Solo Artist
Performance with orchestra and in recital in Canada, the United States and Europe (list of performances available upon request)

Chamber Artist
Participant on world-wide level as guest chamber artist (see Festivals)
Cellist, Orford String Quartet (1980 - 1988)

Orchestral Experience
Principal Cellist, Quebec Symphony Orchestra (season 2001-2002)
Principal Cellist, McGill Chamber Orchestra (1989-1997)
Principal Cellist, Piedmont Chamber Orchestra (1975-1977)
Principal Cellist, Alexander Schnieder Christmas String Seminar (1972)
Various Festival Orchestras including Marlboro and Aspen

Banff Festival (2008)
Faculty Artist: Chamber Music

Toronto Summer Music Festival (2008)
University of Toronto Faculty Artist: Cello

Musicorda Chamber Music Institute & Festival (2005)
Faculty Artist: Cello and Chamber Music

Heifetz International Music Institute (July/August) 2004
Wolfeboro, NH
Faculty Artist: Cello and Chamber Music

Music Academy of the West (1993-2001)
Santa Barbara, California
Faculty Artist: Cello and Chamber Music

Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal (1989 to present)
Professor of Cello and Chamber Music

Gregor Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists (1997)
University of Southern California
Guest lecturer (with Bernard Greenhouse and David Geringas) for two-week cello seminar

Oberlin College Conservatory (1990 Winter Term)
Visiting Professor of Cello and Chamber Music

Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto (1989-1991)
Artist-In-Residence, Cello and Chamber Music (established String Quartet Training Program)

Faculty of Music, University of Toroto (1980-1989)
Associate Professor, Chamber Music
Member of Orford String Quartet, Quartet-in-Residence

Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan (1978-1980)
Professor of Cello and Chamber Music

North Carolina School of the Arts (1975-1977)
Professor of Cello and Chamber Music

University of Southern California, School of Performing Arts (1971-1975)
Assistant to Gregor Piatigorsky: prepared students to play for Piatigorsky and their own colleagues in a Master Class situation, which met twice weekly for four hours.

University of California, Santa Barbara (1974-1975)
Profesor of Cello replacing Professor on sabbatical; teaching graduate and undergraduate students in basic cello techniques and performance.

Indiana University, Bloomington (1968-1971)
Associate Instructor, teaching Music Education majors to play and teach the cello.

Festival de Musique de Chambre Montréal (1995 to present)
Conceived and established a chamber music festival in Montreal bringing together world class Canadian and foreign artists to perform mixed chamber music in unique settings. This festival forged a first-time partnership between the City of Montreal and corporate sponsors and advertisers. The festival has grown from 5 concerts in 1995 to over 20. The Quebec Music Council has awarded two Opus Prizes to the Festival for Producer of the Year (1999) and Concert of the Year (2000).

National Residency Program (1987,1988)
Conceived and established a national program of Chamber Music Workshops, performances and residencies for the Orford String Quartet. NRP became part of the Arts Development Program within TransCanada PipeLine's "Prologue to Profession" project. This program completed residencies in St. John's (Newfoundland), Wolfville (Nova Scotia), Montreal, and Calgary in its first season. NRP consisted of intensive coaching of both individuals and chamber groups, allowing students to participate in formal and informal sessions with the Orford Quartet and/or its individual members. Each residency culminated in a joint concert performance.

The Canada Council Instrument Bank (1987)
Played a leading role in creating the Instrument Bank of the Canada Council and in acquiring its first instrument, a 1706 Tecchler cello. In recognition of his efforts the Canada Council gave Denis Brott the loan of this instrument for the duration of his professional career.

Orford String Quartet and Friends Series (1986)
Founder and Artistic Director of the Orford String Quartet and Friends Concert Series at Toronto's Harbourfront. This four-concert series, broadcast nationally on the CBC's Arts National program, featured world premieres, internationally acclaimed performers, and the Orford Quartet. OSQ and Friends became an annual event, which later became known as Orford in Springtime.

Faculty Concert Series, Interlochen Arts Academy (1979)
Founder and Artistic Director of the Interlochen Arts Academy's annual Faculty Concert Series, which featured faculty members and guests in concert performance.

University of Southern California, Los Angeles (1971-1975)
Student of, and assistant to, Gregor Piatigorsky; Artist Diploma Program

Indiana University, Bloomington (1968-1971)
Student of Janos Starker, Artist Diploma Program

Juilliard School (1964-1968)
New York
Student of Leonard Rose

Conservatoire de Musique, Montreal (1959-1967)
Student of Walter Joachim

Toronto Summer Music Festival (2008)

Banff Summer Festival (2008)

Musicorda Chamber Music Institute & Festival (2005)

Heifetz International Music Institute (2004)
Wolfeboro, NH,

Montreal Chamber Music Festival (1995 to present)
Founder and Artistic Director

Music Academy of the West (1992-2001)
Santa Barbara, California

Encore School for Strings (2001)
Cleveland, Ohio
Master Class

Chautauqua Institution (2001)
New York
Master Class

Hampden-Sydney Festival of Music (1993 & 1994)
Virginia
Professor of Chamber Music and Performer

Sitka Summer Music Festival
(June 1990, September 1991, June 1992, September 1992, June 1993)
Alaska

Festival of the Sound (for over 25 years to present)
Parry Sound
Interim Artistic Director Summer 1991 and frequent performer for over 25 years to present

Orford Arts Centre (1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2002)
Quebec
Artist Faculty: Cello and Chamber Music

Domaine Forget (1990)
Charlevoix, Quebec
Artist Faculty: Cello and Chamber Music

Schubert Celebration (May, 1978)
Performances with André Watts and Charles Treger in New Jersey, Maryland, and Mexico

Courtenay Youth Music Camp (1973, 1974, 1980 and 1981)
Vancouver Island
Artist-in-Residence, performing solo with orchestra, in recital, and in chamber music groups; teaching cello techniques and performance

Marlboro Music Festival (1972, 1975)
Master Classes with Pablo Casals, chamber music performance and member of Festival Orchestra conducted by Pablo Casals and Alexander Schneider

Music From Marlboro Tour (January/February 1974)
Tour with Isidore Cohen, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Julius Levine, Eugene Drucker

Christmas String Seminar (1972)
Principal cellist in Festival Orchestra directed by Alexander Schneider in New York City with performances at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center

Aspen Music Festival (1963-1968) Studies with cellists Zara Nelsova, Raya Garbousova, Martin Lovett, Laszlo Varga

Awarded the prestigious Affiliate Artists Award in 1978, and was appointed Artist-in-Residence in Texas for the 1979/80 season. This residency, sponsored by Alcoa, consisted of over 100 "Informances" in diverse locations, from factory lunchrooms and Senior Citizen homes to bank lobbies, schools and concert halls, during an intensive eight week period. This program is unique because it bases the selection of its artists not only on their performance but also on their verbal communication skills since each artist serves as a spokesman for his art form relating it to the human experience.

Montreal Chamber Music Festival (2006, 2007)
Various Performances

Les Jeunes Virtuoses de Montréal (1999-2001)
Co-Artistic Director

New West Symphony (1997)
Ventura, CA
Children's Concerts

McGill Chamber Orchestra (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999)
Various Performances

Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto (1989-1990)
Orchestral Training Program Concerts

Les Jeunes Virtuoses de Montréal (1989, 1995)

Studies with Igor Markévitch (Summer 1969)
Master Classes in Monte Carlo, Monaco

Philomusica of Montreal (1965, 1966)
Artistic Director, Conductor

Aspen Music Festival (Summers 1965 to 1967)
Classes with Walter Susskind

McGill University (1963-1967)
Classes with Alexander Brott

Munich International Competition (String Quartet) (1996, 2008)

Munich International Competition (Cello) (1998)

National Competition : The Instrument Bank of Canada (September 1997)
(Strings)

CBC Radio National Competition for Young Performers
(May 1997)
(President of the Jury)

Evian International String Quartet Competition (May 1993)

An Analysis of the Three Sonatas for Piano and Cello of Brahms, published as CD liner notes by Analekta for CD #FL2 3009

The Birth of a Music Festival, published in The Gazette June 2, 2001

So You Want to Start a Festival, Do You?, published in Ensembles Canada by Orchestras Canada in Spring 2001

The Pursuit of Excellence: A Cellist's Perspective, appeared on the lcc.ca website from 1999-2001

Quête de l'excellence, published in Revue du Conservatoire de musique de Montréal

En direct de Caracas, published in Revue du Conservatoire de musique de Montréal

Schelomo Le message du roi Salomon, published in Revue du Conservatoire de musique de Montréal May 1996

The Message of King Solomon, published in The Strad Magazine, London, England May 1994

Orford Quartet on the Road - Barely!, published in University of Toronto Magazine Autumn 1988