Fest milestone for city woman: Musician’s ‘made it’ by coming back, playing Chamberfest
MJ DESCHAMPS | METRO OTTAWA
In the summer of 1995, a 15-year-old trombonist sat quietly in the audience at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, taking in her first-ever live concert experience.
As a volunteer at the festival, Catherine Motuz got to meet many of the festival’s stars – professional musicians like Steven Sitarski, Julie Nesrallah and Andrew Dawes, who inspired her to start thinking seriously about playing her instrument beyond high school music class.
Fourteen years later, Motuz is gearing up to take the stage at the very festival that made her want to pursue music as a career in the first place.
“That first festival I volunteered at showed me that it wasn’t just child prodigies that could become professional musicians,” she said.
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Tags: Chamberfest, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Ottawa International Chamber Festival, Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, volunteerism
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