You’re invited to come and see a brand new line of performances in our Spring 2026 Noon Hour Concert Series! Admission to the building is free, and a sandwich lunch is available for purchase prior to each recital between 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., with the concerts beginning at 12:15 p.m.
About Charmaine Iormetti
Charmaine Iormetti recently completed her MMus in Literature and Performance (Voice) degree at Western University. In Western Opera’s production of Albert Herring, she took on the role of Mrs. Herring. Outside of the university, Charmaine served as chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral and was a regularly featured recitalist in St. Paul’s Music at Midday Series. Other performance highlights include participating in the Toronto Mozart Vocal Competition, giving a lecture-recital on Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder at Western’s 25th Graduate Symposium on Music, as well as solos for Stratford Concert Choir and Capilano University’s Choirs in North Vancouver, BC.
While at Western, Charmaine took DMA Vocal Pedagogy as a “Special Topics Course.” Her paper won the Canadian Federation of Teachers’ Association Essay Competition in 2024 and was featured at the university’s “Inspiring Minds” collection that same year. She is currently active as a music instructor and teaches at the Academy of Music and Sound in Motion in London, ON.
About Catalina Teican
Catalina Teican is a highly trained Romanian-born pianist whose career has spanned several countries, offering a special blend of performance and teaching experience. Catalina holds degrees from The National University of Music Bucharest (BA), Bowling Green State University, USA (MA, Artist Diploma), and the University of Iowa (ABD). She is laureate of numerous national and international piano and chamber music competitions, and has performed in workshops and master classes with renowned pianists such as Gerard Frémy, Andre Watts, Garrick Ohlsson, and Daniel Shapiro.
Before moving to London, Ontario, Catalina lived in Cyprus for 14 years, where she maintained an active performing and teaching schedule and was recognized for her achievements as a chamber musician and piano teacher. She held teaching positions at the Nicosia Music School and G. Menelaou School of Music, and for ten years, served as the collaborative pianist for the Cyprus Young String Soloists.
Catalina is currently pursuing a DMA degree in Collaborative Piano at Western University, studying with Dr. Angela Park.