Meet the members of One, Two, Trio

ONE, TWO, TRIO

Our brass trio One, Two, Trio is comprised of three of Vancouver’s leading brass players, and members of the Vancouver Brass Orchestra: Katherine Evans (Trumpet), Valerie Whitney (French Horn), and Jeremy Berkman (Trombone). 

Katherine Evans, Trumpet

Praised for her “solo work of exceptional quality” by the Boston Globe, trumpeter Katherine Evans is currently the principal trumpet of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra (BC) and the Newport Symphony (OR). She is a member of Turning Point Ensemble and a brass trio, One, Two, Trio. She performs with the Vancouver Symphony, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, and other organizations and is is an active recitalist. Katherine is also a professional choral singer and a member of the 12-voice vocal ensemble, musica intima. She holds an M.Mus. in trumpet performance from the Longy School of Music and an A.B. in English and Music from Harvard University. She teaches trumpet at the VSO School of Music, Vancouver Academy of Music and St. George’s School.

Valerie Whitney, Horn

Valerie Whitney serves Assistant Professor of Horn and Brass Area Coordinator at the University of British Columbia. Prior to her appointment at UBC, Valerie performed for audiences across the Midwestern United States for over a decade, with regular appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, and Lyric Opera Orchestra. She appears regularly with performing organizations in the United States as an orchestral and chamber musician, and is earning an international reputation with recent and upcoming engagements in China and Korea. She served as hornist of the acclaimed Fifth House Ensemble from 2013-2016 and is a founding member of the newly formed Vancouver Brass Orchestra.

Valerie holds a DMA in Horn Performance from Northwestern University, and is a graduate of Northwestern University (MM) and Wheaton College (BM).

Jeremy Berkman, Trombone

Trombonist Jeremy Berkman‘s musical journey has taken him on many paths. He is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College, as well as the Julliard School, where he earned degrees in both music and economics. Arriving in Vancouver in 1989, Jeremy’s first served as Stage Manager for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.  He has been performing as Principal Trombonist with Vancouver Opera’s orchestra since 1992. A co-founder of the award-winning Vancouver based Turning Point Ensemble currently led by composer/conductor Owen Underhill, Jeremy now directs the ensemble’s education programming.  He is featured on the Centrediscs Still Image as a collaborator with the Bozzini String Quartet, recording Owen’s fabulous trombone quintet, and was nominated for a Juno Award as a member of cellist Peggy Lee’s octet, The Peggy Lee Band. Jeremy is an Instructor of Trombone and chamber music coach at the University of British Columbia. As another interesting duality to his musical pursuits, Jeremy is also diving into 16th and 17th century repertoire, performing on the sackbut (a distinctive name for the modern trombone’s ancestor) with a newly formed Vancouver based sackbut quartet, Cappella Borealis, and as a frequent performer for Early Music Vancouver.