Meadowmount
Violin/Master Classes

William van der Sloot

William van der Sloot has established a reputation as a leader in the development of young artists in Canada. His students have won international acclaim; having won top prizes in many major national and international competitions, and are heard on concert stages throughout Canada and abroad. His students have performed often as guest soloists with many of Canada's major symphony orchestras.

He is in demand as a guest clinician and judge at music schools and competitions. Mr. van der Sloot has given many master classes for major music organizations in Canada, the United States, Germany, Russia, and China. He is a regular guest artist at the Sichuan, Central, and Shanghai Conservatories of Music, in China, the Royal Conservatory of Music (Glenn Gould School) in Toronto and the Medicine Hat College Conservatory.

He will again be a faculty member at Mount Royal College's international Morningside Music Bridge program this summer and at the Valhalla Summer School of Music in Silverton, BC. This year, he has also been invited as a guest clinician to Northwestern University, The San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and The Shushwap Festival of the Arts, and the Meadowmount Summer School of Music.

As a former violinist of the Villa Marteau Quintet, he has toured extensively in Eastern and Western Europe and North America and has recorded for German, American, and Canadian National radio. Before moving to Calgary, he was instrumental in the development of the Conservatory at Medicine Hat College and its program for gifted youth. Mr. van der Sloot is presently Manager of The Academy, Choral Programs, and Shakespeare in the Park at Mount Royal College, Calgary.