Chad Heltzel, D. Mus.
Conductor and Pianist
5373 Ave Coolbrook
Montreal, QC, Canada
H3X 2L3
www.chadheltzel.com
www.ariadneensemble.org
chadheltzel@gmail.com
(514)-619-1249
Education
2015 – University of Toronto, DMA candidate in orchestral conducting
2004-2009 -- l’Université de Montréal, D. Mus.
Dissertation: Robert Schumann’s influence on the early piano works of Johannes Brahms
2003 -- l’Université de Montréal, Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisé
1999-2002 -- The Glenn Gould School in collaboration with Open University of Canada, B. Mus
1997-1999 -- Rice University, The Shepherd School of Music
1996-1997 -- Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan
Advanced Training
2015 – Opera Nuova; Dead Man Walking assistant conductor – Maestra Rosemary Thomson
2013 -- International Masterclass for Conductors, Berlin, Germany – Maestro Lutz Köhler
2013 -- Orpheus Summer Music Academy for Conductors, Vienna, Austria – Maestro Alexis Hauser
2013 -- Conducting Masterclass with l’Orchestre Symphonique de Lévis – Maestro Gilles Auger
2012 -- Montreal International Choral Conducting Masterclass – Maestro Michael Zaugg
2011 -- Medomak Conductors Retreat, Medomak, Maine – Maestro Kenneth Kiesler
2011 -- International Opera conducting Masterclass, Ithaca, New York – Maestro Kenneth Kiesler
2010 -- Pierre Monteux School, Hancock, Maine – Maestro Michael Jinbo
2009 – Resident Artist, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
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Professional Experience
2015 – Opera Nuova; Dead Man Walking assistant conductor – Maestra Rosemary Thomson
2015 – Opera Nuova; Music Director of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Yeomen of the Guard
2014-2015 – Founder and Music Director of The Ariadne Ensemble, Montreal, QC
--“A professional chamber orchestra dedicated to performing contemporary works within an
historical context...tracing the music ancestry of the new and giving added relevance to the old”
2013-2015 -- Music Director of Montreal Westend Operatic Society
--Includes a season of concerts and a fully staged opera production in the spring
Die Fledermaus -- Johann Strauss II (2015)
Patience – Gilbert and Sullivan (2014)
2008-2015 -- Professional Accompanist at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University
--Accompanied students and faculty in recitals, competitions, auditions and juries
2014 – Accompanist for l’OSM Standard Life Concerto Competition
--Annual concerto competition for Canada’s top emerging artists
2009-2014 -- Accompanist with the Canadian Music Competition
--Canada’s most prestigious annual national competition for instrumentalists and singers
2011-2013 -- McGill Conservatory, piano faculty
2011-2012 -- Choral Society of St. Lambert, accompanist and assistant conductor
--Official pianist of the choir, assistant to the music director
2010-2011 – Music Director, Ithaca College Sinfonietta
2010-2011 -- Syracuse Opera, assistant conductor
Don Giovanni – Mozart
The Mikado – Gilbert and Sullivan
2006-2009 -- University of Montreal, chargé de cours
--Coach and accompanist of the vocal diction classes
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Conducting - Selected Performances
2015 – Conducting recital with the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra -- MacMillan Theatre,
Toronto, ON
2015 – Sitzprobe of Dead Man Walking by Jake Heggie with members of the Edmonton Symphony
Orchestra – Festival Place, Edmonton AB
2015 – Yeomen of the Guard with Opera Nuova - Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Edmonton, AB
2015 – Six performances of Die Fledermaus with the Montreal West Operatic Society – Victoria Hall,
Westmount, QC
2014 -- Bach’s d minor Piano Concerto, Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, Arvo Pärt’s Fratres with The Ariadne
Ensemble – St. Matthais’ Church, Westmount, QC
2014 – Montreal West-end Operatic Society’s 75th anniversary concert – Victoria Hall, Westmount, QC
-A selection of chorus works by Gilbert and Sullivan and Johann Strauss Jr.
2014 -- Eight performances of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience with the Montreal West Operatic Society
– Victoria Hall, Westmount, QC
2013 – Mozart’s Symphony no. 4 “Jupiter”, Allegro Vivace with the Berlin Sinfonietta – Berlin,
Germany
2013 – Complete performance of Igor Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat – Oasis Concert Series, Christ
Church Cathedral, Montreal, QC
2012 -- Christmas Concerts with the Choral Society of St. Lambert, Montreal, Quebec – Montreal, QC
2011 -- Die Zwei Blauen Augen von Meinem Schatz from Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen by Gustav
Mahler -- Conductor’s Retreat at Medomak, Medomak, Maine
2011 -- Conducting Recital, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York – Arias from Gluck’s L’Orfeo and
Mozart’s Prague Symphony, Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra
2011 – Beethoven Symphony no. 1 with the Ithaca Sinfonietta – Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
2010 – Conducting Recitals at the Pierre Monteux School for Orchestra Conductors – Hancock, Maine
2009 – Trombone Concertino by Lars Larsson– Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill University, Montreal, QC
2007 – Conductor and pianist, Bach’s Keyboard concerto in d minor and Mozart’s Piano concerto no. 27
with members of l’Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal – Salle Claude Champagne, Montreal, QC
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Selected Concerto Appearances
2014 – Guest Artist with the Portland Chamber Orchestra
Bach concerto no. 1 in d minor with Yaacov Bergman, conductor
2011 – Guest Artist with the Syracuse Symphony
Bach Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 with soloists of the symphony orchestra
2007 -- Guest Soloist and Conductor with members of l’Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal
Bach concerto no. 1 in d minor
Mozart piano concerto no. 27 in Bb major
2005 -- Guest Soloist with l’Orchestre de l’Université de Montrèal
Prokofiev 3rd Piano Concerto with Jean François Rivest, conductor
2002 -- Guest Soloist with the Glenn Gould School Orchestra, Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Ontario,
Beethoven 4th Piano Concerto with David Lloyd Jones, conductor
Solo Piano -- Selected Recitals
2013 -- McGill Conservatory Guest Artist Series, Montreal, Quebec
2013 -- Southminster United “Lenten Concert Series”, Ottawa, Ontario
2012 -- “Concerts des Dominicales”, Eglise St. Jean Baptiste, Montreal, Quebec
2012 -- “Oasis Concert Series”, Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec
2009 -- Recital at Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
2006 -- “Les Melodines” recital series at Place des Arts, Montreal, Quebec
2004 -- Portland Piano International Recital Series, Portland, Oregon
Instrumental and Vocal -- Selected Recitals
2014 – All Saints Cathedral, Edmonton, Alberta
Kripa Nageshwar, soprano
2014 -- Holy Trinity Cathedral, Quebec, Quebec
Kripa Nageshwar, soprano
2014 -- McGill University, Pollack Recital Hall, Montreal Quebec
Julian Simard, trombone
2013 -- McGill Conservatory Guest Artist Recital, Tanna Hall, Montreal, Quebec
Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde, cello
2012 -- Choral Society of St. Lambert’s Concert Series, St. Barnabas Church, St. Lambert, Quebec
Nelson Lohnes, Baritone
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Lecture Recitals
2012 -- McGill University, Tanna Hall, Montreal, Quebec
“Singing with Two Hands” – addressing some of the challenges pianists face in order to sing at
their instrument
2012 -- Portland Piano International Summer Festival, Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon
“Singing with Two Hands”
2011 -- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
“A Composer's Muse: The Influence of literature on Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana, Op. 16”
2011 -- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
“A Composer's Muse: The Influence of Literature on Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana, Op. 16”
2009 -- l’Unversité de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec
“Schenkerian Analysis for Performers”
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