Atlantic Festivals of Music 2018 Programme
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Halifax, Nova Scotia London, Ontario April 25-27, 2018 May 3-4, 2018 Juvenata Choral Festival April 26-28 Western University Mount Saint Vincent University FESTIVAL PROGRAMME atlanticfestivals.com1 Welcome to the Festival! It has long been our philosophy INDEX to create a fun environment with many musical learning Halifax Adjudicators 2 opportunities. We hope London Adjudicators 6 you take time to benefit from Halifax Performance Schedule 8 the variety of experiences: London Performance Schedule 13 featured performances, clinics, London Clinics Schedule 13 workshops, and listening to Halifax Clinics Schedule 14 other participating groups. Featured Evening Performances 15 Enjoy the music, the beautiful Halifax Featured Performers 16 surroundings, and take home London Featured Performers 19 lasting memories. Long & McQuade Awards 21 Campus Maps 22 Thank You Atlantic Festivals of Music would not be possible without the generosity Canada’s Music Store of our Presenting Sponsors and Supporters. Sales · Repairs · Rentals · Lessons Presenting Sponsors Supporters In-Store Financing · Print Music and proud supporter of Music in our Community With 76 locations from coast to coast, including 12 in Atlantic Canada. Special thanks to the organizations Dartmouth All-City Music Program contributing equipment for our stages: Halifax All-City Music Program Sackville Community Band Second Chances Community Band 1 Halifax Adjudicators EXCELLENT SERVICE. Stay Smart... PERSONALIZ ED RESULTS. Concert Band/Orchestral/Chamber Ensemble CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. Jill Ball Richard Bennett Stay on Campus. Jill is an award-winning Richard was Director MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY teacher, accomplished of Bands at Middleton performer, and an Regional High School active adjudicator, from 1982 – 2015. conductor, and clinician. He has served on At Western University numerous curriculum she is responsible for development teams the Undergraduate and at the Nova Scotia Graduate percussion studio, and directs the Department of Education and Annapolis Western University Percussion Ensemble. Valley Regional School Board. Ken Foote Kevin Hamlin Ken holds Masters Kevin recently retired degrees in Education as head of music at and Music from Saint Collingwood Collegiate. Mary’s University and He has been appointed Boston University, and to be Yamaha’s first www.msvu.ca/stay is a Doctoral student Educator-in-Residence. [email protected] of Musical Arts at BU. Kevin’s near 30-year 1.866.405.1805 He is a recipient of the career highlighted NSMEA’s Musica Viva Award for his years of some of the highest retention rates of most service to music educators and students. school music programs in Canada. Dedicated to the Advancement of Darrin Oehlerking Pam Paddock MUSIC EDUCATION Darrin is Director of A band teacher for over 30 years. Bands and Associate since 1996, Pam is www.jupitercanada.com Professor of Music Coordinator of the at the University of Dartmouth All-City Saskatchewan in Music Program where Saskatoon, where he she oversees multiple conducts the Wind band, choral and string Orchestra, and teaches ensembles as well as courses in Conducting, Wind Literature and string lessons from grades 4 to 12. She Music Education. directs the program’s Senior Concert Band. LET’S BREAK THE ‘STARVING MUSICIAN’ STEREOTYPE. IF YOU HAVE TALENT, WE HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS. StFX MUSIC DEPARTMENT stfx.ca • (902) 867-2106 • [email protected] 2 Full bios available at atlanticfestivals.com Jupiter AFM-TFM 2015.indd 1 2015-02-18 10:10 AM3 Halifax Adjudicators Halifax Adjudicators Instrumental Jazz Concert/Chamber/Jazz Choir Mark Adam Paul Tynan Jeff Joudrey Janet Kidd Mark has shared the Paul is a Downbeat Jeff is founder and Janet is a composer, stage and studio with award-winning trumpet Artistic Director of the singer, choral director, many of Canada’s player and composer. award-winning Halifax author, music teacher, leading artists. He is He is presently a Camerata Singers. He is and choral coach. She a professor at Acadia Professor of Music at St. also Director of Music writes a blog called University and regularly Francis Xavier University at Trinity-St. Stephen’s BetterChoirs and appears as a guest where he teaches Jazz United Church, Chorus directs the SeaBelles presenter and educator Trumpet, Jazz History, Master of the Symphony Women’s Barbershop for music festivals, universities, high schools and coaches ensembles. He also co-leads Nova Scotia Chorus, past president of Chorus, the Heartbeat! Dalhousie Medical and conferences across Canada. the “BiCoastal Collective”, with Grammy Choral Canada, and a former president of School (New Brunswick) choir, and Men of winning saxophonist Aaron Lington. the Nova Scotia Choral Federation. Fundy Barbershop Chorus. Neil Yorke-Slader Zimfira Poloz Neil Yorke-Slader taught music at the elementary and secondary Zimfira is a highly respected conductor, educator and adjudicator with levels for 17 years. Over 45 of his compositions for jazz ensemble are a distinguished international reputation. She is the Artistic Director of published through University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press and the internationally acclaimed Hamilton Children’s Choir. She has been Burnihla Music Publishing. He is the Chairman of Musicfest Canada’s decorated with numerous awards in her long career, including the Instrumental Jazz Division, and is active as a jazz adjudicator and Honoured Representative of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan clinician throughout North America. Award, the city of Hamilton’s V.I.P. Award, and the Leslie Bell Prize Award for Choral Conducting from the Ontario Art Council. The Vandoren Difference. Reeds, mouthpieces, ligatures and accessories. www.vandoren.com Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. Malcolm Arnold 4 Vandoren AFM-ATM 2015.indd 1 Full bios available at atlanticfestivals.com2015-02-18 10:11 AM 5 London Adjudicators Mary Ann Fratia Colleen Richardson Mary Ann has taught Colleen is Coordinator instrumental and vocal of Bands and directs music for 35 years in the Wind Ensemble at Ontario and Manitoba Western University, the at both the elementary second largest music and secondary levels. program in Canada. She is a recipient of She is active as a various OSSTF, Peel clinician, adjudicator DSB, Ontario Band Association and IAJE and guest conductor nationally, and has awards, and most recently, the Ontario guest conducted or presented her research Music Educators Association Honorary Life at conferences in Ireland, Switzerland, Italy, Membership Award. Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan, Wales, and the US. Gloria Gassi Linda Wharton Gloria has been Linda is a Western described as “vocally University grad, and outstanding, with has taught instrumental an empathy for the music for 32 years. spirit of the song” She received an Award (Messiah, Handel), and of Excellence with the “dramatically captivating, Thames Valley District with beautiful tone and School Board, and the a prowess for ringing high notes.” (Fiordiligi, Dennis Brown Lifetime Achievement Award Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte). She maintains a (Jack Richardson Music Awards). vibrant, thriving studio; her students have won national awards and are working professionally in opera, choral singing, theatre, television and radio. Don’t play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes. Pablo Casals 6 Full bios available at atlanticfestivals.com Halifax Performance Schedule Halifax Performance Schedule Wednesday, April 25 Seton Stage CONCERT BAND Thursday, April 26 Seton Stage CONCERT BAND 9:00 AM B100 Parry Sound High School Concert Band, ON Mark Robinson 9:00 AM B300 Don Mills Collegiate Concert Band Cathy Whiteside 9:30 AM B200 Gander Collegiate Concert Band, NL Jennifer Stanley 9:30 AM B300 Earl of March Grade 9 Concert Band, ON Krista Norton 10:00 AM B400 Memorial High School Concert Band, NS Steve MacInnis 10:00 AM B300 CEC Symphonic Band, NS John MacLeod 10:30 AM B100 EB Chandler School Grade 8 Concert Band, NS Kaitlin Conrad 10:30 AM B200 Queen Charlotte Grade 9 Concert Band, PEI Sylvia Andrew 11:00 AM B200 Parry Sound High School Concert Band, ON Nikki Brown 11:00 AM B300 ARHS Senior Concert Band, NS Stephanie Mizuik 11:30 AM B200 Athena Grade 8/9 Concert Band, PEI Jill Power 11:30 AM B300 Trafalgar School for Girls Senior Concert Band, QC Kirsten Offer 1:00 PM B200 Northside Intermediate Concert Band, NS Steve MacInnis 1:00 PM B200 Souris RHS Concert Band, PEI Darren Chaisson 1:30 PM B400 Earl of March Grade 10 Concert Band, ON Andrea Lypchuk 1:30 PM B400 Ensemble à vents De La Salle, ON Micheline Cuerrier-Legault 2:00 PM B100 Miscouche Junior High Concert Band, PEI Courtney Mullen 2:00 PM B200 CLSF Concert Band, PEI Travis Boudreau 2:30 PM B200 Birchwood Intermediate Concert Band, PEI Brian Langille 2:30 PM B200 Kinkora Grade 9 Concert Band, PEI Peter Wynne 3:00 PM B300 Charlottetown Rural Festival Ensemble, PEI Mark Parsons 3:00 PM B300 Eastern Shore DHS Concert Band, NS Allison Penwell 3:30 PM B100 George Street Middle School Concert Band, NB Greg Webber 3:30 PM B100 Summerside Inter. Grade 7 Concert Band, PEI Carrie MacLellan 4:00 PM B100 Montague Inter. Grade 8/9 Concert Band, PEI Jonathan MacInnis 4:00 PM B100 Five Bridges Junior High Gr. 7 Concert Band, NS Jackie Crowell 4:30 PM B100 Northside Junior Concert Band, NS Danielle LeVangie 4:30 PM B300 Kinkora Senior Concert Band, PEI Peter Wynne 5:00 PM B300 Second Chances Concert Band, NS Chris Ward Wednesday, April 25 Full Gospel Church CHORAL 2:00 PM C301 Gander Collegiate