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www.festivalofthesound.ca 1 James Campbell, Artistic Director Annual Summer Classical Music Festival Charles W. Stockey Centre for the 2 5 Performing Arts, Parry Sound, Ontario contents 5 MESSAGES: Welcome to Our Festival
11 SUPPORTERS: Donors and Sponsors
21 PROGRAMME: July 17th – August 9th, 2015
75 ARTISTS: WELCOMING ALL Artist biographies 95 BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF PARTICIPANTS AND 96 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
VISITORS TO THE COVER ARTIST — PAT FAIRHEAD Pat was born in England and came to Canada at the age of ten. She fell in love with the Canadian landscape and has filled her life with a wide variety of outdoor activities that provide inspirations to take back to the studio. She has always been fascinated 2 by water and her work, interpreting colour and 5 light, has been greatly influenced by her extensive world-wide travels. Pat studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design and holds a Master of Cover Painting Arts from Goddard College, Vermont, U.S.A. and a Master of Education from “Evening Light” the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Pat has painted all her life and has by Pat Fairhead had 70 shows in Canada, the U.S.A., and Great Britain. Her work is in national and provincial collections, she has over 200 works in corporate collections, and a watercolour in the Royal Collection of Prints and Drawings, Windsor Castle, England. Pat was elected to the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1966 and is now a life-time member. She was elected to the Ontario Society of Artists in 1986, has been a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art since 1993, and was awarded the A. J. Casson Medal for excellence in watercolour in 2011. She is presently represented by four galleries in Ontario and Alberta. She continues to travel and to paint in her Muskoka home studio. As she says, “My work is my passion and the core of my life.”
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SUSAN HÉDER President, Festival of the Sound
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The Honourable The Honourable Tony Clement Norm Miller
It is my honour once again this year to extend congratulations to the Dear Friends (and fellow music lovers), organizers of the Festival of the Sound, which continues to welcome people to the shores of Georgian Bay each summer for an exceptional I am very pleased to welcome you to the 2015 edition of the Festival series of great performances. of the Sound. For 36 years this festival has graced the shores of the beautiful Georgian Bay. The pairing of renowned classical musicians As always there is great anticipation for opening weekend and the and rugged Canadian wilderness has proved a popular one; varied lineup which follows, and this year is no exception. The Stockey attracting audiences from across the country and around the world. Centre will once again be centre stage to an incredible array of talent The Festival provides an altogether unique experience as Ontario’s to suit every taste. premier international classical music festival, and we are most pleased to share it with you. The Festival, now in its 36th season, has grown into a Canadian and international showcase of talent, inspiring young performers and Over the years it has become a summer staple in Parry Sound, thanks attracting visitors from far and wide. It is a cultural institution with many to the tireless dedication of many committed volunteers, musicians loyal friends and patrons, and it reinforces why our region is such and directors. I would like to take the opportunity to thank those whose a great place to call home. combined efforts have seen 36 editions of the Festival since 1979; you are a credit to our community. I send Artistic Director James Campbell and all those who work on the Festival a resounding ‘bravo.’ All the best for a wonderful and I hope you enjoy your Festival of the Sound experience, and wish you enriching experience this summer. a very happy summer season.
Warm regards, Sincerely,
Norman A. Miller
Tony Clement Member of Parliament, Parry Sound – Muskoka
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Jamie McGarvey Susan Héder
On behalf of myself and Council, it is my pleasure to welcome On behalf of the Board of Directors, welcome to the 36th Festival of the Musicians and Patrons to Parry Sound and the 36th season of the the Sound! We are so very glad you are here with us once again. Festival of the Sound. James Campbell, our Artistic Director, has created a wonderful programme We are very proud of the acoustically perfect quality of the of music, musicians and events. You, our patrons have also helped! Charles W. Stockey Centre and I am sure that the selection and quality Last summer, Jim asked you to prepare lists of your top 10 classical music of music will truly make an excellent season. So from opening night favourites, and some of these have been incorporated into the 2015 to the final performance, sit back and enjoy the truly exceptional programme. Alison Scarrow-McGarvey, our General Manager, and her performances that have been selected for your enjoyment. conscientious staff have helped put it all together, and with the help of our amazing volunteers, we know the Festival will again run smoothly. Please take time to explore Parry Sound. You can take in the unequalled beauty of Georgian Bay, the 30,000 Islands and enjoy as many sunsets Thanks to you, our patrons. You’ve encouraged and supported us through as you possibly can. Our fitness trail skirts the shore of Georgian Bay, the long months of preparation. We appreciate your generosity and our Museum holds the history of our past, our shops are waiting to be loyalty, and trust you will love what we’ve created for you this season. explored and our restaurants will delight your palate. Especially this year, I thank our Directors. The Festival has benefited greatly Congratulations to everyone involved with the production of the Festival from their experience and wisdom, given without reserve. Their hard work of the Sound, including James Campbell the Artistic Director, the ensures we will enjoy excellent classical music for many years to come. General Manager Alison Scarrow-McGarvey, the Staff, President Susan We can all think back to a moment when the great “aha” happened, and Héder, the Board of Directors, the many volunteers and the many guest music became a significant part of who we are today. I invite you to Musicians who have presented a remarkable showcase of beautiful music. participate in our fundraiser for the Music Scores, so you can help provide To the many patrons, thank you for your continued support of this truly that “aha” moment to grade four to six students in Parry Sound District. extraordinary Festival, it is greatly appreciated. My very best wishes to Through our 2015 Festival fundraiser, there is an opportunity for us to have all for an outstanding and enjoyable Festival experience. a bit of fun passing our love of music to new generations.
Sincerely, Now, please sit back and relax. Put your cares aside. Prepare to enjoy music whose sublime beauty has endured the test of time!
Jamie McGarvey Susan Héder, Mayor President of the Board of Directors
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James Campbell
Welcome once again to the Festival of the Sound. We are grateful for the loyalty of those of you who 2 regularly attend the Festival and are honoured to be part supporters of your summer. Perhaps, like me, when you enter the Stockey Centre each summer you feel as though you have 5 never left, the year seems to have slipped by so quickly. If you are an occasional visitor or if this is the first time you have come to the Festival, I personally welcome you and hope you will enjoy what we have to offer.
You will see special marks throughout this programme book. These indicate some of the works chosen by last year’s audience members, works that are favourites and that audience members felt they wanted to explore more deeply. Some of those marked will be performed without verbal comment, but others SPONSOR DONATE will be discussed in greater detail. It is my hope that these discussions Become a sponsor of the Festival Donate today and tell the world will lead us all into a deeper appreciation and understanding of the of the Sound and reach a whole just how much the Festival means music that has accompanied us through much of our lives. new audience. Show the world to you! Help us share the gift of how this community supports its music for years to come! As I travel to different parts of the world throughout the year I often premier cultural showcase. perform in places that are “pockets” of classical music enthusiasts. Invariably these places, many of them small communities, have developed a love for and knowledge of classical music that rivals any major center. If you are reading my greeting in the Stockey Centre you are no doubt aware that you are in a community that takes it’s music very seriously. The marvelous space you are in is physical proof of that. As I write this in early June, I can feel excitement mounting and I am looking forward to another Festival and the warmth and friendships that are so much a part of it.
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Dollar for Dollar Benefactors
Matching Campaign $1,000 TO $4,999
WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL Anonymous (3) Drs. Kathleen & Daniel Moquin TO OUR PRINCIPAL DONORS: Susan Arbuckle R. Milne David Barrett Brian & Josephine Oxley James & Carol Campbell Dave & Kay Betts Peter & Judy Perry John & Wendy Crean Margaret & Bill Boyd Nicolina Pon Frans & Gini Donker David & Elizabeth Browne Siegfried & Corrie Quickert Fred & Viola Ibey Earlaine Collins Bonnie & Kelly Ramsay Jim & Edna Claydon Paul & Ina Scholfield We thank all those who participated and made the campaign a success. J. Peter & Sarah Gardner Peter Rosenbaum & Margaret Hagerman Suzanne Shulman Honourary Jim Dr. Stephen & Susan Héder Ellen & Tom Smee Drs. Christopher & Margaret Ibey Ken Stephen Dr. D. J. Stern & Brenda Lewis $10,000+ Viola & Fred Ibey Bonnie & Norbert Kraft Drs. J. B. Hunkin & James & Carol Campbell Dr. Robert G. Luton Maureen Thompson John & Wendy Crean Anne Mackay Suus Tissot Steve & Lou Mason Sara Tyson & Gerald Porter Kathleen Wilkinson Director’s Circle Jamie & Ally McGarvey
$5,000 TO $9,999 Trustee
Frans & Gini Donker $500 TO $999
Tom & Kathy Atchison Linda Hutcheon Margaret Beatty Morland & Charlyn Jones Bob & Debby Bissell Larry Lundy & Elizabeth Julian We would like to offer a heartfelt thank you to all those individuals, Elaine Blacklock Edda & Keith Loffler businesses, foundations, municipalities and government agencies who Doris Brown James Mason & Julie Baumgartel have generously given to the Festival of the Sound. The donors listed Laura Crook John & Susan Matthew Phyllis & Les Davison Angus & Kathleen McGillivray in this section gave to the Festival between June 16, 2014 and June Elizabeth De Boer James & Patricia McKay 21, 2015. Gifts, large and small, help us to provide a world class Frederick Dobbin Wanda & Alex McLachlin Festival each year and to promote youth music education. We are Sherry Gerstl Doug Minett truly grateful to our supporters. We take painstaking measures to Dr. Robert Guthrie Susan & Neil Murphy ensure each donor is acknowledged and have made every effort to Roy Hardie & Kerri Mutrie Elizabeth Racic include a complete list. However, if we have inadvertently missed your Herbert & Bridget Hauffe Ruth Scolnik name, incorrectly listed your name or placed your name in the wrong Yvonne Heaman Stuart & Adrienne Shaw Clark & Isobel Holden Frances & David Soloway category, we sincerely apologise. Naomi & Sandy Horodezky Doreen & David Wilton
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Patrons Donors
$250 TO $499 $100 TO $249
Anonymous (3) George Lange Anonymous (22) Elizabeth Cooney Barry & Elizabeth Hitchcock Susan Agranove David & Mary Jane Li Brian Adams Ian Crawford Nancy Cunningham Debra Horsfield Aubie & Esther Rose Angel Tanya Long Bob & Katherine Anderson Norma Curry Angela & Joseph Houpt Barb & Cliff Baker Horst & Ingrid Mattern Marla & Peter Ashmore Judith Dahmer Nick & Koas Huizenga Gary L. & Donna R. Ball Helen-Joy & John McGee Marianne Baljet Kenneth W. Davis Frances Humphreys Gwen Brickett Margaret McKelvey Anne & David Bawden Minda & Moe Davis Peter Hurlbut Gwen Brison Julia McLaughlin Iain & Angela Baxter Ken Dennis Barb Jackson Doug & Mary Lou Brock Bev & Rick McNabb Jim & Bonnie Beatty Mr. & Mrs. H. Dickfeld Kathie Joblin Stanley & Barbara Beck Betty Johnson Don & Barb Chapin William Monk Gene & Deirdre DiNovi Mary Louise & Greig Dunn Jean Kerr Jane & Larry Corke Linda Piche Dennis Beercroft Anne Elliot-Goldschmidt Donald Kidd Ernie & Nancy Regehr James Claydon Donna L. Besman Gail Farquharson Donny Kirby Velma Daley Gordon & Jan Rempel W. & J. Bialkowski Nancy-Lou Farrell M. E. Kirk Balthazar Davidson Jane & David Ross Arthur Bielfeld John & Joanne Fenton Peter Kohl Chris Decker Linda Seppanen David Bird John & Mary Lynn Louise Kot Hilary Munro & Jim & Allison Dingle Judy Shute Fleming Sidney Kremer Gerry Borch John & Cheryl Flint Ted Krug Buddy & Leigh Eisenberg Ted Simmonds Margaret Borden Katrine Floegel Martin Ann Raney & Shari & John Ezyk Ron Slater Roberta & Russ Boyles John & Margaret Flynn Helmut Kruger Mark Fewer Gordon & Anne Smith Ellen Bradey Susan & Don Fraser Gail & Gordon Lange Ken & Winfer Foster Jon & Donna Spencer Gloria & Ernest Cyril & Marion Fry Linda & Charlie Bradford Liwack/Sise Karl & Barbara Freeman Bryan & Pat Tennant Rick McEwen Betty Brannen Elizabeth Marshall Patricia Grainger David & Lila Tirsell & Lorraine Galipeau Neil & Jean Brearley Sylvia Garratt Jim Mathers Paul & Ruth Gray Margaret Viia-Maiste Don Brickett J.C. & Patricia Gawen Peter & Jennifer Marylou & Fred Gregoris Ian Werker & Janet Saunderson Marilyn & Peter Broughton Bruce & Susan Gibbon McGillivray Barbara Groves Graham & Suzy Wilkinson David & Joan Anna & Walter Gillespie David & Jean McLay Brownlow Mary Alison Handford Ailene Wittstein Doc & Nancy Gillies John McLean Margaret Ann Benjamin Glatt Marg McLean Phillip & Moira Heywood Dr. Richard & Sue Woodhouse Buszynski Alan & Margaret Donald & Nan McPhun Angus Hilts Val Cabell Goddard Dr. Z. R. & Lilli Mech Anne Hoelscher Marjorie Campbell Brian & Rosemary Gray Norm Miller Lee Carpenter Rona Hokanson Judy & Doug Hallman John & Eleanor Milliken Pamela Carpenter Rick & Vicki Hook Janet Hannula Bill & Jan Mustard Miriam Carter Adair & Ian Hope John Hanson Sharon Nailberg Elizabeth Mary Cawley Barbara Hayes Drs. Roger & Chris Nash Keith & Angela Horner William & Christa Chan Ann Hayhoe J. Ofenheim Anne-Marie Keighan Barbara Chapin Jane Hendry Sondra & Stan Passfield Donalda Kelk Robert J. Clegg Ashley & Wendy Peter Payan Marilyn & Brent Kelman Charles & Joy Cohen Hilliard David & Molly Pelton Garth & Anne Kidd Rosemary Collins
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Donors Friends
$100 TO $249 $35 TO $99
Mosby & Holly Perrow Tom & Dale Traversy Anonymous (10) Lois Fleming Lyle & Louise Rea June Pinkney Doug Turner Roger & Nora Alexander Ilse Folkens Mr. & Mrs. Jack Reck Richard & Patricia Poole Don & Jean Twiner Ruth Anderson Erickson Fraser Sherrill Reid Pat & Lloyd Ponso Ingrid van Rotterdam Paul Armstrong Katerina Fretwell Eleanore Reynolds Margaret Prugovecki Ilse von Fehrentheil Peter Bartha Christina Goldt Robert & Margaret Janna Ramsay-Best Maureen & George Bill Bartram Diane Gooderham Rooks Mark S. Rash Warby Allan & Nancy Beers Mary Gordon Karl & Ursula Schnull Don & Christina Rebus David & Judi Weaver Stanley Berger Alexandra B. Gunther Mary Lou Sherman Ed & Marianne Reimer Rosemary Webb Arnold & Loreen Norma Hillyard Wendy Simm Elise & Louis Rensonnet Bridget & Kit Wells Bolliger Doreen & Fred Hiltz Jerry & Vi Skory David Rosen Sylvia Weylie David Bourque Ilse Jakelski Neil Spaulding Helen Ruckle Kathleen Whatmough Andre & Judith Hans Jansen Barbara Stupp Ila Sandwell Kay Wheatley Boutin B-J Jasmins Gloria Tozek Fred & Brenda Saunders Marie Wiley Nancy Brinen Nick Kristoffy Pat Valade & Silvio & Longinia Sauro Kay Wilkinson Lawrence & Rebecca Yvon Lavoie Susan Ord Brown Sylvia Schmid Ton Winnubst Paul Lawrence Louis & Vivian Bruce Burgess van Gulick Rachel & Jerry Agnes Wong Nancy & Terry Lee John & Sandra Michael Vaughan Schneiderman Helen & Bob Wright Janine Lundine Cameron Richard & Carol Larry & Marilyn Julia Young Gina Maenhaut Iivi Campbell Verity Schreiner Hermann & Brigitte Zettl Brenda Mancey William Campbell Robert Vincent Jane Shannon Suzanne Zorbas Elizabeth Marshall James Chestnutt Norma M. Walker Dorothy Shaver V. G. Matus Robert Clubbe D. Weir Jeanne B. Shuh Penny & Don Richard Coskey John Williams Pierre Simoni McCahill Judy & Art Craig Helen & Bob Wright Eric A. Simpson Sue McDonald Marion B. Cruikshank Pearl & Len Yauk Robert Sinclair Marian McIssac Mary Ellen Cummings Pat & Jim Skelly Laura McNabb Peter & Mary Joan & Ron Slater Margaret McNabb Daleman Richard M. Small Eric & Ruth Miller D. L. Davis Olaug & David Smith William Mitchell Victor & Sandra Davis Epp K.J. Sonin Lea & Syd Moscoe Mary Lou & Robert Alan & Geraldine Dickson Ed & Denise Murphy Sperling Dr. Ed & Renee Kathleen & Graham Daphne Stapleton Disenhaus Nairn Jeffrey Stokes Jill Doble Joan & Robert Northley John Stott Chloe Dominguez Patricia Ono Shirley & Wayne Stott Pam Dunlop Karen Pepperall Jim & Stella Strong Mark Dunnill Linda Lou & John George Sweeney Pinnington Caroline Fancott Doreen Thomas Julia Poore Elizabeth Feil Maureen Thompson A.J. Ralph Marian & Jim Ferris
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In Memoriums and Honouraries Foundation Support
CN Community Sponsorship IN MEMORY OF IN MEMORY OF IN MEMORY OF George & Mary Horney Toshi Leah, June Anthony Doc & Nancy Gillies daughter of James Concert Sponsors Morland & Charlyn Jones & Patricia McKay IN MEMORY OF Pat Valade & Susan Ord James & Patricia McKay Distler Construction Ltd. RE/MAX Parry Sound-Muskoka Myrtle Kutschke Julie Baumgartel Dr. Chris Decker Realty Ltd. IN MEMORY OF Ruth Milne David Bourque In Memory of Stuart & Elaine Stephen Ross Windows & Doors Kasie Brickett Margaret & Bill Boyd In Memory of Betty Ibey & Scotiabank IN MEMORY OF Don Brickett Carol & James Campbell Ed Gawronski Terry D. Clark Chartered Accountant Gwen Brickett Joan Reed-Olsen James Mason In Memory of Charles W. Stockey Terry E. Fraser Barrister and Solicitor Margaret & Bill Boyd Peter Rosenbaum Iron City Fishing Club Town of Parry Sound IN MEMORY OF Carol & James Campbell Suzanne Shulman Moquin Medical Township of the Archipelago Fran Brown Kathleen Wilkinson James Sommerville Municipality of McDougall Township of Carling Margaret & Bill Boyd Neil Spaulding IN MEMORY OF Parry Sound North Star Township of Seguin Carol & James Campbell Jeffrey Stokes RBC Foundation The William Beatty Company Norma Curry Jeanne Shuh IN MEMORY OF The Estate of Margaret Whiteman Velma Daley Margaret & Bill Boyd Pat Ono Carol & James Campbell Dr. Wheatley Film Sponsors Richard & Patricia Poole Angus & Kathleen Kay Wheatley Joan & Ron Slater McGillivray Irva Stewart Peter & Jennifer IN MEMORY OF JULY 20 — A LATE QUARTET JULY 28 — THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS McGillivray Bill Sponsored by ABOUT GLENN GOULD IN MEMORY OF Jamie & Ally McGarvey Sponsored by Dr. Lin Raimundo IN MEMORY OF Kay Wheatley Bob Burnham Myrna Sinclair Carol & James Campbell IN APPRECIATION OF Ron Sinclair The Work of Brian Artist Sponsors IN MEMORY OF & Josephine Oxley IN MEMORY OF Ralph Elsaesser Book City Logan’s of Parry Sound Jim & Midge Strickland John Stott Margaret & Bill Boyd Doris Brown Parry Sound Books Doris Brown Daphne Stapleton IN HONOUR OF Sarah Gardner Ritchie Insurance Carol & James Campbell Our Young Musicians In honour of Peter Gardner’s Stuart & Adrienne Shaw IN MEMORY OF 80th Birthday Chris & Margaret Ibey Dr. Jim Shewchun Jan Tissot Kay Wheatley The Ibey Children Sherry Gerstl Sound Ideas Audiology In memory of Paul & Inge Gerstl Bev & Rick McNabb Suus Tissot IN RECOGNITION OF Dave Tirsell Carol & James Campbell Dr. Derek & Mary George Kathleen Wilkinson Gordon Mok’s Dr. Kim Warwick Judith White Dr. Olah Kassim Musical Achievements Ailene Wittstein IN MEMORY OF J. Peter & Sarah Gardner Kay Wheatley Andrea Hansen Carol & James Campbell Music Scores Sponsors Graham Campbell Laura McNabb Youth Music Education Fund – Frances M. Brown – lead donor Near North District School Board Rotary Club of Parry Sound
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Kindly Note
All programmes are subject to change without notice. Please turn off cell phones and pagers or leave them at the Box Office. Latecomers will be seated at a suitable break in the performance. 2 programme The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. No food or drink is permitted in the Festival Performance Hall. 5 Most of our concerts are not geared toward enjoyment by young TH TH children. As a courtesy to audience members and musicians, OPENING WEEKEND: JULY 17 – JULY 19 please use discretion and only bring children once they are able STAFF PICK: CHARLES W. STOCKEY MEMORIAL CONCERT to sit quietly and enjoy the performance. “Chamber music has been described as a ‘conversation among In consideration of patrons with allergies, please avoid using friends.’ Artistic Director James Campbell joins his good friends in fragrances when attending Festival concerts. the New Zealand String Quartet to launch the chamber music series.” Ticket prices for concerts in the Charles W. Stockey Centre include a $1 surcharge for the Building Fund and $1 for the Capital WEEK 1: JULY 20TH – JULY 26TH Improvement Fund. STAFF PICK: SEASONS OF BRAHMS denotes a work from Top Ten audience picks in the 2014 season. “Trace his growth, as works from different periods of his life are performed in three concerts.” FESTIVAL OF THE SOUND STOCKEY CENTRE
BOX OFFICE HOURS TICKET OUTLET HOURS WEEK 2: JULY 27TH – AUGUST 2ND Monday to Saturday, Tuesday to Sunday, STAFF PICK: SONGS AND DANCES OF THE AMERICAS 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Noon to end of last concert for walk-in patrons. “A tip of our hat to the Pan Am Games with our most colourful Festival Station Gallery concert of the summer. Guy Few pays tribute to Rafael Mendez 1 Avenue Road, Parry Sound Charles W. Stockey Centre and Leslie Fagan sings Villa Lobo’s haunting Bachianas Brasileiras.” 705.746.2410 for the Performing Arts 1 Bay Street, Parry Sound PLEASE NOTE: Tickets will not be WEEK 3: AUGUST 3RD – AUGUST 9TH accepted for refund or resale. PLEASE NOTE: However, tickets may be exchanged Ticket sales only; STAFF PICK: GOODYEAR PLAYS BEETHOVEN up to 24 hours before the performance no exchanges at this location. by contacting the Festival Office. “Pianist Stewart Goodyear was proclaimed ‘a phenomenon’ by the Los Angeles Times. His performance includes the complete Diabelli Variations by Beethoven, one of the most monumental TICKETS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ONLINE AT works this composer produced for the piano.” www.festivalofthesound.ca
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Strings Across the Sky Canadian Brass
Each summer, the students of the Concert Chuck Daellenbach, tuba; Caleb Hudson, trumpet; Christopher Coletti, Sponsored by Strings Across the Sky Fiddle RBC Foundation trumpet; Achilles Liarmakopoulos, trombone; Bernhard Scully, horn and Music Camp are hosted by the Parry Sound Friendship Centre. Selections from “Renaissance Brass” Since 2006, The Festival of the Little Fugue in G Minor Johann Sebastian Bach/arr. Ronald Romm Sound has partnered with Strings Across the Sky to host a free Vals Peruano Enrique Crespo family concert showcasing the achievements of the young fiddle Selections from “Carnaval” Op. 9 Robert Schumann arr. Christopher Coletti/Brandon Ridenour students under the energetic direction of Andrea Hansen. Penny Lane John Lennon & Paul McCartney/arr. Christopher Dedrick
This year the Strings Across the Sky Handful of Keys Fats Waller/arr. Luther Henderson concert will include a special memorial tribute to Founder and INTERMISSION Music Director, Andrea Hansen, who passed away in December 2014. Since 1987, Andrea was a musical force who worked tirelessly Granada Agustin Lara to create and teach this remarkable fiddling program. She opened the doors to a rich musical experience for thousands of Inuit and Selections from “Brahms on Brass” Johannes Brahms First Nations children across Canada. arr. Christopher Coletti/Brandon Ridenour
Andrea was a member of the Adagio Samuel Barber/arr. Stephen McNeff Toronto and Montreal Symphony Selections from “Brahms on Brass” Johannes Brahms Orchestras. For her Strings arr. Christopher Coletti/Brandon Ridenour Across the Sky work, she received numerous awards Selections from “Great Wall of China” including: The Order of Canada, Tribute to the Ballet arr. Sonny Kompanek Order of Ontario, Queen’s Golden & Diamond Jubilee Medals, Lifetime Contribution The official website of Canadian Brass is www.canadianbrass.com. to Aboriginal Music and Lifetime Keep up with Canadian Brass via Twitter.com, Facebook and YouTube. Achievement Award of the Canadian Brass performs on 24-karat gold plated Conn-Selmer instruments and is an Opening Day recording artist. Toronto Musicians’ Association. Canadian Brass recordings are available at www.ArkivMusic.com/CanadianBrass. Andrea Hansen with The Honourable James K. Bartleman following the Opening Concert of the 2006 Festival of the Sound. The Strings THE CANADIAN Across the Sky stole the show that evening and were awarded a special certificate by the Lieutenant Governor.
24 1.8 6 6.3 6 4 .0 0 61 705.746.2410 www.festivalofthesound.ca 25 OPENING Sunday July 19th 2:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre Kitchen Cupboard Georgian Bay WEEKEND Bulk Foods Christmas Specializing in Christmas year-round dried fruits decorations & & nuts, spices, all other occasions. baking ingredients, Holidays, weddings, Charles W. Stockey cake decorating Home of the Georgian Bay Tartan! birthdays etc. Memorial Concert TWO GREAT STORES — ONE GREAT LOCATION!
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String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54, Franz Joseph Haydn Hob.III:57 (1732-1809) Vivace Adagio Menuetto. Allegretto Finale. Adagio – Presto – Adagio
Andante Cantabile Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart K. 581 (1756 -1791) Allegro Larghetto Menuetto – Trio I – Trio II Allegretto con variazioni
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Joyful Sounds: INTERMISSION A Tribute to Elmer Iseler FIVE ENGLISH FOLK SONGS Concert Elmer Iseler Singers; Lydia Adams, conductor; Sponsored by The Lass of Richmond Hill arr. David Willcocks Town of Shawn Grenke, piano; Canadian Brass Parry Sound (b. 1919) Barbara Allen
Psalm 100 (Make a Joyful Noise) Heinrich Schütz Drink to Me Only (1585-1672) Early One Morning Excerpts from Requiem Eleanor Daley (b. 1955) Bobby Shaftoe Soloist: Michael Thomas, baritone Alleluia Eric Whiteacre (b.1970) THE CELTIC HEART
Ein Kindelein so löbelich Michael Praetorius Flow Gently Sweet Afton Robert Burns, arr. Lydia Adams (1571-1621) Soloist: Matt Gaskin (1750 -1796) Selections from Nur: Hussein Janmohamed Ae Fond Kiss Robert Burns arr. Stuart Calvert Reflections on Light (2014) (b. 1969) Light: Unveiled Dúlamán Michael McGlynn Light: Suspended Soloist: Michael Thomas, baritone (b. 1964)
TWO SPIRITUALS The Hour Has Come Srul Irving Glick (1934-2002) Ain’t-a That Good News arr. William Dawson (1899-1990) ELMER ISELER
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel? arr. Moses Hogan Years of association will be celebrated in this special Soloists: Cathy Robinson, Anne Bornath (1957-2003) tribute on the life and leadership of Elmer Iseler, in and Andrea Ludwig association with Choral Music in Canada, the Festival of the Sound and the Canadian Brass. Tonight two of Canada’s most iconic musical groups join forces to pay tribute to Elmer, fondly remembered as the Dean of Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Johann Sebastian Bach Canadian Choral Conductors. Few musical sounds are (1685-1750) more joyful than the combination of choir and brass. The works chosen for tonight’s program were all close Cantate Domino (Sing to the Lord) Heinrich Schütz to Elmer’s heart and are presented with thanks for his enduring legacy.
28 1.8 6 6.3 6 4 .0 0 61 705.746.2410 www.festivalofthesound.ca 29 WEEK 1 Monday July 20th 1:00 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre
Film – A Late Quartet
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Flute, Harp and Strings Quartet no. 22 in B-flat Major, K.589 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro larghetto (1756 -1791) Menuetto. Moderato Transcribed for four harps Caroline Léonardelli, harp; Suzanne Shulman, flute; Gil Sharon, violin; Allegro assai by Caroline Lizotte Ron Ephrat, viola; Yegor Dyachkov, cello INTERMISSION Fantasie for violin & harp, Op. 124 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) The Four Seasons, Le quattro stagioni, Op. 8 Antonio Vivaldi Rhapsodie for solo harp Marcel Grandjany (1678 -1741) (1891-1975) Arranged for harp quartet by the Venice Harp Quartet Le cygne from La carnival des animaux Camille Saint-Saëns for cello & harp Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “La primavera” Allegro O canto do cisne negro for cello & harp Heitor Villa-Lobos Largo e pianissimo sempre (1887-1959) Allegro pastorale Étude de concert in E-flat minor for solo harp Félix Godefroid Soloist: Caroline Léonardelli (1818-1897) Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” Sonata for flute, viola & harp Claude Debussy Allegro non molto Pastorale. Lento, dolce rubato (1862-1918) Adagio e piano – Presto e forte Interlude: Tempo di minuetto Presto Allegro moderato ma risoluto Soloist: Lori Gemmell
Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “L’autunno” WEEK 1 Tuesday July 21st 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre Allegro Adagio molto Allegro Soloist: Jennifer Swartz Four Seasons for Four Harps Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “L’inverno” Allegro non molto Concert Sponsored by Jennifer Swartz, Montreal Symphony; Lori Gemmell, Kitchener- Largo Parry Sound Waterloo Symphony; Caroline Léonardelli, Ottawa Symphony; Allegro North Star Caroline Lizotte, Montreal Symphony; Tom Allen, narrator Soloist: Caroline Lizotte
Sonatas K.525 and K.535 Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Arranged by Caroline Lizotte
32 1.8 6 6.3 6 4 .0 0 61 705.746.2410 www.festivalofthesound.ca 33 WEEK 1 Wednesday July 22nd 1:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre WEEK 1 Wednesday July 22nd 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre
Seasons of Brahms: Seasons of Brahms: The Young Composer The Master
Concert Peter Longworth, piano; Helene Pohl, violin; Gil Sharon, violin; Concert Peter Longworth, piano; James Campbell, clarinet; Sponsored by Sponsored by Iron City Ron Ephrat, viola; Yegor Dyachkov, cello The William Beatty New Zealand String Quartet Fishing Club Company
Scherzo from FAE Sonata Johannes Brahms Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) No. 1. Intermezzo in A minor. Allegro non assai, (1833-1897) New Zealand ma molto appassionato Hebrew Melodies, Op. 9 for viola & piano Joseph Joachim String Quartet Sponsored by No. 2. Intermezzo in A major. Andante teneramente Sostenuto (1831-1907) Dr. Olah Kassim Grave No. 3. Ballade in G minor. Allegro energico Andante cantabile No. 4. Intermezzo in F minor. Allegretto un poco agitato No. 5. Romanze in F major. Andante – Allegretto grazioso Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 Johannes Brahms No. 6. Intermezzo in E flat minor. Andante, largo e mesto Allegro con brio – Tranquillo – In tempo ma sempre sostenuto Scherzo: Allegro molto – Meno allegro – Tempo primo Adagio INTERMISSION Finale: Allegro Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 Johannes Brahms
Allegro WEEK 1 Wednesday July 22nd 3:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre Adagio Andantino Con moto Brahms: The Middle Years
Peter Longworth, piano; Yegor Dyachkov, cello; THE WHOLE DAY IS DEVOTED TO New Zealand String Quartet; Ron Ephrat, viola THE MUSIC OF JOHANNES BRAHMS Trace his growth, as works from Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op 99 Johannes Brahms different periods of his life are Allegro vivace (1833-1897) performed in three concerts. The day Adagio affettuoso Allegro passionato ends with his masterwork, the Clarinet Allegro molto Quintet. James Campbell will offer a personal, intimate look at a work which Viola Quintet in G Major, Op. 111 Johannes Brahms he has lived with for 45 years. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio Adagio Un poco allegretto Vivace, ma non troppo presto
34 1.8 6 6.3 6 4 .0 0 61 705.746.2410 www.festivalofthesound.ca 35 WEEK 1 Thursday July 23rd 1:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre WEEK 1 Thursday July 23rd 3:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre
Music for Friends Cecilia String Quartet
Concert Suzanne Shulman, flute; James Campbell, clarinet; Ron Ephrat, viola; Concert Min-Jeong Koh, violin; Sarah Nematallah, violin; Sponsored by Sponsored by Iron City Gillian Ansell, viola; Rolf Gjelsten, cello; Peter Longworth, piano Township of David Samuel, viola; Rachel Desoer, cello Fishing Club Seguin
London Trio No. 1 in C Major, Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C minor, Op. 17, Franz Joseph Haydn Hob.IV:1 for flute, clarinet & cello (1732-1809) No. 4, Hob.III.28 (1732-1809) Allegro moderato Moderato Andante Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio Finale. Vivace Adagio cantabile Finale: Allegro Duo for viola, cello & obligato Ludwig van Beethoven Cecilia String eyeglasses, WoO 32 (1770 -1827) Quartet String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Felix Mendelssohn Allegro Sponsored by Op. 44, No. 2 (1809-1847) Stuart & Minuetto. Allegretto Adrienne Shaw Allegro assai appassionato Scherzo: Allegro di molto Pieces for clarinet, viola & piano, Op. 83 Max Bruch Andante Allegro con moto (1838-1920) Presto agitato Nachtgesang: Andante con moto Allegro vivace, ma non troppo David Samuel is replacing Caitlyn Boyle who is on maternity leave. Sonata for flute & piano Francis Poulenc Allegretto malinconico (1899-1963) Cantilena: Assez lent Presto giocoso
Tarantella in A minor, Op. 6 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
36 1.8 6 6.3 6 4 .0 0 61 705.746.2410 www.festivalofthesound.ca 37 WEEK 1 Thursday July 23rd 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre WEEK 1 Friday July 24th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre
Beethoven and Schubert André Laplante in Recital
Concert André Laplante, piano; Gil Sharon, violin; Doug Beilman, violin; Concert Sponsored by Sponsored by Adagio in A minor Johann Sebastian Bach/Ferruccio Busoni Township of Ron Ephrat, viola; Yegor Dyachkov, cello; Rolf Gjelsten, cello RE/MAX Parry (1685-1750) / (1866-1924) Carling Sound – Muskoka from BWV 564 Realty Ltd. Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 16 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 281 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Grave – Allegro, ma non troppo (1770 -1827) Allegro (1756 -1791) Andante cantabile Andante amoroso Rondo : Allegro, ma non troppo Rondo (allegro)
André Laplante From Six moments musicaux, Franz Schubert INTERMISSION Sponsored by Yegor Dyachkov D. 780, Op. 94 (1797-1828) Sponsored by Sherry Gerstl In memory of Ritchie Insurance No. 1 Moderato in C Major Cello Quintet in C Major, D. 956 Franz Schubert Paul & Inge Gerstl No. 2 Andantino in A-flat Major Allegro ma non troppo (1797-1828) No. 3 Allegro moderato in F minor Adagio Scherzo Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major Ludwig van Beethoven Allegretto Das Lebewohl (The Farewell): Adagio – Allegro (1770 -1827) Abwesenheit (The Absence) Das Wiedersehen (The Return) WEEK 1 Friday July 24th 3:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre INTERMISSION
Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 Franz Liszt Sinfonia Concertante (1811-1886)
Gil Sharon, violin; Helene Pohl, violin; Doug Beilman, violin; Ron Ephrat, viola; Gillian Ansell, viola; Yegor Dyachkov, cello; Rolf Gjelsten, cello
Sinfonia Concertante Joseph Haydn/Mordechai Rechtman in B-flat Major, Hob.I:105 (1732-1809)/(b. 1926) Allegro Andante Allegro con spirito
Grande Sestetto Concertante K. 364 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro maestoso (1756 -1791) Andante Presto
38 1.8 6 6.3 6 4 .0 0 61 705.746.2410 www.festivalofthesound.ca 39 WEEK 1 Saturday July 25th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre WEEK 1 Sunday July 26th 2:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre
In Full Swing Sensemayá Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940)
Gene DiNovi Bob DeAngelis, clarinet; James Campbell, clarinet; Morning Song J. Scott Irvine Sponsored by (b. 1953) Book City Gene DiNovi, piano, Mike Downes, bass; Glenn Anderson, drums
Tonight’s programme will be announced from the stage and will feature West Side Story Leonard Bernstein music made famous by Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman, including: (1918-1990)
Nightmare, Moonglow, The Man I Love, Let’s Dance, If I Had You, INTERMISSION Runnin’ Wild, On the Sunny Side of the Street, The World is Waiting for the Sunrise, Puttin’ on the Ritz, Special Delivery Stomp, Stardust, Bells Ian McDougall Sing, Sing, Sing (b. 1938) Plus music written for Benny Goodman by Gene DiNovi, Aaron Copland and Béla Bartók. How to Fake Your Own Death Nicole Lizée A World Premiere (b. 1973) Soloist: James Sommerville
WEEK 1 Sunday July 26th 2:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre O Magnum Mysterium Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
Pictures at an Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky / Elgar Howarth Canadian Pride Promenade (1839-1881)/(b. 1935) I. Gnomus Promenade Canadian National Brass Project; James Sommerville, conductor II. Old Castle Promenade Karen Donnelly, Larry Larson, Larry Knopp, Geoff Thompson, III. Tuileries Adam Zinatelli, Stéphane Beaulac, trumpet; David Parker, IV. Bydlo Julie Fauteux, Gabriel Radford, Patricia Evans, Allene Hackleman, Promenade horn; Peter Sullivan, Gordon Wolfe, Steven Dyer, David Pell, V. Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells Keith Dyrda, trombone; Sasha Johnson, Nick Atkinson, tuba VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle Brass players from ten major Canadian orchestras in a once in Promenade a lifetime meeting — imagine the thrilling sound of the best brass VII. The Market - Place at Limoges players in Canada playing Pictures at an Exhibition! VIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum) – Con mortuis in lingua mortua Fanfare for the Common Man Aaron Copland IX. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba – Yaga) (1900-1990) X. The Great Gate at Kiev
6 Canzoni: Canzon Quarta Giovanni Gabrieli (1554 -1612)
40 1.8 6 6.3 6 4 .0 0 61 705.746.2410 www.festivalofthesound.ca 41 WEEK 2 Monday July 27th 11:00 am Charles W. Stockey Centre
COLOUR MEETS Stockey Piano Master Class
The Stockey Piano Master classes continue the legacy of Charles and Lois Stockey, whose hopes for the “Stockey Centre” included opportunities for young and amateur performers to share the stage with Festival performers.
Today you are invited to sit in and listen as our resident pedagogue Glen Montgomery works with amateur pianists.
“KIDS ON THE BUS” FUNDRAISER
MUSIC SCORES
Do you remember your first classical music experiences? Listening to the radio or a record? Watching TV? Going to a real live concert in a performance hall with your parents? Very likely, it was moments like these that started your lifelong love and appreciation of music. Through our Music Scores program, the Festival tries to provide similar experiences to children in Parry Sound district. Each year, Jim Campbell arranges for “real” musicians to talk with grades 4 – 6 students about music, instruments, and a musician’s life in the real world. Nearly 800 students have a chance to ask questions (and there are always lots of those). This is followed Beauti-Tone Paint offers a symphony of colour. by a chance to listen to a live concert, performed by musicians they See our colour experts for your next project! have come to know. These early classical music experiences would simply not happen in our community if it were not for the Festival of the Sound. Although Music Scores is provided free of charge to the students, it isn’t “free”.
Proudly supporting Festival of the Sound for 32 Years! As lovers of music, we are asking you to send a young Keeping it Local, child to Music Scores. Here for the Community, Check out our “Kids on the Bus” fundraiser in the lobby. One Customer at a Time. Let’s give all students a 31 JOSEPH STREET, PARRY SOUND 705-746-9621 musical experience that will last a lifetime.
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Film: Thirty Two Short Films Goldberg Variations About Glenn Gould Concert Leopoldo Erice, piano Sponsored by Iron City Film Series curated by Will DiNovi Fishing Club Sponsored by Goldberg Variations. BWV 988 Johann Sebastian Bach Dr. Lin Raimundo Colm Feore plays the Aria (1685-1750) Variatio 1. a 1 Clav. pianist in Thirty Two Short Variatio 2. a 1 Clav. Films About Glenn Gould, Variatio 3. Canone all’Unisono. a 1 Clav. a 1994 film inspired by Variatio 4. a 1 Clav. the Goldberg Variations. Variatio 5. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav. Variatio 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. al tempo di Giga Variatio 8. a 2 Clav. Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav. Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav. Variatio 11. a 2 Clav. Variatio 12 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quarta in moto contrario Variatio 13. a 2 Clav. Variatio 14. a 2 Clav. Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.: Andante Variatio 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav. Variatio 17. a 2 Clav. WEEK 2 Tuesday July 28th 12:45 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre Variatio 18. Canone alla Sesta. a 1 Clav. Variatio 19. a 1 Clav. Variatio 20. a 2 Clav. Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima Variatio 22. a 1 Clav. alla breve Goldberg Variations: Variatio 23. a 2 Clav. Variatio 24. Canone all’Ottava. a 1 Clav. A Look at the Holy Trinity Variatio 25. a 2 Clav. adagio Variatio 26. a 2 Clav. Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav. Variatio 28. a 2 Clav. Leopoldo Erice, Assistant Professor of Performing Arts at Variatio 29. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, introduces Variatio 30. a 1 Clav. Quodlibet his performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, considered one Aria da Capo of the greatest works written for the keyboard. Join him to
find out why he has chosen this intriguing title for his talk and Today’s performance of the Goldberg Variations is dedicated in honour of Ralph for the concert following. Elsaesser who passed away in June. He was Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University where he is remembered for his “unique love and enthusiasm for students, music and life. His mind and spirit were ever young and vibrant.” In their retirement, Ralph and Helen generously shared their musical gifts with the community of Parry Sound and the Festival of the Sound.
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Baroque Music for Festival Baroque Flute & Guitar Concert Leslie Fagan, soprano; Suzanne Shulman, flute; James Mason, oboe; Sponsored by The Whiteman Guy Few, trumpet; Julie Baumgartel, violin; Moshe Hammer, violin; Suzanne Shulman, flute; Daniel Bolshoy, guitar Estate Cynthia Hiebert, harpsichord; Glen Montgomery, piano; Penderecki String Quartet; Jeffrey Stokes, double bass Duet in G Major for flute & Guitar, Georg Philipp Telemann T W V 4 0:111 (1681-1767) Sinfonia alla rustica in G Major, RV 151 Antonio Vivaldi Dolce Presto (1678 -1741) Scherzando Adagio Largo e misurato Allegro Vivace e staccato Two Arias Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Partita in A minor for solo flute, Johann Sebastian Bach Se tu m’ami (1710 -1736) BWV 1013 (1685-1750) Contento forse vivere from Adriano in Siria Sarabande Suite italienne for violin & piano Igor Stravinsky Bourée anglaise Introduzione: Allegro moderato (1882-1971) Sonata for flute & continuo, C.P.E. Bach Serenata: Larghetto Wq 133 “Hamburger” (1714-1788) Tarantella: Vivace Gavotta con due variazioni Two Sonatas in C Major for guitar solo, Domencio Scarlatti Scherzino K.308 & K.309 (1685-1757) Minuetto e Finale: Moderato Minuetto e Finale Sonata in E minor for flute & continuo, Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 1034 INTERMISSION Adagio ma non tanto Allegro Oboe Concerto in G minor, HWV 287 George Frideric Handel Andante Grave (1685-1759) Allegro Allegro Sarabande Allegro
Two Arias by Cleopatra George Frideric Handel from the opera Giulio Cesare Per Pietà Da Tempeste
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 Johann Sebastian Bach in F Major, BWV 1047 (1685-1750) Allegro Andante Allegro assai
46 1.8 6 6.3 6 4 .0 0 61 705.746.2410 www.festivalofthesound.ca 47 WEEK 2 Wednesday July 29th 11:00 am Seguin Valley Golf Course
Concert at Café Zimmermann
Leslie Fagan, soprano; Suzanne Shulman, flute; James Mason, oboe; Guy Few, trumpet; Julie Baumgartel, violin; Penderecki String Quartet; HOLLY M. CASCANETTE Cynthia Hiebert, harpsichord; Jeffrey Stokes, double bass Sales Representative Cell: 705-746-1970 Bus: 705-746-7467 Sinfonia in D Major, TWV 44:1 Georg Philipp Telemann Spirituoso (Allegro) (1681-1767) Selling Georgian Bay Largo & Vivace Parry Sound Area! Soprano Arias from the Coffee Cantata, Johann Sebastian Bach [email protected] BWV 211 (1685-1750) www.homelifeparrysound.com Ei! Wie schmeckt der Kaffee süße Homelife - Al Boucher Real Estate Ltd. Brkg - 70 Bowes Street, Parry Sound, ON, P2A 2L3 Heute noch, lieber Vater
Concerto in C minor for oboe & violin, Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 1060R i ❤ Allegro Adagio Allegro
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Celebrating the ultimate master of chamber Lieschen, from Bach’s music – Johannes Brahms. His muses, Coffee Cantata followers, and more! Gryphon Trio, New Orford String Quartet, Arion Baroque Orchestra, Patricia O’Callaghan and others... pecmusicfestival.com
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2 Cheng Duo Gargoyles for solo piano, Op. 29 Lowell Liebermann (USA) Presto (b. 1961) Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato Bryan Cheng, cello; Sylvie Cheng, piano Allegro moderato Presto feroce Sonata in E Major for cello & piano François Francoeur Two Pieces for Cello & Piano Alexina Louie (Canada) Adagio cantabile (1698-1787) Pond Mirrors Bright Sky (b. 1949) Allegro vivo Wild Horse Running Tempo di gavotte Largo cantabile Allegro vivace. A TRIBUTE TO RAFAEL MENDEZ Cello Sonata in A Major César Franck La Virgen de la Macarena – “The Bullfighter’s Song” Traditional Allegretto ben moderato (1822-1890) Allegro Dance of the Comedians Bedˆrích Smetana Recitativo – Fantasia: Ben moderato (1824-1884) Allegretto poco mosso
INTERMISSION Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Sicilienne, Op. 78 La Catedral for solo guitar Agustin Barrios Mangoré (Paraguay) Élégie, Op. 24 Preludio saudade (1885-1944) Andante religioso Allegro solemne
WEEK 2 Wednesday July 29th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre Histoire du Tango Astor Piazzolla (Argentina) Bordel 1900 for flute & guitar (1921-1992) Nightclub 1960 for violin & guitar
Songs and Dances Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 Heitor Villa-Lobos (Brazil) from the Americas (1887-1959) Luiza Antonio Carlos Jobim (Brazil) Concert A tip of our hat to the Pan Am Games. (1927-1994) Sponsored by Ken Stephen In Memory of Daniel Bolshoy, guitar; Leslie Fagan, soprano; Suzanne Shulman, flute; Preludio e Toccatina (from Aquarelle) Sergio Assad (Brazil) Elaine & Stuart James Campbell, clarinet; Guy Few, trumpet; Moshe Hammer, violin; (b. 1952) Stephen Penderecki String Quartet; Cheng2Duo; Annie Zhou, piano; Glen Montgomery, piano Libertango Astor Piazzolla (Argentina)
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Chopin Recital Seasons of Beethoven
Annie Zhou, piano (2015 Stockey Young Artist) Concert Moshe Hammer, violin; Glen Montgomery, piano; Sponsored by Ross Windows Penderecki String Quartet: Jeremy Bell, violin; Jerzy Kaplanek, violin; Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Frédéric Chopin & Doors Christine Vlajk, viola; Katie Schlaikjer, cello (1810-1849) Mazurkas, Op. 56 Violin Sonata in F Major, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 -1827) No.1 in B Major: Allegro non tanto Op. 24, Spring No. 2 in C Major: Vivace Allegro Beethoven Adagio molto espressivo No. 3 in C minor: Moderato Spring Sonata is dedicated to Scherzo: Allegro molto Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 the memory of Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo Jan Tissot Allegro maestoso Scherzo: Molto vivace INTERMISSION Largo Finale: Presto non tanto Glen Montgomery Sponsored by String Quartet in C# minor, Op. 131 Ludwig van Beethoven Parry Sound Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo Books Allegro molto vivace WEEK 2 Thursday July 30th 3:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre Allegro moderato – Adagio Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile Presto Adagio quasi un poco andante Moshe’s Favourites Allegro
Concert Moshe Hammer, violin; Glen Montgomery, piano WEEK 2 Sponsored by Friday July 31st 10:30 am Festival Station Gallery Terry E. Fraser Barrister and Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 Johann Sebastian Bach Solicitor Allegro (1685-1750) Andante Stockey Piano Master Class Allegro assai
Sonata in E minor, K. 304 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Glen Montgomery works with the Allegro (1756 -1791) 2015 RBC Stockey Young Artist Annie Zhou. Tempo di menuetto *Please note time change and venue. Sonatina in G minor, D. 408 Franz Schubert Allegro giusto (1797-1828) Andante Menuetto & trio Allegro moderato
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Wendake/Huronia LA GRANDE FETE DES AMES The fourth panel is the most extended. I first read of the traditional “Feast of the Dead” in Olive Dickason’s ground-breaking study Canada’s First Nations. It is described in a The Toronto Consort, Brookside Festival Chamber Choir, chapter of The Orenda. The aboriginal term is “Feast of Souls.” Once a First Nations singers and drummers decade or so, villagers would disinter their deceased and transport their remains to an agreed central place where in a week-long ceremony Late in 2013, John French, Founder of dancing and chanting they would rebury them in a common plot, and Artistic Director of Brookside Music with furs, food, ceramics and other artifacts. The early French observers Association, conceived the idea of all mention this festival, including Champlain, the Récollet missionary commissioning a special work to Gabriel Sagard (copying Champlain almost word for word), and the commemorate the 400th anniversary of later Jesuit missionary Jean de Brébeuf. I felt a musical depiction of the voyage of Samuel de Champlain to the the Feast was essential, but found it hard to imagine short passages region of Huronia (known as Wendake from the Brébeuf text being sung. The solution is to have them spoken to the natives). He approached John Beckwith by a narrator against instrumental and choral sound-illustrations. to discuss the concept and work soon began on “Wendake/Huronia”. In describing the work, Beckwith writes LAMENTATION, 1642 Bruce Trigger’s The Children of Aataentsic “I decided to compile a text from various sources, aiming for a (1976) and Georges Sioui’s Les Wendats (1994) are the most profound sort of impressionistic summary of the Wendat experience, before studies of the Wendat history. As an appendix to Les Wendats, Sioui and after Champlain”. He describes the 6 movements as follows: published a paper he gave at Laval University in 1992 on the five- hundredth anniversary of another famous voyage, that of Columbus. RAQUETTES For a prologue suggesting “pre-contact” I chose a It recounts the life-patterns of Wendats in the years 992, 1492, and feature that the French visitors found novel and remarkable: snowshoes. 1642. His picture of the state of Huronia a century and a half after Against percussion imitating the sound of this mode of travel, individual Columbus affected me deeply. He imagines a young Wendat, having voices shout out, as in a roll-call, the names of various Wendat clans. lived through the crisis of European “takeover,” calling on the Great The words were provided by the linguist John Steckley, the leading Spirit to restore his people to their former dignity. authority on the Wendat language, who also kindly supplied me with A L’AVENIR “But,” Georges Sioui advised me, “don’t end there.” a prayer-like text to be sung by the alto soloist. He thought the angry lament should be followed by more optimistic CHAMPLAIN Champlain’s published account of his travels (1619) sentiments, reflecting today’s efforts towards reconciliation of includes in its second edition (1632) a poetic epigraph written by a aboriginal and settler cultures. In his most recent book of poems, fan. It employs the then-brand-new terms “Canada” and “la Nouvelle Seawi (2013), I found an English-language poem addressed to his France” and elaborately extols Champlain, his ventures and his infant nephew, expressing hopes of a more peaceful future. writings. I decided to set three of its four stanzas, in a contrapuntal choral style that might sound “European” after that prologue. Among the Consort’s available instruments, I chose those most suited LE CANOTAGE Like snowshoes in winter, canoes in summer were to a seventeenth-century Canadian setting: recorders, lute, mandolin, new and fascinating to the French, who admired both the vessels viola da gamba, chamber organ, and — for percussion — drums, and their adroit management by the natives. My third panel is rattles, sticks, and scrapers. I felt I should avoid metal percussion but an instrumental evocation of canoeing, accompanying extracts from on learning that small bells were favoured at that time as trade items contemporary descriptions chanted by the chorus. allowed myself a hand-bell.
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An Evening with Rosie, Jazz Canada Judy, and Peggy! Concert Dave Restivo, Robi Botos, Gary Williamson, pianists; Sponsored by Township of Neil Swainson, bass; Terry Clarke, drums Concert Adi Braun, vocalist; David Restivo, piano; Pat Collins, bass; Seguin Sponsored by Three Canadian jazz pianists present this concert to honour the ScotiaBank Daniel Barnes, drums legendary piano greats including: Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, From the sultry “Come On-a My House” to the sexy mystique Herbie Hancock, Count Basie, Jelly Roll Morton, Bud Powell, of “Fever” to the bittersweet truth of “The Man that Got Away,” McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Thelonius Monk, Dave Brubeck, Adi Braun takes you down the yellow brick road and over the Bill Evans, Hank Jones and more. Thanks to Gary Williamson rainbow in a show of Clooney, Garland and Lee signature songs Adi Braun who took over as music director for the evening’s programme. Sponsored by and swinging hits. Book City Our thoughts and good wishes are with our She adds her own signature flair and powerhouse vocals to toe- friend Dave Young, Artistic Advisor for the tapping classics and luscious ballads in a show with something for Festival’s Jazz Canada weekend since its everyone that will leave you asking “Is That All There Is?” inception. This year Dave again worked with James Campbell to programme the Civic Holiday Weekend concerts and to engage the musicians. Unfortunately Dave had to WEEK 2 Saturday August 1st 11:00 am Charles W. Stockey Centre withdraw from performing as he recovers from shoulder surgery. We miss you Dave.
Doug Dickin Be sure that our thoughts are with you. Jazz for Open Ears WEEK 2 Sunday August 2nd 10:30 am Chippewa III Cruise Boat Concert Graham Campbell, guitar and vocals; Anna Atkinson, violin, Sponsored by CN Community keyboards, vocals (and everything else); Sam McLellan, bass; Investement Grant Simeon Abbott, piano Coffee & Jazz on Graham Campbell and his musical friends in “Words Around the Waist” offer jazz for families. the Chippewa
Graham Campbell Graham Campbell Graham Campbell, guitar and vocals; Anna Atkinson, violin, Sponsored by Sponsored by Doris Brown Ailene Wittstein keyboards, vocals (and everything else); Sam McLellan, bass; Simeon Abbott, piano
A Sunday morning scenic cruise. Graham Campbell and “Words Around the Waist” perform Joni Mitchell, Jacques Brel and Tom Waits.
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David Braid and Sinfonia UK Toronto All-Star Big Band
David Braid, piano; Sinfonia UK; Lee Tsang, conductor; Concert Toronto All-Star Big Band; Zygmunt Jedrzejek, Artistic Director; Sponsored by Steven Wilkie, orchestra leader Fred Ibey Drew Jurecka, violin In Memory of Betty Ibey & The music of the Big Bands of the 1930’s and ‘40’s holds a special Chauvet David Braid Ed Gawronski place in the hearts of many. The vibrant young musicians of the A provocative piece inspired by the recently (b. 1975) Toronto All-Star Big Band revive the spirit and sound of the golden discovered 30,000 year-old paintings of Chauvet age of big bands. Cave in Southern France, as documented in Band Sponsored by Werner Herzog’s film Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Sarah Gardner In honour of Red Hero Cantata David Braid Peter Gardner’s 80th Birthday A composition for orchestra and voice composed to honour the unnamed soldiers and untold stories of bravery during the First World War.
Spirit Dance David Braid Elements of melody, harmony, rhythm and metre are extracted from various ethnic diversities from a radius of 5 km from central Toronto; the cohesion and abrupt shifts in the music reflect the unity and disparity of Toronto’s cultural mosaic. Semi David Braid Sound Selections A programmatic piece expressing isolation and FESTIVAL OF THE SOUND harsh climate in Arctic Canada, inspired by Glenn Gould’s sound documentary The Idea of North. GIFT SHOP
Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin/David Braid George Gershwin’s classic (1898-1937) Featuring unique in a unique version by David Braid items from local artists, Canada and
Supported by National Lottery through Arts Council England, around the world. University of Hull and Steinway Piano Gallery Toronto. EVENING FAIRHEAD LIGHT — PAT
July 17th – August 9th, 2 5 James Campbell, Artistic Director Annual Summer Classical Music Festival Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts 2 5 Parry Sound, Ontario Open before, at intermission and after all Stockey Centre concerts. Debit and credit cards accepted.
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Film: Bird BEARLY USED BOOKS Series curated by Will DiNovi Bird, a 1988 American film, is produced and directed 45 SEGUIN STREET by Clint Eastwood. The film pays tribute to both the DOWNTOWN PARRY SOUND genius and the tragedy in For Prompt Service please call the life of jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker. 705-746-4731 www.bearlyusedbooks.ca
WEEK 3 Monday, August 3rd 7:30 pm Island Queen
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Afiara at St. Andrews The Man in the Picture Kevin Fox/Tom Allen
Augschwung from Fantasiestücke, Robert Schumann Afiara String Quartet: Valerie Li, violin; Timothy Cantor, violin; Opus 12 (excerpt) Eric Wong, viola; Adrian Fung, cello Gin House Blues (1925) Fletcher Henderson/Henry Troy arr. Peter Gemmell String Quartet in B minor, Hob. III: 68 Franz Joseph Haydn Allegro spiritoso (1732-1809) Sonata for Harp (1939) Paul Hindemith Adagio, ma non troppo Mäßig schnell Menuetto: Allegretto Finale: presto Come Over Kevin Fox/Tom Allen
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135 Ludwig van Beethoven Smile (1936) Charlie Chaplin/J Turner/G. Parsons, Allegretto (1770 -1827) arr. Peter Gemmell Vivace Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo INTERMISSION Grave, ma non troppo tratto – Allegro Ich kann, ich will (1930) Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed, arr. Peter Gemmell WEEK 3 Tuesday, August 4th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre Beim schlafengehen (1948) Richard Strauss arr. Lori Gemmell From Weimar to Vaudeville History Bryce Kulak Lost in the Stars (1948) Kurt Weill/Maxwell Anderson arr. Patricia O’Callaghan Concert Tom Allen, narrator, trombone; Patricia O’Callaghan, soprano; Sponsored by Municipality of Bryce Kulak, vocalist, piano, accordion; Kevin Fox, vocalist, cello, Sonata for Harp (1939) Paul Hindemith McDougall guitar; Lori Gemmell, harp, piano, trumpet, vocalist; Peter Gemmell, Lebhalt clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tambourine Come Over (reprise) Kevin Fox/Tom Allen America emerges from the Great Depression while Germany descends into darkness and chaos. Two musical princes, one rich, one Intermezzo in A, Opus 118, #2 (1893) (excerpt) Johannes Brahms poor, reach to each other across hardship and time as the world tilts again toward war. Tom Allen’s vivid imagining of the 20’s and 30’s. From Weimar to Vaudeville was written by Tom Allen. Original music by Bryce Kulak, Kevin Fox, Tom Allen and Peter Gemmell. Overture Peter Gemmell Dramaturgy by Guillermo Verdecchia. Created with generous support from the Scott Griffin Foundation. Intermezzo in A, Opus 118, #2 (excerpt) Johannes Brahms Commissioned by the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival and Ignition Bryce Kulak Music Niagara and developed with support from Soulpepper Theatre. Thanks to Maren Molthan for German translation.
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Three Centuries “Large” Chamber Music
Concert John Novacek, piano; Joel Quarrington, bass; Afiara String Quartet; Jeffrey Stokes, lecturer Sponsored by Iron City Adrian Fung, guest Artistic Director Fishing Club Numerically between the venerable string quartet and the full symphony orchestra, the pleasures and challenges of chamber music for larger forces. Elegy for bass and piano John Novacek (b. 1964)
A Nightingale Sang in Manning Sherwin/Don Thompson WEEK 3 Wednesday, August 5th 7:30pm Charles W. Stockey Centre Berkeley Square (1902-1974) (b.1940)
Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1 Ernö Dohnányi Allegro (1877-1960) Scherzo. Allegro Baritone, Strings and Winds Adagio quasi andante Finale. Allegro animato Russell Braun Russell Braun, baritone; Carolyn Maule, piano; Mark Fewer, violin; Sponsored by Logan’s of Martin Beaver, violin; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Paul Marleyn, Parry Sound cello; Joel Quarrington, double bass; James Campbell, clarinet; WEEK 3 Wednesday, August 5th 3:30pm Charles W. Stockey Centre Ken MacDonald, horn; James McKay, bassoon
Six Songs, Op. 154 for voice, piano & violin Louis Spohr Abendfeier: Leise schleich ich mich (1784-1859) Classical Giants Jagdlied: Seht ihr’s dor funkeln in rosiger Pracht? Töne: Worte hab ich nicht, um dir zu sagen Erlkönig: Wer reitet so spat durch Nacht und Wind? Concert Martin Beaver, violin; Mark Fewer, violin; Graham Oppenheimer, Der Spielmann und seine Geige: Vor Gottes Aug’, dem Abendrot Sponsored by Abendstille: Der Tag hat sich zur Ruh gelegt Dr. Chris Decker viola; Paul Marleyn, cello; Joel Quarrington, double bass; James Campbell, clarinet; Ken MacDonald, horn; James McKay, bassoon; Away and Awake in the Night, John Estacio Stéphane Lemelin, piano for baritone, violin & piano (b. 1966) There is no night in the city Violin Sonata No. 18 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Waiting in G Major K. 301 (1756 -1791) I will not wake her Allegro con spirito Allegro INTERMISSION
Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 Ludwig van Beethoven Octet in F Major, D. 803 Franz Schubert Adagio. Allegro con brio (1770 -1827) Adagio – Allegro – Più allegro (1797-1828) Adagio cantabile Adagio Tempo di menuetto Scherzo: Allegro vivace Tema con variazioni: Andante Andante – Un poco più mosso – Più lento Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace Menuetto: Allegretto Andante con molto alla marcia – Presto Andante molto – Allegro – Andante molto – Allegro molto
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DiNovi Talks to DiNovi From 1789 to 2004
Will DiNovi, interviewer Concert Mark Fewer and Martin Beaver, violins; John Novacek, piano Sponsored by Township of Will DiNovi, film critic, interviews his parents: Gene, about his days Seguin Martin Beaver’s violin was made by Nicola Bergonzi in 1789 in Hollywood, and Deirdre, Casting Director for The Red Violin and in Cremona. Mark Fewer’s violin in 2004 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. Chaconne from Partita No. 2 Johann Sebastian Bach *Please note change in time. in D minor, BWV 1004 (1685-1750)
Sonata in C Major, Op. 56 Sergei Prokofiev Mark Fewer Andante cantabile (1891-1953) Sponsored by WEEK 3 Thursday, August 6th 1:15 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre Dr. Kim Warwick Allegro Comodo (quasi allegretto) Allegro con brio
Poème for violin & piano, Op 25 Ernest Chausson Film: The Red Violin (1855-1899)
Suite in G minor, Op. 71 Moritz Moszkowski Series curated by Will DiNovi Allegro energico (1854-1925) Allegro moderato The Red Violin is a 1998 Lento assai Canadian Film directed by Molto vivace Francois Girard. It traces the story of a mysterious violin made in 17th Century Italy through its many owners to an auction in present-day Montreal.
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Movie Night BOAT COVERS, MARINE UPHOLSTERY & COTTAGE AWNINGS
John Novacek Adrian Fung, continues his journey into the world of film music, Over 60 Years in the Cover Industry Sponsored by presenting some of the great music that made the scenes so magical. 85 River St. Parry Sound, Ontario P2A 2T8 • Tel: (705) 746-5622 • Fax: (705) 746-8688 Dave Tirsell John Novacek, piano; Stéphane Lemelin, piano; Afiara String Quartet
Novacek on Chaplin with music improvised and scored (Act I: Clip from The Adventurer) by John Novacek Andante from Trio in B-flat Major D.471 Franz Schubert (12 Years a Slave) (1797-1828) Novacek on Chaplin (Act II: Clip from The Rink) Tarantella campana Gene DiNovi (b.1928) Adagio, Op 11. (Platoon) Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Novacek on Chaplin (Act III: Clip from The Immigrant) Parry Sound INTERMISSION Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 Felix Mendelssohn Allegro energico e con fuoco (1809-1847) Carpets - N - Colours Andante espressivo Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto * FLOOR COVERINGS * WINDOW COVERINGS * BOX SPRINGS & MATTRESSES* Finale: Allegro appassionato STEVE CARSON TOLL FREE: 1-877-224-7042 73-77 JAMES STREET LOCAL: (705) 746-8922 WEEK 3 Friday, August 7th 2:15 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre The Other 50 Diabelli Variations
Jeffrey Stokes, lecturer FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.COM/FESTOFTHESOUND Beethoven was only one of the dozens of Viennese composers who responded to Diabelli’s invitation to compose a variation on his little waltz. A sampling of these other efforts runs the gamut of contemporary compositional prowess and taste, and throws Beethoven’s set into high relief.
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Goodyear Plays Beethoven Conversations with Keith
Concert Stewart Goodyear, piano Martin Beaver Sponsored by Terry D. Clark, Martin Beaver first came to the Festival as an emerging young Chartered Diabelli Variations, Op 120 Ludwig van Beethoven Accountant artist and has gone to a stellar career, including 11 years as first Tema: Vivace (1770 -1827) violinist of the famed Tokyo String Quartet. Var.I: Alla marcia maestoso Stewart Goodyear Var.II: Poco allegro Sponsored by Var.III: L’istesso tempo Dr. Derek & Mary George Var.IV: Un poco più vivace Var.V: Allegro vivace WEEK 3 Friday, August 7th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre Var.VI: Allegro ma non troppo e serioso Var.VII: Un poco più allegro Var.VIII: Poco vivace Var.IX: Allegro pesante e risoluto The Intimate Concerto Var.X: Presto Var.XI: Allegretto Var.XII: Un poco più moto Concert Martin Beaver, violin; Mark Fewer, violin; James Campbell, clarinet; Sponsored by Var.XIII: Vivace Moquin Medical Stéphane Lemelin, piano; Afiara String Quartet; Rachel Mercer, cello; Var.XIV: Grave e maestoso Joel Quarrington, double bass Var.XV: Presto scherzando
Var.XVI: Allegro Joel Quarrington Violin Concerto in C Major, Hob.VIIa:1 Franz Joseph Haydn Var.XVII: Allegro. Sponsored by Allegro moderato (1732-1809) Book City Var.XVIII: Poco moderato Adagio Var.XIX: Presto Finale. Presto Var.XX: Andante Clarinet Concerto in A Major, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Var.XXI: Allegro con brio – Meno allegro – Tempo primo K. 622 (1756 -1791) Var.XXII: Allegro molto, alla ‘Notte e giorno faticar’ di Mozart Allegro Var.XXIII: Allegro assai Adagio Var.XXIV: Fughetta (Andante) Rondo. Allegro Var.XXV: Allegro Var.XXVI: Piacevole INTERMISSION Var.XXVII: Vivace Var.XXVIII: Allegro Concerto in D Major, Op. 21 Ernest Chausson Var.XXIX: Adagio ma non troppo (1855-1899) Var.XXX: Andante, sempre cantabile Décidé Sicilienne Var.XXXI: Largo, molto espressivo Grave Var.XXXII: Fuga: Allegro Très animé Var.XXXIII: Tempo di menuetto moderato
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Conversations with Keith Jazzbo Brown Blues from Porgy And Bess George Gershwin Soloist: John Novacek, piano
Dave Burnham Au fond du temple saint from The Pearl Fishers Georges Bizet Dave Burnham’s iconic microphone has recorded every Festival concert since its beginning. Today we honour the man INTERMISSION most responsible for the sound of the Festival of the Sound.
Don't Rain on My Parade from Funny Girl Bob Merrill and Jule Styne
WEEK 3 Saturday, August 8th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre La donna è mobile from Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi
Letter Duet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Love, Laughter and Passion from The Marriage of Figaro Glitter and Be Gay from Candide Leonard Bernstein
Lippen schweigen from The Merry Widow Franz Lehár Concert Leslie Fagan, soprano; Julia Obermeyer, soprano; Sponsored by Distler Elisabeth DuBois, soprano; Emma Mansell, mezzo-soprano; Send in the Clowns from A Little Night Music Stephen Sondheim Construction Ltd. Mark DuBois, tenor; Keith Klassen, tenor; Bruce Kelly, bass; John Novacek, piano; Stéphane Lemelin, piano There Once Were Two Royal Children Franz Lehár from The Merry Widow
Brindisi from La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi If I Were a Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof Jerry Bock
Mi lusinga il dolce affetto from Alcina George Frideric Handel Mein Herr Marquis from Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss Mark DuBois Sponsored by Nemico della patria from Andrea Chénier Umberto Giordano George Gershwin Songbook George Gershwin Sound Ideas Audiology Can't Help Lovin’ Dat Man from Showboat Jerome Kern Soloist: John Novacek, piano
O zittre nicht from The Magic Flute Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart I Remember it Well from Gigi Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe Dein ist mein ganzes Herz from The Land Of Smiles Franz Lehár Ol ‘Man River from Show Boat Jerome Kern Sempre libera from La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi Leslie Fagan Sponsored by The Impossible Dream from Man Of La Mancha Mitch Leigh Dr. Jim Shewchun Alone and yet Alive from The Mikado W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan Lille’s Eyes from The Secret Garden Lucy Simon
Think of Me from Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber The People’s Song from Les Misérables Claude-Michel Schönberg
Si le bonheur from Faust Charles Gounod
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Conversations with Keith
Stewart Goodyear
What is it like to perform all 32 Beethoven Piano sonatas in one day, from memory! Meet the pianist has done it. 2 artists
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The musicians that come to the Festival of the Sound annually are what make us who we are. Whether it is their Rising Stars 1st or their 36th summer coming to Parry Sound, each musician is part of the Festival Family.
Concert Stewart Goodyear, piano; National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Sponsored by Township of the Boris Brott, conductor Archipelago RBC STOCKEY YOUNG ARTIST Papageno Revisited Alexander Brott Annie Zhou (1915-2005)
Piano Concerto, Op.73, Emperor Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro (1770 -1827) Adagio un poco mosso Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo CHARLES & LOIS STOCKEY
INTERMISSION The Festival of the Sound’s RBC Stockey Young Artist program Symphony in E minor, From the New World Antonín Dvorˆák supports exceptional young musicians in their transition to Adagio — Allegro molto (1841-1904) professional careers and honours our benefactor Charles Largo W. Stockey. Through the RBC Emerging Artists Support Project, Molto vivace over thirty organizations across Canada help young artists Allegro con fuoco bridge the gap from the academic to the professional world.
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Tom Allen Julie Baumgartel Daniel Bolshoy David Braid
WRITER, NARRATOR, VIOLIN GUITAR PIANO VOICE, TROMBONE Julie Baumgartel has been Daniel Bolshoy is Hailed in the Canadian Lydia Adams Tom Allen earned degrees Glenn Anderson interested in performing Martin Beaver committed to bringing the Robi Botos press as “A jazz genius to CONDUCTOR in music from Boston DRUMS baroque and classical VIOLIN guitar to the attention of PIANO call our own” (Macleans and Yale Universities. music on period instruments audiences everywhere. Magazine), two-time Juno Lydia Adams has dedicated As a trombonist he toured Glenn Anderson has been since her undergraduate Recognised as a soloist, He has performed as Robi Botos is a Jazz pianist Award winning pianist her career to the growth Canada and the U.S. performing on the Toronto studies at Indiana chamber musician, and as a soloist with many of Hungarian descent who David Braid has performed of Canadian choral with the Great Lakes Brass music scene for the past University. Since then first violinist of the renowned orchestras internationally has quickly joined the concerts of his original music. She is Artistic as well as playing with three and a half decades. she has performed with Tokyo String Quartet from and across Canada, ranks of Canada’s elite music and improvisations Director of both the the New York City Ballet, He has a musical reputation Tafelmusik and the Freiburg 2002-2013, Martin Beaver including Vancouver jazz musicians. Having across The United States, Elmer Iseler Singers and the Toronto Symphony for being a hard swinging, Baroque Orchestra across is in demand all over the and Toronto Symphony been mentored by the Europe, Scandinavia, the Amadeus Choir of and with Mel Lewis and yet dynamically sensitive Europe, North America world. After a remarkable Orchestras. Daniel Bolshoy great Oscar Peterson, Asia, Australia, Brazil Greater Toronto, national Village Vanguard Jazz drummer capable of driving and Asia. Now living in career, the Quartet has performed for many Robi Botos has received and Canada. Combining leaders in commissioning, Orchestra. In his 23-year a big band, accompanying Kitchener Waterloo, she concluded its final season prestigious festivals numerous awards and harmonies fundamental to premiering, performing career with the CBC he a vocalist or playing in a frequently performs with in the summer of 2013. including, Guitar-Gems accolades including First European classical music and recording Canadian has hosted many radio jazz trio. He has performed the K-W Symphony and Remaining one of Canada’s (Israel), Tabula Rasa Place Prizes at the 2008 and the spontaneity of choral works. She has programs, including Music with nearly every traditional is Artistic Director of Nota violin ambassadors to (Russia), Music and Beyond Montreux Jazz Festival Solo American jazz, Braid’s conducted choral works and Company and his jazz band in Toronto over Bene Baroque Players. the international concert (Ottawa), Indian River Piano Competition and fusion of art music engages of Canadian composers current program, Shift. the years including The She has been featured in stages, Martin Beaver is an Music Festival, Elora and 2008 Great American Jazz audiences with a style that including Somers, Tom Allen has published Excelsior Jazz Band, Dinny CBC radio broadcasts and active musician for recital, Vancouver International Piano Competition. Most has been described as Freedman, Applebaum, three books, and was the & The Allstars, The Hot Five performs chamber music concerto and chamber Chamber Music Festivals. recently, Robi was awarded “hauntingly beautiful” (The Watson Henderson, Hatzis, 2002 winner of the Edna Jazzmakers, The Ragweed regularly at the Festival of performances. He has Daniel Bolshoy has been the 2012 TD Grand Jazz Globe & Mail.) Recently Daley and Togni. She has Staebler Award for Creative Jazz Band, The Hot the Sound in Parry Sound, collaborated with many invited to participate as award at The Montreal awarded Jazz Pianist of the toured extensively and Non-Fiction. He also hosts Peppers, The Dixie Demons, with the Gallery Players esteemed artists including a jury member in several International Jazz Festival. Year in Canada, Braid is guest conducted throughout concerts with orchestras Up Jumped Swing, The of Niagara and with violinist Pinchas Zukerman international music Born into a musical family also a recipient of SOCAN Canada and the United across Canada including Climax Jazz Band, New the Factory Arts Quartet and eminent conductors competitions, including in Hungary, Robi Botos Composer of the Year, States, and recently the Afterworks series with York – based trumpeter/ on the InnerChamber such as Kazuyoshi Akiyama the Guitar-Gems festival began his musical career recognizing his output of conducted a tour of the the Toronto Symphony vocalist Jon Seiger, pianist series in Stratford. Julie and Charles Dutoit. Martin in Israel, the Tabula Rasa when he was just a child over one hundred works world’s first Cree opera, Orchestra and his own Jordan Klapman, Bertie co-founded the Grand River Beaver was awarded the festival in Russia, and playing with his father including compositions for Pimooteewin: The Journey, Classical Goodtime Variety & The Gents and The Baroque Festival near Ayr, use of the 1729 `ex-Heath’ the National Finals of the and two brothers. Robi’s solo piano, jazz ensembles by Tomson Highway and Show. Most recently, Magnolia Brass Band. Ontario with her husband Guarneri del Gesù violin Canadian Federation of notable performances chamber groups, and Melissa Hui. An innovative Tom Allen has been author oboist James Mason. on loan from The Canada Music Festivals. He has include: Opening for symphony orchestras. programmer, Ms. Adams and songwriter/lyricist for She has recently become Council for the Arts-Musical recently been appointed Oscar Peterson at the He has released nine has included over 50 new a set of cabaret shows that interested in teaching and Instrument Bank. He received head of the guitar division Stravinsky hall in Montreux, recordings, garnering six commissions in the past blend storytelling, classical in September 2011 she the Canada Council’s at the University of British headlining the Long Juno nominations and two 13 years. Lydia has been music and popular song. joined the faculty of the prestigious Virginia Parker Columbia School of Music Beach Convention and Juno awards; he is also a working with the Festival Laurier String Academy. Award for the most promising and is also the head of Entertainment Center and multi-National Jazz Award of the Sound for over young Canadian artist. He the guitar department at opening for Bela Fleck at Winner and a recipient of 30 years, as a singer, is currently on the faculty at the Vancouver Symphony the 2005 TD Toronto Jazz the Canada Council for the conductor and friend. The Colburn School. Orchestra School of Music. Festival main stage. Arts “JazzID” Award.
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Russell Braun Graham Terr y Clarke Gene DiNovi
BARITONE Campbell DRUMS COMPOSER, NARRATOR, PIANO, VOCAL GUITAR Adi Braun Renowned for his luminous Boris Brott James Campbell Terry Clarke got his first Bob DeAngelis voice “capable of the Described as a “gifted drum set on his 12th Gene DiNovi began his VOICE most powerful explosions CONDUCTOR guitarist and composer” CLARINET birthday and studied for CLARINET career as a teenaged bebop as well as the gentlest (The Whole Note), Graham five years with Jim Blackley. pianist in jazz clubs along Adi Braun has performed Boris Brott is one of James Campbell has Juno award winner Bob covered notes” (Toronto Campbell is a versatile In 1965, he moved to New York’s fabled 52nd in every major jazz and the most internationally followed his muse to five DeAngelis has become Star) baritone Russell Braun member of Toronto’s music San Francisco and worked Street and played for concert venue in Toronto, recognized Canadian television specials, more one of Canada’s most rightfully claims his place community. He earned his with John Handy III for several bandleaders (Henry has toured Canada, the conductors, holding than 40 recordings, over accomplished bandleaders on the concert, opera and degree in music at Humber the next 2 ½ years, during Jerome, Joe Marsala, Boyd United States, and Europe. major posts as music 30 works commissioned, and freelance musicians. recital stages of the world. College after studying which time the award- Raeburn, Stan Hasselgard, Born in Toronto, she grew director in Canada and a Juno Award, a Roy A master of the clarinet, His interpretations of with jazz great David winning recording, “Live and others) in the late 1940s. up in Europe surrounded the United States. He is Thomson Hall Award, saxophone and other German Lieder have won Baker in his hometown at Monterey Jazz Festival” He recorded as a sideman by music and musicians. Conductor and Music Canada’s Artist of the Year, woodwinds, Bob DeAngelis’ him international acclaim of Bloomington, Indiana. was made. Clarke then to Benny Goodman and Her parents were opera Director of the New West the Queen’s Golden Jubilee varied career includes – “A searching musician, He has performed at the joined the pop vocal group, Artie Shaw in this period. singers, and her father, Symphony in California, Medal and the Order of appearances at numerous Braun also has one of Festival of the Sound , The Fifth Dimension, until A popular accompanist Victor Braun, was one of the McGill Chamber Canada. He has performed jazz festivals such as the the world’s most beautiful The Ottawa Chamber Music 1970 when he re-located with singers, Gene DiNovi Canada’s leading baritones. Orchestra in Montreal, solo and chamber music Montreux Jazz Festival and baritone voices. He brings Festival, The Calgary to Toronto, playing jazz in played for Peggy Lee, Tony With no formal voice the National Academy concerts in 30 countries. the Toronto Downtown Jazz a poet’s soul and a young Reggae Festival and The all styles in Toronto studio Bennett, and Lena Horne. lessons, she made her first Orchestra of Canada and He has been soloist with Festival. He was the featured man’s bewildered grief Montreal Chamber Music scenes, television shows, While in Los Angeles he pop/jazz recording at Principal Youth and Family over 60 orchestras and soloist in the hit musical to Schubert’s shattering Festival. He has performed jingles. For 25 years studied composition and age 19. Following family Conductor of the National has appeared with over Fosse where he recreated cycle of solitude and loss.” with such greats as jazz Terry Clarke has recorded orchestration with Mario tradition, Adi Braun trained Arts Centre of Canada. He 30 string quartets. Since Benny Goodman’s (New York Newsday). pianist Gene DiNovi and and toured with Rob Castelnuovo-Tedesco. After classically at the Royal is also Artistic Director of 1985, James Campbell performance of Sing, Winner of the 2001 JUNO genre-bending violinist McConnell’s Boss Brass his first visit to Toronto in Conservatory of Music and the Brott Musical Festival, has been Artistic Director Sing, Sing at Carnegie for Apollo e Daphne Mark Fewer. He has written big band. Since 1985 he 1971 as an accompanist the University of Toronto’s Ontario’s principal classical of the Festival of the Sound Hall. His dance band, with Les Violons du Roy for big band, string quartet, has pursued an exclusively to Carmen McRae, Gene Faculty of Music. She began orchestra music festival. and has programmed over Music Spectrum and The (Dorian), Russell has twice and symphony orchestra. jazz career, working DiNovi made the city his her singing career as a In 1988, Boris Brott was 1500 concerts for the Bob DeAngelis Orchestra recorded Dido & Aeneas. In 2013 he released As You and recording with Ed home in 1972. He has classical recitalist, a soloist awarded the Officer of the festival. Under his direction, are actively engaged at Russell Braun makes his Near Me, a collaboration Bickert, Doc Cheatham, divided his career there with orchestra, and on stage Order of Canada, and an the Festival has travelled to many functions and his home near Toronto with his with clarinetist and father Gene DiNovi, Buddy Tate between extended solo in operas and operettas Honorary Doctorate of Law England, Japan, and the jazz bands perform at wife, pianist Carolyn Maule James Campbell. He brings and The Toshiko Akiyoshi piano engagements at alongside her brother, at McMaster University. Netherlands and it has been festivals and events. Over and their sons, Benjamin his band, Words Around Jazz Orchestra among several of the city’s more baritone Russell Braun. Two years later, he was the subject of documentaries the past 20 years, he has and Gabriel. The Waist, to the 2015 many others. exclusive rooms and studio Adi Braun started “singing made a Knight of Malta. by BBC Television, CBC entertained for numerous Festival of the Sound. work as an arranger and sideways” in the late 90’s Besides numerous film Television and TV Ontario. heads of state including He is passionate about composer. He composed and returned to the music and radio commitments, James Campbell has been our Prime Ministers Pierre music education, bringing The Scandinavian Suite she loved, which she calls Boris Brott has conducted, Professor of Music at the E. Trudeau, Brian Mulroney music to public schools No. 1, a Divertimento in “cabarazz”, drawing on produced and hosted over prestigious Jacobs School of and several members of the with organizations such as Blue (for Benny Goodman), aspects from both cabaret 100 television programs on Music, Indiana University, British Royal Family, as well Strings Across The Sky and Hommage à Satie, and and jazz. both sides of the Atlantic. since 1988. as United States Presidents the Festival’s Music Scores. several other classical pieces. Reagan & Bush.
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Mark DuBois Michael Dunston Ron Ephrat Leslie Fagan
TENOR VOCALIST VIOLA SOPRANO
Mark DuBois’ busy career Michael Dunston is a jazz Ron Ephrat was born in Leslie Fagan has delighted Mike Downes on opera and concert vocalist who has worked Yegor Dyachkov Israel and studied with Leopoldo Erice audiences and critics Elisabeth DuBois BASS stages has taken him with some of the world’s CELLO Ilona Feher and Odeon PIANO alike at Royal Albert Hall, across Canada, the SOPRANO best known jazz musicians Partos at the Rubin Music Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Juno award winner Mike U.S.A., Italy, France, such as bassist Dave Lauded for his remarkable Academy in Tel Aviv. Spanish pianist Leopoldo Center, Bordeaux Opera Downes has earned a Belgium, Hungary, Austria, Elisabeth DuBois has Young, Russ Little, Oliver stage presence, depth He was a member of the Erice enjoys a performing House, Roy Thomson Hall reputation as one of the United Kingdom, been performing since Jones and numerous other of insight, nuance and Israel Chamber Orchestra and teaching career, which and Massey Hall. In the Canada’s finest jazz New Zealand, Bermuda, the age of four. She was Canadian jazz luminaries. generosity, cellist Yegor and Radio Philharmonic has brought him to Europe, 2013-14 season, she artists. He has been active Slovakia and the Czech in the T.O.Y.S choir for From his gospel roots, Dyachkov is an inspired Orchestra-Holland. He is the two Americas, Asia, returned to Carnegie Hall as a bassist, composer, Republic. Most recently 8 years and has had Michael Dunston has grown recitalist, chamber musician Solo Principal violist with and Africa. Among his with two performances of arranger and educator in he completed a concert secondary and lead roles into one of the premier and concerto soloist. Since the Rotterdam Philharmonic performances, the recitals Handel’s Messiah under the Canadian music scene tour of the new composition in three main stage Theatre R&B and Blues singers being proclaimed Artist Orchestra and professor with Canadian soprano the direction of Maestro since the early 1980s. “Oratorio Terezin” by Orangeville productions. worldwide. His music of the Year by the CBC in of viola at the Royal Leslie Fagan, clarinetist Kent Tritle and Bach’s His musicality, emotional Ruth Fazal, performed in As a soloist and ensemble speaks for itself. Michael 2000, he has gone on to Conservatory in The James Campbell, and the St Matthew Passion with depth and melodic approach the prestigious venues member she has sung Dunston channels the whole perform throughout Europe, Hague and the Rotterdam Cecilia and Penderecki the Oratorio Society of to the bass have thrilled of Reduta Hall, Bratislava, on various professional history of male R&B and Latin America, Asia, Conservatory as well as String Quartets especially New York. She performed audiences in Europe, Vienna Konzerthaus, stages including Roy Gospel vocals when he Canada and the United a founding member of the stand out. He is currently concerts in Ribideo, Spain Japan, South Korea, Brazil, St. Peter and Paul Thompson Hall, The sings and is someone who States, making his New New European Strings Assistant Professor of and the United Arab Mexico, Iceland, the Cathedral Brno, and Mississauga Living Arts can light up a room like York debut at Lincoln Chamber orchestra. Music at the American Emirates with Leopoldo United States and Canada. Smetana Hall, Prague to Centre and St. James almost no other performer. Center in October 2000. Ron Ephrat is a member University of Sharjah and Erice, and the Penderecki In addition to leading his great audience acclaim. Cathedral in Toronto with He has appeared with of the Amati String Trio and this year is Guest Lecturer String Quartet. Leslie Fagan own groups, Mike has His appearances at the Mark DuBois Studio major orchestras and at a recognized international in Piano at Wilfrid Laurier has been fortunate enough performed with virtually numerous music festivals Singers. In high school numerous international artist welcomed at many University. Ten years ago, to share the stage with all of Canada’s top jazz have included such Elisabeth DuBois was a festivals. Winning the festivals. Ron Ephrat plays he founded the Festival many great artists including musicians, including Oliver prestigious names as dedicated music student Orford International on a viola made by Matteo Internacional de Música Victor Borge, Lois Marshall Jones, Diana Krall, Guido Ravinia, Tanglewood, New who studied voice and Competition led to an Goffriller of Venice 1710 Clásica de Ribadeo. As a and Maureen Forrester. Basso and Pat LaBarbera. England Bach Festival, played the flute and horn invitation from the Chandos and uses a rare viola bow Fellow of the prestigious On the opera stage, she His recording Ripple Effect Hollywood Bowl, London’s in the O.D.S.S Concert label to record his debut made by D. Peccatte – “la Caixa” Foundation has sung the title role in recently won a 2014 Wigmore Hall, Cannes Band. She is now living CD in 1997. He teaches Paris. Fellowship Program (Spain), Donizetti’s Linda di JUNO for Traditional Jazz Midem Classique, Budapest her dream as a vocalist in at the Schulich School of Leopoldo Erice studied Chamounix, Pamina in Album of the Year. Mike Spring Festival and Festival the Undergraduate Music Music of McGill University at the Jacobs School of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte is the Bass Department International de Lanaudière. Education program at and at Université de Music, Indiana University and many more. Leslie Head at Humber College He is heard regularly on the University of Toronto. Montréal and offers under Leonard Hokanson, Fagan can be heard in Toronto and the author national radio network Elisabeth has been coming frequent master classes. Menahem Pressler, and frequently on CBC radio of The Jazz Bass Line Book broadcasts in a wide to the Festival of the Sound Emile Naoumoff. He holds and has appeared on CBC and co-author of Jazz and variety of performances since she was very young the degree of Doctor of television and both BBC Contemporary Music Theory. and has appeared in and is welcomed back this Musical Arts from the State radio and television and several television specials. year as a performer. University of New York at NPR. Stony Brook.
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Mark Fewer Stewart Goodyear Cynthia Hiebert Bruce Kelly
VIOLIN PIANO HARPSICHORD BARITONE
Described as “genre- Proclaimed “a phenomenon” Cynthia Hiebert has Bruce Kelly’s extensive Guy Few bending” by the National Lori Gemmell by the Los Angeles Times Moshe Hammer performed both traditional Drew Jurecka career has taken him to TRUMPET Post, and “intrepid” by HARP and “one of the best VIOLIN and contemporary VIOLIN many of the important the Globe and Mail, Mark pianists of his generation” harpsichord works in opera houses and concert As a pianist, trumpeter, Fewer has performed Lori Gemmell has been by the Philadelphia World-renowned violinist Canada, the United States Drew Jurecka is a crossover halls of Europe, including cornist, and singer, Guy Few around the world to critical harpist with the Kitchener- Inquirer, Stewart Goodyear and teacher, Moshe and England. She studied jazz and classical violinist. Nice, Strasbourg, Liège, delights audiences with his acclaim in virtually every Waterloo Symphony since is an accomplished young Hammer, is admired for with Colin Tilney and Arthur He completed his Bachelor Avignon, Vienna, Paris, intensity and charm. He is role asked of a violinist. 1999. Before joining the pianist as a concerto his artistic style, unique Haas, and as a recipient of Violin Performance at Brussels, and Moscow. equally at home in classical His regular musical diet KWS she played with soloist, chamber musician, interpretations and vibrant of the Gelber Fellowship, the esteemed Cleveland He has appeared in a or contemporary genres. includes performances Orchestra London and with recitalist and composer. tone. He has traveled the completed a doctorate in Institute of Music in Ohio. variety of leading roles, Through the CBC, the from the early baroque the Calgary Philharmonic He has performed with major world enthralling audiences harpsichord performance An in-demand soloist, including Silvio (Pagliacci), Canada Council and the to the avant-garde. Orchestra. She received orchestras of the world, as a soloist and as a at the State University session player and sideman, Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) Ontario Arts Council, he He is a dedicated chamber her Masters degree from including the Philadelphia chamber-musician. Born of New York at Stony Drew has played and and Walton (I Puritani). has debuted new works musician, jazz violinist, the University of Toronto Orchestra, New York in the ruins of Budapest, Brook. She now teaches recorded with a broad He has performed on by Canadian composers artistic director and teacher. where she studied with Philharmonic, Chicago Hungary after World War II, harpsichord at Wilfrid spectrum of artists in many Canadian stages from including Glen Buhr and As a chamber musician, Judy Loman. Lori Gemmell Symphony and many more. Moshe and his family Laurier University and genres, from Dave Brubeck coast to coast, Jacques Hétu. Guy Few has Mark Fewer is a regular also studied with Catherine He began his training at travelled to the new country piano at the Beckett School to Ron Sexsmith. For five with companies such as won innumerable prizes member of the Duke Piano Michel in Paris, France and The Royal Conservatory of Israel as refugees. There, of the Arts. In addition to years Drew played with Pacific Opera Victoria, for piano and trumpet Trio and the Smithsonian Alice Chalifoux in Camden, in Toronto, received his as Israel was struggling to work as a soloist, she has Jeff Healey as part of his Calgary Opera, Opera performance. He was a Chamber Players. As a Maine. She has had solo bachelor’s degree from build itself in a troubled collaborated with numerous Jazz Wizards band. Drew Ontario, Opera Lyra finalist in the CBC Young jazz violinist he has had concerto performances with Curtis Institute of Music, and region of the world, young ensembles including can be heard on three of Ottawa, Opera in Concert, Performer’s Competition and the honour of sharing the the National Arts Centre completed his master’s at Moshe established himself New York Baroque, the Jeff Healey’s CDs, including Toronto Operetta Theatre. the Grand Prize Winner of stage with Dave Young Orchestra, the Edmonton The Juilliard School. In the as an award-winning Penderecki String Quartet, the Juno Nominated Last In Canada Bruce Kelly has the CIBC National Music and Gene DiNovi. He was Symphony, Kitchener- 2012 and 2013 seasons, violinist. He has studied the Kitchener-Waterloo Call and movie and radio appeared as a frequent Festival. He has been invited the artistic director of the Waterloo Symphony and Stewart Goodyear performed with Ilona Feher at the Symphony Orchestra and soundtracks including guest soloist with all the as a professor, adjudicator, Scotia Festival of Music Orchestra London, among all 32 Beethoven Piano University of Tel-Aviv’s Rubin the Nota Bene Period Franklin, Republic of Doyle, major orchestras, and soloist, principal and from 2004-2009 and is others. Lori Gemmell Sonatas in one day at Academy of Music and Orchestra. Hiebert has Make the Politician Work, abroad with orchestras recitalist to many festivals the founding director of the teaches at Wilfrid Laurier Koerner Hall. In June and the Julliard School in New been honoured to perform Gunless, Degrassi, The Age such as the Prague Radio and has offered clinics and SweetWater Music Festival. University, Redeemer July 2014, he performed York. He was privileged Bach’s Concerto in D of Persuasion, Flashpoint, Symphony. Recent and master classes from Japan He was concertmaster of University College and has the complete sonatas in four to take part in special minor with three different Combat Hospital and Little upcoming projects include to the USA. Guy Few is the Vancouver Symphony a private studio in Toronto. three-hour programs at classes with Jascha Heifetz ensembles but her most Mosque on the Prairie. the world premiere of a gold medal graduate of from 2004-2008 and has She is a member of the Bargemusic in Brooklyn, in Los Angeles and Yehudi important collaborations to Drew currently teaches John Burge’s chamber Wilfrid Laurier University been on faculty of the Four Seasons Harp Quartet. NY. Highlights for the Menuhin in London. date have been offspring violin at Humber College, opera The Auction at the and holds a Fellowship Schulich School of Music, She enjoys creating 2014-15 season include two A tireless innovator, Moshe Gabriel (b.2001) and where he has helped to Westben Festival, Mozart’s Diploma from Trinity McGill University. performances of music concerts at Festival de Hammer has recently Isabelle (b.2006). create the only specialized Requiem with the Kingston College, London, England. and story with her husband Lanaudière in Joliette and a developed a technique for jazz strings post-secondary Symphony and Sharpless He lives in Elora and is a Tom Allen. duo-piano collaboration with teaching high-level concert program in Canada. in Madama Butterfly for part-time faculty member at Emmanuel Ax in Toronto at training for advanced Pacific Opera Victoria. Wilfrid Laurier University. Roy Thompson Hall. students over the Internet.
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André Laplante Caroline Peter Longworth Emma Mansell
PIANO Léonardelli PIANO MEZZO SOPRANO HARP Keith Klassen Canadian pianist André Stéphane Caroline Lizotte Pianist Peter Longworth Ken MacDonald Known for her captivating Laplante, hailed as one Based in Ottawa, Caroline has established himself performances, passionate TENOR of the great romantic Lemelin Léonardelli is principal HARP as one of the most sought HORN musicality and arresting virtuosos, has performed harpist with the Ottawa after performers of his stage presence, mezzo- Keith Klassen has emerged PIANO Very sought as a soloist, Ken MacDonald has served extensively throughout Symphony Orchestra and generation. Equally soprano Emma Mansell to become one of Canada’s chamber and orchestra as associate principal Canada, the United States, Pianist Stéphane Lemelin the Orchestre symphonique comfortable as soloist has performed several busiest tenors, averaging musician, Caroline Lizotte horn with the Winnipeg Europe and Asia, and is well-known to audiences de Gatineau. Born in and chamber musician, operatic roles, both 12 productions a season has held the Montreal Symphony Orchestra has released a series of throughout Canada and France, she graduated he has performed in cities classical and modern, since graduating with Symphony Orchestra’s since 2001. He has also ever more impressive CDs. regularly tours in the United with first prize in harp from around the world. He including the lovable honours from the Opera second harp chair since appeared as first horn with He garnered international States, Europe and Asia the Paris Conservatoire has been a soloist with Cherubino in Mozart’s Division at the University 2003. Also principal the Hamilton Philharmonic, attention after winning as soloist and chamber under the guidance of the Chicago Symphony Le Nozze di Figaro, and, of Toronto in 2002. harpist of the Orchestre Vancouver Opera prizes at the Geneva and musician. He studied with Jacqueline Borot at the Orchestra, the Vancouver most recently, the heroine He has been engaged Symphonique de Trois- Orchestra, and Symphony Sydney International Piano Yvonne Hubert in Montreal, age of 18. After arriving Symphony, Kitchener- Noodin-Kwe in the across Canada, as well Rivières since 1995, Nova Scotia. As a member Competitions, and capturing Karl-Ulrich Schnabel in in Canada, she completed Waterloo Symphony and Canadian opera Giiwedin, as in Scotland, Germany, she regularly records for of Octagon Chamber the silver medal at the New York, and received an Artist Diploma at other orchestras in North by Spy Dénommé-Welch the United States, Ireland classical and popular Ensemble, he has appeared International Tchaikovsky both Bachelor’s and McGill University School America. He is a founding and Catherine Magowan. and the Czech Republic. albums, as well as for at most of Canada’s major Competition in Moscow. Master’s degrees from the of Music. During her member of the Duke Piano Emma has performed as The Star Phoenix described movie soundtracks. chamber music series. André Laplante’s releases Peabody Conservatory as a youth, Caroline studied in Trio. Peter is an active a soloist with many notable him as having, “...a big A Canadian Music Centre Ken is originally from on the Analekta label student of Leon Fleisher. France with Lily Laskine, recording artist, heard on choral groups such as ringing voice and great Associate Composer, Vancouver and attended include works by Liszt, He holds the Doctor of one of the most celebrated the Azica Records label the Peterborough Singers, stage presence”, Classical Caroline Lizotte is a the University of British Ravel and Rachmaninoff, Musical Arts degree from harpists of the 20th century. with a 2013 release of Choral Connection of 96.3 added, “Klassen’s celebrated harpist-composer Columbia where he studied as well as an award Yale University. He taught Caroline’s latest recording solo Brahms piano music, St. Thomas, and the voice is pure honey with who is appreciated for her with Martin Hackleman. winning Brahms album. at the University of Alberta Impressions de France and a 2010 recording of Canadian National Youth its ease of high notes and contribution to the harp He is on faculty at the His recording of Jacques for more than ten years has received exceptional the complete Brahms violin Choir. Emma earned a the lyrical grace of his repertoire. Her compositions University of Manitoba Hetu’s Piano Concerto and at University of Ottawa critical acclaim. She and piano sonatas with Bachelor of Music and phrasing.” Opera Canada and transcriptions for harp where he teaches horn No. 2 for CBC Records from 2001 to 2013. He has a passion for choral Mark Fewer. Since 1991, a Diploma in Opera from raved that his Rodolfo was are played and recorded and chamber music. won a 2004 Juno award. was appointed Professor work and has a private Mr. Longworth has been Wilfrid Laurier University “...dramatically convincing, worldwide, as she is Ken is enthusiastic about André Laplante has of Piano and Chair of the harp class, developing a faculty member of the under the tutelage of sung with passionate frequently invited to give the WSO’s extensive served as a juror of the Department of Performance some of Canada’s finest Glenn Gould School in soprano Leslie Fagan, sincerity ensuring the master classes, lectures outreach activities. Tchaikovsky International at the Schulich School of young harpists. Caroline Toronto. Through his work and is currently a first audience’s love.” Recently, and concerts of her works. He has traveled to remote Piano Competition, the Music of McGill University Léonardelli performs with there as a private teacher, year Masters student at Klassen premiered the Caroline Lizotte taught communities and reserves International Music Festival starting May 2014. the Four Seasons Harp and as one of the key the Manhattan School opera Shelter at Edmonton at the Conservatoire de throughout Manitoba as a in Australia, the CBC Stéphane Lemelin was a Quartet. facilitators of the chamber of Music, studying with Opera and was heard in National Competition and member of Trio Hochelaga musique de Trois-Rivières music and collaborative teaching artist in the Music soprano Ashley Putnam. the Toronto premiere of the the Honens International from 2003 to 2012 and is from 2003 to 2010. She programs, he has Alive Program, a joint work under the auspices Piano Competition. the founder and Artistic is now professor of harp at influenced many of the most venture between the WSO of the Canadian Opera Director of the Prince Edward the Université de Montréal’s gifted young musicians of and the National Arts Company and Tapestry County Music Festival. Music Faculty since 2010. the next generation. Centre Orchestra. New Opera Works.
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Paul Marleyn Carolyn Maule Rachel Mercer John Novacek
CELLO PIANO CELLO PIANO
Cellist Paul Marleyn tours Canadian pianist Carolyn Described as a “pure The New York Times has Lauren Margison regularly in North America, James Mason Maule is much in demand James McKay chamber musician” Glen Montgomery called John Novacek a VOCALIST Europe and Asia. He is OBOE as a vocal accompanist. BASSOON (Globe and Mail) creating PIANO “wise, nimble, sensitive a frequent participant She has accompanied “moments of pure magic” artist.” He has toured Lauren Margison first in summer festivals James Mason is highly such renowned artists as James McKay maintains (Toronto Star), Canadian Glen Montgomery made frequently across Asia, attracted attention with including the Prussia Cove, regarded as one of Michael Schade, Monica an active schedule as a cellist Rachel Mercer has his professional debut at Europe, and North her singing abilities when Busan, Festival of the Canada’s most prominent Whicher, Patricia Racette, bassoonist, conductor, demonstrated her love the age of 16 with the America both as a soloist she joined the Canadian Sound, Domaine Forget, oboists. Since 1979 he has Isabel Bayrakdarian, acoustic researcher, for sharing music through Edmonton Symphony and a much sought- Children’s Opera Chorus Casalmaggiore, Leicester been the Principal Oboe Norine Burgess, Elizabeth university professor and performance since she was Orchestra. Since then he has after collaborative artist. in 1999 at the age of and Ottawa international of the Kitchener-Waterloo Turnbull and Russell Braun. adjudicator. He appears on three years old. Winner of led a busy musical life, He has performed in seven. Quickly promoted festivals. He has appeared Symphony and Canadian Ms. Maule has performed over a dozen recordings the 2009 Canada Council performing from Iceland venues from the Kennedy to the principal chorus in as soloist with the London Chamber Ensemble. Prior as accompanist in London’s with artists including Musical Instrument Bank to Japan and throughout Center to the Hollywood 2002, usually reserved for Philharmonia, Belgrade to that he was Principal Wigmore Hall, New York’s James Campbell, James Competition, she was Canada, the United States, Bowl, from Suntory Hall singers between the ages of Philharmonic, European Oboe with the Saskatoon Lincoln Center, the National Sommerville and Anton awarded the use of the Europe and Australia. Other (Tokyo) to the Théâtre des 13 and 17, she appeared Chamber, Winnipeg Symphony and Assistant Arts Centre in Ottawa, Kuerti and with ensembles 1696 Bonjour Stradivarius orchestra appearances have Champs-Elysées (Paris). in the mainstage production Symphony, Symphony Nova Principal Oboe with Roy Thomson Hall, the Ford including the Festival cello from 2009-2012. been with the symphonies John Novacek has won of the Canadian Opera Scotia, Kitchener-Waterloo the Virginia Symphony. Centre for the Performing Winds Ensemble, and the Currently based in Toronto, of Calgary, Edmonton, CBC, a number of international Company’s production of Symphony, Thunder Bay He has appeared as Arts and the St. Lawrence Contemporary Chamber Rachel Mercer is cellist Winnipeg and Toronto. piano competitions La Bohème that same year. Symphony and Manitoba a soloist and chamber Centre, in Toronto. Players of Chicago. He is of Ensemble Made In Glen Montgomery has including the Leschetizky, This resulted in an invitation Chamber orchestras. musician in Germany, She has accompanied a founding member of the Canada, the Mercer-Park recorded more than the Mannes Concerto, to sing a solo recital at the The Artistic Director of Holland, Spain, South recitals in Salzburg, York Winds, Triptych, and Duo, the Seiler Trio, Art of 50 broadcasts for the the Joanna Hodges, the International Children’s’ Winnipeg’s Agassiz America and Japan as Barcelona, Hamburg, the Poulenc Ensemble. His Time Ensemble, Group of 27, Canadian Broadcasting Carmel Music Society, Festival at the Harbourfront Chamber Music Festival well as the United States Chicago, Cleveland and book, The Bassoon Reed and is Artistic Director of the Corporation. As a youth and the Etude Music Club. Centre and an invitation since 2000, and the and Canada. During the New York, as well as Manual, which details “5 at the First” Chamber he distinguished himself by He has played with the to make an appearance International Cello Festival summer months, James at music festivals across Lou Skinner’s theories and Music Series in Hamilton, playing Mozart concertos likes of Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua on The Tonight Show of Canada since 2011, Mason is active in music Canada. Her recording practice of bassoon reed as well as playing as guest on both piano and clarinet. Bell, Leila Josefowicz, starring Jay Leno. Since Paul was the cellist in festivals around the country. of Schubert’s “Die making, was published principal for the National Arts After tremendous success Emmanuel Pahud, Lynn that time, Lauren Margison Trio Hochelaga from 2006- He is a member of the Winterreise” with Russell by Indiana University Centre Orchestra and the in his teens as a soloist, Harrell, Julius Baker, and has performed extensively 2012. From 1993-1997, Festival Winds at the Braun drew critical acclaim Press in 2000. James Canadian Opera Company. Glen Montgomery chose Kristina Cooper & Laura to critical acclaim both in Paul was principal cellist Festival of the Sound and from around the world. McKay was the Chair of She currently teaches to broaden his life and Frautschi. He has given Canada and internationally, of the Royal Liverpool a regular performer at the the Department of Music chamber music at the musical experience by numerous world premiers, specializing primarily in Philharmonic Orchestra, Elora Festival. He is on the Performance Studies in the University of Toronto. For teaching, travelling, vocal and worked closely with jazz and pop repertoire. and has served at professor faculty at Wilfrid Laurier Don Wright Faculty of Music the 14-15 season, Rachel and instrumental coaching, composers John Williams, of cello at the University University. at the University of Western Mercer plays the 1769 forming his own piano George Rochberg, and Lalo of Manitoba, and most Ontario, and the Director Joannes Guillami Filius Cello trio, and composing. Glen Schifrin. recently at the University of the Reverberation and generously on loan from the Montgomery is highly of Ottawa, where he now Acoustics in Performance Canada Council Musical respected as a chamber mentors an award-winning Studio and lab. Instrument Bank. musician and accompanist. studio of young cellists.
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Graham David Restivo Suzanne Jeffrey Stokes
Oppenheimer PIANO Shulman DOUBLE BASS, LECTURER VIOLA FLUTE Julia Obermeyer Joel Quarrington David Restivo is one of Gil Sharon James Jeffrey L. Stokes studied Graham Oppenheimer Canada’s most respected Suzanne Shulman studied double bass (with Oscar SOPRANO holds a position as one DOUBLE BASS and influential jazz artists. VIOLIN with Robert Aitken and Sommerville Zimmerman, Principal of the UK’s foremost and A pianist, percussionist and in Europe with Marcel Double Bass in Toscanini’s Julia Obermeyer is a Joel Quarrington has served Violinist Gil Sharon was CONDUCTOR respected violists. He composer, he is a 3-time Moyse, Michel Debost and NBC Orchestra) and Canadian classical and as the Principal Double born in Bucharest, Romania studied with Atar Arad at winner of the National Jean-Pierre Rampal. In her Toronto-born James musicology at the Eastman operatic soprano who holds Bassist of many ensembles and emigrated as a child the Royal Northern College Jazz Awards’ Keyboardist international touring career, Sommerville is principal School of Music of the a BFA Honours Degree in for over thirty years, to Israel. In 1971, after of Music and Eastman of the Year Award, and is she gave solo recitals at horn for the Boston University of Rochester. He Music from York University including the Canadian moving to The Netherlands, School USA. As a soloist he listed in the current edition Carnegie Hall, London’s Symphony Orchestra subsequently took a PhD and has just received her Opera Company, the he won the first prize at has performed with the City of Canadian Who’s Who. Queen Elizabeth Hall and and the former Artistic degree in musicology Master’s of Music degree Toronto Symphony the International Emily of Birmingham Symphony He is well known for his Wigmore Hall and in the Director of the Hamilton at the State University of at Western University. She Orchestra and the National Anderson Violin Orchestra, Jerusalem work with Rob McConnell’s Chopin Institute in Warsaw. Philharmonic. Before New York in Buffalo. started her vocal training at Arts Centre Orchestra. Competition in London Symphony and East of Boss Brass and Tentet, She has appeared as moving to Boston in 1998, First appointed to the an early age studying with In August 2013 he became which marked the beginning England Orchestra. He has the Mike Murley Quintet, soloist with Canadian and he was principal horn Faculty of Music of The Mark DuBois and singing the Principal Bassist for of his international career. appeared in chamber music and legendary songwriter international orchestras of the Canadian Opera University of Western with the Mark DuBois the London Symphony In 1992 Gil Sharon founded with Yehudi Menuhin, Paul Marc Jordan. In 2013, and is a frequent guest at Company and Symphony Ontario in 1970, he Studio Singers. While at Orchestra. Born in Toronto, the Amati Ensemble, a Tortellier and James Galway Restivo appeared on a chamber music festivals. Nova Scotia, acting became Director of York, Julia performed in Joel Quarrington began chamber music ensemble and was also violist and duo recording by guitarist She has performed with principal horn of the Graduate Studies in Music their production of Purcell’s playing the bass at the that performs in many founder of the Schidlof Reg Schwager entitled the Orford String Quartet Chamber Orchestra of in 1984 and served as Dido and Aeneas as the age of eleven in order to different formations, from Quartet. A frequent chamber Arctic Passage. The album and with the late Glenn Europe (1996-1998), Dean from 1986 to 2000. 1st Witch. She was also complete a bluegrass/ duo to full-scale chamber music collaborator, current features a number of Gould, with whom she associate principal horn Current duties include part of the York University folk trio with his two older orchestra. Gil Sharon invitations include festivals standards and Schwager collaborated on a variety of the Montreal Symphony both studio teaching, Concert and Chamber brothers, Tony and Paul. is a frequent guest at in Germany, France, Ireland originals, as well as a song of recording projects. (1986-1991) and third horn undergraduate lectures in choirs, travelling to New On his graduation from international music festivals and Canada. Graham by Stephen Foster. Suzanne Shulman has of the Toronto Symphony music history, graduate York City to perform at the University of Toronto, including the Pablo Casals Oppenheimer is also a David Restivo has served premiered works by Orchestra (1997). Jamie seminars for performers the Lincoln Center. Last he was awarded the Eaton Festival in Prades, Chamber respected and dedicated on the music faculty at the Jean Coulthard, Christos Sommerville has also and producing the Faculty’s summer, Julia Obermeyer Scholarship as the school’s Music Festival in Giverny, teacher and has taught in Banff Centre for the Arts Hatzis, Srul Irving Glick performed and recorded flagship 12:30 Fridays was accepted into the most outstanding graduate. Festival of the Sound and Finland, the Czech Republic, and St. Francis Xavier and Jacques Hétu and is internationally as a chamber concert series. He continues Canadian Operatic Arts In 2011, he received Ottawa Chamber Music Switzerland, Italy and the University, and currently the flute soloist on all the musician and soloist and to perform and record as Academy summer program a Special Recognition Festival. In 1997 he USA, as well as given teaches at Humber College Classical Kids recordings. teaches currently at the a chamber player and at Western where she was Award for Outstanding was honoured with the master classes across the and the University of She teaches flute at Longy School of Music narrator-actor, and with assigned different roles Solo Performance from the Dutch Royal Award by UK. Toronto. McMaster University. and the New England orchestras throughout from different opera scenes International Society of HM Queen Beatrix of Conservatory of Music. Ontario; and to lecture, to stage and perform. Julia Bassists. Joel Quarrington The Netherlands for his His CD of the Mozart horn give clinics, and adjudicate also enjoys teaching and performs on an Italian outstanding merits in the concertos with the CBC throughout Canada and was a vocal and piano bass made in 1630 by the domain of chamber music. Vancouver Orchestra won recently in Hong Kong. teacher at the Orangeville Italian master, Santo Paolo the Juno Award for Best Conservatory of Music. Maggini. Classical Recording.
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Jennifer Swartz Annie Zhou Anagnoson Canadian
HARP PIANO, RBC STOCKEY & Kinton National YOUNG ARTIST Brass Project Jennifer Swartz began PIANO DUO Neil Swainson her harp studies at age 8, Gary Williamson Sixteen-year-old pianist A ara String Canadian Brass After close to four James Sommerville, BASS earning a full scholarship PIANO Annie Zhou is a full Quartet decades and over 1000 Chuck Daellenbach, tuba conductor to study with Judy Loman scholarship student at the performances together, Neil Swainson was born in Gary Williamson has been Valerie Li Caleb Hudson, trumpet at the Royal Conservatory Royal Conservatory of , violin Anagnoson & Kinton TRUMPET: Victoria, British Columbia. playing professionally Timothy Cantor Christopher Coletti, trumpet of Music by age 11. Music in Toronto, where , violin are recognized today as Karen Donnelly, Larry He began working with since 1964, working with Eric Wong Achilles Liarmakopoulos, While still a student at she studies with Marietta , viola one of the world’s finest Larson, Larry Knopp, Geoff Paul Horn in 1975, and nearly everyone on the Adrian Fung trombone McGill University, she won Orlov. She won national , cello piano duos. In addition Thompson, Adam Zinatelli, played in his band for two Toronto jazz scene, and Bernhard Scully, horn the position of principal first prize at the Canadian to traditional recitals and Stéphane Beaulac years. He also backed up backing visiting greats in The dynamic Afiara String harp with the Calgary Music Competition for concertos, the duo has With a reputation as one such musicians as Barney all of the city’s leading Quartet has been described FRENCH HORN: Philharmonic Orchestra, three consecutive years, commissioned numerous of the most popular brass Kessel, Herb Ellis, and jazz clubs. He performed as “a revelation” (La Presse), David Parker, Julie Fauteux, where she remained for first prize at the Ettlingen new compositions and ensembles today, Canadian Sonny Stitt. In 1977, frequently at Bourbon Street with performances balancing Gabriel Radford, Patricia a year before becoming International Competition has also expanded the Brass has truly earned Neil Swainson moved to in its heyday, working with “intensity and commitment” Evans, Allene Hackleman principal harp of the (2012), and at the Moscow boundaries of piano-duo the distinction of “the Toronto and became very legendary jazz figures and “frequent moments Orchestre symphonique International Frederick presentation. They have world’s most famous brass TROMBONE: active in the local jazz including Junior Cook, Thad of tenderness” (Montreal de Montréal in 1994. Chopin Competition (2014). collaborated with the group.” From Baroque and Peter Sullivan, Gordon scene, playing with such Jones, and Dexter Gordon. Gazette). The Quartet is Since her solo debut in Annie Zhou made her Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Dixieland tunes to new Wolfe, Steven Dyer, artists as Moe Koffman, He played and toured the Glenn Gould School 1988 with the Toronto orchestral debut when she Elora Festival Singers, compositions and formal David Pell, Keith Dyrda Ed Bickert, Rob McConnell, extensively with ‘Nimmons Fellowship Quartet-in- Symphony Orchestra, was eight, and has since Elmer Iseler Singers, and classical presentations, and Peter Appleyard. ‘N Nine Plus Six’, and has Residence at Toronto’s TUBA: she has performed as performed with the Montreal the Vancouver Cantata the music is central and In 1986 Neil began recorded with everyone Royal Conservatory of Sasha Johnson, soloist with the National and Toronto Symphony Singers, and are regular performed with utmost working with George from Phil Nimmons and Ed Music and is the winner Nick Atkinson Arts Centre Orchestra, Orchestras. As a chamber participants in summer dedication and excellence. Shearing. Together, they Bickert to Kathryn Moses, of the Young Canadian Orchestre symphonique des musician, she performed festivals such as the Festival The repertoire features An initiative by National worked worldwide with Sam Noto, and Hagood Musicians Award, Concert Grands Ballets Canadiens with the Fine Arts Quartet of the Sound and The brass standards as well Youth Orchestra alumni many other great artists, Hardy. Gary Williamson is Artist Guild International and the Regina Symphony at the Montreal Chamber Elora Festival. Both are as a wide-ranging library Sasha Johnson and James such as Mel Tormé, Joe also a dedicated educator Competition in New York, Orchestra. She has Music Festival. She was recognized performers and of more than 600 original Sommerville, the Canadian Williams, Nancy Wilson, who teaches currently and top prizes at the been heard frequently in a CBC Music Next! Artist scholars. James Anagnoson arrangements. They are National Brass Project is a Robert Farnon, and Diana with the Etobicoke Board Munich ARD and Banff concerts on CBC Radio for 2013, as one of the is the Dean of The Glenn important pioneers in large ensemble comprised Krall. Numerous recordings of Education and on the International String Quartet and performs on the CBC most promising young Gould School, where he is bringing brass music to of the best symphonic brass on which he plays have Jazz Studies faculty at Competitions, including the Records release entitled artists in Canada, and was also on the piano faculty. mass audiences throughout players from across the won Canada’s Juno Award. the University of Toronto. latter’s Szekely Prize for Spring of Somers. featured on CBC’s “30 He is a graduate of the the world. Exclusive artists country. Hailing from top More recently, he has been He has taught at the Banff the best interpretation of Hot Canadian Classical Eastman School of Music for Conn-Selmer Musical orchestras, they will be touring internationally with School of Fine Arts, Humber Beethoven. As an ensemble Musicians Under 30”. and The Juilliard School. Instruments, the five play on touring Ontario summer singer Roberta Gambarini. College Summer Music for the 21st century, the Annie Zhou currently attends Leslie Kinton is a Professor state-of-the-art 24K gold- festivals and acting as Neil Swainson continues Workshop, ‘Chamber Music Afiara seeks to be a string the University of Toronto of Piano at the University plated Artisan Bach and faculty members mentoring to compose music and and All That Jazz’ at the quartet defined by its pursuit Schools in grade eleven. of Western Ontario and on Conn horns. Canadian the young brass players of freelance extensively in University of New Brunswick, of beauty, meaning, and faculty at The Glenn Gould Brass records for Opening Canada’s National Youth the Toronto area. and the University of Toronto growth as musicians and School. Day Entertainment Group. Orchestra. Big Band Workshops. ambassadors for its genre.
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Cheng2Duo Elmer Iseler New Zealand Sinfonia UK Singers String Quartet Bryan Cheng, cello Sinfonia UK is a Cecilia String Silvie Cheng, piano Dixie Demons Lydia Adams, conductor National Helene Pohl, violin Penderecki national collective that Douglas Beilman, violin has an extremely fruitful Cheng²Duo’s wide-ranging The Elmer Iseler Singers, Quartet Academy Gillian Ansell, viola String Quartet partnership with the repertoire for the cello and Dan Douglas, trombone conducted by Artistic Orchestra Rolf Gjelsten, cello University of Hull. piano has brought them Ross Wooldridge Min-Jeong Koh, violin , clarinet Director Lydia Adams, Jeremy Bell, violin Its distinguished Special to present recitals and Phil Disera, banjo is a 20-voice professional The New Zealand String Sarah Nematallah, violin Boris Brott, conductor Jerzy Kaplanek, violin Associate Artists include performances in notable Stephen Crow David Samuel, viola , trumpet chamber choir based in Quartet has established an Christine Vlajk, viola double Juno-award winning venues throughout North Doug Burrell Rachel Desoer, cello , tuba Toronto. Founded by The National Academy international reputation for Katie Schlaikjer, cello Canadian jazz pianist America (Canada and Chris Lamont , drums the late Dr. Elmer Iseler Orchestra of Canada its insightful interpretations, and composer David Braid. Taking their name from US), Europe (Belgium, Formed in Poland in in 1979, it is one of was founded in 1989 compelling communication Since its inception in St. Cecilia, the patron Italy, Holland, the Czech The Dixie Demons Jazz 1986, the Penderecki Canada’s most illustrious by conductor Boris Brott and dynamic performing 2004, Sinfonia UK and saint of music, the Cecilia Republic), and Asia Band was formed in String Quartet has been professional choral and is primarily based style. The Quartet is its spin-off the Portumnus String Quartet is proud (China and South Korea). 1984 and has since based in Waterloo, Ontario ensembles. The choir in Hamilton, Ontario. known for its imaginative Ensemble have provided to be celebrating its 10th They have performed at become one of the most in since 1991. Recent has built an enviable It is recognized as a programming and for its opportunities for students, anniversary for the 2014- the Aspen Music Festival, demand traditional jazz appearances include New international reputation Canadian National School powerful connection with graduates and staff to 2015 season. The Quartet Orford Music Festival, groups in Southern Ontario. York (Weill Recital Hall at through its concerts, for professional training, audiences of all kinds. have their works performed was formed in Toronto in Ottawa Chamberfest, Renowned for outstanding Carnegie Hall), Amsterdam broadcasts and more than and each winter over 450 The Quartet’s extensive by professional musicians October 2004, and after Festival of the Sound, and technical wizardry on (Concertgebouw), Hong 50 recordings. Known potential applicants audition discography includes all the in concerts within the UK a decade of fruitful musical Trasimeno Music Festival. their instruments combined Kong (Academy for the for its unique beauty of from across Canada for a quartets by Mendelssohn, and overseas. Cultural discovery, they reside in The duo’s August 2014 with exciting and daring Arts), Los Angeles (REDCAT sound, the Elmer Iseler position in the orchestra. Bartók and Berg with a exchanges with overseas Toronto where they are debut recital in Toronto arrangements, the Dixie Hall at Disney Center), Singers bring to life an Each season features guest current project to record partners have involved Ensemble-in-Residence at was recorded live by Demons are co-lead by St. Petersburg (Sheremetev exciting repertoire that concertmasters and mentors all the Brahms string Sinfonia UK working in the University of Toronto’s CBC and will be broadcast trombonist Dan Douglas Palace) and the Adams spans 500 years of great from across the country, quartets as well as his Germany, Cyprus and Faculty of Music. Hailed for on the radio’s 2015 and Brantford clarinetist Festival in New Zealand. choral music. The choir guest conductors and string and clarinet quintets. Hong Kong. Cultural their “powerful” (Chicago In Concert series. Silvie Ross Wooldridge. The Quartet is a devoted regularly commissions internationally-renowned Dedicated teachers as well partners have included Sun-Times) and “dauntingly Cheng graduated from Their critically acclaimed champion of the music of and performs new works. soloists. The season as performers, the Quartet Polish pianist Agata Jozwik, perfect” (Berliner Zeitung) the Manhattan School CDs “Live at the Rex” our time, having premiered It is featured at national begins with an intense members are Associate guzheng player Chin King, performances, the CSQ of Music in May 2015 and “Fossil Fuel” receive over 100 new works from and international festivals. chamber music session Professors at the New flautist and dongshao perform for leading with the prestigious airplay regularly on many composers in Canada and From 1997 to 2007 the where weekly concerts are Zealand School of Music player Chan King-tsun, presenters in North Roy M. Rubinstein Award radio stations across abroad. The Penderecki EIS was the professional coached and prepared by at Victoria University, postgraduate composers America and Europe. for exceptional promise North America. Quartet members are on Choir-In-Residence through some of Canada’s finest where the group has been from the Chinese University Enthusiastic educators in piano performance. the Faculty of Music at the Elmer Iseler Chair at pedagogues. The NAO Quartet-in-Residence since of Hong Kong and and mentors to the next A 2015 highlight for Wilfrid Laurier University the University of Toronto’s places particular emphasis 1991. They also enjoy Canadian jazz pianist and generation of chamber Bryan Cheng was a where they have built the Faculty of Music. on entrepreneurial skills and giving master classes composer David Braid. musicians, the CSQ has performance of the string program to be one practical topics through the worldwide and run an The next major cultural held teaching posts at Haydn Cello Concerto of the best in Canada, seminars, focusing on issues annual summer school for exchange is planned with festivals, conservatories, No. 2 with the Ottawa attracting an international that affect the everyday life chamber music in Nelson. Canadian musicians for and universities. Chamber Orchestra. body of students. of the professional orchestral the summer tour 2015. musician.
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