| The Father and daughter team of Patrick (guitar) and Emille-Mae Feely (piano, Flute) had their first recital in 2007, perfornming piano-guitar chamber works by Vivaldi, Giuliani and Carulli. Since thst time they have performed at the "Friends of Gutar Festival in Brantford" and most recently in Missisuga Ontario. Equally at home as a guitar-flute duo, their choice of programing is both refreshing and eclectic.
Eighteen year old Emilee-Mae Feely began piano studies just after here fourth birthday with Brantford piano pedagogue Virginia Blaha and flute studies with Dr. David Gerry of McMaster University in 2005. She has studied piano with Professor Andrew Markow and is currently a student of Dr. Midori Koga. She has competed at the Provincial level of the Canadian Music Competition (CMC), and was a prize winner in the open class of the 2008 ORMTA Provincial competition. In 2007 Emilee was accepted on scholarship to the Young Artists Performance Academy (YAPA) at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and Graduated from the program in Spring 2010. During her time at YAPA Emilee has performed in master classes for world renowned pianists such as Anton Kuerti, Marc Durand, and Andrew Burashko. Performance highlights from past seasons include two sold out performances with the Brantford Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro David Bowser, giving the world premiere of "Slow Music-Meditations on a Twelve Tone Row" by Canada's leading female composer Anne Southam, at the Toronto Collaborative Conference of the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers Association (CFMTA), and performing a full length solo recital at McMaster University in Hamilton as part of the lunch time concert series. Ms. Feely has studyed at the South Western Ontario Chamber Music Institute (SOCMI); Brevard Music Center in North Carolina, and the University of Indiana and is a first year Faculty of Music student at the University of Toronto.
Patrick Feely earned the Masters of Music Degree in Performance from the University of Toronto, and the A.R.C.T. in Performance from the Royal Conservatory. Dr. Jeffrey McFadden has been his principle guitar teacher. This season Patrick will be in recital with the McMaster University Orchestra, and with Dr Brad Mahon (The East West Guitar Duo) At Mount Roayl College in Alberta. Mr. Feely is a faculty member with the School of the Arts at McMaster University, a member of the College of Examiners with the Royal Conservatory, and an external reviewer for the 2011 edition of the R. C. M. Guitar Series 4th edition, published by Frederick Harris. Mr Feely is the director of the Brantford Guitar Orchestra, the Artistic Director of the Friends of Guitar concert series in Brantford, the Chairman of the Education and Outreach committee at the Guitar Society of Toronto, and a member of the board of directors with the Sauble Beach Festival of the Classical Guitar.
| Canadian guitarist Emma Rush was born in Hamilton, Ontario. She was involved with music from an early age and played many instruments before discovering a love for the guitar. After a year of studies with Jonathan Earp, Emma Rush moved to Nova Scotia to complete an undergraduate degree at Dalhousie University in Halifax, studying with Douglas Reach. During her years in Halifax, she was active in playing solo and chamber music concerts and participating in numerous masterclasses and quickly became known for her warm sound and expressive playing. In 1999 she was awarded the James and Abby Campbell Scholarship for academic distinction and when graduating in 2002 she received the Dalhousie Women’s Alumnae prize for academic and artistic excellence. Emma Rush was the youngest person to be invited to teach at the Halifax guitar festival.
From 2002-2006 Emma Rush lived in Dortmund, Germany. She completed post-graduate studies with world renowned guitarist Dale Kavanagh at the Hochschule fur Musik in Detmold (comleted February 2006). She graduated at the top of her class. The years in Germany offered her many opportunities to refine her skills in masterclasses with David Russell, Roland Dyens, Carlo Marchione, and Tilman Hoppstock, among others. In addition to many solo concerts in Germany and beyond, she played regularly as a duo with Turkish guitarist Tuba Akkaya.
Emma Rush has returned to Hamilton and maintains her involvement with the European guitar scene, in addition to teaching and performing in North America. She appears regularly at international guitar festivals (Iserlohn, Acadia). Emma Rush is also the founder and artistic director of the Guitar Hamilton concert series. Recent engagements include the 17th International Guitar Festival in Iserlohn, the southern United States and the eastern provinces of Canada. Upcoming engagements include concerts in Canada, Germany, Mexico and Turkey.
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