Mary Jane Vandekerkhove

B.Mus. (Perf.)
Violin (Signal Hill)

mjpvan@telusplanet.net

Mary Jane Vandekerkhove presently teaches as a branch instructor with the
Mount Royal Conservatory of Music in Calgary, Alberta. As a mother of five,
she not only takes pride in teaching her young children, but also several
young and promising students, some of which have placed in the
finals of the Canadian Music Competition and provincial festival classes, and have won medals in RCM exams.

Mary Jane's pre-university years consisted of intensive violin studies with her brother Bill van der Sloot. She received her Bachelor of Music in violin performance from her combined classes at the University of British Columbia and the Eastman School of Music, under instructors including Gerald Stanick, Zvi Zeitlin, Andrew Dawes and Jane Coop. Mary Jane continued to play for several years with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and other groups including the Banff Opera Orchestra, Kamloops Symphony and the BC ballet company.

Mary Jane has toured the world with various ensembles, performing in countries including the United States, Taiwan, Germany and Spain, and on various cruise lines. Presently she plays principal second violin with the Bow Valley Orchestra and performs regularly with the Cantare Children's Choir and the Red Deer Symphony.