Ambrosia Chamber Ensembles are groups of chamber music enthusiasts who play in various combinations in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. We are musicians who play for enjoyment and to share music with others. We rehearse in Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, and occasionally rural Princeton. Some of our groups have consistent members working toward performances, and others meet on an ad hoc basis to read through repertoire. Our ensembles include string quartets (standard, and two cellos), clarinet quartet, piano quartet, clarinet quintet (string quartet and clarinet), piano quintet (string quartet and piano), string quintet with two violas, string quintet with two cellos, string sextet, and several trios. In classical mythology, ambrosia is the food of the Greek and Roman gods, thought to confer immortality. As life on Earth becomes increasingly sobering with escalating threats to the continued existence of humanity including wars, climate change, extinction of numerous species, and artificial intelligence, alongside widespread diminishing ability to read, think, and value science and truth, we look to the beauty of music as a source of replenishment to uplift ourselves and others. Just as ambrosia confers life-enhancing benefits on those who partake of it, playing and listening to music confers life-enhancing benefits on those who partake in it. Our current musicians are Yiyang Shi, violin/viola (tenor); Shakoor Henson, violin; Carmen Miron, violin/viola; Caleb Olesen, viola (bass); Mary Steele, cello (soprano); Michelle Kyle, cello/piano (alto); Anita Brooks Kirkland, clarinet (alto); Judith Douglas, horn; and Gavin Yeomans, piano. Musicians who have played with us include violinists Jackie Wall, Pawel Pomorski, Desirée Mau, Veronica Kroess, Nathan Hilton, and Gareth Au; violists Cesar Carreno, Dave Wadley, and Jeremy Bell; cellist Philip Spence; clarinetist Ginny Scarfino; and pianist Flavio Sestu.
Upcoming Ambrosia Concerts
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