2026 LangleyLive! Adjudicators

	Dale Wheeler (Junior and Intermediate Piano) After teaching piano and various courses at the post-secondary level for over thirty-five years Dale Wheeler is now enjoying life as an independent musician. Living in Red Deer, Alberta he teaches part-time at Burman University and maintains a small private studio. He holds the doctorate in piano performance and pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma where his dissertation focused on the Roman-period works of Franz Liszt. He also holds degrees and diplomas from the University of Saskatchewan and Trinity College of Music, London. He is a long-standing member of The Royal Conservatory of Music College of Examiners and has been involved in other projects with the RCM such as the selection and editing of repertoire for the 2022 Celebration Series books. Dr. Wheeler has appeared as a recitalist, accompanist, adjudicator, and lecturer from coast to coast in Canada and throughout the U.S. He has presented at major conferences throughout North America and Europe, the most recent being the International Society for Music Education in Baku, Azerbaijan. His performing interests range from the core classics to out-of-the-way and new repertoire. He presented an all-Liszt recital for the Liszt Bicentenary and more recently performed several of the Bach multiple keyboard concerti along with collaborating in the premiere of a work for three pianos. Another program included works that focused on birds – Liszt, Messiaen, Ravel, Balakirev, Rameau, Beach, and Bernstein. Dr. Wheeler particularly enjoys working with teachers young and old who are developing their own playing and pedagogical skills. For a number of years Dale was a regular columnist for Clavier magazine and has had articles published in the CFMTA Journal, American Music Teacher, and The Journal of the American Liszt Society. He has recently served as president of both the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra and the Alberta Piano Teachers Association. In 2012 Dr. Wheeler received the Mayor’s Recognition Award for his contribution to the fine and performing arts. When not making music his interests include water and snow skiing, classic cars, touring on his Harley motorcycle, and collecting vintage piano recordings.
	Leah Field (Classical Voice) Canadian Contralto Dr. Leah Giselle Field is noted for her versatility as a vocalist and the strength of her dramatic presence. Praised for “soaring tone and spectacular low notes” in her “sumptuous” instrument, she is a graduate of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program, a Vancouver Opera Foundation Amatori bursary recipient and regional winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She holds degrees from the University of Western Ontario and the University of British Columbia. Performance highlights include Cavalleria Rusticana, Eugene Onegin, Le Nozze di Figaro and Hansel and Gretel with Vancouver Opera, recitals with pianists Leslie Dala and Richard Epp, Handel’s Messiah, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the Vancouver Bach Choir, appearances in the Vancouver Opera Chamber Music Festival, and productions of Luisa Miller, Suor Angelica, Cendrillon, and Aida in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia. Upcoming engagements include oratorio and recording projects with BC composers. Leah has sung in North America, Europe, and China in opera, recital, and with orchestras and chamber ensembles. She has performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, the Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, the Sea to Sky Symphony, the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Toronto, the West Coast Symphony Orchestra, and the UBC Symphony Orchestra, and as a recitalist throughout British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario. When not performing, Leah teaches voice for the VSO School of Music and is in demand as an adjudicator and educator.
	Anne Wilson Unger (Senior & Intermediate Piano) Anne Wilson Unger has taught and conducted for 30 years, as well as working as an adjudicator and clinician throughout British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. She holds a Masters of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Western Washington in piano performance, accompanying and choral conducting. In addition, Ms. Wilson Unger also holds a BMus degree in Piano Performance from the University of Victoria with Dr. Robin Wood, an AVCM with the Victoria Conservatory of Music studying with Winnifred Scott Wood and an ARCT with the Royal Conservatory of Music. Anne spent time studying in England with Hamish Milne of the Royal Academy of Music and Isobel Flinn of the National Opera School. In addition to her work as a pianist, Ms. Wilson Unger is the co-founder of the Vivo Children’s Choir in New Westminster where she worked as Artistic Director for over 20 years until passing the torch in 2025.
	Heilwig Von Koenigsloew (Strings & Chamber Music) Born in Hamburg, Germany, Heilwig began her studies at the Musikhochschule in Hamburg. As a young musician, she moved to Canada and was a student of Thomas Rolston at the University of Alberta where she received her Masters of Music degree in violin performance at the age of 22. She has also studied with Lorand Fenyves, Steven Staryk, and the Hungarian String Quartet. Heilwig served as Department Head of the music program at Malaspina University College in Nanaimo, BC from 1976 to 1984. During this time she maintained an active career as a private teacher at the Nanaimo Conservatory and the Vancouver Academy of Music. While making her home in Langley, BC, Heilwig taught at both Trinity Western University and The Langley Community Music School. Currently, Heilwig maintains her private violin studio and is a regularly sought after adjudicator and chamber music instructor across BC. A former member of the CBC Radio Orchestra until its demise, Heilwig plays regularly with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and works as a free-lance violinist and violist across the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island Communities. Heilwig regularly volunteers her time and expertise in service of the arts; she was the former Board President of Performing Arts BC, and is the current Board President of VAYA Youth Arts Society. When not practicing or performing, Heilwig works on her 15 acre hay farm with her children, grand children, horses, dogs, cats, and other diverse animals.