Lucy has had a varied musical career over 35 years, studying clarinet, saxophone, and flute. She has performed and recorded with various ensembles, including orchestras, jazz bands, and musical theatre companies. Since 2009, she has taught music and prepared students for exams with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and the Royal Conservatory of Music. Lucy regularly performs with the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra and other local ensembles, and she also works as a woodwind clinician in schools, sharing her passion for music with students of all ages. Lucy appreciates the challenges of learning a new instrument - reinforced by her latest project as a beginning cello student!

Karmen Doucette found the bassoon at age 14 - though it would be more accurate to say that the bassoon found her. Having studied piano from a young age, when Karmen entered junior high, it was a natural progression for her to join the school band. She chose the flute, but at the end of her second year in band, when a new bassoon arrived in the school band program, she jumped at the chance to switch and never looked back. Pursuing music in university, Karmen stayed in Calgary to complete her undergraduate degree and then moved to Texas to do her M.Mus. at Baylor University. She returned to Canada for two back-to-back residencies at the Banff Centre before moving to Toronto, where she further honed her orchestral and chamber music skills at the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music. In 2005, she returned to Calgary where she was an active freelance orchestral and chamber musician for many years. Throughout her career, Karmen has performed with many professional orchestras, including the Calgary Philharmonic, Kamloops Symphony, Calgary Opera, Opera Kelowna, Waco Symphony, Lyric Opera of Waco, Sudbury Symphony, and Red Deer Symphony. In 2010, Karmen was invited to fill in as principal bassoon with the Okanagan Symphony, a position which she won in 2011. Karmen has since relocated to the Okanagan and has built a home and community that she holds very dear. She continues to explore chamber and solo opportunities, in addition to teaching a new generation of up and coming young bassoonists.

Rhiannon Jones is a Kelowna based teacher and musician who offers flute lessons for all ages and levels with a supportive and fun learning environment. Rhiannon graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor’s in Music and a Minor in Business from the University of Victoria. She has studied flute under the guidance of Christine Moore, principal flute for the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, Mark McGregor and Dr. Suzanne Snizek at the University of Victoria. She has also participated in masterclasses with Susan Hoeppner, Lorna McGhee and Christie Reside. Rhiannon gained experience through solo performances, by occupying the principal flute chair in the Okanagan Youth Symphony for 4 years and has played flute and piccolo in ensembles such as the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, the Okanagan Wind Symphony and the Spectrum Singers. During her degree she was a member of the UVic Orchestra, the UVic Chorus and various chamber groups. Outside of music, Rhiannon achieved her black belt in karate and competed National Championships for karate and golf. She was a member of the Varsity Women’s Golf Team at UVic and competed as a professional golfer. In her free time, she enjoys reading and walking her dog.

Tim Watson received a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance (Trumpet) from the University of Toronto. Following this he spent several years freelancing in Ontario, and two years as Musician in Residence with Sudbury Symphony, Laurentian University and Cambrian College in Sudbury as a performer/teacher/coach.

Christine Moore performs in Penticton, Kelowna and Vernon as the Principal Flutist in the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra. Christine began studying flute performance in North Vancouver at the age of 12. Throughout her teens, she studied with Kathleen Rudolph of the Vancouver Symphony and CBC Radio Orchestras. As a young adult, Christine performed with Vancouver Youth Orchestra and Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra. She went on to study flute performance, psychology and history at Vancouver Community College and the University of Victoria, where she received her Bachelor of Arts. She also studied Orff-Schulwerk Music for Children at the University of British Columbia and apprenticed in Early Childhood Music at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. She continues to explore flute technique through masterclasses with world renowned flutists such as William Bennett and Lorna McGhee. In addition to her orchestral flute career, Christine enjoys working as a chamber musician and soloist. She feels passionate about the positive effects of music in the lives of people of all ages and abilities. She has been teaching all levels of flute to adults, teens and children for 35 years. Christine lives with her husband and two daughters in Kelowna and visits her parents in Penticton often. Her favourite hobbies include hiking, cycling and yoga.

Zeena Zaiyouna is an orchestral conductor, oboist, pianist, and educator with a Master’s in Lifelong Learning and Pedagogy from Denmark and an oboe performance degree from Queen’s University. She has served as Assistant Conductor of the Ontario Pops Orchestra, directed the Canadian Independent Music School Festival Symphonic Band at Roy Thomson Hall in 2019, and trained teachers globally in trauma-focused arts programs. Her musical training includes studies in oboe performance, classical and jazz, as well as piano improvisation. With experience teaching music and performance across all school levels, she is enthusiastic about inspiring young musicians in wind playing. Zeena is also a Toronto and Ontario Arts Council recording artist. Passionate about youth engagement and music as a social value, she currently conducts the Okanagan Symphony Youth Orchestra and teaches in the Okanagan Valley.