Sponsors
Jeffrey Komar, viola
Anna Grigg, cello
Jordan Clayton, violin
Ben Bolt-Martin, cello
Ben Bolt-Martin has performed 20 seasons with the Stratford Festival of Canada, performing live and recording incidental music. He is a founding member of INNERchamber, an inventive and intimate chamber music series in Stratford. Ben has also featured as a soloist across Canada with a special interest in new music reflecting humanity's search for meaning. Ben was the featured performer on the Juno nominated recording Notes Towards. This season you can see Ben perform with London Symphonia, Guelph Chamber Choir, London Magisterra Soloists, Here for Now Festival, Stratford Festival, Victoria Playhouse among others.
As an arranger, Ben's projects have twice been nominated for Canadian Folk Music Awards and are regularly performed in orchestras across Canada.
Ben teaches cello and chamber music at University of Waterloo.
As an arranger, Ben's projects have twice been nominated for Canadian Folk Music Awards and are regularly performed in orchestras across Canada.
Ben teaches cello and chamber music at University of Waterloo.
Mikela Witjes, violin
Violinist Mikela Witjes hails from Kingston, Ontario and is thrilled to be performing with London Symphonia. She holds a Bachelor of Music and Masters Degree in Violin Performance from Western University where she studied with Prof. Annette-Barbara Vogel. A freelance violinist and teacher, Mikela has performed in a variety of orchestral and chamber ensembles across Southwestern Ontario on both modern and baroque violin. She has twice toured the country with the National Youth Orchestra and has attended summer music festivals including Orford Arts Academy, Scotia Music Festival and Domaine Forget.
She is a founding member of local chamber ensemble Magisterra Soloists both as a violinist and administrative coordinator. Mikela is passionate about teaching and keeps an active private studio while continuing to perform regularly.