About
Violinist Bailey Wantuch is a specialist of contemporary music and a devoted pedagogue. She is the co-founder of the Montréal-based new music ensembles Quatuor Mémoire and Collectif Radiance. She has also played with the Ensemble de la Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ), Ensemble Paramirabo, and collectif9. A dedicated collaborator, she works closely with local composers and has participated in residencies at Avaloch Farm Music Institute and Orford Musique. Recent appearances include a performance of Kaija Saariaho’s violin concerto Graal Théâtre on the 60th-anniversary season of the SMCQ.
An active chamber musician, Wantuch has performed internationally. Her piano trio, Trio Miltenberg, has appeared in Québec, Newfoundland, and Germany. She has also performed with Quatuor Æternum in the Netherlands, in series such as Muziekkamer Assen. As a violinist of Quatuor Mémoire, she has performed at the Festival Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques 2025 and Québec musiques parallèles. The quartet’s debut album, Kaïros, Chronos et Aiôn, was released in the fall of 2025 on the label Mnémosyne. Upcoming Mémoire projects include a tour in France and concerts at M/NM 2026 and live@CIRMMT.
Wantuch is an equally accomplished pedagogue, having taught all levels and ages. She currently holds the post of Assistant Teaching Professor at Memorial University Newfoundland. At McGill University, she taught violin, coached chamber music, and was a course lecturer. She also served as faculty at the New Music Session at the Domaine Forget Festival & Academy. A certified Suzuki teacher, Wantuch trained under Vera McCoy-Sulentic and Mark Mutter. Finally, she holds an Executive Graduate Certificate from the Global Leaders Institute for Arts Innovation, through which she taught in Chile, Mexico, and Kenya.
Wantuch earned her Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University and her Master of Music from McGill University. She will graduate with a Doctor of Music in Performance Studies at McGill University in August 2026, where her research on the music of Nikolai Roslavets was supported by the Fonds de Recherche du Québec. Her primary mentors were Blair Milton and Violaine Melançon.