Kaye Royer was born in Canada and has performed in orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout Canada, the United States, England and Italy, and as a soloist in concertos by composers such as Mozart, Weber, R.Strauss, Beethoven, Finzi, Dubois and Ronald Royer. She currently holds the position of principal clarinet with the Toronto Sinfonietta, Brantford Symphony, Canadian Sinfonietta and the Scarborough Philharmonic. She also performs regularly with Niagara Symphony, Oshawa Durham Symphony Orchestra and Niagara-on-the-Lake Sinfonia. Also active as a chamber musician, Kaye’s recent performances include the Les AMIS concert series and the Niagara International Chamber Music Series. Her principal teachers include Avrahm Galper, Toronto; Stephen Pierce, London, England; James Kanter, Los Angeles; John Bruce Yeh and Larry Coombs, Chicago. As a recording artist, she has worked on the sound tracks of such films as Prisma, The Dog, and The Happy Couple, as well as the compact discs The Storyteller’s Bag, and Toronto Sinfonietta’s Romancing Chopin, on which she performed as a soloist. She has also been heard on radio broadcasts on stations CJRT, CFMX, and throughout Canada on CBC 1 and 2 and the United States on NPR. This year, Kaye’s chamber group Eklectica has been engaged to perform on at the University of Toronto’s Hart House Chamber Music Concerts and the Chamber Music series at the Royal Ontario Museum.
