Thursdays at Noon: Judy Loman, harp and Nora Shulman, flute Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 12:10 pm Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park PROGRAM Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Sonata for Flute and Harp Adrian Grigor’yevich Shaposhnikov (1887-1967) i. Andante con moto-Allegro non troppo ii. Menuetto iii. Allegro molto Sonata for flute and harp, Op. 56 Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961) Histoire du Tango Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) i. Bordel 1900 ii. Cafe 1930 iii. Night Club 1960 Follow @UofTMusic The Faculty of Music is a partner of the Bloor St. Culture Corridor Visit www.music.utoronto.ca bloorstculturecorridor.com We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land. BIOGRAPHIES Recognized as one of the world’s of Toronto, and instructor of harp at the Royal Conservatory of foremost harp virtuosos, Judy Music in Toronto. She gives master-classes worldwide and has Loman graduated from the adjudicated at the International Harp Contest in Israel, the USA Curtis Institute of Music, where International Harp Contest and The Vera Dulova International she studied with the celebrated Harp Competition in Moscow. harpist, Carlos Salzedo. She became Principal Harpist with Ms. Loman is a Fellow of the Royal Conservatory and was the Toronto Symphony in 1960. appointed a member of the Order of Canada for her contribution In June of 2002 she retired from to the arts in Canada. the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to devote her time to teaching, recording, concertizing and the Regarded as one of the pre- publishing of her arrangements eminent flutists of her generation, and transcriptions. Nora Shulman first joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in As a soloist, Judy Loman has won the admiration of audiences 1974 and was appointed Principal and critics alike across Canada, the United States, Europe Flute in 1986. She was the longest and Japan. The Toronto Symphony featured her as soloist serving Principal Flutist in the on several tours and she has appeared as guest artist with history of the TSO at the time of numerous other orchestras and ensembles worldwide. She her retirement in 2017. has participated in many of North America’s music festivals and several of her performances have been filmed by Rhombus During her tenure with the TSO, Media and aired on public television. she garnered critical praise for her beautiful sound, technical mastery, A prolific recording artist, her most recent CDs include Judy and compelling lyricism. Loman Favorites, (Marquis Classics); Illuminations, (Marquis Classics); Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Romantic Music Ms. Shulman was a frequent soloist with the Toronto Symphony for Flute and Harp with Nora Shulman, flute, (Naxos); Harp Orchestra and was featured on major Canadian tours. She Showpieces, (Naxos), A Baroque Harp, (Marquis Classics) and has also appeared as a soloist with the National Arts Centre Musique de chambre française, (Marquis Classics). She has also Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Vancouver recorded for the RCA, Columbia, CBC, (Canadian Broadcasting Orchestra, and the Denver Symphony. Corporation), Centrediscs, and Aquitaine labels. Through these projects, she has been a recipient of Canada’s Juno Award for Chamber music appearances have included concerts with best classical recording and the Canada Council’s Grand Prix du Amici, the Guelph Spring Festival, Colours of Music Festival, disque Canadien. the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, the Toronto Summer Music Festival, the Faculty Artist Series at the In addition to performances of traditional harp repertoire, Ms. University of Toronto and the Toronto Symphony Chamber Loman has commissioned several new works for her instrument Soloists. by Canada’s foremost composers, including John Weinzweig, R. Murray Schafer, Glenn Buhr and Kelly Marie Murphy. She Ms. Shulman’s recordings for Naxos have included the critically has introduced these compositions worldwide through her acclaimed Berio Sequenza I as well as the best selling Dance of recordings and recitals in North America, Europe, Israel and the Blessed Spirits with harpist Judy Loman and Giuliani: Duets Japan. Always seeking to add to the harp repertoire, she is for Flute and Guitar with guitarist Norbert Kraft. active in transcribing classical and baroque works for the harp from the piano repertoire, as well as arranging folk and Naxos released her latest CD, 20th Century Music for Flute and Christmas music for voice and harp. Harp, with Judy Loman, in 2014. She has also recorded for the CBC, Centrediscs, and Marquis Classics labels. Ms. Shulman Ms. Loman has been a featured recitalist at several American has also been featured on disc with the singers Karina Gauvin Harp Society Conferences and for the World Harp Congress. and Catherine Robbin. She gave the opening recital for the American Harp Society’s Millennium Conference in 2000. A highlight of this concert She is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Music was the World Premiere of Kelly Marie Murphy’s “Illuminations”, at the University of Toronto. In 2017 she was appointed to the commissioned for Ms. Loman by the Canada Council of the Faculty of the Glenn Gould Professional School and has taught Arts. Her appearances with the World Harp Congress were in at the Orford Music Academy. Paris, France, Tacoma, Washington, and Dublin, Ireland, where she performed R. Murray Schafer’s Harp Concerto, Glen Buhr’s Ms. Shulman is a committed and passionate teacher; former Concerto for flute and harp, and Kelly Marie Murphy’s Harp students hold positions with many major orchestras in Canada, Concerto, respectively. as well as with orchestras in the United States. A dedicated teacher, Judy Loman is Visiting Artist at The Curtis Institute of Music, Adjunct Professor of harp at the University .