About Us
Canadian trumpeters Matisse, Aled, and Maslin Blundell started playing trumpet at 7, 6, and 5 years respectively, and have been playing together ever since! Individually, they have held positions in the Hannaford Youth Program, Guelph Youth Symphony Orchestra, Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Denis Wick Canadian Wind Orchestra, Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra (touring to Los Angeles and Shanghai), and the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, among others. Currently, Matisse, Aled, and Maslin play together in Orchestra Toronto under the baton of Maestro Kevin Mallon.
Aled and Matisse are 4 and 5-time Kiwanis Music Festival Provincial finalists, with Matisse twice going on to compete Nationally. Last spring, the duo performed in Carnegie Hall as part of the Winners’ Recital of the American Protege International Competition of Romantic Music, and soloed with the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Matthew Jones. This season, the duo has been delighted to solo with the Oakville Chamber Orchestra under Charles Demuynck, the Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra under Jean-Michel Malouf, plus the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra and Milton Philharmonic Orchestras under Maestro Sabatino Vacca. The two also enjoyed their engagement with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra in the spring.
Matisse and Aled were also very excited to solo with their younger sibling, Maslin, as a trio with the Guelph Symphony Orchestra in December, under Maestro Judith Yan – after making their debut last season with the Rose Orchestra in Brampton when Maslin was 10. The threesome had a lot of fun soloing with Symphony on the Bay under Maestro Claudio Vena, and look forward to performing with Kevin Mallon and Orchestra Toronto in their Concert for Peace.
The siblings currently study with Jim Spragg of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Matisse, Aled, and Maslin love to play, and could not envision a life without music!!
Performances
2016-17 Season
Sunday, September 18 Friends of the Guelph Symphony Orchestra Season Promotion Concert – Guelph, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
Sunday, September 25 Oakville Chamber Orchestra Concert – Oakville, Ont.
Duo: Matisse & Aled – Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Sunday, October 16 Greater Toronto Philharmonic concert – Toronto, Ont.
Duo – Matisse & Aled – Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Sunday, October 23 Orchestra Toronto concert – Toronto, Ont.
Saturday, October 29 Symphony on the Bay Young Artist’s Concerto Competition Live performance Finals – Burlington, Ont.
Trio – Telemann Concerto for 3 Trumpets
Friday, November 11 Last Post 11:00am
Matisse & Aled at Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute – Toronto, Ont.
Maslin at Park Lane P.S. – Toronto, Ont.
Saturday, December 3 Cambridge Symphony Orchestra Concert – Cambridge, Ont.,
Duo: Matisse & Aled – Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Sunday, December 11 Guelph Symphony Orchestra Concert – Guelph, Ont.
Trio – Telemann Concerto for 3 Trumpets
Saturday, December 17 Milton Symphony Orchestra Concert – Milton, Ont.
Duo: Matisse & Aled – Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Sunday, December 18 St. Leonard’s Anglican Church – Toronto, Ont.
Christmas Carol service (Trio)
Saturday, December 24 St. Alban’s Anglican Church – Acton, Ont.
Christmas Eve Family Service (Trio)
Sunday, March 5 Orchestra Toronto Concert – Toronto, Ont.
Sunday, April 2 Symphony On The Bay Concert – Burlington, Ont.
Trio – Telemann Concerto for 3 Trumpets
Saturday, April 8 Stratford Symphony Orchestra Concert – Stratford, Ont.
Duo: Matisse & Aled – Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Sunday, April 16 Easter Sunday service at Young-Nak Korean Presbyterian church with music director: Jennifer Lee – Toronto,
Ont.
Sunday, April 30 Orchestra Toronto concert – Toronto, Ont.
Sunday, June 18 Orchestra Toronto Concert – Toronto, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, & Maslin – Telemann Concerto in D for 3 Trumpets (54:D4)
2017-18 Season
Saturday, February 11 Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra – Etobicoke, Ont.
Duo – Matisse & Aled
Gallery
Carnegie Hall photos: © 2016 Richard Termine
Media
TSYO 40th Anniversary Concert, May 2015
City Life Magazine article by Rebecca Alberico, November 30, 2016:
http://mycitylife.ca/…/special-feat…/young-musical-geniuses/
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