Camilli String Quartet
Offering thoughtfully curated music for all occasions, including weddings, parties, corporate events, and celebrations of life
Classical elegance, modern charmElevate your event with timeless live music that speaks to the heart
Camilli Strings is a close-knit ensemble of professional musicians who have been friends and colleagues for years, brought together by their shared passion for creating beautiful music. With decades of combined experience, the quartet has performed at a wide range of events—from intimate weddings to prestigious productions like the Vancouver Opera.
Each member of the group brings a rich musical background, having studied their instruments from a young age and performed professionally across Canada and beyond. Their name, Camilli Strings, is a tribute to the exquisite 1759 violin crafted by Camillus Camilli, played by first violinist Angela Cavadas.
Event Types
•Weddings
•Parties
•Corporate Events
•Celebrations of Life
…and more!
1st violinAngela Cavadas
Angela Cavadas was the recipient of numerous awards early in her musical
life, most notably winning First Prize in the CBC Young Artists Competition
at the age of nineteen.
Renowned violinists Steven Staryk and Ruggiero Ricci were major mentors
in her training and over the course of her distinguished and varied career
she has collaborated with many outstanding instrumentalists and
conductors and has participated in hundreds of concerts, of which a number
were broadcast nationally.
Angela is Associate Concertmaster of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and
has performed extensively as a soloist and in chamber music concerts, in
particular with West Coast Chamber Music since 1995. She has also
enjoyed the diversity of playing for ballet, musical theatre, film recording,
and folk-dance troupes.
Always interested in passing on knowledge, she teaches violin and piano
privately and for the Arts Conservatory in Richmond, BC.
2nd violinEvelyn Creaser
COMING SOON
violaMarie Claude Brunet
Originally from Winnipeg, Marie-Claude studied at the University of Toronto with David Zafer before heading West and making her home in Vancouver, where she studied with Gerald Stanick and Steven Dann. She was a founding member of the Babayaga string quartet. As a busy freelance violist, she played with the VSO, the CBC Radio Orchestra, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet tours, the Ford Theatre productions (Showboat, Sunset Boulevard, Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat, and Phantom). She also took part in many recording projects including major film scores, TV series and for various recording artists. Over the years she has performed with Ray Charles, Barbara Streisand, Sheila Jordan, Page and Plant, Micheal Bubble and The Who. She is currently a core member of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and teaches privately.
CELLOFinn Manniche
Finn is a cellist and guitarist from Vancouver. He went to UBC where he studied cello with Eric Wilson.
These days he plays guitar and cello in a gypsy-jazz group called Van Django. With them he has toured Canada, China and Ireland. Finn is also the cellist of the newly-formed Camilli String Quartet. With his familiarity with pop music and ability to play the cello in many styles, Finn has been called to play on many recordings.
He also does arranging for Canadian artists such as Steven Page, 54/40, and Murray McLauchlan.
