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Mcgill Soundboard The Friends of McGill Piano Present: Vol. 3, issue 1 Winter 2008 “Life is“If like you a wantpiano. me Whatto play you only get the out notes of withoutit depends any onspecific how youdynamics, play it.”I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.” -Tom Lehrerr The Soundboard -Vladimir Horowitz PiAno AreA chAir’S Dorothy Morton - A StuDent’S Perspective WelcoMe by Adria Trowhill The passing of Dorothy Morton on September and was not beyond doing the ‘unorthodox’ Dear Friends, 17, 2008, marked the end of an era and the at times. She used her ability to match people loss of one of the most gifted piano teachers at the keyboard, and rumour has it that her Warmest Greetings to you from our Canada has ever known. She left behind an matchmaking was successful in the personal Piano Area. As I write this, the fall amazing legacy of musicians who initiated arena of some of her student’s lives as well semester is nearly over and we are all lost their professional careers in From a musical perspective, in a welter of class recitals, masterclasses, her studio. Music was her life. Dorothy viewed technique as exam prep, essays, assignments….you Dorothy brought to McGill a means to an end, the most name it! You can all imagine the growing her brilliant mind, her innate important thing being the intensity, mixed with the comforting musical talent, and her single bigger picture and expressive vision of the holiday break to come. minded determination to quality of the playing. She paid When we return in January we hope to bring out the best in us all. much attention to musical find our presents, not under a tree, but Studying with Dorothy was an structure, and despite her along the hallways of a freshly renovated inspiration, privilege, and also vast knowledge of the piano East Wing….a whole row of new, fully a challenge. She cared about repertoire, she readily admitted equipped practise studios! And we thank her students from the moment when she didn’t know. Marvin Dean McLean for his expert and inspired they entered her studio and Duchow was first in line as a finagling on our behalf. followed their lives as they resource in this regard. grew. She gave teaching her all, In her later years, fierce pride I must not continue without paying never seemed to tire, and the hid the grief she felt as a result tribute to one of the founding teachers standards she held for us were of her inability to continue of McGill’s expanded Faculty of Music. very high. However, she was teaching. However, even from Professor Emeritus Dorothy Morton forgiving when we fell behind, and always gave afar her students knew she was there to help, passed away on September 17. She will generously of her time. support and provide a connection to earlier be vividly remembered by generations of Dorothy had an uncanny ability to access our formative years at McGill. To the end, her grateful students and colleagues for her strengths and as we came to her at many levels, curiosity and love of learning never diminished. passionate advocacy of the school, her she took us where we were without playing colleagues and her students. We remain any comparison games. She did whatever she Dorothy Morton was loved by many. We will mindful of her contribution to the thought was necessary to ensure our success miss her deeply. Schulich School of Music as we celebrate her achievements in the yearly Dorothy Morton Masterclasses. This spring’s Peter FrAnkl: Morton viSiting ArtiSt 2009 event will take place April 6 and 7 and Peter Frankl, pianist, made his London debut the complete works for piano by Schumann will feature distinguished artist Peter Frankl, Professor of Piano at the Yale in 1962 and his New York debut and Debussy, Bartok and Chopin School of Music. with the Cleveland Orchestra Solo albums, a Hungarian under George Szell in 1967. Anthology, Concerti and four- Our other visiting Masterclass artists Since that time he has performed hand works by Mozart, the piano will include Marilyn Nonken and Robert with some of the world¹s finest quintets of Brahms, Schumann, Koenig (University of Kansas, Lawrence). orchestras including the Berlin Dvorak, and Martinu, and the So the intense work and activity shows Philharmonic, Concertgebouw, Brahms violin sonatas and trios. no signs of abating! A very alive group Israel Philharmonic, Orchestre In recognition of his artistic of students and colleagues, c’est certain. de Paris, all the London achievements, Mr.Frankl was orchestras and the major awarded the Order of Merit by We are not only lively but also very American orchestras. He has the Hungarian Republic. He grateful to you all for your continuing collaborated with such eminent joined the Yale faculty in 1987. support of the Schulich School and of conductors as Abbado, Boulez, our Piano Area. We are extremely proud Davis, Haitink, Maazel, Masur, It has been many years since of our many graduates and of our current Muti, Salonen and Solti. His Mr. Frankl last performed on class of excellent students. We certainly world tours have taken him to (continueD on page 4) hope to make you proud! Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa and he also frequently appears Peter Frankl at McGill: Very best wishes, at European and American Festivals. His many Master Class: Monday April 6th, chamber music partners have included Kyung 7pm -- Tanna Schulich Hall Professor Tom Plaunt Wha Chung, Peter Csaba, Ralph Kirshbaum, th and the Tokyo, Takacs, Guarneri, Bartok, and Recital: Tuesday April 7 , Lindsay Quartets. Among his recordings are 8pm -- Pollack Hall page 2 The Soundboard the Mcgill Staff & gueSt SerieS WelcoMeS AlAn Weiss by Avi Lasser, BMus ‘09 The master class that followed the day after Pianist Alan Weiss was born in New York in Tanna Shulich hall included a program of City in 1950. His musical training began on Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Ravel. Mr. Weiss the classical guitar, but he was encouraged by created a warm and inviting atmosphere for the conductor Adres Segovia to pursue studies on students much like his playing for the audience the piano. Pianos studies continued with Adlah the night before. Mr. Weiss’ trip has been Grossman, Sylvia Rabinof, and Daniel Abrams. successful through The McGill Staff and Guest His most notable teachers included David Series program, which brings accomplished Saperton and Czech pianist Rudolf Firkušný, artists from around the world to give concerts under whom he completed his Doctor of Musical and master classes. A successful exchange and a set of compositions from his former piano Arts degree at the Julliard School. For me, Alan through the Utrecht Conservatory was able teacher Daniel Abrams. His interpretation of Weiss, gave me something to relate to because to bring Mr. Weiss to McGill, although his French composer, Charles-Valentin Alkan was he came to classical piano through a unique connection to McGill is not limited to this visit. a highlight of the evening’s performance. The avenue, the classical guitar, which boosts my While teaching at the Lemmens Institute in concert program itself offered a great balance confidence because I also did not start formal Belgium he was the teacher of our own Professor of contrasting styles and introduced Alkan to classical piano though the usual path. I always Tom Beghin and also worked alongside Professor my ears. The mix of standard repertoire, the like seeing professional concert pianists that are Kyoko Hashimoto at the Utrecht Conservatory. compositions of his former piano teacher, and able to draw from and communicate a diverse Mr. Weiss brought artistry and enthusiasm to his own Busoni like transcription of Bach gave musical background through their playing. Mr. the piano faculty here at the Shulich School of a personal touch performance that I will try to Weiss played a recital in Pollack Hall featuring music, which will hopefully be continued by the find in my next concert program. a diverse program of Chopin, Alkan, Bach, Staff and Guest Series Program. AluMni ProFile: chriStine vAnDerkooy, MMuS ‘99, DMuS ‘05 C h r i s t i n e rooms (both practicing and making new Regina teaching Piano, Chamber Music, V a n d e r k o o y friends on the “waiting bench”), late nights Collaborative Piano, and Ear Training. With completed her recording in Pollack Hall, and wonderful Song a Research Grant from SSHRC and the Faculty M.Mus in Piano Interpretation classes with Michael McMahon of Fine Arts at the U of R, Christine toured P e r f o r m a n c e and Jan Simons. Europe in June 2008 giving recitals in Dublin, with Tom Plaunt, Oxford, and Barcelona at Alicia deLarocha’s and her D.Mus Following graduation, Christine began the school. Recent performanes include solo in Piano with “cross-country tour” with term and sessional recitals at the University of Regina and at the Sara Laimon. appointments at the University of P.E.I., Lyle Gustin House in Saskatoon, and chamber During her Windsor and Lakehead University. This was music performances with string players from time at McGill exhausting for her little car but necessary the Regina Symphony. Christine was recently she remembers following the advice that “you have to have a awarded a SSHRC grant for her first solo CD fondly many job to get a job”. Christine was recently (and project and plans to record at the Banff centre countless hours finally!) appointed to a tenure-track position in the coming year. in the practice as Assistant Professor at the University of DoctorAl StuDent update Two articles written by Durval Cesetti (BMus ’03, The Musical Times (2009), forthcoming.
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