Megaria is a collaborative pianist currently based in London, Ontario. She graduated with DMA from University of Western Ontario under Dr. Angela Park and Prof. John Hess. Having an interest in both traditional and contemporary, solo, and chamber repertoires, she has been exploring various repertoires from across different periods and styles. She is especially keen on works by contemporary composers and has regularly collaborated with and performed works by living composers.
To Megaria, sharing music is one of the biggest things she is passionate about. Performance offers her a unique and precious way of sharing music with others. As a performer, she is given this privilege to serve as a bridge between the composer and the audience. At the same time, through the re-creation and re-interpretation of the works, she is able to communicate certain intents and ideas to others. Having opportunities to explore different types of music ranging from the classical repertoire to contemporary compositions, she realized that the various ways through which composers and performers convey their artistic intent is not limited to just the melodies, harmonies, or other conventional musical structures. In fact, ways of communicating musical intent could exist even in aspects not restricted to sounds. Therefore, she is very excited about exploring and experimenting with the different ways in which various sounds, timbre and gestures are being used in the compositional and performance processes. Megaria hopes to continue working with more living composers in understanding their artistic intent and to collaborate with different artists in the process of bringing a new musical work to life.
Megaria also enjoys musical theatre productions and has been involved in several. It offers a different experience and working with the musical theatre community offers a different but refreshing and exciting energy.