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John Kadz - cello
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

John Kadz' career as chamber musician and teacher spans more than thirty years and includes extensive touring throughout Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan. As a member of the One Third Ninth piano trio, Mr. Kadz performed hundreds of concerts in many of the world's finest venues as well as doing extensive grass roots work to develop and promote chamber music in Western Canada. Other professional activities have included serving as the principal cellist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and performing with the chamber music groups Aubade and the Lyric Chamber Players. Mr. Kadz began his professional career at the age of seventeen as a member of the Houston Symphony under the baton of Sir John Barbirolli.

Mr. Kadz is currently a cello instructor in The Conservatory at Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta. Formerly, he managed the Academy Program which he continues to serve as artistic advisor and string coordinator. Mr. Kadz has also managed the Summer Strings Academy at Mount Royal College, and was a faculty member of the Indiana University String Academy Program. He currently is co-artistic director for Music Bridge, a unique summer program bringing together the finest students from Mainland China and Canada and artistic advisor and cello instructor for the Valhalla Summer School of Music in British Columbia's Slocan Valley. Mr. Kadz is in demand as a clinician and adjudicator throughout Canada. He has been awarded the Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award at Mount Royal College and the Alberta Achievement Award for Excellence in Music.

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Updated November 23, 2000