Festival Artists 2000-2012

(Listings are alphabetical by artist's first or group name)

CLASSICAL ARTISTS

A

Aaron Sheehan, tenor (USA)
Academia Montis Regalis, baroque trio (Italy)
Alain Coulombe, bass (Canada)
Alcan String Quartet, (Canada)
Alexander Sevastian, accordion (Belarus/Canada)
Alexander Weimann, conductor/harpsichord (Canada)
Alexander Dobson, baritone (Canada)
Alexander Korsantia, piano (Canada)
Alexander Lingas, conductor (USA)
Allen Stiles, piano (Canada)
Allyson McHardy, soprano (Canada)
Amarcord, male vocal sextet (Germany)
Amarillis, baroque duo (France)
Andrew Dawes, violin (Canada)
Andrew Greenwood, baritone (Canada)
Andrew Litton, conductor (USA)
Angus Kellett, harmonium (Canada)
Anita Krause, mezzo-soprano (Canada)
Anne-Julie Caron, marimba (Canada)
Anne Robert, violin (Canada)
Antonio Lysy, cello (Canada)
Ariel Barnes, cello (Canada)
Arthur Rowe, piano (Canada)
B
Barbara Bonney, soprano (USA)
BC Chamber Orchestra (Canada)
Benjamin Beilman, violin (USA)
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor (Canada)
Benoit Boutet, tenor (Canada)
Bergmann Duo, piano (Canada)
Bernard Tétu, conductor (France)
Birmingham Symphony Chorus (UK)
Bobby McFerrin, vocalist (USA)
Borealis String Quartet (Canada)
Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, conductor (Canada)
Brett Polegato, baritone (Canada)
Brian McIntosh, baritone (Canada)
Brilliant Harmony, women’s choir (Japan)
Bruce Pullan, conductor (Canada)
Bruno Boterf, tenor (France)
Byron Schenkman, harpsichord (USA)

C
Camerata Trajectina, early music ensemble (Netherlands)
Camerata Vocale Freiburg, vocal ensemble (Germany)
Cameron Wilson, violin (Canada)
Canada West Chamber Orchestra (Canada)
Cappella Romana, vocal ensemble (USA)
Caren Levine, piano (USA)
Carlo Ponti Jr., conductor (USA)
Carol Wilson, soprano (USA)
Carpe Diem String Quartet (USA)
Catherine Webster, soprano (USA)
CBC Radio Orchestra (Canada)
Charles Daniels, tenor (UK)
Charles Inkman, cello (Canada)
Chenoa Anderson, flute (Canada)
Chic Gamine, female vocal ensemble (Canada)
Choong-Mo Kong, piano (Korea)
Chor Leoni Men’s Choir (Canada)
Classical Kids, theatre ensemble (USA)
Colin Ainsworth, tenor (Canada)
Colin Balzer, tenor (Canada)
Concerto Köln Chamber Orchestra (Germany)
Craig Sheppard, piano (USA)
D
Daniel Bolshoy, classical guitar (Canada)
Danish National Girls Choir (Denmark)
Darrett Zusko, piano (Canada)
David Adams, baritone (Canada)
David Fallis, conductor (Canada)
David Harding, viola (Canada)
Dawn Upshaw, soprano (USA)
Debi Wong, alto (Canada)
Denis Bédard, organ (Canada)
Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano (USA)
Desmond Hoebig, cello (USA)
Diane Loomer, conductor (Canada)
Dirk Du Hei, conductor (Taiwan)
Donna Brown, soprano (Canada)
Dorothéa Ventura, soprano (Canada)
Doug MacNaughton, baritone (Canada)
Douglas Cleveland, organ (USA)
Douglas Finch, piano (Canada/UK)
Duo Brazil, guitar/soprano (Canada)
Dylan van der Schyff, drums (Canada)

E
Early Music Vancouver's Baroque Festival Orchestra (Canada)
Egret Ladies Choir (Canada)
Elektra Women's Choir (Canada)
Elizabeth Futral, soprano (USA)
Ellen Hargis, soprano (USA)
Eric Cutler, tenor (USA)
Eric Hannan, conductor (Canada)
Erika Switzer, piano (Canada)
Ernst Simon Glaser, cello (Norway)
Etsko Tazaki, piano (Japan)
Exaudi Chamber Choir (Cuba)
F
Fernando Pérez, piano (Argentina)
Francis Colpron, recorders (Canada)
Francois Chaplin, piano (France)
Francois Houle, clarinet (Canada)
Francois Levesque, trombone (Canada)
Freider Bernius, conductor (Germany)
Freshwater Trio, classical ensemble (Australia)
Fretwork, viol consort (England)

G
Gaetan Laperriere, baritone (Canada)
Gwen Hoebig, violin (Canada)
Gregory Dahl, baritone (Canada)
Gryphon Trio, classical ensemble (Canada)
H
Hak Won Yoon, conductor (Korea)
Harry van der Kamp, bass (Netherlands)
Heidi Breier, soprano (Canada)
Heidi Krutzen, harp (Canada)
Helmuth Rilling, conductor (Germany)
Hervé Niquet, conductor (France)
Hong Kong Children's Choir (China)
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (China)
I
I Tromboni, classical trombone quintet (Canada)
Ian Parker, piano (Canada)
Il Ricercar Continuo, early music trio (Italy)
Ingrid Chiang, bassoon (Canada)
Ingrid Matthews, violin (USA)
Isa Katharina Gericke, soprano (Norway)
J
Jaap ter Linden, cello (Netherlands)
Jacques Boucher, organ (Canada)
Jacques Lacombe, conductor (Canada)
Jacques Ogg, harpsichord (Netherlands)
Jacques Thibaud String Trio (Germany)
Jane Coop, piano (Canada)
Jane Glover, conductor (UK)
Jane Hayes, piano (Canada)
Jasper Wood, violin (Canada)
Jayme Stone, banjo (Canada)
Jean Saulnier, piano (Canada)
Jean-Sebastien Allaire, tenor (Canada)
Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano (Canada)
Jean-Claude Pennetier, piano (France)
Jennifer Farrell, soprano (Canada)
Jennifer Lim, piano (Canada)
Jesper Jorgensen, conductor (Denmark)
Joanna MacGregor, piano (UK)
Joe Trio, classical/jazz (Canada)
Joël Suhubiette, conductor (France)
John Mac Master, tenor (Canada)
Joji Hattori, violin (Japan)
Jon Washburn, conductor (Canada)
Jonathan Crow, violin (Canada)
Jonathan Darlington, conductor (UK)
Jonathan Quick, tenor (Canada)
Joseph Petric, concert accordion (Canada)
Julie Andrijeski, violin, viola (USA)
Julie Nesrallah, mezzo-soprano (Canada)
J. Y. Song, piano (USA)

K
Kaori Yamagami, cello (Canada)
Karen Lee-Morlang, piano (Canada)
Karen Ydenberg, soprano (Canada)
Karina Gauvin, soprano (Canada)
Katherine Chi, piano (Canada)
Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor (Canada)
Keishi Ito, conductor (Japan)
Keith Lockhart, conductor (USA)
Ko Matsushita, conductor (Japan)
L
Lafayette String Quartet (Canada)
LA Guitar Quartet (USA)
Lambroula Pappas, soprano (Canada)
La Rose des Vents, baroque ensemble (Canada)
Lars Kaario, conductor (Canada)
Laudate Singers, choral ensemble (Canada)
Laura Di Cicco, soprano (Canada)
Laura Pudwell, mezzo-soprano (Canada)
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor (USA)
Leave it to Diva, sopranos (Canada)
Lee Pui Ming, piano (Canada)
Leipzig String Quartet (Germany)
Les Boréades de Montréal, Baroque ensemble (Canada)
Les Voix Baroques, Baroque ensemble (Canada)
Leslie Dala, conductor (Canada)
Leslie Uyeda, piano (Canada)
Les Eléments Chamber Choir (France)
Linda-Lee Thomas, piano (Canada)
Lorna McGhee, flute (Canada)
Louis Lortie, piano (Canada)
Louise-Andree Baril, piano (Canada)
Lucille Chung, piano (Canada)
Ludus Modalis, vocal ensemble (France)
Lyon Chamber Choir (France)

M
Marc Destrubé, conductor and violin (Canada)
Marc Hervieux, tenor (Canada)
Marc Molomot, tenor (USA)
Maria Felicia Perez, conductor (Cuba)
Mariangela Vacatello, piano (Italy)
Marianne Fiset, soprano (Canada)
Marie-Danielle Parent, soprano (Canada)
Mario Bernardi, conductor (Canada)
Mark Pedrotti, baritone (Canada)
Martha Guth, soprano (Canada)
Martin Hackleman, French horn (USA)
Masques Trio, early music trio (Canada)
Mats Nilsson, conductor (Sweden)
Matthew White, counter-tenor (Canada)
Matt Palmer, tenor (Canada)
Maxine Eilander, baroque harp (Canada)
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano (Canada)
Melanie Adams, alto (Canada)
Meredith Hall, soprano (Canada)
Michael Bojesen, conductor (Denmark)
Michael Colvin, tenor(Canada)
Michael Dirk, organ (Canada)
Michiel Schrey, tenor (Canada)
Molinari Quartet, string quartet (Canada)
Montreal Guitar Trio (Canada)
Morna Edmundson, conductor (Canada)
musica intima, choral ensemble (Canada)
Myung-Wha Chung, cello (Korea)

N
Naida Cole, piano (Canada)
Nathalie Paulin, soprano (Canada)
Nathaniel Dett Chorale (Canada)
Nathaniel Watson, bass (USA)
National Youth Orchestra of Canada (Canada)
Nell Snaidas, soprano (USA)
Nestor Andrenacci, conductor (Argentina)
Nordic Voices, vocal ensemble (Norway)
Normand Richard, bass (Canada)
O
Oberon Guitar Trio (Canada)
Oldenburg Chamber Choir (Germany)
Owen Underhill, conductor (Canada)
Owen Willetts, counter-tenor (UK) 

P
Pacific Baroque Orchestra (Canada)
Patricia Hutter, bassist (Canada)
Patricia Shih, violin (Canada)
Paul Agnew, tenor (Scotland)
Paul Elliott, tenor (England)
Paul O’Dette, lute (USA)
Paul Ouellette, tenor (Canada)
Penderecki String Quartet (Canada)
Philip Candelaria, guitar (Canada)
Philippe Cassard, piano (France)
Philippe Jaroussky, counter-tenor (France)
Philippine Madrigal Singers (Philippines)
Philomela, choral ensemble (Finland)
Phoebe MacRae, soprano (Canada)
Phoenix Chamber Choir (Canada)
R
Rajaton, vocal ensemble (Finland)
Ramona Luengen, conductor (Canada)
Randall Jakobsh, bass (Canada)
Ray Nurse, lute (Canada)
Rena Sharon, piano (Canada)
Richard Margison, tenor (Canada)
Rita Costanzi, harp (Canada)
Rita Reichman, piano (Australia)
Robert Macdonald, bass (UK)
Robert Silverman, piano (Canada)
Robyn Driedger-Klassen, soprano (Canada)
Roger Cole, oboe (Canada)
Rose Consort, viol ensemble (UK)
Rupert Lang, conductor (Canada)
Russell Braun, baritone (Canada)
Russian National Orchestra (Russia)
S
Sally Dibblee, soprano (Canada)
Sandra Stringer, mezzo soprano (Canada)
Sara Davis Buechner, piano (Canada)
Sarah Fryer, mezzo-soprano (Canada)
Saskia Giorgini, piano (Italy)
Satie String Quartet (France)
Schweizer Klaviertrio, classical ensemble (Switzerland)
Seattle Men's Chorus (USA)
Seattle Pro Musica, choir (USA)
Sergei Saratovsky, piano (Canada)
Shannon Mercer, soprano (Canada)
Similia, flute guitar duo (Canada)
Simon Halsey, conductor (UK)
Simon Preston, organist (UK)
Sincere Yip, conductor (China)
Smith Quartet (UK)
St. Lawrence String Quartet (Canada)
Standing Wave Ensemble, new music quintet (Canada)
Stefan Engels, organ (Germany)
Steven Stubbs, lute (USA)
Stockholm Bach Choir (Sweden)
Stuttgart Chamber Choir (Germany)
Sumner Thompson, baritone (USA)
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano (Canada)
Suzie LeBlanc, soprano (Canada)
Sveinung Bjelland, piano (Norway)
Swingle Singers (UK)
T
Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir (Taiwan)
Talisker Players Chamber Music, vocal/instrumental (Canada)
Teresa van der Hoeven, soprano (Canada)
Teri Dunn, soprano (Canada)
Thierry Escaich, organ (France)
Toeac, accordion duo (Netherlands)
Tokyo Ensemble (Japan)
Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (Estonia)
Total Experience Gospel Choir (USA)
Touch of Brass Tentet, brass ensemble (Canada)
Tragicomedia, early music ensemble (Germany)
Trio Hochelaga, piano/violin/cello (Canada)
Trio Paul Klee, piano/violin/cello (France)
Trío Trovarroco, early music trio (Cuba)
Trio Verlaine, harp/viola/flute (Canada)
Turning Point Ensemble, new music orchestra (Canada)
Tyler Duncan, bass (Canada)
Tyrsa Gawrachynsky, soprano (Canada)
Tzong-Ching Ju, director (Taiwan)

U
Ute Lemper, vocalist (Germany)

V
Vancouver Bach Children's Chorus (Canada)
Vancouver Bach Choir (Canada)
Vancouver Cantata Singers (Canada)
Vancouver Chamber Choir (Canada)
Vancouver Children’s Choir (Canada)
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Vancouver Opera Chorus (Canada)
Vancouver Opera Orchestra (Canada)
Vern Griffiths, percussion (Canada)
Vetta String Quartet (Canada)
Vicki St. Pierre, alto (Canada)
Vicky Chow, piano (Canada)
W
Wayne Marshall, conductor (UK)
Wendy Nielsen, soprano (Canada)
Wilbert Hazelzet, flute (Netherlands)
World Brass, brass ensemble (Germany)
World Vision Children’s Choir (Korea)

Y
Yannick-Muriel Noah, soprano (Canada)
Yegor Dyachkov, cello (Canada)
Yip’s Children’s Choir (Hong Kong)
Young Danish String Quartet (Denmark)


JAZZ ARTISTS

A
Abram Wilson, trumpet/vocals (UK)
Adrian Iaies Trio, jazz (Argentina)
Al Johnston, bassist (Canada)
Amanda Tosoff Trio, jazz (Canada)
André Lachance, bassist (Canada)
Andrew Littleford, trumpet (Canada)
Andrew Millar, drums (Canada)
Andrew Rasmussen, piano (Canada)

Arturo Sandoval, trumpet (Cuba)

B
Barbara Dennerlein, jazz organist (Germany)
Ben Dwyer, bassist (Canada)
Benavides Quintet, world/jazz (Canada)
Bill Charlap Trio, jazz (USA)
Bobby McFerrin, vocalist (USA)
Brad Turner, trumpet (Canada)
Brent Gubbels, bassist (Canada)
Bria Skonberg, vocalist/trumpet (Canada)
Bud Shank, tenor sax (USA)
C
Campbell Ryga, alto sax (Canada)
Carol Welsman, jazz vocalist (Canada)

Celso Machado, guitar (Canada)
Chad Leyte, guitar (Canada)
Chick Corea Trio, jazz (USA)
Chris Gestrin Trio, jazz (Canada)
Christian McBride, bassist (USA)
Christina and Carsten Dahl, jazz duo (Denmark)
Christine Duncan, jazz vocalist (Canada)
Clark Terry, trumpet (USA)
Colin Story, guitar (Canada)
Cory Weeds' Quartet, jazz quartet (Canada)
Craig Scott, drums/vibraphone (Canada)
Cuartoelemento, world/jazz quartet (Argentina)

D
Darren Radtke, bassist (Canada)

David Venitucci, accordion (France)
Dee Daniels, jazz vocalist (Canada)
Doug de Vries, guitar (Australia)
E
Eli Bennett, sax (Canada)
Eliana Cuevas Quintet, jazz (Venezuela)
Elliot Polsky, drums (Canada)
Ernán López-Nussa, jazz piano (Cuba)
Ernán López-Nussa Quintet, jazz (Cuba)
Evan Arntzen, clarinet (Canada)
Ezequiel Dutil, bassist (Argentina)

F
Finn Manniche, guitar (Canada)
Fred Stride, conductor (Canada)
Fred Stride Big Band, jazz (Canada)
Frode Berg, bassist (Norway)
G
Guy St-Onge Trio, jazz (Canada)
Grace Chan, jazz vocalist (Canada)
Groove For Thought, vocal ensemble (USA)

H
Hard Rubber Orchestra (Canada)
Helge Lien Trio, jazz (Norway)
Hugh Fraser Quintet, jazz (Canada)

I
Ian McDougall Quartet, jazz (Canada)
Ingrid Jensen Quartet, jazz (USA)
J
Jack Duncan, percussion (Canada)
Jacky Terrasson Trio, jazz (France)
James Gelfand, piano (Canada)
Jeanette Lindstrom Quintet, jazz (Sweden)
Jeff Ballard, drums (USA)
Jennifer Scott, jazz vocalist/piano (Canada)
Jesse Cahill, drums (Canada)
Jill Townsend Big Band (Canada)
Jim Byrnes, vocalist (Canada)
Jim Rotondi, trumpet (USA)
Joani Taylor, vocalist (Canada)
Jodi Proznick, bassist (Canada)
Joe Chindamo Quartet, jazz (Australia)
Joe Trio, classical/jazz (Canada)
John Korsrud, trumpet (Canada)
John Oliver, guitar (Canada)
John Stetch, piano (Canada)
John Taylor Trio, jazz (UK)
K
Kevin Cole, piano (USA)
Kiko Ruiz, flamenco guitar (France)
Kiran Ahluwalia, vocalist (Canada)
L
Lee Konitz, alto sax (USA)
Lorraine Desmarais Trio (Canada)
Lou Mastroianni, piano (Canada)
M
Marc Atkinson Trio, jazz (Canada)
Marc Atkinson, guitar (Canada)
Marc Ducret, guitar (France)
Mark Eisenman, piano (Canada)
Miguelito Valdes, trumpet (Canada)
Miles Black Trio, jazz (Canada)
Miles Foxx Hill, bassist (Canada)
N
Neil Swainson, bassist (Canada)
Night Crawlers (Canada)
NiteCap Jazz Choir (Canada)
O
Orquesta Goma Dura, salsa orchestra (Canada)
Oliver Gannon, guitar (Canada)
P
Pascal Rollando, percussion (France)
Patricia O'Callaghan, singer (Canada)
Paul Townsend, drums (Canada)
Pepi Taveira, drums (Argentina)
Peter Tiefenbach, piano (Canada)
Phil Dwyer, sax (Canada)
Phil Woods, alto saxophone (USA)
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band (USA)
R
Raphael Geronimo, percussion (Canada)
Realtime, male a cappella quartet (Canada/USA)
Regina Carter, violin (USA)
Renaud Garcia-Fons, bassist (France)
Renee Rosnes, piano (USA)
René Worst, bassist (Canada)

Rich Brown, bassist (Canada) 
Rod Murray, trombone (Canada)
Rodolfo Sanchez, percussion (Argentina)
Ron Johnston, piano (Canada)
Ross Taggart, tenor sax (Canada)
Ross Taggart Trio, jazz (Canada)
Rudy Petschauer, drums (USA)
Ryan VanDenBoom, vocalist/dancer (USA)
S
Salvador Ferreras, percussion (Canada)
Seamus Blake, saxophone (Canada)
Sean Cronin, bassist (Canada)
Sharon Minemoto, piano (Canada)
Simona Colonna Trio, jazz (Italy)
Soweto Kinch, alto sax (UK)
Swingamajig Duo, jazz (Canada)
Sylvia McNair, soprano (USA) 

T
The Idea of North, jazz vocal group (Australia)
Tilden Webb Trio, jazz (Canada)
Tom Keenlyside, sax (Canada)
Touché Vocal Jazz (Denmark)
U
Ute Lemper, vocalist (Germany)

V
VanDjango, jazz quartet (Canada)
Vince Mai, trumpet (Canada)
Vocal Sampling, all-male a cappella ensemble (Cuba)

W
Wang Xin Xin, vocalist (Taiwan)
Y
Yamandu Costa, guitar (Brazil)
Yamandu Costa Trio, Brazilian jazz (Brazil)
Z
Zapato Negro, Afro-Cuban jazz (Canada)


WORLD ARTISTS (and other)

A
Aboubacar Camara & Doundounba, guitar vocalist (Guinea)
Akikazu Nakamura, shakuhachi bamboo flute (Japan)
Alma Libre, flamenco guitar duo (Canada)
Alseny "Michel" Diallo, djembe (Canada)
Amir Koushkani, setar, tar (Canada)
Andrew Mah, guitar (Canada)
Anoushka Shankar, sitar (India)
Arturo Sandoval, trumpet (Cuba)

B
Benavides Quintet, world/jazz (Canada)

Bill Richardson, narrator (Canada)
Bobs & LoLo, children's entertainers (Canada)
Brilliant Harmony, women’s choir (Japan)
Bustan Abraham, roots ensemble (Israel)
C
Capercaillie, roots ensemble (Scotland)
Caricias Cubanas, dance ensemble (Canada)
Cassius Khan, tabla (Canada)
Celso Machado, guitar (Canada)
Chai Found Music Workshop Ensemble (Taiwan)
Chai Man Cheng, Chinese flute (Canada)
Charlotte Diamond, children's entertainer (Canada)
Chilliwack and District Pipe Band (Canada)
Chuen Ying Chan, Chinese zither (Canada)
Coco's Lunch, female a cappella quintet (Australia)
Cristina Braga, vocalist/harp (Brazil)
Cuartoelemento, world/jazz quartet (Argentina)

D
Damian Baez, piano (Argentina)
Daniel Binelli, bandoneón (Argentina)
David Essig, guitar (Canada)
David Venitucci, accordion (France)
Dico Sylla, djembe (Canada)
Duo Brazil, guitar/soprano (Canada)
E
Ed Henderson, guitar (Canada)
Egret Ladies Choir (Canada)
Eliana Cuevas Quintet, jazz (Venezuela)
Enrique Flores, guitar (Mexico)
Exaudi Chamber Choir (Cuba)
Ezra Kwizera, African-roots singer (Canada)
F
Fabiana Cozza, vocalist (Brazil)
Filippo Gambetta, accordion (Italy)
Enrique Flores, guitar (Mexico)
Franco Luciani, harmonica (Argentina)
G
Gamelan Gita Asmara (Canada)
Gamelan Si Pawit (Canada)
Grace Lee, kayagum (Korean zither) (Canada)
George Gao, erhu (Canada)

Glynis Leyshon, director (Canada)
Golden Pearl Ensemble (China)
Gong Myoung, percussion quartet (Korea)
H
Hadley J. Castille and the Sharecroppers Band, Cajun (USA)
Hak Won Yoon, conductor (Korea)
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (China)
I
Israel "Toto" Berriel, percussion (Canada)

J
Jabulani Marimba Ensemble (Canada)

Jack Duncan, percussion (Canada)
Jayme Stone Quintet, world music (Canada)
JouTou, world fusion ensemble (Canada)
Ju Percussion Group, (Taiwan)
K
Kékélé, Congolese Rumba (France)
The Kerplunks, children's entertainers (Canada)
Khac Chi, world music ensemble (Canada/Vietnam)
Kiko Ruiz, flamenco guitar (France)
Kiran Ahluwalia, vocalist (Canada)
Koto Ensemble of Greater Vancouver (Canada)
Kutapira, percussion ensemble (Canada)

L
La Bottine Souriante, Quebec-folk music (Canada)
Liam Teague, steel drum (Trinidad-Tobago)
Lori Pappajohn, celtic harp (Canada)
M
Madrigaïa (Canada)
Maria Felicia Perez, conductor (Cuba)
Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, choreography & dance (Canada)
Masabo Culture Company, African world music (Canada)
Miguelito Valdes, trumpet (Canada)

Miriam Smith, actor (Canada)
Mohamed Assani, sitar (Canada)
Monique Jutras (Canada)
Mortal Coil, theatre/dance ensemble (Canada)
N
Naby Camara, balafon (Canada)
Naniwa Choraliers (Japan)
National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts (Korea)
N'Nato Camara, dancer (Canada)
North Shore Celtic Ensemble (Canada)

O
Orchid Ensemble (Canada/Taiwan)

Orquesta Goma Dura, salsa orchestra (Canada)
P
Pascal Rollando, percussion (France)
Pe De Cana, Brazilian chorinho trio (Canada)
Philippine Madrigal Singers (Philippines)
Philomela, choral ensemble (Finland)
Pink Martini (USA)
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band (USA)
Proyecto Sanluca, world/roots trio (Argentina)
Puri Percussion Ensemble (Korea)

Q
Qiu Xia He, pipa (Chinese lute) (Canada)
Quartango (Canada) 

R
Rajaton, vocal ensemble (Finland)
Raúl Carnota, vocalist and guitar (Argentina)
Ricardo Medeiros, bassist (Brazil)
Rick Scott, singer/musician (Canada)

Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band (Canada)
Rodolfo Sanchez, percussion (Argentina)
Rythmo Synchro, percussion duo (Canada)

S
Sagye Kayagum Ensemble (Korea)
Salvador Ferreras, percussion (Canada)
Sarah McLachlan (Canada)
SFU Pipe Band (Canada)
Spindel, world music duo (Norway)
Steve Normandin, accordion (Canada)
T
Taarka, folk ensemble (USA)
Tanga, salsa orchestra (Canada)
Tickle Trunk Touring Circus (Canada)
Trichy’s Trio, world music (Canada)
Triumph Street Pipe Band (Canada)
Tzong-Ching Ju, director (Taiwan)

V
Vocal Sampling, all-male a cappella ensemble (Cuba)

W
Wang Xin Xin, vocalist (Taiwan)
Will Stroet and the Backyard Band (Canada)
William Barton, didgeridoo (Australia)
Winter Harp, celtic ensemble (Canada) 
World Vision Children’s Choir (Korea)

X
Xinxin Nanguan Ensemble, world music (Taiwan)

Y
Yamoussa Bangoura, kora, dancer (Canada)
Z
Zakir Hussain, tabla (India)
Zapato Negro, Afro-Cuban (Canada)