Gryphon Trio

The Trio is also dedicated to pushing the boundaries of chamber music and has commissioned and premiered over one hundred new works from established and emerging composers around the world, and has collaborated on special projects with clarinetist James Campbell, actor Colin Fox, choreographer David Earle, vocal ensemble Nordic Voices, and a host of jazz luminaries at Lula Lounge, Toronto's leading venue for jazz and world music. Their most ambitious undertaking to date is a ground-breaking multimedia, vocal and instrumental production of composer Christos Hatzis's epic work Constantinople, which they have shared with audiences across North America and at the Royal Opera House in London.

Their most recent multimedia production Echo – Memories of the World was created in collaboration with an international group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and features Indigenous singer Marion Newman, Indigenous actor čačumḥi Aaron Wells and the Gryphon Trio. Recounting experiences and stories from the lands now known as Canada, Norway, and Ukraine, Echo is a multimedia love letter to the richness of diverse cultural expressions, an emotionally charged exploration of history's erasures, and a celebration of artists and knowledge keepers who defy suppression to breathe life into enduring works of profound significance.

Deeply committed to the education of the next generations of audiences and performers alike, the Gryphon takes time out of their busy touring schedule to conduct master classes and workshops at universities and conservatories across North America. They are Artists-in-Residence at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music where Parker also serves as Rupert E. Edwards Chair in Piano Performance and Annalee Patipatanakoon is Professor of Violin and Chamber music.

The Trio's flagship educational program Listen Up!, was launched in 2010 and now includes year-long residencies, a video series, and teacher training sessions. Listen Up! residencies take place over the course of a full school year and give elementary school students a hands-on opportunity to express themselves through poetry and music composition, visual arts and choral performance. Each residency culminates with a joint performance by the Gryphon Trio with the school choir. The much-publicized project began in Ontario and has taken place in 18 communities across Canada.