Confirmed Talent Bios Presenter: Canadian Children's Opera Company Presenter: Cory Arcangel
!Cory!is!a!mixed!media!mashup!artist!whose! Bio: Bio:!Founded!in!1968,!the!Canadian!Children’s! work!explores!the!relationship!between!art!and! Opera!Company!is!the!only!permanent!children’s! technology.!Best!known!for!Super!Mario!Clouds,!a! opera!company!in!Canada!that!regularly!commissions! hack!of!the!game!Super!Mario!Brothers,!his!work!has! and!produces!operas!for!children.!The!CCOC!has! been!showcased!internationally.!In!his!current!project,!released!five!commercial!recordings!and!has!toured! he!uses!Twitter!to!curate!and!re"tweet!others'!posts! Europe!three!times.!The!group!consists!of!200! that!include!the!phrase!“working!on!my!novel.”! members!and!regularly!produces!work!in!the!summer.!
2000!Youtube!clips!of!amateur! Presenting: Presenting: 200!voices!mimicking!birds!and! musicians!broken!into!pieces,!reconfigured!and!voilà:! wolves.!Soaring!vocals!accompanied!by!banjo! a!re"scored!composition!of!Bach’s!1741!Goldberg! virtuoso!Jayme!Stone.!You!can’t!miss!this! Variations!
Presenter:!Marie Chouinard Presenter: Uri Caine
Bio:!In!Marie!Chouinard’s!internationally"celebrated! choreographic!works,!she!investigates!the!language! of!the!body,!creating!journeys!that!allow!compassion,! eroticism,!and!the!human!condition!to!be!examined.! Bio:!A!celebrated!pianist,!composer!and!prolific! Often!using!simple!sets!and!minimalistic!costumes,! recording!artist,!Uri!Caine!has!worked!with!artist!and! Chouinard!creates!environments!where!the!human! orchestras!around!the!world.!From!2006"2009!he!was!body!can!explore!strangeness!and!the!elements!of! composer!in!residence!for!the!Los!Angeles!Chamber! human!connection!in!stark!relief.! Orchestra,!and!in!2009!he!was!nominated!for!a! Grammy!Award!for!The!Othello!Syndrome.! Presenting:!What’s!the!secret!behind!one!of!the! most!sought"after!Canadian!choreographer?!Join!us! Presenting: Fusion!jazz!as!you’ve!never!heard!it! to!discover!the!creative!genius!of!Marie!Chouinard. before.!Uri!Caine!brings!his!incredible!mastery!to!our! stage. Presenting: Katerina Cizek Presenter: Alan Cross
Bio:!Katerina!Cizek!is!a!Canadian!documentary! Bio:!Canadian!radio!broadcaster!and!music!writer! filmmaker!specializing!in!interventionist!media.!She! Alan!Cross!created!The!Ongoing!History!of!New! currently!holds!the!Filmmaker!in!Residence!position! Music!and!currently!hosts!The!Secret!History!of!Rock,! at!the!National!Film!Board.!She!is!the!winner!of!the! radio!programs!that!are!broadcast!throughout!the! IDFA!DocLab!Award!for!Digital!Storytelling!at!the! world.!Cross!also!develops!content!for!his!website! International!Documentary!Film!Festival!Amsterdam! and!for!numerous!speaking!engagements.! and!won!an!International!Digital!Emmy!for!best!digital! program!(non"fiction).!Katerina!Cizek!also!directs! One"Millionth!Tower,!a!web!documentary!that!re" Presenting:!Do!you!really!know!the!difference! imagines!high!rise!complexes!in!3!dimensions. between!analog!and!digital?!The!truth!may!surprise! you. Presenting:!If!you’ve!never!been!to!a!VJ! performance,!you!have!to!check!this!out.!Katerina! Presenter: Michael Cumella Cizek!creates!a!video!jamming!performance! accompanied!by!a!live!band.
Presenter: Adrienne Clarkson
Bio:!Michael!Cumella!is!a!DJ!who!specializes!in! period!disc!phonographs!and!plays!78s!circa!1900" 1929.!His!music!ranges!from!ragtime!to!dance!bands,! Bio:!Adrienne!Clarkson!is!a!former!Governor"General!and!features!both!instrumentalists!and!songsters.!He! of!Canada!with!a!long!career!as!a!journalist!working! has!created!an!app!for!the!iPhone!that!recreates!the! for!the!CBC!and!various!magazines.!Clarkson!has! phonograph.! received!fourteen!honorary!degrees,!four!honorary! military!appointments,!and!multiple!medals!and! Presenting:!DJ!Michael!Cumella!turns!the!whole! awards!as!a!broadcaster.! idea!of!contemporary!DJ’ing!on!its!head.!He!turns!it! inside!out!by!giving!a!unique!performance!on!78" Presenting:!The!former!governor"general!Adrienne! vinyls. Clarkson!and!Canadian!music!star!Leonard!Cohen!go! way!back.!Adrienne!shares!her!scintillating! conversations!with!Leonard!over!the!past!46!(!)!years. Presenter: Johannes Debus Presenter: Robert Douglass
Bio:!German!horn"player!and!conductor!Robert! Bio:!Johannes!Debus!is!the!Music!Director!at!the! Douglass!performs!regularly!with!his!group!Drupal! Canadian!Opera!Company.!He!obtained!his!musical! Brass.!He!is!co"author!of!the!book,!Building!Online! education!at!the!Hamburg!Conservatorium!before! Communities!with!Drupal,!phpBB,!and!WordPress! working!at!Oper!Frankfurt,!English!National!Opera,! (Apress).!He!is!the!author!of!the!ApacheSolr!search! Bayerische!Staatsoper!Munchen!and!Opera!National! module,!the!CoreSearches!module,!and!the!FindUser! de!Lyon.! module.!As!a!fan!of!open!source!software,!Robert! founded!and!built!GoPHP5.org,!which!sped!up!the! Presenting:!Do!you!really!know!what!interpretation! process!of!upgrading!projects!to!PHP5. in!music!means?!Leonard!Bernstein!disagreed! publicly!with!Gould!before!one!of!their!performances.! Presenting:!!The!world!can!fund!your!ideas!now.! Johannes!Debus!decides!to!join!in!the!argument! Find!out!how!Robert!Douglass,!who!works!at!Drupal,! did!just!that!for!his!open"source!Goldberg!Variations! Presenter: Cory Doctorow project.
Presenter: Atom Egoyan
Bio:!Atom!Egoyan!is!a!Canadian!stage!and!film! Bio:!Cory!Doctorow!is!a!copyright!law!activist!who! director!best!known!for!his!films!Exotica,!The!Sweet! advocates!for!Creative!Commons!licensing!and! Hereafter,!Ararat!and!Chloe.!The!two"time!Oscar! flexible!intellectual!property!legislation.!His!work! nominee!has!won!several!awards!at!Cannes,!the! focuses!on!digital!rights!management,!file!sharing,! Toronto!International!Film!Festival!and!the!Genie! and!post"scarcity!economics.!!He!has!worked!for! Awards.!Egoyan!is!an!Officer!of!the!Order!of!Canada.! Youth!Challenge!International,!Opencola,!Electronic! He!received!the!Dan!David!Prize!for!Creative! Frontier!Foundation,!and!was!the!Canadian!Fulbright! Rendering!of!the!Past!in!2008. Chair!for!Public!Diplomacy!from!2006"2007.! Presenting:!Egoyan!is!creating!an!installation! Presenting:!Doctorow!will!argue!for!a!rights"free! entitled!Macrophone!on!the!King’s!Cross!Circle!field! internet. across!from!Convocation!Hall!for!the!Glenn!Gould! Variations. Presenter:!Bob!Ezrin Presenter: Francois Girard
Bio:!Francois!Girard!is!a!French"Canadian! Bio:!Bob!Ezrin,!a!music!producer!whose!career!has! screenwriter!and!director.!He!wrote!and!directed!The! spanned!four!decades,!has!worked!with!artists! Red!Violin,!which!garnered!an!Academy!Award!for! including!Alice!Cooper,!Kiss,!Pink!Floyd,!and!Nine! Best!Original!Score,!thirteen!Genie!Awards!and!nine! Inch!Nails.!He!co"founded!several!production! Jutra!Awards.!Gould!fans!will!know!him!for!Thirty"Two ! companies,!as!well!as!the!Nimbus!School!of! Short!Films!about!Glenn!Gould.! Recording!Arts!in!Vancouver.!He!is!an!inductee!in!the! Canadian!Music!Hall!of!Fame!and!the!Canadian! !You’ll!only!get!to!see!this!here.! Music!Industry!Hall!of!Fame.! Presenting: Remember!The!Red!Violin?!The!director,!Francois! Girard,!also!made!a!film!about!Glenn!Gould.!He’s! Presenting:!TBA making!another!one.!Just!for!us!
Bio:!Clarence!Ford Presenter: Jay Godsall
Bio:!Jay!Godsall!is!the!founder!and!CEO!of!Solar! Bio:!Clarence!Ford!is!a!prolific!dancer,! Ship,!a!company!that!builds!hybrid!aircraft!to!service! choreographer,!teacher,!and!film!director!whose!work! remote!and!landlocked!areas.!His!innovative!aircraft! has!been!featured!all!over!the!world.!He!has!been!a! merge!the!advantages!of!solar!panels!and!airships!to! choreographer!for!Cirque!du!Soleil,!the!Barenaked! create!a!mode!of!transportation!that!does!not!depend! Ladies,!and!Stars!on!Ice,!as!well!as!DreamWorks,! on!fossil!fuels,!roads,!or!runways. Universal,!and!Miramax.!At!GGV,!Ford!will!present!an! interdisciplinary!dance!piece. Presenting:!TBA
Presenting:!Just!dance!!Clarence!brings!his!own! groove!to!The!Glenn!Gould!Variations. Presenter: Chilly Gonzales Presenter: Norman Jewison
Bio:!Chilly!Gonzales!is!a!Grammy"nominated! Canadian!musician.!His!2004!album!"Solo!Piano"! Bio:!Norman!Jewison!is!a!celebrated!film!director! remains!his!most!popular!to!date.!He!also!released! and!producer,!and!founded!the!Canadian!Film!Centre.! two!alternative!rock!albums,!and!has!produced!and! His!films!are!known!for!their!treatments!of! collaborated!with!artists!such!as!Feist,!Peaches,! controversial!social!and!political!questions,!and! Mocky,!and!Jamie!Lidell,!among!others.! include!The!Cincinnati!Kid,!In!the!Heat!of!the!Night,! Fiddler!on!the!Roof,!and!Jesus!Christ!Superstar.!He! Presenting:!Chilly!Gonzales!marches!to!his!own! holds!a!lifetime!achievement!award!from!the! drummer.!We're!not!quite!sure!what!this!trickster!will! Canadian!Film!Centre,!and!from!the!Academy.! get!up!to! Presenting:!TBA Presenting:!Paul!Hoffert Presenter: Mark Kingwell
Bio:!Paul!Hoffert!is!a!musician,!media!developer,! author,!and!popular!speaker.!He!performs!regularly!as!Bio:!A!professor!of!philosophy,!Mark!Kingwell!is! a!jazz!pianist!and!with!award"winning!rock!band! associate!chair!at!the!University!of!Toronto's! Lighthouse,!which!he!co"founded!in!1969.!He!studied!Department!of!Philosophy.!He!specialises!in!theories! mathematics!and!physics!at!the!University!of!Toronto,!of!politics!and!culture.!Widely!translated!and! founded!CulTech!Research!Centre!at!York!University,!published,!Kingwell's!work!on!philosophy,!art,!and! and!has!authored!best"selling!books!on!the!Digital! architecture!has!appeared!in!many!leading!academic! Age.! journals!and!magazines.!
Presenting:!What!happens!when!you!put!the!ideas! Presenting:!Mark!Kingwell!brings!poet!Jeramy! of!Glenn!Gould!and!Marshall!McLuhan!side!by!side?! Dodd!to!the!stage.!Discover!how!Gould!can!influence! Paul!Hoffert!decides!to!do!just!that.!The!result!might! two!Canadian!thinkers!doing!something!as!simple!as! be!fireworks! reading!a!poem. Presenter: Daniel Kötter Presenter: Lang Lang
Bio:!Daniel!Kötter!is!a!director!and!video!artist!who! Bio:!A!classical!music!star,!29!year"old!Lang!Lang! works!in!alternate!concert!formats!and!multi"channel! has!performed!to!sold"out!houses!around!the!world.! video!and!whose!work!explores!the!art!system!in!the! In!2009,!Time!Magazine!listed!him!in!their!annual! public!sphere.!Kötter's!work!has!been!shown! annual!ranking!of!the!100!Most!Influential!People!in! internationally,!and!includes!the!video"!and!opera" the!World.!He!performed!in!Beijing’s!Olympic!opening! performance!trilogy!Arbeit!und!Freizeit!and!his!award" ceremony,!and!was!a!featured!!performer!at!the!2008! winning!short!Film!für!übers!Sofa.! Grammy!Awards.!
Presenting:!Where!did!Gould!go!to!come!up!with! Presenting:!Lang!Lang,!one!of!the!most!pre" his!incredible!ideas?!Daniel!Kötter!creates!a!film! eminent!pianists!in!the!world,!will!play!an!intimate,! about!these!secret,!hideaway!spots!that!helped!bring! exclusive!concert!for!us. our!Canadian!genius!to!the!world. Presenter: Jean-Jacques Lemêtre Presenter: Johann Olav Koss
Bio:!Jean!Jacques!Lemêtre!taught!himself!how!to! play!a!variety!of!instruments!as!a!child!before! Bio:!Four"time!Olympic!Gold!Medalist!and!President,!undertaking!a!comprehensive!academic!training.!He! CEO!and!Founder!of!Right!to!Play,!Johann!Olav!Koss!has!performed!with!several!French!symphonic! is!a!pioneer!in!the!field!of!Sport!for!Development.! orchestras!but!also!performs!rock,!plays!jazz!and!free! Johann!has!worked!with!on!sports!advocacy!with! jazz,!European!folk!music,!as!well!as!traditional!music! UNICEF,!the!World!Anti"Doping!Agency,!and!the! of!the!Middle!East.! International!Olympic!Committee.!He!holds!degrees! in!medicine,!business,!and!law!from!the!Universities! of!Queensland,!Toronto,!Brock!and!Calgary. Presenting:!Musical!genius!Jean"Jacques!Lemêtre! not!only!composes!new!work!for!the!Canadian! Children's!Opera!Chorus,!and!Sistema!Toronto,!he! Presenting: TBA raps!a!fugue!for!us! Presenter: Jan Lisiecki Presenter:!Tod!Machover
Bio:!Tod!Machover!is!a!widely!recognized!composer! Bio:!17"year"old!prodigy!pianist!Jan!Lisiecki!has! who!is!celebrated!for!inventing!new!technology!for! performed!around!the!world!and!has!shared!the!stage!music,!including!Hyperinstruments.!He!is!a!professor! with!Emanuel!Ax,!Yo"Yo!Ma,!and!Pinchas!Zukerman.! at!the!MIT!Media!Lab!and!is!Director!of!the!Lab's! The!BBC!Music!Magazine,!reviewing!his!debut! Opera!of!the!Future!Group. album,!commended!“Lisiecki’s!mature!musicality,”!and! praised!his!“sparkling!technique!as!well!as!idiomatic! pathos.”!Jan!is!studying!for!a!Bachelor!of!Music!at!the!Presenting:!TBD Glenn!Gould!School!of!Music!in!Toronto!on!a!full! scholarship.! Presenter: Mani Mazinani!
Presenting:!A!young!musical!prodigy!following!in! Gould’s!footsteps.!What!was!Gould!like!at!17?!Come! here!Jan!Lisiecki!play.!You!might!find!out!
Presenter: Martin and Facundo Lombard, “The Lombard Twins”
Bio:!Mani!Mazinani!is!a!multidisciplinary!artist!who! works!in!video,!installation,!music,!painting,! photography,!printmaking,!performance!and!sound.! His!recent!installation!work!has!been!shown!regularly! at!international!festivals!and!exhibitions!and!his! improvised!and!composed!music!is!frequently! performed!live.!
Bio:!Martin!and!Facundo!Lombard,!world"renowned! Presenting:!Brilliant!multidisciplinary!video!artist! Argentinean!artists!and!performers,!wield!an! Mani!Manzinani!creates!sound!and!video!installations! expressive!palette!that!extends!from!dance!to!film" within!Convocation!Hall:!Compositive#!Impositive#! making.!Their!recent!film!work!includes!playing!the! Interviewings. Santiago!Twins!in!the!Disney!film!Step!Up!3D.!They! also!wrote,!directed,!produced!and!composed!the! music!for!their!autobiographical!theatrical!show! DREAMERS!which!toured!around!the!globe.!
Presenting:!They’re!in!Step!Up!3D.!Go!check.! We’re!bringing!them!HERE!!You!absolutely!cannot! miss!the!Lombard!Twins.!You’ll!think!you’re!seeing! double.!Seriously. Presenter: Sophie Milman Presenter: Makoto Ozone
Bio:!Juno!award!winner!Sophie!Milman!is!a!jazz! vocalist!whose!2007!sophomore!album!Make! Someone!Happy!debuted!at!#1!on!Billboard’s! Bio:!Japanese!composer!and!pianist!Makoto!Ozone! Canadian!jazz!chart!and!peaked!at!#3!on!Billboard’s! has!released!several!albums!and!has!performed!at! U.S.!jazz!chart.!She!has!performed!at!such! prestigious!venues!around!the!world.!He!has!a!long" prestigious!venues!as!the!Hollywood!Bowl,!the! standing!collaboration!with!bassist!Kiyoshi!Kitagawa! Kennedy!Center,!the!Montreal!Jazz!Festival,!Toronto’s!and!drummer!Clarence!Penn#!together!they!have! Massey!Hall!and!the!legendary!Blue!Note!clubs!in! released!several!critically!acclaimed!albums. New!York!and!Japan.! Presenting:!Makoto!Ozone!will!play!the!piano!in! Presenting:!Chanteuse!Sophie!Milman!sings!and! Tokyo,!and!the!performance!will!be!heard! talks!of!protecting!artists'!copyrights. simultaneously!here!in!Toronto!on!the!Yamaha! disklavier! Presenter: John Oswald Presenter: Tim Page
Bio:!Composer!John!Oswald!shook!the!recording! industry!with!the!notorious!recording,!plunderphonic,! which!remixed!the!works!of!Michael!Jackson.!Since! Bio:!Tim!Page!is!a!Pulitzer!Prize"winning!music! then,!he!has!composed!concertos,!scored!film!and! writer,!editor,!music!critic,!producer!and!professor!who! ballet,!and!has!branched!out!into!interdisciplinary! has!worked!for!the!New!York!Times!and!the! work!including!a!quadrilingual!radio!play!that!he! Washington!post,!among!others.!He!has!produced! wrote,!directed!and!produced,!and!a!piece!for! shows!at!Carnegie!Hall!and!New!York's!notorious! chamber!ensemble!and!cinema!that!he!wrote,! Mudd!Club.!He!has!written!extensively!on!Glenn! animated,!directed!and!scored.! Gould.
Presenting:!The!idea!of!This!"!He!will!give!a!live! Presenting:!TBD performance!with!a!singer!and!a!dancer,!and! additionally!work!with!a!ZENPH"recording!on!the! Disklavier!while!he!improvises!on!a!Vibraphone. Presenter: Sandy Pearlman Presenter: Damiano Pietropaolo
Bio:!Damiano!Pietropaolo!is!an!internationally! Bio:!Sandy!Pearlman,!the!producer!and!writer!for!the!celebrated!writer,!translator,!producer,!director,!and! iconic!band!Blue!Oyster!Cult,!helped!establish!the! teacher.!He!has!produced!documentary!and!drama!at! genre!of!Heavy!Metal!and!still!produces!albums!for! CBC!Radio,!has!had!his!work!published! paradigm"shifting!bands.!In!recognition!of!his!work,! internationally,!and!is!lecturer!at!the!University!of! Pearlman!has!received!17!gold!and!platinum!records.!Toronto!where!he!teaches!drama!and!cinema.!His! He!is!currently!the!chair!of!the!Schulich!School!of! most!recent!work,!a!two!hour!cultural!documentary,! Music!at!McGill!University!and!is!one!of!the!leading! The!Love!Song!of!Ovid,!was!broadcast!nationally!on! experts!on!the!intersection!of!multimedia!and!music.! CBC!radio’s!Ideas!in!January!2010. He!will!give!a!talk!about!the!architecture!of!the!music! industry!and!how!music!production!has!changed. Presenting:!Internationally!celebrated!writer,! translator,!producer,!and!director!Damiano! Presenting:!He!will!give!a!talk!about!the! Pietropaolo!plunges!us!into!darkness!and!asks!us!to! architecture!of!the!music!industry!then!and!now,!and! experience!audio!in!stunning!ways. how!music!production!has!changed.
Presenter: Sandrine Revel Presenter: Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
Bio:!Dr.!Jordan!B.!Peterson!is!a!clinical!psychologist! who!does!experimental!work!on!achievement,! Bio:!A!native!of!Bordeaux,!Sandrine!Revel!is!an!artist! creativity,!personality,!narrative,!and!motivation.!His! and!illustrator!whose!comics!have!been!seen!in!print! clinical!assessments!can!predict!a!wide!range!of! around!the!world.!In!2001!received!the!prestigious! personality!traits!and!types.!After!teaching!at!Harvard,!Prix!Alph"Art!Jeunesse!for!her!work!Un!zoo!a!New! Dr.!Peterson!has!returned!to!Canada!as!a!tenured! York.!She!is!also!a!musician!and!a!passionate!reader.! professor!at!the!University!of!Toronto. Presenting:!Sandrine!creates!a!design!that!brings! Presenting:!He!will!give!a!talk!about!creativity!and! to!life!the!man!and!the!genius!Glenn!Gould,!taking!us! the!mind!at!Dreamers,!Renegades,!Visionaries!–!the! through!the!highlights!of!his!life,!punctuated!by!a! Glenn!Gould!Variations. narrative!plot!of!the!gestures!of!the!pianist. Presenter: Anastasia Rizikov Presenter: Djanet Sears
Bio:!Playwright,!director!and!actor!Djanet!Sears! Bio:!Thirteen!year!old!pianist!Anastasia!Rizikov!is! came!to!international!attention!with!her!work!Afrika! already!performing!numerous!solo!concerts!in!major! Solo.!More!recently,!her!Harlem!Duet!was!the!winner! cities.!In!2009,!she!performed!as!guest!soloist!with! of!the!Dora!Mavor!Moore!Award,!Chalmers!Award! the!Northwest!Chicago!Symphony!Orchestra! and!Governor!General's!Award.!She!is!an!adjunct! conducted!by!Michael!Holian!and!in!2010!with!the! professor!at!the!University!of!Toronto!and!is!the!editor! Plymouth!Symphony!Orchestra!in!Michigan! of!a!two"volume!collection!of!African!Canadian!plays,! conducted!by!Nan!Washburn.! Testifyin':!Contemporary!African!Canadian!Drama,! and!Tellin'!It!Like!It!Is:!A!Compendium!of!African! Presenting:!Anastasia!will!play!the!Piano!Concerto! Canadian!Monologues!for!Actors. in!A!minor!by!Edvard!Grieg!(Gould’s!maternal! grandfather!was!a!cousin!of!Grieg)!accompanied!by! Presenting:!She!will!present!“nOTES!oF!a! an!orchestra!recording!that!follows!her!tempo!and! cOLOURED!gIRL:!32!sHORT!rEASONS!wHY!i! dynamics!through!the!disklavier!(new!technology!via! wRITE!fOR!tHE!tHEATRE”!accompanied!by!live! Yamaha). music.
Presenter: David Rokeby
Bio:!David!Rokeby!has!been!creating!interactive! sound!and!video!installations!with!computers!since! Bio:!Two"time!Juno"winning!banjoist!Jayme!Stone! 1982.!Rokeby!was!awarded!a!Governor!General's! makes!music!inspired!by!folk!traditions!from!around! Award!in!Visual!and!Media!Arts,!the!Prix!Ars! the!world.!His!albums,!most!notably!Africa!to! Electronica!Golden!Nica!for!Interactive!Art!and! Appalachia,!defy!and!honour!the!banjo’s!long!role!in! represented!Canada!at!the!Venice!Biennale!of! the!world’s!music,!turning!historical!connections!into! Architecture. compelling!art.!
!With!Eve!Egoyan,!Rokeby!will!present! Presenting: Presenting:!Jayme!Stone!will!accompany!the! Surface!Tension:!a!live!video"piano"playing! Canadian!Opera!Children’s!Chorus!in!addition!to!a! installation.!Eve!will!manipulate!David’s!design!by! solo!performance!of!Bach,!and!a!possible! playing!piano. collaboration!of!music!and!poetry!with!Ronna!Blum. Presenter: Max Streicher Presenter: Mark Surman
Bio:!A!community!activist,!Mark!Surman!currently! Bio:!Max!Streicher!is!a!sculptor!and!installation!artist!serves!as!the!Executive!Director!of!the!Mozilla! from!Alberta,!now!residing!in!Toronto.!He!has!worked! Foundation,!makers!of!Firefox.!From!2005!to!2008,! extensively!with!inflatable!technology!in!kinetic! Mark!served!as!the!first!Director!of!Telecentre.org,!a! sculptures!and!installation!works!that!have!been! $26M!initiative!to!connect!1000s!of!community! shown!widely!across!Canada!and!internationally.! technology!centres!around!the!world.!Mark!is!also!the! recipient!of!a!Shuttleworth!Foundation!Fellowship,! where!he!explored!the!application!of!open!principles! Presenting:!Max!will!present!A!Fractal!in!Three! to!philanthropy. Dimensions,!a!kinetic!structure!with!sound!elements! at!the!entrance!of!Convocation!Hall. Presenting:!Mark!will!be!joined!by!his!12!year!old! son!Tristan!to!talk!about!how!technology!influences! Presenter: Katsura Sunshine the!infant’s!mind.
Presenter: John Tuttle
Bio:!A!native!of!Toronto,!Sunshine!is!Japan’s!only! foreign!professional!Rakugo!storyteller.!In!2008!he! was!accepted!as!an!apprentice!to!the!great!Rakugo! Bio:!John!Tuttle!has!been!Organist!and!Choirmaster! Master,!Katsura!Sanshi,!and!received!the!name! of!several!institutions!including!the!United!States! Katsura!Sunshine.!Rakugo!is!a!Japanese!verbal! Military!Academy,!the!First!Presbyterian!Church!in! entertainment!in!which!the!lone!storyteller!sits!on!the! Philadelphia,!St.!Paul’s!Anglican!Church!in!Toronto,! stage!and!narrates!a!comic!tale. and!St.!Thomas!’s!Anglican!Church!in!Toronto.!Since! 1979!he!has!been!Organist!at!the!University!of! Toronto,!where!he!also!teaches!organ!for!the!Faculty! Presenting:!Katsura!will!present!a!story!in!Rakugo! of!Music. style!about!a!musician.
Presenting:!Having!played!throughout!North! America,!John!Tuttle!joins!us!for!an!exclusive!organ! performance. Presenter: Jeff Warren Presenter: Jock Carroll
Bio:!Jeff!Warren!is!an!award"winning!writer,! broadcaster,!public!speaker!and!meditation!teacher.! He!is!the!author!of!The!Head!Trip:!Adventures!on!the! Wheel!of!Consciousness,!an!acclaimed!travel!guide! Bio:!Jock!Carroll!published!a!book!entitled!Glenn! through!sleeping,!dreaming!and!waking! Gould:!Some!Portraits!of!the!Artist!as!a!Young!Man,!a! consciousness.!He!is!also!the!recipient!of!the! collection!of!photos!of!Gould!on!holiday.!The!trip! Webster!McConnell!Canadian!Journalism!Fellowship! resulted!in!a!collaborative!film!created!and!directed!by! at!the!University!of!Toronto’s!Massey!College.! Jock!Carroll!and!Glenn!Gould.
Presenting:!Jeff!will!explore!the!effect!of!technology!Presenting:!Jock!Carroll’s!film!The!Virtues!of! on!the!mind,!how!it!influences!our!perception!and!the! Hesitation,!shown!with!permission!by!the!Jock!Carroll! way!our!brain!is!shaped. Estate.
Presenter: Robert Wilson Presenter: Nora Young
Bio:!Producer,!broadcaster,!and!writer!Nora!Young! Bio:!An!icon!in!the!world!of!theatre,!Robert!Wilson!is! was!the!original!host!of!CBC!Radio's!Definitely!Not! best!known!for!his!form"breaking!opera!collaboration! the!Opera.!In!2007,!she!launched!Spark!on!CBC! with!composer!Philip!Glass,!the!monumental!Einstein!Radio!One,!a!show!that!she!hosts!which!explores!the! on!the!Beach.!His!landmark!original!works!have!been!way!technology!affects!our!lives.! featured!regularly!at!the!Festival!d'Automne!in!Paris,! Der!Berliner!Ensemble,!the!Schaubühne!in!Berlin,!the! Presenting:!At!GGV,!Nora!will!speak!about!the!new! Thalia!Theater!in!Hamburg,!the!Salzburg!Festival,! virtual!persona!we!build!online!using!new!media!and! and!the!Brooklyn!Academy!of!Music's!Next!Wave! technology. Festival.!
Presenting:!At!GGV,!Robert!will!present!Red! Horned!Frogs!at!the!University!of!Toronto!Art!Centre,! an!installation!of!animated!frogs!croaking!notes!from! the!aria!in!the!Goldberg!Variations. Presenter: Jean-Francois Zygel
Bio:!Jean"Francois!is!a!celebrated!composer,! performer!and!educator!whose!project!has!been!to! make!music!accessible!to!younger!people.!His!music! lessons!have!been!delivered!on!television!and!radio! as!well!as!on!street!corners!in!Paris.!Jean"Francois! has!released!two!solo!albums.!
Presenting:!TBD
Presenter: Brent Carver
Bio:!Best!known!for!his!performances!on!Broadway! in!Kiss!of!the!Spider!Woman!as!Molina,!for!which!he! won!both!the!Tony!and!Drama!Desk!Awards!for!Best! Leading!Actor!in!a!Musical,!and!Parade!as!Leo!Frank,! Brent!has!also!created!a!lifetime's!worth!of! astonishing!performances!at!Soulpepper,!the! Stratford!Festival!and!in!many!TV!and!movie!roles! including!The!Event,!Lilies,!Sleepy!Hollow,!and!Atom! Egoyan's!Ararat.!
Presenting:!In!a!rare,!one"time!only!appearance,! Brent!is!going!to!impersonate!someone!famous,!and! it's!NOT!who!you!think!it!is!!