CLUB STRUCTURE
The Club incorporated in 1922 as a nonprofit, and is governed by a volunteer board of directors comprised of Club members representing a cross-section of artistic practices and other expertise.
The Club activities are envisioned, planned and executed by Club members working on a voluntary basis. They are organized and overseen by a variety of committees comprised of Club members. As a result, volunteerism is a fundamental aspect of Club membership.
Membership itself is organized by artistic discipline, so members join sections based on their artistic focus. Sections meet to discuss Club business, and plan future events, but also regularly hold workshops and discussions on topics of interest to their members. Members may attend the meetings and workshops of any section in the Club, not just the section of their artistic focus, if the topic of the workshop or discussion is of interest.
The Club activities are envisioned, planned and executed by Club members working on a voluntary basis. They are organized and overseen by a variety of committees comprised of Club members. As a result, volunteerism is a fundamental aspect of Club membership.
Membership itself is organized by artistic discipline, so members join sections based on their artistic focus. Sections meet to discuss Club business, and plan future events, but also regularly hold workshops and discussions on topics of interest to their members. Members may attend the meetings and workshops of any section in the Club, not just the section of their artistic focus, if the topic of the workshop or discussion is of interest.
CLUb sections
For information on the activities and membership of any specific section, please click on the section below (some are still in progress):
CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Jan Garvey
Jan Garvey is a teacher of classical ballet and ballroom dance. She was National Director/Canada of the Royal Academy of Dance – the world’s largest international professional organization for dance teachers – for 18 years until her retirement. She is a member of the Dance Section and has served on Committees and the Board every year since joining the Heliconian Club. She continues to teach when she is not travelling or busy with her grandchildren.
Jan Garvey is a teacher of classical ballet and ballroom dance. She was National Director/Canada of the Royal Academy of Dance – the world’s largest international professional organization for dance teachers – for 18 years until her retirement. She is a member of the Dance Section and has served on Committees and the Board every year since joining the Heliconian Club. She continues to teach when she is not travelling or busy with her grandchildren.
Vice-President: Kye Marshall
Kye Marshall is a professional composer, cellist and nature photographer. She combines her love of melody with her facility as a classical and jazz / avant-garde improviser to create unique styles of composition. She has written for full orchestra and numerous chamber ensembles. Her full length opera Pomegranate was presented by the Canadian Opera Company in June 2023. Her credits also include four film scores, forty jazz compositions, and music for theatre, dance and CBC radio drama. Her work has been performed widely: in the USA, Austria, Italy (I Solisti Veneti) Canada and numerous locations in Toronto including CBC, TVO, Jazz.FM. An eclectic musician, Kye has performed jazz, classical and free music with multiple ensembles including as principal cellist in the O’Keefe Centre Orchestra and the New Chamber Orchestra, the National Ballet Orchestra (assistant principal cellist ), the Kye Marshall Jazz Quartet / Duo, Heliconian PianoTrio, Epic String Quartet, and Heliconian String Quartet. She has six CD’s to her credit.
www.kyemarshall.com
Photo Credit: Linda Briskin
Kye Marshall is a professional composer, cellist and nature photographer. She combines her love of melody with her facility as a classical and jazz / avant-garde improviser to create unique styles of composition. She has written for full orchestra and numerous chamber ensembles. Her full length opera Pomegranate was presented by the Canadian Opera Company in June 2023. Her credits also include four film scores, forty jazz compositions, and music for theatre, dance and CBC radio drama. Her work has been performed widely: in the USA, Austria, Italy (I Solisti Veneti) Canada and numerous locations in Toronto including CBC, TVO, Jazz.FM. An eclectic musician, Kye has performed jazz, classical and free music with multiple ensembles including as principal cellist in the O’Keefe Centre Orchestra and the New Chamber Orchestra, the National Ballet Orchestra (assistant principal cellist ), the Kye Marshall Jazz Quartet / Duo, Heliconian PianoTrio, Epic String Quartet, and Heliconian String Quartet. She has six CD’s to her credit.
www.kyemarshall.com
Photo Credit: Linda Briskin
Secretary: Marg Wilson
Photo and bio coming soon.
Photo and bio coming soon.
TREASURER: Erika Yost
Erika Yost's music has been performed in Canada, the USA and Europe. A graduate of the University of Toronto, and the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, her works include choral, chamber music, jazz and popular songs. Erika also directs and sings in the a cappella group “Klaritas Vocal Ensemble”.
Erika Yost's music has been performed in Canada, the USA and Europe. A graduate of the University of Toronto, and the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, her works include choral, chamber music, jazz and popular songs. Erika also directs and sings in the a cappella group “Klaritas Vocal Ensemble”.
Director at Large: Vivian East
Vivian East has over 40 years of experience teaching art in Toronto. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto, a Diploma in Design from Sheridan College, and a Bachelor of Education Degree from OISE/UT.
Vivian taught Visual Art and other subjects for the Toronto District School Board for twenty years. Upon retiring in 2010, she and her daughter opened Freehand School of Art which offers classes for all ages, and workshops and events for adults in North Toronto.
In 2022, she joined the Heliconian Club, in the Visual Arts section. She is currently a member of the Heliconian Board of Directors.
In her studio practice, Vivian works in a variety of media and has recently begun to focus on landscape painting in oils to celebrate her travels throughout Canada.
Vivian East has over 40 years of experience teaching art in Toronto. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto, a Diploma in Design from Sheridan College, and a Bachelor of Education Degree from OISE/UT.
Vivian taught Visual Art and other subjects for the Toronto District School Board for twenty years. Upon retiring in 2010, she and her daughter opened Freehand School of Art which offers classes for all ages, and workshops and events for adults in North Toronto.
In 2022, she joined the Heliconian Club, in the Visual Arts section. She is currently a member of the Heliconian Board of Directors.
In her studio practice, Vivian works in a variety of media and has recently begun to focus on landscape painting in oils to celebrate her travels throughout Canada.
Director at Large: Laura Liu
Laura was born and raised in New York City and is a licensed architect in New York State. She has worked in three countries as a designer and finds it her passion and privilege to engage clients and citizens alike in conversations about place, meaning, culture and other narratives, and the forces that drive our decision-making.
Through her current work in the architecture profession, she continues to investigate how good design can cultivate care for others and our environment at every scale. She aspires to host informal gatherings for musicians and artists to play and exchange ideas and work out of her own woodshop one day.
Laura was born and raised in New York City and is a licensed architect in New York State. She has worked in three countries as a designer and finds it her passion and privilege to engage clients and citizens alike in conversations about place, meaning, culture and other narratives, and the forces that drive our decision-making.
Through her current work in the architecture profession, she continues to investigate how good design can cultivate care for others and our environment at every scale. She aspires to host informal gatherings for musicians and artists to play and exchange ideas and work out of her own woodshop one day.
Director at Large: Rosemary Tannock, PhD
After retiring at the end of 2019 from a 30+ scientific and academic career [Canada Research Chair & Professor in Special Education, University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, Neuroscience and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children], I rekindled my childhood passion for visual arts, specifically watercolour and photography. Largely self-taught, I have completed drawing and life-drawing courses at the Art Gallery of Ontario, master-classes in watercolour taught by several international artists, including a full year of study with USA Master artist, Thomas Schaller, in his on-line program "Design and The Power of Imagination". I am a long-term supporter of the Al Purdy A-Frame Writers in Residence Program, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Hot Docs Cinema, and Toronto International Film Festival.
After retiring at the end of 2019 from a 30+ scientific and academic career [Canada Research Chair & Professor in Special Education, University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, Neuroscience and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children], I rekindled my childhood passion for visual arts, specifically watercolour and photography. Largely self-taught, I have completed drawing and life-drawing courses at the Art Gallery of Ontario, master-classes in watercolour taught by several international artists, including a full year of study with USA Master artist, Thomas Schaller, in his on-line program "Design and The Power of Imagination". I am a long-term supporter of the Al Purdy A-Frame Writers in Residence Program, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Hot Docs Cinema, and Toronto International Film Festival.
