Kaye Royer was born in Canada and has performed in orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout Canada, the United States, England and Italy, and as a soloist in concertos by composers such as Mozart, Weber, R.Strauss, Beethoven, Finzi, Dubois, Telemann and her husband, composer Ronald Royer. Last season, Kaye was a soloist with the Niagara Symphony and Sinfonia Toronto and this year she will perform concertos with the Brantford Symphony, and the Scarborough Philharmonic. She currently holds the position of principal clarinet with the Toronto Sinfonietta, Brantford Symphony, Canadian Sinfonietta, Scarborough Philharmonic and the Stratford Symphony Orchestra. She also performs regularly with Niagara Symphony and Sinfonia Toronto, and has worked with orchestras such as the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, Hamilton Philharmonic, Orchestra London, Talisker Players, Sinfonia Mississauga and the Orchestra at Niagara Fallsview Casino. Also active as a chamber musician, Kaye’s recent performances include the Les AMIS concert series and the Niagara International Chamber Music Series, the University of Toronto Chamber Series at Hart House and the Sunday Series at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Her principal teachers include Avrahm Galper, Toronto; Stephen Pierce, London,
England; James Kanter, Los Angeles; John Bruce Yeh and Larry Combs, Chicago. As a recording artist, she has worked on the sound tracks of such films as Prisma, The Dog, and The Happy Couple, as well as the compact discs The Storyteller’s Bag, and Toronto Sinfonietta’s Romancing Chopin, on which she performed as a soloist. Kaye received screen credit for her work as a featured performer on the sound track of the Canadian feature film, Gooby, starring Eugene Levy and Robbie Coltrane. Kaye has also been featured on the Naxos released recording The Hollywood Flute and was excited to perform with the orchestra on the Ontario portion of the most recent Diana Krall world tour. She has been heard on radio broadcasts on stations CJRT, CFMX, and throughout Canada on CBC 1 and 2 and the United States on NPR.
