Royce R. — Violin Teacher — Mount Pleasant East, Vancouver

Royce Rich is establishing himself as one of Canada's up-and-coming classical music artists. In July 2021, he was listed as one of CBC Music’s top “30 Under 30 Hot Classical Musicians” for the release of his debut studio album entitled Short Stories. In July 2015, Royce was awarded the coveted Gabora Prize in Italy at the Casalmaggiore International Festival, and has since appeared on concert stages as a solo artist and chamber musician across Canada, the USA, Italy, and Germany. He has performed as guest artist with the Brampton Symphony Orchestra, Lions Gate Sinfonia Orchestra, Durham Chamber Orchestra, Smazal Chamber Orchestra, and twice with the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra. Royce’s violin students have graduated with top marks in performance exams through the methodologies by The Royal Conservatory of Music. He completed his formal post-secondary classical music training at The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where he obtained his Bachelors of Music Degree, as well as completed one full year in the conservatory’s Artist Diploma Program as a full-scholarship recipient of The Jack Whiteside Scholarship. Royce started taking violin lessons and performing at the age of five years old – he has studied with some of North America’s leading violin pedagogues, namely, with Victor Danchenko, Martina Smazal, Taras Gabora, and Mayumi Seiler. In March of 2021, Royce was thrilled to have self-produced and released his debut album entitled Short Stories – a collection of beloved encore pieces with pianist, Jeanie Chung. Short Stories the album is currently available to stream and download on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and Amazon Music. He has performed solo recitals and chamber music recitals for such concerts series across Vancouver and Toronto such as Silk Purse Concerts, Arts at One hosted by Douglas College, Music Friends, Newmann Production, Concerts @ 100, St. Andrew’s Noon Hour, KnoxVan Events, Clearly Musical Home Concerts, among other concert and recital series. Royce loves to bring classical music composed for the violin to venues and organizations that may find this amazing art form new and fascinating to watch – throughout the fall and winter of 2022 he has performed live at The Jewish Community Centre of Vancouver, Douglas College New Westminster, KnoxVan Events hosted by Knox United Church, West Vancouver Memorial Library, Kingsgate Mall, North Vancouver Civic Plaza, Vancouver Playback Theatre, Chabad of Richmond, and the Richmond Potters’ Club.