2026 Adjudicators

Violinist Frank Ho enjoys a career as soloist, chamber musician and teacher. A
graduate of Yale University, he studied there with Sidney Harth (former concertmaster of
the Chicago Symphony, New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics) and Erick Friedman
(noted pupil of Jascha Heifetz). Further studies with Yfrah Neaman at the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama in London, England, led to performances on three continents
and recordings for the CBC. He also holds a Master of Musical Arts degree from the
University of Alberta, where he specialized in historical and theoretical studies in
musicology.

As a performer, Frank has performed at venues such as Royal Festival Hall (London),
Merkin Hall and Alice Tully Hall (New York), and the Winspear Centre in Edmonton.
He remains active in his hometown of Edmonton as the concertmaster of the Concordia
Symphony Orchestra and as a frequent collaborator in chamber music, most notably with
the late pianist Alexandra Munn. Recent highlights include the complete Beethoven
Violin Sonata cycle with pianist Joachim Segger. Current projects include the complete
solo and accompanied violin music by J. S. Bach (with pianist/harpsichordist Leanne
Regehr) and a CD of music for two violins and viola with Vaughan String Quartet
members Vladimir Rufino and Fabiola Amorim. In the summer of 2024, he toured
Switzerland, Austria, Leichenstein, and Italy as a violinist of the Canadian Landscapes
Europe Tour, organized through Concordia University.

In addition to his private studio, Frank is currently on faculty at Conservatory of Musi at
the Winspear Centre, The King’s University and Concordia University of Edmonton. His
students have been prizewinners in local, provincial, and national competitions in
Canada, and have gone on to further studies at universities and conservatories in Canada,
the USA and Europe. Several of his students have performed at venues such as Carnegie
Hall, and are members of professional orchestras in Canada, notably the National Arts
Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, the Victoria Symphony, and the Thunder Bay Symphony.
Frank is also a member of the College of Examiners for the Royal Conservatory of Music
in Toronto, and was president of the Alberta String Association from 2019 to 2022. He is
the recipient of the 2025 Alberta Music Education Foundation’s (AMEF) Recognition
Award for outstanding contribution to Music Education.