Royce Rich

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Twenty-two-year-old violinist, Royce Rich, is establishing himself as one of Canada’ up-and-coming young artists. Having appeared on concert stages as soloist and chamber musician across Canada, the USA, Italy, Germany and Austria, Royce has performed as soloist with the Brampton Symphony Orchestra, Lions Gate Sinfonia Orchestra, Durham Chamber Orchestra, Smazal Chamber Orchestra, and twice with the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra. 

Royce is currently a full-scholarship recipient of The Jack Whiteside Scholarship as an Artist Diploma Program student at The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory in Toronto, studying under the tutelage of Mayumi Seiler. He completed his undergraduate performance studies with distinguished pedagogue, Victor Danchenko, at The Glenn Gould School. Winner of the coveted Gabora Prize for “Best Specific Performance” at the Nineteenth Annual Casalmaggiore International Festival in Italy, he was a member of the Bacewicz Quartet and won 1st Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2016 Friends of Chamber Music Competition in Vancouver.

As a frequent solo recitalist and chamber musician, Royce has appeared in concert series’ such as West Vancouver Community Arts Council, St. Andrew’s Noon Hour, Clearly Musical Home Concerts, Neumann Production, Concerts @100, Valley CrossWay, and Music Friends, among others. He has also had the opportunity to play for and work with distinguished artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Leon Fleisher, Aaron Rosand, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Bramwell Tovey, Barry Shiffman, Tania Miller, Bryan Epperson, Martin Chalifour, Ilya Kaler, and Anne Shih. Aside from keeping a busy performance schedule and maintaining an active teaching studio in the Greater Toronto Area, Royce loves running, cycling, swimming, hiking, cooking, and getting together with friends over a delicious cup of coffee and dessert. He enjoys engaging with his supporters and followers by writing E-Newsletters and staying connected on social media through Instagram (@roycerichmusical). Royce plays on a fine 1757 Lorenzo Carcassi violin generously on loan to him from a Canadian benefactor of the arts.