Strings in Motion Inc., founded in 2008, has performed at
numerous and diverse venues across the GTA, including the Old Mill's
Robert Burns Supper galas, the Granite Club, the CN Tower, the Duke of
York, and the Toronto Ukrainian Festival.
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Stefanie Hutka
President and Music Director, Strings in Motion Inc.
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Stefanie Hutka has been performing internationally on violin for over ten years, playing at countless venues including the Carlu, Royal York Fairmont, Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts, Missisauga Living Arts Centre, Niagara Fallsview Casino, and the Mod Club Theatre. Stefanie is a twenty-two-year-old, classically-trained violinist, and has successfully completed all components of her ARCT Violin Performance degree (Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto). She has also has extensive experience with numerous genres, including Celtic and traditional Scottish music, performing at Robert Burns Supper galas across the GTA since 2002. Stefanie was leader of the former youth ensemble, Strings in Motion, in which she played in for eight years, until it closed its doors in 2008. She is also a former member and librarian of the Koffler Chamber Orchestra (Music Director: Jacques Israelievitch). Stefanie also performs on piano, guitar, and bass.
In June 2010, Stefanie graduated from the University of Toronto with
an Hon. B.Sc. with High Distinction as a Psychology Research Specialist. She completed her undergraduate honours thesis on the relationship between pitch encoding and language in musically-trained individuals.
Stefanie is currently a graduate student at the University of
Toronto, continuing to combine her love of music with her background in
Psychology. In November 2011, she completed her Master's degree in the
field of Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, and recently presented her Master's
thesis at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference in Washington, D.C.
Stefanie is now a PhD student, conducting her research on the relationship
between the perceptual organization of speech, aging, and musical training.
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Photography by Rhonda Peebles
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