Second violins
Alison Mah-Poy
Joined the OSM in: 2001
Previous positions: Second violin, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, 1997-2000
Academic institutions attended: Bachelor’s in music at McGill University with Yehonatan Berick (1993-97), Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra (1995), Music Academy of the West (1996), Domaine Forget
Favourite composers: Stravinsky, Richard Strauss and Bartok.
Favourite works: Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Beethoven’s string quartets, Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet, Brahms’s Intermezzi.