Talia Hatcher, double bass
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Talia Hatcher completed her undergraduate degree at the Conservatory of Music of Montreal with René Gosselin. She then completed her master’s degree at the University of Ottawa with mentor Joel Quarrington in 2019. During her time in Ottawa, Talia participated in several programs with the National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) including the NAC Institute for Orchestral Studies, the NAC Summer Music Institute and the NAC Bursary Competition where she won the Vic Power award for her solo playing and orchestral excerpts. These programs allowed Talia to explore and deepen her skills in chamber music as well as orchestral music.
Talia started her journey of orchestral playing with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada back in 2014 as well as the Orchestra of The Americas in 2016 and 2017, touring in Canada, Europe and South America. Since then, she has played with numerous orchestras and ensembles including the Canadian Studio Symphony, Conservatory of Music of Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Métropolitain Orchestra of Montreal, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Niagara Symphony, Ottawa Symphony, Sinfonia Toronto, Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Trois-Rivières Symphony Orchestra. One of her most memorable orchestral experience was touring with NACO in Europe where the bass section didn’t go unnoticed: ‘’… et un pupitre de contrebasses dont beaucoup d’orchestres peuvent rêver…” (Le Devoir).
Talia has had the opportunity of recording several albums including The Bound of our dreams with NACO and a project of new music with The Canadian Studio Symphony where she played the double bass solos. She also recently played a live recording of the Adagio and Allegro by Schumann for the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra 2022\2023 season launch.
As of September 2020, Talia Hatcher has been in the position of Associate Principal Double Bass with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. She also plays regularly in Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, Niagara, Ottawa and Toronto as a freelancer and relishes any opportunity to play chamber music with her colleagues.