Ogg, Wilbert Hazelzet, Monica Huggett, and Marc Destrubé. Brian is married to a pianist, Brenda Campbell, and has two young children.

Introduction

Brian Mix has been active as a freelance cellist in Vancouver since 1992. He frequently performs with the Vancouver Symphony and CBC Radio Orchestra, has played with Vancouver Opera and the National Ballet, and often collaborates in chamber music with many other Vancouver musicians. He has recorded for CBC, numerous film soundtracks, and CDs of pop, rock, folk, and children’s artists. Alongside performing, Brian writes program notes for the Vancouver Recital Society, gives pre-concert talks, conducts, and teaches. Brian studied at the University of British Columbia with Eric Wilson (receiving B.Mus. and M.Mus. degrees), the National Arts Centre in Ottawa with Donald Whitton, the University of Cincinnati with Hans Jensen, and at the Banff Centre. Other musicians with whom Brian has studied include Antonio Meneses, Antonio Lysy, Tom Rolston, Gilbert Kalish, Rena Sharon, and Jane Coop; and on baroque cello, Phoebe Carrai, Jaap ter Linden, Reinhard Goebel, Jacques Ogg, Wilbert Hazelzet, Monica Huggett, and Marc Destrubé. Brian is married to a pianist, Brenda Campbell, and has two young children.