Cello

Bruce Farquharson

Diana Fletcher

​Bruce is a long-time resident of Nanaimo and has been directing choirs since 1977.  He is a retired teacher and scientist, Ph.D. in Isotope Geochemistry, with a passion for music.  He is past Director of A Cappella Plus and is currently Director of the Island Consort chamber choir.  He played trumpet with the Nanaimo Concert Band and directed the Band for 3 years.  Bruce began playing cello in 2000 and became a founding member of the NCO in 2003.  He studied with Paula Kiffner at the Nanaimo Conservatory and later with Helena Jung.  He has served for many years on the Board of the NCO.


   

Originally from London England, Diana is a founding member and long time librarian of the NCO. Her background as a Montessori teacher has shaped her philosophy in teaching piano and cello from her studio and farm in Errington. Playing music, nurturing her family, students, lambs and garden are her passion. Diana frequently performs with Leslie Krull and Cindy Speelman as Trio Chocolat.


    

Claudette Sjerven

Claudette started her violin studies at the age of 5 and continued until the age of 12.  After a 42-year hiatus, she picked up her violin again (which she had kept all those years never dreaming she would play again!) and played for 5 years in Phil's Harmonics in Port Alberni.  At 60 years of age, she decided to learn the cello.  She joined the Nanaimo Chamber Orchestra in the spring of 2015, and feels very privileged to be a member. Claudette travels south for the winter and plays cello in the Temecula Valley Symphony and the Desert Chamber Orchestra in Southern California."

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