Alison Mah-Poy
SECOND VIOLIN
SEASON PARTNER
Musician of the OSM since
2001
Previous experience
Second violin, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, 1997-2000
Academics and teachers
Bachelor’s in music at McGill University with Yehonatan Berick (1993-97)
Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra (1995)
Music Academy of the West (1996)
Domaine Forget
Favorite composers
Stravinsky, Richard Strauss and Bartok
Other occupations
I was one of 1,000 youth dancers at the Opening Ceremonies for the 1988 Olympics in Calgary.
August 2003: three-week eco/adventure trip to Peru.
Favorite works
Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Beethoven’s string quartets
Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet
Brahms’s Intermezzi
