Conducting, Coaching and Performing
Wolf is an accomplished conductor, with significant experience conducting and coaching both small and large ensembles. Along with chamber music coaching and directing the Queen’s/Community cello orchestra, he was the conductor of the Queen’s University Orchestra for six years.
Recent Queen’s University Orchestra perfomances include:
- 2018 Bach Orchestral Suite in B-minor, Bizet Carmen Suite No.1, Schubert Unfinished Symphony
- 2019 Faure Requiem, Sejourne concerto for marimba, Burge Canadian Shield
- 2021 Finzi Romance for String Orchestra, Mozart Symphony No.31 (Paris), Beethoven Leonore Overture No.3
- 2022 World Premiere of “Tangorium” arranged by Charles Cozens, featuring Bridge&Wolak
- 2022 Grieg Holberg Suite, Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, Bruckner Symphony No.1
- 2023 Lauridsen Lux Aeterna, Suite from Video Games Live, John Williams Star Wars Suite
- 2023 Tangorium in the Brockville Arts Centre for the 75th anniversary of Brockville’s Music Society
- 2024 Mendelssohn violin concerto, Dvorak Symphony No.9, Mozart Requiem
- 2025 Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 4
Isabel Quartet
Wolf founded the Isabel String Quartet, the resident string quartet of the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts from 2016 – 2024. The quartet presented a series of concerts each year, often with visiting guest artists. The quartet also provided workshops, concerts and coaching to young musicians.
Visit the Isabel’s YouTube channel!
Listen to Wolf Tormann perform Kol Nidrei by Max Bruch with the Kingston Symphony
Kol Nidrei
Queen’s Cello Orchestra
Wolf founded the the Queen’s University / Community cello orchestra to provide learning and performance opportunities for elementary and university students, along with community members, ranging in age from 12 to 75. The orchestra included up to 24 cellists at a time, ranging in both age and skills.
The orchestra provided Queen’s students with the opportunity to develop their teaching skills, and gave community members experience playing and performing, while learning from the stduents. The cello orchestra performed two concerts each year for 24 years.
“Cello orchestra is enriching, challenging and fun. Wolf is committed to bringing out the best in all of us, and as an adult player, it’s amazing to learn beside talented student musicians.”
– Nanci Corrigan, student
