| Margaret Ashburner studied composition with Linda Catlin Smith and Peter Hatch at Wilfrid Laurier University (Honours B.Mus., 2008) and with Christopher Butterfield at the University of Victoria (M.Mus., 2010). Margaret's music has been performed by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Youth Orchestra during the Open Ears Festival and Quatuor Bozzini in Montreal. Her thesis composition They Let Their Brushstrokes Show was performed at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in March, 2010. Her work Small Rooms for solo harp is published by the Avondale Press and listed in the Royal Conservatory of Music Harp Syllabus (2008); Small Rooms has recently been recorded by Lori Gemmell on "Canadian Music for Harp" which was supported by the Ontario Arts Council. Also an active performer, Margaret has been a guest harpist with the University of Victoria Symphony, the Aventa Ensemble and the Victoria Symphony. |
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