Notes2016-2017 SEASON of EVENTS Welcometo ANOTHER EXCITING YEAR at Uoft MUSIC!

notes2016-2017 SEASON OF EVENTS welcomeTO ANOTHER EXCITING YEAR AT UOFT MUSIC! CHAMBER MUSIC 3 OPERA 4 CHOIRS 6 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF MUSIC EARLY MUSIC 8 EDWARD JOHNSON BUILDING VOICE 10 80 QUEEN’S PARK ORCHESTRA 11 TORONTO, ON M5S 2C5 WINDS & BRASS 12 JAZZ 14 BOX OFFICE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THURSDAYS AT NOON 16 THE RCM BOX OFFICE AT THE TELUS CENTRE NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL 18 273 BLOOR STREET WEST VISITORS 20 416-408-0208 WORLD OF MUSIC 22 MUSIC.UTORONTO.CA JACKMAN HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM 25 TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED AT THE DOOR 90 MINUTES PRIOR TO MONTHLY CALENDAR 26 EACH PERFORMANCE GENERAL INFORMATION 34 CONTACT US / MAP 35 2 Tickets: 416-408-0208 music.utoronto.ca CHAMBER MUSIC ensemble LUX HAYDN String Quartet Op. 20, No. 2 Enrico Elisi, piano Mon Oct 3 | 7:30 pm | Walter Hall BARBER String Quartet SCHUBERT Rosamunde Quartet New faculty member Enrico Elisi performs works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Berg, $40, $25 senior, $10 student Debussy and Liszt. This concert is supported in part by the James D. $40, $25 senior, $10 student Stewart Ensemble-in-Residence Fund. New Orford String Quartet Cecilia String Quartet with Lawrence Wiliford, tenor Tue Nov 1 | 7:30 pm | Walter Hall Mon Feb 13 | 7:30 pm | Walter Hall VANCHESTEIN Les Veuves for string quartet DEBUSSY String Quartet HAYDN Quartet Op. 17, No. 4 BEETHOVEN String Quartet Op. 127 RUBBRA Amoretti for Tenor and String Quartet, Op. 43 $40, $25 senior, $10 student SCHUBERT Ständchen from Schwanengesang, D. 957 ensemble LUX SCHUBERT String Quartet D. 810, “Death and the Maiden” Mon Nov 21 | 7:30 pm | Walter Hall $40, $25 senior, $10 student ensemble LUX is a string quartet based in Vienna primarily dedicated The Cecilia String Quartet is the James D. Stewart to the performance and promotion of Quartet in Residence. contemporary chamber music. Musicians from Marlboro 100 Years of Austrian Modern Music Thu Feb 16 | 7:30 pm | Walter Hall SCHÖNBERG String Trio, Op. 45 NEUWIRTH Settori for String Quartet The Musicians from Marlboro performers APOSTEL 6 Epigramme for String Quartet Op. 33 include Michelle Ross (violin), Scott RESCH Al Fresco for Violoncello Solo St. John (violin), Emily Deans (viola), WEBERN 5 Movements for String Quartet Op. 5 Shuangshuang Liu (viola), Matthew Zalkind WALLY La Pureté de l’envie blanche for (cello) and Gabriele Carcano (piano). String Quartet HAYDN Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV:25 $40, $25 senior, $10 student ADÈS Arcadiana FAURÉ Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 120 Made possible through a generous gift from the Austrian Embassy. BRAHMS String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111 $40, $25 senior, $10 student Rosamunde Quartet Marlboro Music and the University of Toronto Mon Nov 28 | 7:30 pm | Walter Hall express their sincere appreciation to Dr. Günes N. The Rosamunde Quartet comprises Ege-Akter for making this concert possible. violinists Noah Bendix-Balgley (first concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic) Gryphon Trio and Shanshan Yao (New York Mon Mar 27 | 7:30 pm | Walter Hall Philharmonic), cellist Nathan Vickery BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in B Flat Major, Op. 11 (the youngest member in the New York WIJERATNE Love Triangle Philharmonic) and violist Teng Li (principal BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 viola of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra). $40, $25 senior, $10 student All programs are subject to change. @UofTMusic 3 OPERA FALL MAJOR OPERA PRODUCTION OPERA STUDENT COMPOSER Orpheus in the Underworld COLLECTIVE (Offenbach) Prima Zombie: the Diva that Thu Nov 24 | 7:30 pm | MacMillan Theatre just wouldn’t stay dead Fri Nov 25 | 7:30 pm | MacMillan Theatre Sun Feb 5 | 2:30 pm | MacMillan Theatre Sat Nov 26 | 7:30 pm | MacMillan Theatre Sun Nov 27 | 2:30 pm | MacMillan Theatre Our student composers take a comic turn this season with Prima Zombie, the Offenbach is the Grand Maître of French Diva that just wouldn’t stay dead. Sandra operetta and Orpheus in the Underworld, Horst conducts this outside-the-box his irreverent parody of mythology’s operatic event based on an original libretto greatest lovers is his masterpiece, boasting by Michael Patrick Albano. A cabal of an effervescent score culminating in the disgruntled music critics, disenchanted celebrated ‘can-can.’ Orphée aux Enfers with the current state of opera, unearth and will be sung in the original French with new electrify the corpse of the celebrated 19th English dialogue by Michael Patrick Albano century diva Nellie Melba. Prima Zombie who also directs. This new production is parodies operatic obsession, diva worship choreographed by Anna Theodosakis and and the fickle fame of performance art. designed by James Bolton (scenery), Lisa Magill (costumes) and Wesley McKenzie Free (lighting). The UTSO will be conducted by Made possible through a generous gift from renowned Canadian baritone Russell Braun Dianne W. Henderson. in his conducting debut for the Faculty of Music. $40, $25 senior, $10 student Made possible through a generous gift from Follow our production development David G. Broadhurst. and other news @UofTOpera Additional support provided by Marina Yoshida in honour of Michael Patrick Albano. Victoria Marshall in last year’s production of The Machine Stops. 4 Tickets: 416-408-0208 music.utoronto.ca Matthew Dalen in last year’s production of Paul Bunyan. SPRING MAJOR OPERA PRODUCTION Porgi Amor: The Operatic Music Imeneo (Handel) of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Thu Mar 16 | 7:30 pm | MacMillan Theatre Fri Mar 31 | 5 pm | Walter Hall Fri Mar 17 | 7:30 pm | MacMillan Theatre Sat Mar 18 | 7:30 pm | MacMillan Theatre UofT Opera’s season concludes with Porgi Sun Mar 19 | 2:30 pm | MacMillan Theatre Amor, a compilation of costumed and staged scenes reflecting Mozartian rarities Our second major opera production is the as well as beloved favourites from Die Toronto premiere of Handel’s Imeneo. Tim Zauberflöte, Le nozze di Figaro, Albery, whose work is regularly seen in Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte and Die opera houses throughout North America Entführung aus dem Serail. and Europe, returns to the Faculty of Music to direct Handel’s little known but $20, $10 student beautiful opera, in which a young woman is put under intolerable pressure to choose Made possible through a generous gift from between the man who saved her life Earlaine Collins. and the one she loves. UofT Opera and members of the UTSO are delighted to Additional funding provided by donors to the Opera join forces with resident baroque specialist Production Fund and by members of Continuo, Daniel Taylor for this new production UofT Opera’s annual giving program. designed by Michelle Tracey with lighting by Jason Hand. Opera Talk, a pre-performance lecture, will be given half an hour prior to each $40, $25 senior, $10 student MacMillan Theatre performance in Made possible through a generous gift from Room 130. David G. Broadhurst. All MacMillan Theatre productions are given with SurtitlesTM. Danika Loren, Adam Harris, Camille Rogers, Megan Quick and Kristina Agur in last year’s production of The Medium. All programs are subject to change. @UofTMusic 5 CHOIRS IN CONCERT Luminous Night: Music of Choral Classics Ola Gjeilo Sun Oct 30 | 2:30 pm Sat Oct 15 | 7:30 pm Church of the Redeemer, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 162 Bloor Street West 1585 Yonge Street HILARY APFELSTADT conductor The Women’s Chamber Choir and TRACY WONG conductor MacMillan Singers perform as part of the The MacMillan Singers and Women’s Yorkminster Park Baptist Church’s festival Chamber Choir with the Oratorio of the music of composer Ola Gjeilo. Ensembles Class (Darryl Edwards, Other ensembles include Orpheus Choir Director), present Going Viral! 19th of Toronto, Exultate Chamber Singers, century Oratorio Then and Now, with Resonance and Yorkminster Park Baptist music by Brahms, Duruflé, Fauré, Gjeilo, Church Choir. Gjeilo is the featured Mendelssohn and others. collaborative pianist. Tickets at the door or at luminousnightfestival.com $30, $20 senior, $10 student Choral Collage Make We Joy! Sun Oct 23 | 2:30 pm Sun Dec 4 | 2:30 pm MacMillan Theatre MacMillan Theatre The Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chorus, MARK RAMSAY conductor Women’s Chamber Choir, MacMillan ELAINE CHOI conductor Singers and special guests Young Voices MELISSA LALONDE conductor Toronto in a seasonal celebration. The Men’s Chorus and Women’s Chorus present music by Chatman, Daley, Hassler, $30, $20 senior, $10 student Schubert, Walker and others. $30, $20 senior, $10 student 6 Tickets: 416-408-0208 music.utoronto.ca Musical Mosaic Choral Kaleidoscope Sun Feb 12 | 2:30 pm Sun Apr 2 | 2:30 pm | MacMillan Theatre Church of the Redeemer MARK RAMSAY conductor The Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chamber ELAINE CHOI conductor Choir, Women’s Chorus present music by MELISSA LALONDE conductor a variety of composers including Barrett, Glick and Jensen. The Women’s Chamber The Men’s Chorus and Women’s Chorus Choir and Men’s Choruses will combine present music by Brahms, Daley, Enns, to form two mixed choruses, each led by Fauré, Rudoi, Schumann, and the premiere a team of conductors in the Master’s of of a work by the Men’s Chorus U of T Music in Conducting program. graduate student composer-in-residence. $30, $20 senior, $10 student $30, $20 senior, $10 student Choirs Ontario Workshop Annual High School Sun Mar 5 | Christ Church Deer Park Choral Festival Tue Apr 4 | 9 am - 3 pm The Women’s Chorus participates in the MacMillan Theatre Choirs Ontario workshop and evening concert with guest conductor Maria This event features local high school choirs Guinand. in non-competitive clinics with our choral faculty, and a massed choir that performs For details and tickets, visit at the end of the event.

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