Old City Arts Hub Society
Jenny Vincent
President
Connor Clausen
Treasurer
Bruce Farquharson
Jason Friesen
Andrea Bertram
Erin Kelly
A musician who loves exploring the violin’s place across genres, Erin Kelly can be found performing jazz, electronic, Celtic, and, of course, classical violin. She plays with both the Vancouver Island Symphony and Symphony Tacoma. The breadth of her musicianship across musical styles includes performances with the Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Symphony, The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, Odesza, Sigur Ros, and The Groove. In 2022, Erin relocated to Vancouver Island where she is on the faculty of the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music.
In addition to performing, Erin is an avid songwriter of original electronic music that features violin. She served as the sound and stage art designer for events such as the Alpine Crescendo Music Festival—an event she and a group of fellow musicians founded and built from the ground up. Beyond her creative work, she is deeply committed to cultivating a vibrant local music community, actively contributing to venue programming, artistic collaboration, and the development of innovative performance spaces.
Tiana Clausen
Tiana Dick
Tiana Dick grew up in Nanaimo, British Columbia and had the privilege of being part of the Wellington Jazz Academy in high school. Although music has always been part of Tiana’s family life, her experience at the jazz program really confirmed the desire to include music in her future career. After high school graduation, in 2015, Tiana was awarded a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston. In her second year at Berklee, Tiana was introduced to the Music Therapy program and loved it. It was the perfect mix of the helping profession she was looking for, while still being able to share the gift of music.
After completing her education and a yearlong internship, Tiana graduated with a dual degree in Music Therapy and Performance, and received her board certification in 2021. Berklee provided Tiana with multiple practicum experiences during her education. She had opportunities to work with individuals with Dementia and Alzheimer’s, children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, people with complex mental health and social needs, individuals suffering from PTSD, and alongside medical staff, in the pediatric ICU of Tufts Floating Medical Centre. Tiana’s internship with Connecting in Rhythm (Amy Di Nino, Music Therapist, MTA) brought her to Ontario where she worked primarily with Deafblind individuals at Sensity Deafblind and Sensory Support Network of Canada
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Paul Vincent
Monica Briggs ex-officio