july 15th – august 7th, 2016 - festival of the sound

July 15th – August 7th, 2016

James Campbell, Artistic Director Annual Summer Classical Music Festival Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, Parry Sound, Ontario

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of us; this world’s music, our music, from time immemorial will continue to communicate, nurture, soothe and guide us, as it did for all those who came before us and for all those who will come after us.

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John Lennard is a Canadian painter who currently lives in Toronto and is represented by the Roberts Gallery in Toronto, the Thielsen Gallery in London, Ontario, and the Masters Gallery in Calgary. John’s largest artistic influence was studying at the International School of Art in Italy under Nicolas Carone, a recognized American abstract artist. He has since travelled, lived and worked in Paris, Barcelona, Tangiers, Berlin, New York and presently Toronto. John was represented at the Armony show in New York with the Art Dealers

Association of Canada as part of the 2011 show entitled “The Quiet Revolution in Canadian Art”. John is also an accomplished saxophonist who has performed and recorded in Canada, New York, and Europe. In his spare time John coaches the University of Toronto men’s varsity squash team.

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13 S U P P O R T E R S : Donors and Sponsors

22 F E S T I V A L H I G H L I G H T S : Gala Opening Weekend – Piano Spectacular – Birthdays & Anniversaries – Top Ten Picks – Stockey Master Classes – Talks – Films – Jazz Weekend – Cruises

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2016James Campbell, Artistic Director

Annual Summer Classical Music Festival

Charles W. Stockey Centre for the

Performing Arts, Parry Sound, Ontario

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I am delighted to extend greetings to all those in attendance at the Festival of the Sound.

Music is a universal language that affects each of us differently. I find it tremendously satisfying to hear and see musicians of all ages discovering their passion with an intensity that is all their own. Each of them inspires me, because music has such power to delight us and also because of my respect for the great amount of work and effort needed to achieve musical excellence.

This prestigious festival represents a wonderful opportunity not only for wonderful concert experiences, but also for

growth and learning. I wish you all a most enchanting experience.

David JohnstonJuly 2016

The Honourable

David Johnston

G O V E R N O R G E N E R A L ’ S M E S S A G E

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Author Berthold Auerbach wrote that “music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” I can think of no better place to refresh and renew the spirit than the Festival of the Sound. Since 1979, hundreds of musicians have participated in this celebration of classical music in Ontario. Now in its 37th season, the festival is a top destination for music lovers of both classical and contemporary art music. The Festival is to be applauded for commissioning new works, and for its musical education programs. All this creativity – and in a spectacular setting to boot!

I congratulate the Board of Directors, Artistic Director, staff, and volunteers for enriching us all through the joys

of music. I wish everyone another wonderful season at the Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts on the waterfront.

Elizabeth Dowdeswell

The Honourable

Elizabeth Dowdeswell

L I E U T E N A N T G O V E R N O R O F O N T A R I O ’ S M E S S A G E

On behalf of the Government of Ontario, I am pleased to extend warm greetings to everyone attending the Festival of the Sound.

The Festival offers a unique musical experience featuring artists and performers from around the world. I wish to commend the organizers and volunteers of this Festival for their commitment to bringing great music and dynamic artists to Parry Sound. Know that your work has helped to make this Festival a popular destination for music lovers from Ontario and around the globe.

To all visitors who have come to experience this classical music Festival: welcome! Ontario is ready to offer the very

best in hospitality for all those who are visiting for the first time or making a return trip.

As musicians, performing artists and music lovers from all corners of the world gather together to share and celebrate their love of classical music and related genres, let me applaud everyone who has helped to make this event possible. Please accept my best wishes for another memorable festival and many more years of success.

Kathleen Wynne

The Honourable

Kathleen Wynne

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The Honourable

Tony Clement, M.P.

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It is my honour once again this year to extend congratulations to the organizers of the Festival of the Sound, which continues to welcome people to the shores of Georgian Bay each summer for an exceptional series of great performances.

As always there is great anticipation for opening weekend and the varied lineup which follows, and this year is no exception. The Stockey Centre will once again be center stage to an incredible array of talent to suit every taste.

The Festival, now in its 37th season, has grown into a Canadian and international showcase of talent, inspiring

young performers and attracting visitors from far and wide. It is a cultural institution with many loyal friends and patrons, and it reinforces why our region is such a great place to call home.

I send Artistic Director James Campbell and all those who work on the Festival a resounding ‘bravo.’ All the best for a wonderful and enriching experience this summer.

Warm regards,

Tony ClementMember of Parliament, Parry Sound – Muskoka

Norm Miller, M.P.P.

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Dear Friends and Fellow Music Lovers,

I am very pleased to welcome you to the 2016 edition of the Festival of the Sound.

Thank you for joining us as we celebrate its 37th year on the beautiful shores of Georgian Bay. This year is especially exciting as for the first time the Festival of the Sound has been included as one of the top 100 Festivals and Events in Ontario for 2016. This designation is well deserved and can be accredited to the dedicated volunteer base that has sustained this festival since its inception. I would like to take this moment to commend their efforts; their actions have put their

community on the map. I would also like to acknowledge the contributions of the many talented musicians and directors who make the Festival possible.

It is my belief that one of the things that make this festival so special is its location in Parry Sound. The Festival of the Sound successfully juxtaposes the elegance of classical music against the rugged, Canadian landscape, creating a highly unique experience. It leaves a very special impression that draws patrons back to the area year after year.

It has become a staple in my summers and I am avidly looking forward to seeing the talent lined up this season. I hope you enjoy your Festival of the Sound experience, and wish you a very happy summer season.

Sincerely,

Norman A. MillerMember of Provincial Parliament, Parry Sound – Muskoka

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Jamie McGarvey2016 brings in the 37th season of the Festival of the Sound. On behalf of Council, it is my pleasure to welcome the musicians and patrons to Parry Sound.

Please take time to explore Parry Sound and take in the unequalled beauty of Georgian Bay, the 30,000 Islands and enjoy as many incredible sunsets as you possibly can. Our fitness trail skirts the shore of Georgian Bay, our Museum holds the history of our past, our shops are waiting to be explored and our restaurants will amaze your palates.

Congratulations to everyone involved with the production of the Festival, including Artistic Director James Campbell,

President Bonnie Ramsay and the Festival Board and staff, the many volunteers and all of the guest musicians who again will present an exceptional showcase of wonderful music.

To the many patrons, thank you for your continued support of the Festival of the Sound, deservedly designated this year as one of Ontario’s Top 100 Festivals and Events.

My very best wishes to all for an outstanding and enjoyable Festival experience.

Sincerely,

Jamie McGarveyMayor Town of Parry Sound

It is with great enthusiasm and excitement that I welcome you on behalf of the Festival Board of Directors to our 37th season.

For many years we have enjoyed classical music, jazz weekends, evening cruises on beautiful Georgian Bay, opera, films, and lectures. The beginning of the Festival is like a family reunion. We see old friends, get re-acquainted and make new friends who are experiencing their first Festival.

Our Artistic Director, James Campbell has again compiled a list of world class musicians to perform during the three-week Festival. Some highlights this year are Anagnoson

and Kinton celebrating 40 years as a piano duo, Jim Mason’s 36th year of coming to the Festival, our Classics by Candlelight dinner and concert, and the Elmer Iseler Singers on the opening night.

Great thanks go out to our benefactors, patrons, donors, concert sponsors and volunteers. Without your support each and every year we would not be able to continue. Thank you.

Special thanks to our Festival staff: Alison Scarrow, Executive Director; Tim Brazeau, Operations Manager; Robert Vincent, Marketing Officer; and Ruth Ostrom, Bookkeeper. This group has worked very hard all year to ensure our Festival comes together for July 15th.

I would especially like to thank our Past President Susan Héder who led our Board for the past two years before stepping down in May. We now invite you to sit back and relax and enjoy the music.

Bonnie RamsayPresident of the Board of Directors

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James Campbell

A R T I S T I C D I R E C T O R ’ S M E S S A G E

I extend a warm welcome to all of you who come regularly to the Festival of the Sound. We are glad you have returned to your summer musical home. If this is your first visit we offer you a special welcome and hope you will return for many more.

The Festival of the Sound lasts a continuous 23 days and this year is presenting 60 events divided into a number of mini-festivals: each Tuesday to Friday we feature three “teams” of musicians in 30 concerts that go to the heart of chamber music; the Monday night cruises focus on folk music and traditional jazz; and Friday nights are piano nights, featuring three great virtuosi playing the repertoire they love.

Each weekend has it own special flavour: the opening weekend is filled with song, choral music and opera; the music of the great Duke Ellington takes the spotlight on July 26; and Jazz Canada has now expanded into a four day jazz festival on the long Civic Holiday weekend. Our closing weekend is a piano spectacular and the Stockey stage will be filled with pianos and piano music.

I want to thank my colleagues who have given their time and expertise to help with this summer’s programming. Glen Montgomery co-ordinated and will host many of the piano concerts found in week three; Jim Mason and Julie Baumgartel have once again planned a wonderful (and sold-out) concert at “Cafe Zimmerman” at the Seguin Valley Golf Club, and Dave Young is back for a wonderful Jazz Canada weekend.

This summer we are happy to celebrate some milestones: the 10th anniversary of Orford Six Pianos, the 30th of the Lafayette String Quartet, the 40th of Anagnoson and Kinton Piano Duo, and Janina Fialkowska’s 65th birthday.

As always, I wish you the joy, inspiration, and deeply felt emotion that great music can bring.

James CampbellArtistic Director

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James & Carol Campbell Anonymous

We would like to offer a heartfelt thank you to all those individuals, businesses, foundations, municipalities and government agencies who have generously given to the Festival of the Sound. The donors listed in this section gave to the Festival between June 23, 2015 and June 24, 2016. Gifts, large and small, help us to provide a world class Festival each year and to promote youth music education. We are truly grateful to our supporters. We take painstaking measures to ensure each donor is acknowledged and have made every effort to include a complete list. However, if we have inadvertently missed your name, incorrectly listed your name or placed your name in the wrong category, we sincerely apologise.

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Kids on the BusFundraising Campaign

WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL TO OUR PRINCIPAL DONORS:

J. Peter & Sarah GardnerDrs. Helen Howard-Lock & Melvin A. PrestonThe Heaman Family FoundationGarth & Anne KiddSiegfried & Corrie QuickertPeter Rosenbaum & Suzanne Shulman

We thank all those who participated and made the campaign a success.

Benefactors

$1,000 TO $4,999

Anonymous (3)Gary L. BallDavid P. BarrettMargaret BeattyDoris BrownDavid & Elizabeth BrowneEarlaine CollinsFrans & Gini DonkerJ. Peter & Sarah GardnerMargaret HagermanDr. Herbert HauffeHeaman Family FoundationDrs. Helen Howard-Lock & Melvin A. PrestonDrs. J.B. Hunkin & Maureen ThompsonChristopher & Margaret Ibey

Viola & Fred IbeyGarth & Anne KiddBonnie & Norbert KraftEdda & Keith LofflerSteve & Lou MasonAlly & Jamie McGarvey Drs. Kathleen & Daniel MoquinBrian & Josephine OxleyNicolina PonSiegfried & Corrie QuickertBonnie & Kelly Ramsay Paul & Ina Scholfield Tom & Ellen SmeeKen StephenDr. D. J. Stern & Brenda Lewis Sara Tyson & Gerald PorterKay Wilkinson

Anonymous (1)Dave & Kay BettsBob & Debby BissellDon BrickettWilliam W. ChanPhyllis & Les DavisonFrederick DobbinKen & Winfer FosterSherry Gerstl Ruth & Paul GrayKerri Mutrie & Roy Hardie

Yvonne HeamanSusan & Stephen HéderAngus HiltsClarke & Isobel HoldenLarry Lundy & Elizabeth JulianAnne MacKayJohn & Susan MatthewJames & Patricia McKayR. MilneCharlotte & Alan Stein Ailene Wittstein

Trustee

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Patrons

$250 TO $499

Anonymous (3)Susan AgranoveAubie & Esther Rose AngelBarb & Cliff Baker Stanley & Barbara BeckDoug & Mary Lou BrockDavid & Joan BrownlowLaura Crook Velma DaleyMark FewerPatricia GraingerMichael HannumJustine HareAnne HoelscherRona HokansonNaomi & Sandy Horodezky Barbara JacksonTom & Jill JamesDonalda KelkMarilyn & Brent KelmanGeorge W. LangeHorst & Ingrid Mattern

Helen-Joy & John McGeeMargaret McKelveyJulia E. McLaughlinGloria MichelWilliam MonkDrs. Roger & Chris NashElizabeth RacicAlice RobinsLinda SeppanenStuart & Adrienne ShawRon SlaterGordon & Anne SmithJon & Donna SpencerBryan & Pat Tennant David & Lila TirsellGeorge & Maureen WarbyKim WarwickKay Wheatley Graham & Suzy WilkinsonDavid & Doreen WiltonDr. Richard & Sue Woodhouse

Donors

$100 TO $249

Anonymous (12)Arthur AmeisBob AndersonLourdes AndersonSusan ArbuckleDavid AylsworthRobert BachMr & Mrs Rodney BainDavid & Anne Bawden

Jim & Bonnie BeattyMary Louise & Dennis BeecroftDonna L. BesmanDavid BirdAndrew BodkinMargaret & Bill BoydEllen BradeyGwen BrickettAileen Burford-Mason


Richard & Barbara BurnsVal CabellIivi CampbellDon & Barbara ChapinJames ChestnuttBrian & Elizabeth CooneyArt & Judy CraigNancy Cunningham Judith DahmerMoe & Minda DavisElizabeth De BoerKen DennisLois & Peter DerrickJim & Allison Dingle Greig DunnJohn EltonJim & Diane EreauxShari & John EzykShirley M. Awrey FarynaLinda FischerIan FlemingJohn & Mary Lynn FlemingBarbara & Ralph FlettKatrine Floegel MartinRick McEwen & Lorraine Galipeau Constance Gardner Walter & Anna GillespieDoreen Godbeer Mary GordonH. A. Graham Alexandra Gunther Lynda HannaJanet HannulaJohn HansonPhilip & Moira HeywoodAshley & Wendy HilliardBarry & Elizabeth HitchcockAimee HolmesRick & Vicki Hook

Peter HurlbutPeter Inokai Bob & Lynn JacobKathie JoblinBetty JohnsonMorland & Charlyn JonesJerry KarkerDonny KirbyM.E. KirkLouise KotSigrid KrausOlaf Kraus De CamargoAnn Raney & Helmut KrugerGail & Gordon LangeAnnette & Paul Lawrence Dr. Robert G. LutonJim MathersPeter MauleDr. Kathleen McCronePeter McEwanDavid & Jean McLayJohn McLeanRoss & Janet McLeanLynn & Christopher McNeelyDr. Z.R. & Lilli MechRobert & Chindarat MorrisonBruce MurrayJohn F. NagelLinda PichéJune PinkneyRolf Gjelsten & Helene PohlRichard & Patricia PooleLyle & Louise ReaErnie & Nancy RegehrAlex & Sherrill Reid Gordon & Jan RempelCheryle Reynolds Keddy

Charlotte RoughHelen Ruckle Donald & Karen SandersonIla SandwellFred & Brenda Saunders Julia Sek Dorothy ShaverChris & Jim ShawMary Lou Sherman Bohdan Ihor ShulakewychJudy Shute Ted SimmondsPierre & Claude-France SimoniEric SimpsonPat & Jim SkellyJoan & Ron SlaterOlaug & David SmithEpp K.J. SoninAlan & Geraldine SperlingDaphne StapletonRachel StottJim & Stella StrongBarbara & Craig SullivanTerence TangDoreen Thomas Suus TissotTom & Dale TraversyDon & Jean TwinerKaren UferLouis van GulickIngrid van RotterdamCarol VeritySylvia WeylieJane WhitwellMarie WileyJohn E. WilkinsonAgnes WongJulia YoungHermann & Brigitte Zettl

Donors

$100 TO $249

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Anonymous (9)Helen Ainslie Dianna AllenGillian AnsellLarisa Aponiuk & Wayne LidkeaLynne AtkinsonAllan BeersAlison BellNancy Brinen Lawrence & Rebecca Brown Emily BurnhamDoug CameronThomas & Margaret CampbellElizabeth Mary CawleyValerie CrampMarion CruikshankBarb DavisDeborah Lynn DavisVictor & Sandra Davis Dr. Ed & Renee Disenhaus Jille DobleSteven DuffPaul & Jean EmondLorna Erickson-Fraser Nancy-Lou FarrellMarian & Jim FerrisIda FisherCheryl Flint

Karl & Barbara FreemanKaterina FretwellBruce & Susan GibbonMargaret GoddardBarbara GrovesCarol HarrisonLois E. HowellIlse JakelskiMaryann JefferiesBarb KerrJean KerrPeter KohlRene LaukatNancy & Terry LeeSharon LerouxDoreen & Jerry LevineLinda Litwack & Charlie SiseJoyce MacQueenGeorgina MatusNikki MayClaire & James McAllisterL McDonaldAnn McLeodEric & Ruth MillerWilliam R. MitchellMarianne MoloneyMary-Lou MontgrainCarolien MurchKathleen & Graham NarinHoward Otterbein

Patricia Ann PattersonDavid PeltonLinda Lou & John PinningtonMarilyn Plater-McNabbLinda RafuseIrmgard ReichenbacherEd & Marianne ReimerEleanore ReynoldsCatherine RoddWilliam RoseJohn SallinenJerry & Vi SkoryDouglas & Ruth SmithAnna SmuklerLois SzczesniakAndrew John Szonyi Laurel ThomHelle TosineGaylle TurnerArmas Maiste & Margit Viia-Maiste Ilse von FehrentheilHarriet WagmanRosemary WebbDon WeirJ. Christopher WilsonScott Perkin & Joanne WilsonHelen & Bob WrightPearl & Len Yauk

Friends

$35 TO $99


In Memoria and Honoraria

IN MEMORY OF

Donna Rotherham Ball

Gerald & Linda BelcherThomas & Margaret CampbellMargaret & William MinnichKaren UferJohn E. Wilkinson

IN MEMORY OF

Eleanore Brenn

Bonnie & Kelly Ramsay

IN MEMORY OF

Dr. Dan Daley

Velma Daley

IN MEMORY OF

Ralph Elsaesser

Emily BurnhamMargaret MetcalfeCynthia Pinnau

IN HONOUR OF

Peter, Sarah, H. Rusty, Chuck, Cathy, Nic, & Jon Gardner

Peter & Sarah Gardner

IN MEMORY OF

Andrea Hansen

Kay Wheatley

IN MEMORY OF

Dr. John Gordon Hare

Justine Hare

IN MEMORY OF

Bill

Kay Wheatley

IN HONOUR OF

Young Musicians

Kay Wheatley

IN MEMORY OF

Mark King

Kay Wheatley

IN HONOUR OF

Stewart Goodyear & Annie Zhou

Kay Wheatley

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Foundation Support

J.P. Bickell Foundation

Concert Sponsors


Music Scores SponsorsYouth Music Education Fund – Frances M. Brown – lead donorKids on the Bus Campaign Near North District School BoardRotary Club of Parry Sound

Artist Sponsors

Susan AgranoveBook CityDoris BrownCanada Council for the ArtsSarah Gardner In Honour of Dr. Charles & Catherine Gardner’s 25th wedding anniversary In Honour of Peter & Sarah Gardner’s 55th wedding anniversary Dr. Derek & Mary GeorgeSherry Gerstl In Memory of Inge & Paul Gerstl

Kerri Mutrie & Roy HardieDr. Herbert Hauffe In Memory of Bridget HauffeDr. Ola KassimParry Sound BooksRitchie Insurance Stuart & Adrienne ShawDr. Jim ShewchunDavid & Lila TirsellDr. Kim WarwickAilene Wittstein

Distler ConstructionIn Memory of Betty Ibey & Ed GawronskiIn Memory of Charles W. StockeyIn Memory of Donna Rotherham BallIn Memory of Elizabeth OfenheimIn Memory of Stuart & Elaine StephenIron City Fishing ClubLogan’s Funeral HomeMeg Wallace Photography Dr. William MonkMoquin MedicalMunicipality of McDougall

Parry Sound North StarRE/MAX Parry Sound– Muskoka Realty Ltd. ScotiabankTerry D. Clark, Chartered AccountantTown of Parry SoundTownship of the Archipelago Township of CarlingTownship of SeguinThe Home DepotThe Whiteman EstateThe William Beatty Company

Armstrong Dodge Huntsville Honda Hyundai of Muskoka

All Day Sponsors

July 15th to July 17th

GALA FUNDRAISING DINNER & CONCERT

A gala evening that brings together great music, visual art, fi ne food and wine with good friends in the beautiful setting of the Charles W. Stockey Festival Performance Hall. Between courses, some of your favourite musicians offer short concerts. The elegant full-course dinner with wine is served at tables for eight.

Classics by Candlelight

F R I DAY, J U LY 15 T H

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Elmer Iseler

Singers

An Opera, Operetta and Musical Theatre Extravaganza with rousing choruses and arias from the enchanting works of Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, Bizet, Lloyd Webber, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Gilbert & Sullivan and other greats! Our Opera Gala, always one of the Festival’s most popular evenings, is even grander this year with the inclusion of the Elmer Iseler singers.

S U N DAY, J U LY 17 T H — 7:3 0 P M

Opera Gala

OPENING WEEKENDGALA

Guy Few

Leslie Fagan

Another season of great music opens with the Elmer Iseler Singers joined by James Campbell, Guy Few, Bob Mills and the Penderecki String Quartet.

S AT U R DAY, J U LY 16T H

7:3 0 P M

Gala Opening Concert

August 2nd to August 7th

eventeen pianists in twelve concerts and three master classes will fi ll

your days and inspire your hearts as the week builds towards the Friday evening Chopin recital with Janina Fialkowska and the Saturday evening concert with twelve pianists on six pianos in an arrangement of Bizet’s Carmen. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any better, the National Academy Orchestra of Canada arrives for a Sunday afternoon concert, joining Janina Fialkowska for the Beethoven Concerto No. 4 and Anagnoson and Kinton for the Mozart Concerto No. 10 for two pianos.

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Orford Six Pianos

SPECTACULARPIANO

Janina Fialkowska

Anagnoson and Kinton

ANNIVERSARIES & BIRTHDAYS

Sir Wilfrid Laurier at 175 ➤ J U LY 2 0 T H

Anagnoson and Kinton at 40 ➤ AU G US T 2 N D

The Lafayette at 30➤ AU G US T 3 R D

Janina Fialkowska at 65➤ AU G US T 5 T H

Piano Spectacular➤ AU G US T 6T H

COMPOSER CONNECTIONS

Schubert and Dvorák➤ J U LY 19 T H

A Day of Robert Schumann:Into his Heart and Mind ➤ J U LY 21S T

Haydn, Mozart and the Human Voice➤ J U LY 26T H

Chopin and Tchaikovsky➤ J U LY 28 T H

F R I DAY, AU G U S T 5 T H — 7:3 0 P M

My Favourite Chopin

Janina Fialkowska celebrates her 65th birthday with a gift of Chopin.

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The Festival of the Sound presents free lectures, conversations and master classes as opportunities for you to better appreciate the music you are hearing. New this year are a number of Offi ce Hour sessions when you are invited to the Festival Station Gallery in the historic CPR Station for an up-close hour with Festival musicians who will talk about and often demonstrate the music that they love.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 50 CONCERTS (2014)MONDAY, JULY 18TH — 1:00 PM

AMADEUS (1984)TUESDAY, JULY 26TH — 10:00 AM

KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON (2014)MONDAY, AUGUST 1ST — 1:00 PM

➤ GLEN MONTGOMERY with amateur pianists AUGUST 2ND — 1:30 PM

(Call the Festival Offi ce at 705-746-2410 if you are interested in participating.)

➤ ANAGNOSON AND KINTON with the Stockey Young ArtistsAUGUST 3RD — 11:00 AM

➤ JANINA FIALKOWSKA with the Stockey Young Artists AUGUST 4TH — 11:00 AM

In 2014, James Campbell invited audience members to list their Top 10 favourites. Of 193 suggestions, 36 were performed in 2015. The works listed below will be heard this year, including the top choice, the Dvorák American Quartet and the second choice, The Schubert Trout Quintet. Watch the listings for the ✪ sign.

TOP TENAUDIENCE PICKS

Brahms Violin Sonata in D minorPiano Quintet, Op. 34

Dvorák Trio, Op. 90, DumkyString Quartet, Op. 96, AmericanPiano Quintet No. 2, Op. 81

Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525

RavelSonata in G MajorString Quartet in F Major

SchubertPiano Trio, D. 898 Piano Quintet, D. 667, The TroutSonatina in D Major

SchumannPiano Quintet, Op. 44Piano Quartet, Op. 47

TchaikovskyPiano Trio, Op. 50

FILMS

TALKS/OFFICE HOUR

STOCKEY MASTER CLASSES

Glen Montgomery

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S E R I E S C U R AT E D BY W I L L D I N OV I

We welcome back Dave Young to the 2016 Civic Holiday Jazz Weekend, this year expanded from Friday, July 29 to Monday, August 1. Dave and Terry Promane bring their exciting new arrangements of the great Sextets of Miles Davis and J.J. Johnson. The Toronto All-Star Big Band, Words Around the Waist, Robi Botos in a Friday Piano Favourites concert and cruises on the Island Queen and M.V. Chippewa fi ll your days and evenings with great jazz sounds.

J U LY 2 9 T H – AU G U S T 1S T

Robi Botos

On the civic holiday weekend, it’s all about jazz!

Dave Young

SWING CRUISE: JULY 18TH — 6:00 PM

The Hogtown Syncopators are fi ve of Toronto’s fi nest musicians, playing toe-tapping jazz from the swing era.

CELTIC SOUNDS CRUISE: JULY 25TH — 6:00 PM

Cape Breton’s captivating young band Còig has won Canadian Folk Music and East Coast Music Awards.

JAZZ CRUISE: AUGUST 1ST — 6:00 PM

As the Island Queen cruises into the dusk, clarinetist Bob De Angelis leads a tribute to the King of Swing, Benny Goodman.

SONGBOOK ON THE CHIPPEWA: SUNDAY, JULY 31ST — 10:30 AM

The M.V. Chippewa takes you on a Sunday morning scenic cruise as Words Around the Waist perform music from the Songbooks of Jacques Brel, Jane Siberry and Martin Tielli.

CRUISESN E W H O U R S T H I S Y E A R

The Island Queen cruises taking place during the Festival season begin at 6 pm and return at 8 pm.

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denotes a work from Top Ten audience picks in the 2014 season.

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programme

O P E N I N G W E E K E N D : J U LY 15 T H – J U LY 17 T H

STAFF PICK: GALA OPENING CONCERT

“The offi cial opening of the 2016 Festival of the Sound launches another season of great music with the Elmer Iseler Singers and instrumental soloists with a concert programme that includes a number of works commissioned for the Festival of the Sound in the past.”

W E E K 1 : J U LY 1 8 T H – J U LY 2 4 T H

STAFF PICK: MUSIC FOR GUITAR AND FRIENDS

“Guitar virtuoso Daniel Bolshoy and lauded soprano Leslie Fagan perform one of the most frequently performed sets of Spanish-language art songs which have strikingly diverse styles.”

W E E K 2 : J U LY 2 5 T H – J U LY 31 S T

STAFF PICK: COLOUR AND MOTION

“Watch as our musicians play Prokofi ev’s Quintet, Op. 39, in tandem with video of the Trapèze Ballet.”

W E E K 3 : A U G U S T 1 S T – A U G U S T 7 T H

STAFF PICK: INTO THE 20th CENTURY I & II: TRANS-ATLANTIC JOURNEYS

“Ravel’s Sonata in G Major and the Ragtime music of Joplin and Stravinsky versus Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata in G minor and the Gershwin Songbook – how can one choose between the two?”

2016


O P E N I N G W E E K E N D


Classics By Candlelight

Leslie Fagan, soprano; Guy Few, trumpet & piano; Moshe Hammer, violin; James Campbell, clarinet; Penderecki String Quartet: Jeremy Bell, violin; Jerzy Kaplanek, violin; Christine Vlajk, viola; Katie Schlaikjer, cello

A C L A S S I C A L H O R S - D ’ O E U V R E

String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob.III:34Allegro di molto Joseph HaydnUn poco adagio affettuoso (1732–1809)

Menuetto. Allegretto alla zingarese – TrioPresto scherzando

O U R D I VA S R E T U R N

Heimliche Aufforderung Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

Schlechtes Wetter Richard Strauss

Quando m’en vo Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)

Vilja Franz Lehár (1870–1948)

Summertime George Gershwin (1898–1937)

Caro nome Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)

G Y P S I E S , C H A R M A N D D E S S E R T

Klezinet Allan Gilliland (b.1965)

Zigeunerweisen Pablo Sarasate (1844–1908)

Friday July 15th 5:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

Schön Rosmarin Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)

By Strauss George Gershwin

Klezmer’s Wedding Srul Irving Glick (1934–2002)

Strings Across the Sky

Each summer, the students of the Strings Across the Sky Fiddle and Music Camp are hosted by the Parry Sound Friendship Centre. Since 2006, the Festival of the Sound has partnered with Strings Across the Sky (SATS) to host a free family concert showcasing the achievements of the young fiddle students. Under the direction of a team led by Executive Director Debra Jones, SATS opens the door to a rich musical experience by introducing children and youth to violin, guitar and musical performance.

Since 1988, Strings Across the Sky has been working with youth in the High Arctic, First Nation and Metis communities throughout Canada, teaching them to play violin and how to fiddle. SATS has run programs in 17 High Arctic communities and transported over 450 donated violins to the north. Over the years, hundreds of children have benefitted from the music education provided by SATS and the cultural tradition of fiddle music, which once thrived in indigenous communities across Canada, is rekindled and sustained.

Founded by Andrea Hansen, Strings Across the Sky is a not-for-profit registered charity operating on the generosity of donors and funding organizations. Before, during and after today’s performance, we invite you to visit the SATS fundraising table set up in the lobby of the Stockey Centre.

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O P E N I N G W E E K E N D Saturday July 16th 1:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre




Gala Opening Concert Elmer Iseler Singers; Lydia Adams, conductor; James Campbell, clarinet; Guy Few, trumpet; Penderecki String Quartet; Bob Mills, double bass

Herz und Mund, und Tat und Leben (Cantata BWV 147) Johann Sebastien Bach (1685–1750)

Sancta Maria, mater Dei, K. 273 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Ave Verum in F Major, K. 554

Regina coeli in C Major, K. 276/321b

Northern Sketches (Poems by Donia Clenman) Srul Irving Glick Northern Sketches (1934–2002)

SpringButterfliesCelebration

I N T E R M I S S I O N

Shaman Songs Gary KuleshaOrpingalik Speaks of Singing (b.1954)

InvocationIncanationUvavnuk is Struck by a Meteor and Becomes a Shaman (string quartet)Uvavnuk’s SongAncient Song

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Traditional Marian Hymn

Just a Closer Walk with Thee for clarinet, jazz bass, piano & choir Traditional Gospel

Arr. Bud Dant

Salutation of the Dawn Eleanor Daley (b.1955)

Saturday July 16th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

Concert Sponsored by

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Opera GalaMark DuBois, tenor & host; Leslie Fagan, soprano; Gabrielle Prata, mezzo-soprano; Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Bruce Kelly, baritone; Guy Few, piano; Elmer Iseler Singers: Lydia Adams, conductor

Program will be announced from the stage and include many of our divas’ favourite arias and the following:

Anvil Chorus from II trovatore Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)

Aria, chacun le sait, and Drinking Chorus from the Daughter of the Regiment Gaetano Donizetti

(1797–1848)

Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi

Brindisi from La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi

Chorus of Sailors from H.M.S Pinafore Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)

Humming Chorus from Madama Butterfly Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)

Toreador from Carmen Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

Habanera from Carmen Georges Bizet

Eboli’s Veil Song from Don Carlos Giuseppe Verdi

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Film: Around the World in 50 Concerts

Film series curated by Will DiNovi

This documentary follows the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra on a world tour and offers a wonderful portrait of the personalities behind this great orchestra, as well as the lives of some of the international music lovers who have been touched by their music.

Swing CruiseHogtown Syncopators: Terra Hazelton, vocals & percussion; Drew Jurecka, vocals & violin; Jay Danley, guitar & vocals; Richard Whiteman, piano; James Thompson, bass

Toe-tapping jazz from the swing era with the elegant sound of Django Reinhardt and the dazzling vocals of the Mills Brothers.

Office HourNew Zealand String Quartet

Te Tai-O-Rehua Gareth Farr (b.1968)

Poroporoaki Gillian Whitehead (b.1941)

Monday July 18th 1:00 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

W E E K 1 Monday July 18th 6:00 pm Island Queen

W E E K 1 Tuesday July 19th 11:00 am Festival Station Gallery

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Schubert and Dvorák I Moshe Hammer, violin; Peter Longworth, piano; Gryphon Trio: Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin; Roman Borys, cello; Jamie Parker, piano

Violin Sonatina in D Major, Op. 137, D. 384 Franz Schubert Allegro molto (1797–1828)

AndanteAllegro vivace

Ave Maria, D. 839 Schubert/Wilhelmj

Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 (Dumky) Antonin DvorákLento maestoso – Allegro (1841–1904)

Poco Adagio – Vivace non troppoAndante moderato – Allegretto scherzandoAllegroLento maestoso – Vivace

Schubert and Dvorák II Gryphon Trio; New Zealand String Quartet: Helene Pohl, violin; Monique Lapins, violin; Gillian Ansell, viola; Rolf Gjelsten, cello

Piano Trio in B-flat Major, D. 898 Franz Schubert Allegro moderato (1797–1828)

Andante un poco mossoScherzo: Allegro. TrioRondo: Allegro vivace. Presto


String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 (The American)Allegro ma non troppo Antonin DvorákLento (1841–1904)

Molto vivace Finale: Vivace ma non troppo

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Our Favourite Sonatas IMoshe Hammer, violin; Leopoldo Erice, piano; Daniel Bolshoy, guitar; Peter Longworth, piano

Sonata in D minor, Op. 108 Johannes BrahmsAllegro (1833–1897)

AdagioUn poco presto e con sentimentoPresto agitato

Sonata giocosa for guitar Joaquin Rodrigo Allegro moderato (1901–1999)

Andante moderatoAllegro

Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 Sergei ProkofievAllegro inquieto (1891–1953)

Andante calorosoPrecipitato

LectureJeffrey Stokes, lecturer

What is a sonata anyway?

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Our Favourite Sonatas IIPeter Longworth, piano; Penderecki String Quartet; Gillian Ansell, viola; Rolf Gjelsten, cello

Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 Ludwig van BeethovenAndante – Allegro vivace (1770–1827)

Adagio – Allegro con brio

String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36 Johannes BrahmsAllegro non troppo (1833–1897)

Scherzo. Allegro non troppo – Presto giocosoAdagioPoco allegro

Sir Wilfred Laurier at 175 Leslie Fagan, soprano; James Mason, oboe & English horn; Guy Few, trumpet & piano; Penderecki String Quartet; Leopoldo Erice, piano; James Campbell, clarinet; Jeffrey Stokes, double bass

Quiet City for English horn, trumpet and strings Aaron Copland(1900–1990)

String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Felix MendelssohnAdagio – Allegro vivace (1809–1847)

Adagio non lentoIntermezzo: Allegretto con moto – Allegro di moltoPresto – Adagio non lento


Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685—1750)

Images at Nightfall, Georgian Bay for soprano, clarinet & piano Srul Irving Glick

(1934–2002)









Timelines for Piano Duet Boyd McDonald (b.1932)

Ch’io mi scordi di te? K. 505 arranged for soprano, clarinet, oboe, trumpet, piano, & strings Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

(1756–1791)


Into the Heart and Mind of Robert Schumann

Romances, Fantasies and a Fairy TaleJames Mason, oboe; James Campbell, clarinet; Helene Pohl, violin; Gillian Ansell, viola; Peter Longworth, piano; Leopoldo Erice, piano

3 Romances for oboe & piano, Op. 94 Robert Schumann Nicht schnell (1810–1856)

Einfach, innigNicht schnell

3 Romances for violin & piano, Op. 22 Clara SchumannAndante molto (1819–1896)

AllegrettoLeidenschaftlich schnell


W E E K 1 Thursday July 21st 12:45 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre



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Fantasy Pieces for clarinet & piano, Op. 73 Robert SchumannZart und mi Ausdruck (1810–1856)

Lebhaft, leichtRasch und mit Feuer

Fairy Tale Pictures for viola & piano, Op. 113Nicht schnellLebhaftRaschLangsam, mit melancholischen Ausdruck


Further Into the Heart and Mind of Robert Schumann

Love and InspirationLeslie Fagan, soprano; Penderecki String Quartet; Peter Longworth, piano; Leopoldo Erice, piano

Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18 Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 Robert SchumannSeit ich ihn gesehenEr, der Herrlichste von allenIch kann’s nicht fassen, nicht glaubenDu Ring an meinem FingerHelft mir, ihr SchwesternSüsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert anAn meinem Herzen, an meiner BrustNun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan





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Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47 Robert SchumannSostenuto assai — Allegro ma non troppoScherzo: Molto vivace – Trio I – Trio IIAndante cantabileFinale: Vivace

Mentor & Master Stewart Goodyear, piano; Leopoldo Erice, piano; Penderecki String Quartet; New Zealand String Quartet

Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 Robert SchumannAllegro brillante (1810–1856)

In modo d’una marcia. Un poco largamenteScherzo: Molto vivace – Trio 1 & 2Allegro, ma non troppo


Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Johannes BrahmsAllegro non troppo (1833–1897)

Andante, un poco AdagioScherzo: AllegroFinale: Poco sostenuto – Allegro non troppo

Office HourMeet guitar virtuoso Daniel Bolshoy as he talks about and plays his favourite instrument.



W E E K 1 Friday July 22nd 11:00 am Festival Station Gallery

Concert Sponsored byMunicipality

of McDougall

Helene Pohl & Rolf Gjelsten Sponsored by

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Music for Guitar & FriendsDaniel Bolshoy, guitar; Leslie Fagan, soprano; Penderecki String Quartet

Six Canciones Populares Españolas for guitar & soprano El paño moruno Manuel de FallaSeguidilla murciana (1876–1946)

AsturianaJotaNanaCanciónPolo

Introduction & Fandango for guitar & strings Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)

Un sueño en la floresta for solo guitar Agustin Barrios (1885–1944)

Quintet for guitar & string quartet, Op. 143Allegro, vivo e schietto Mario Castelnuovo-TedescoAndante mesto (1895–1968)

Scherzo: Allegro con spirito, alla marciaFinale: Allegro con fuoco

Friday July 22nd 1:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre



Leslie Fagan Sponsored by

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My Favourite BeethovenStewart Goodyear, piano

Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 (Tempest)Largo – Allegro Ludwig van BeethovenAdagio (1770–1827)

Allegretto

Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique)Grave – Allegro di molto e con brioAdagio cantabileRondo. Allegro


Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 (Moonlight)Adagio sostenutoAllegrettoPresto agitato

Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata)Allegro assaiAndante con motoAllegro ma non troppo – Presto

Classically EllingtonGene DiNovi, piano & host; James Campbell, clarinet; Drew Jurecka, violin & saxophone; Dave Young, bass; Glenn Anderson, drums

Tonight’s program celebrates the genius of both Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. We will perform music written by both men and made famous by the incredible players in the Duke Ellington Band. Gene DiNovi will be our guide and the program will be announced from the stage.

Friday July 22nd 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

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Celtic Sounds CruiseCòig: Chrissy Crowley, fiddle, viola; Jason Roach, piano; Rachel Davis, fiddle, viola, vocals; Darren McMullen, guitar, mandolin, vocals

Cape Breton’s captivating young band Còig has won Canadian Folk Music and East Coast Music Awards.

Film: Amadeus


This 1984 period drama, winner of eight Academy Awards, tells the story of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart through the envious eyes of a court composer, Antonio Salieri.

W E E K 2 Tuesday July 26th 10:00 am Charles W. Stockey Centre

Monday July 25th 6:00 pm Island Queen

W I L L D I N O V I

Based in Toronto, Will DiNovi is a writer, freelance CBC producer, and film programmer for Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. He has written on arts and culture for publications like The Atlantic, The Paris Review, Salon and The New Republic. He rants about movies at @willdinovi on Twitter.


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Haydn, Mozart, and the Human VoiceElora Festival Singers; Noel Edison, conductor; Festival of the Sound Ensemble; Ruth Fazal, concert master

Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339Dixit Dominus Wolfgang Amadeus MozartConfitebor (1756–1791)

Beatus virLaudate pueriLaudate DominumMagnificat


Lord Nelson Mass in D minor, Hob.XXII:11 Joseph HaydnJulia Morrison, soprano; Andrew Walker, tenor; (1732–1809)

David Roth, bassKyrie GloriaCredoSanctusBenedictusAgnus Dei

Tuesday July 26th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre


Yani & Michael KellyIn Memory of

Elizabeth Ofenheim

A Musical OfferingFestival Baroque: Suzanne Shulman, flute; James Mason, oboe; James McKay, bassoon; Guy Few, trumpet; Julie Baumgartel, violin; Chloé Dominguez, cello; Joel Quarrington, double bass; Cynthia Hiebert, harpsichord

Suite in D minor for oboe, violin & basso continuoDolce – Allegro Georg Philipp TelemannVivace (1681–1767)

AllegroAndantePrestoModeratoVivace

Concerto a sei (Double Concerto) for trumpet, oboe, strings & continuo in E-flat Major Johann Wilhelm Hertel

Allegro (1727–1789)

AriosoAllegro

Sonata in G minor for flute, oboe, bassoon & basso continuo Allegro Antonio VivaldiAdagio (1678–1741)

Allegro

from Trio Sonata from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079Largo Johann Sebastian BachAllegro (1685–1750)

Allemande from the 4th Partita, BWV 828

Excerpts from Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

Ricercar a 6 from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079

Menuet & Badinerie from Orchestra Suite No. 2 for flute & strings, BWV 1067

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Afternoon Concert Suzanne Shulman, flute; Paul Marleyn, cello; Stéphan Sylvestre, piano; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Cecilia String Quartet: Min-Jeong Koh, violin; Sarah Menatallah, violin; Caitlin Boyle, viola; Rachel Desoer, cello

Trio for flute, cello & piano in G minor, Op. 65Allegro moderato Carl Maria von WeberScherzo: Allegro vivace (1786–1826)

Schäfers Klage: Andante espressivoFinale: Allegro

String Quintet No. 3 in C Major, K. 515 Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAllegro (1756–1791)

AndanteMenuetto: AllegrettoAllegro

Evening ConcertMartin Beaver, violin; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Paul Marleyn, cello; Joel Quarrington, double bass; Cecilia String Quartet; Stéphan Sylvestre, piano

Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 Ludwig van BeethovenAllegro assai (1770–1827)

Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e graziosoAllegro vivace

String Quartet in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1 Felix MendelssohnMolto allegro vivace (1809–1847)

Menuetto: Un poco allegrettoAndante espressivo ma non motoPresto con brio





Gary Ball In Memory of



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Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 (Trout) Franz SchubertAllegro vivace (1797–1828)

Andante Scherzo: PrestoAndantino – AllegrettoAllegro giusto

Office HourCecilia String Quartet

The Cecilia String Quartet demonstrates Xenia Concerts, a series of accessible family concerts designed to be welcoming to children on the autism spectrum and their families.

Colour and MotionJames Mason, oboe; James Campbell, clarinet; Martin Beaver, violin; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Joel Quarrington, double bass; Trio Hochelaga: Anne Robert, violin; Chloé Dominguez, cello; Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano

Piano Trio in A minor Maurice RavelModéré (1875–1937)

Pantoum. Assez vifPassacaille. Très largeFinal: Animé

Quintet, Op. 39, Trapèze Ballet (with video) Sergei ProkofievModerato, molto ritmato (1891–1953)

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W E E K 2 Thursday July 28th 1:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

W E E K 2 Thursday July 28th 11:00 am Festival Station Gallery




Tema con variazioniAndante energicoAllegro sostenuto, ma con brioAdagio pesanteAllegro precipitato, ma non troppo prestoAndantino

Scandinavia: Northern NeighboursJames Campbell, clarinet; James McKay, bassoon; Ken MacDonald, horn; Martin Beaver, violin; Anne Robert, violin; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Chloé Dominiguez, cello; Paul Marleyn, cello; Joel Quarrington, double bass

Serenata in vano, FS 68 for clarinet, bassoon, horn, cello & double bass Carl Nielsen

(1865–1931)

Suite for string trio in A Major, JS 186 Jean SibeliusPrelude. Vivace. (1865–1957)

Andante con motoMenuettoGigue. Allegretto

Grand Septet in B-flat Major for violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, horn & bassoon Franz Berwald

Adagio; Allegro molto (1796–1868)

Poco Adagio; Prestissimo; AdagioFinale: Allegro con spirito

W E E K 2 Thursday July 28th 3:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre


Martin Beaver Sponsored by

Dr. Kim Warwick


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Chopin and TchaikovskyTrio Hochelaga: Anne Robert, violin; Chloé Dominguez, cello; Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano

Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 55, No. 2 Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47

Polonaise héroïque in A-flat Major, Op. 53


Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 Pyotr TchaikovskyPezzo elegiaco (1840–1893)

Tema con variazioni

Summer SerenadeMartin Beaver, violin; Julie Baumgartel, violin; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; James Campbell, clarinet; Paul Marleyn, cello; Joel Quarrington, double bass

Serenade in G Major, K. 525 (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) Allegro Wolfgang Amadeus MozartRomanze: Andante (1756–1791)

Menuetto: AllegrettoRondo: Allegro

Summer Serenade for violin, clarinet, cello & double bass Ramsay Duff

String Quintet No. 12, Op. 34 George OnslowAllegro moderato (1784–1853)

Minuetto: Allegro moderatoAdagio EspressivoFinale: Allegro non troppo presto

W E E K 2 Friday July 29th 1:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

Thursday July 28th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre


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Canadian SongbookWords Around the Waist: Graham Campbell, guitar & vocals; Anna Atkinson, violin & vocals; Sam McLellan, bass; Simeon Abbott, piano

This program of music by Canadian women songwriters will be announced from the stage. *Sold out

My Favourite Jazz Robi Botos, piano; Dave Young, bass; Terry Clarke, drums

This program will be announced from the stage.

Jazz CanadaDave Young, bass; Kevin Turcotte, trumpet; Perry White, tenor sax; Terry Promane, trombone; Gary Williamson, piano; Terry Clarke, drums

Tonight’s program features new arrangements by Dave Young and Terry Promane of music inspired by Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer, Cedar Walton and Jimmy Heath. It will be announced from the stage and include:

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Caravan

Summertime

Salt Peanuts (D Gillespie)

Two Bass Hit (J Lewis)

Flamenco Sketches

All Blues

Four and One More

Weep

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Downshift

Saturday July 30th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

Friday July 29th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

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After Office Hours Words Around the Waist

Favourite jazz standards performed in a relaxed intimate setting.

Songbook on the Chippewa Words Around the Waist

Words Around the Waist performs from the repertoire of songwriters such as Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, and Jacques Brel. Performing sincere interpretations of songs with poetic, witty, and profound lyrical content, the program includes songs such as Jacques Brel’s devastating “Ne me quitte pas”, Randy Newman’s sarcastic “Sail Away”, and Willie Nelson’s biting “Sad Songs and Waltzes”.

Toronto All-Star Big Band Toronto All-Star Big Band; Zygmunt Jedrzejek, Artistic Director

The music of the Big Bands of the 1930’s and ’40’s holds a special place in the hearts of many. The vibrant young musicians of the Toronto All-Star Big Band revive the spirit and sound of the golden age of the big bands.

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W E E K 2 Sunday July 31st 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

Sunday July 31st 10:30 am Chippewa Cruise

Saturday July 30th 10:00 pm Festival Station Gallery


Fred Ibey in Memory ofBetty Ibey &

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Film: Keep on Keepin’ On


A touching documentary about jazz trumpeter Clark Terry and his mentorship of a blind piano prodigy named Justin Kauflin as the young man prepares for an international competition.

Jazz CruiseBob De Angelis, clarinet; Mike Allen, guitar; Ron Johnston, bass; Glenn Anderson, drums

Benny on the BoatBob De Angelis leads a tribute to the great Benny Goodman.

Stockey Master ClassGlen Montgomery; Piano

Glen works with brave amateur pianists.

W E E K 3 Tuesday August 2nd 1:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

W E E K 3 Monday August 1st 6:00 pm Island Queen Cruise

Monday August 1st 1:00 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre


Dr. William Monk


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Children’s CornerGlen Montgomery, piano and host; Duo Turgeon: Edward Turgeon, piano; Anne Louise-Turgeon, piano; Charissa Vandikas, piano; Linda Ruan, piano (Stockey Young Artists)

Carnival of the Animals Camille Saint-SaënsIntroduction (1835–1921)Royal MarchSwift AnimalsElephantAquariumPianistsFossilsSwanFinale

Sarabande George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Jig (from Three Scenes) Violet Archer (1913–2000)

March of the Goblins Irving Berlin (1888–1989)

Little Litanies of Jesus Gabriel Grovlez (1879–1944)

Für Elise, WoO 59 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Sonata for piano duet in C Major, K. 521 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Album for the Young, Op. 68 Robert SchumannMerry Farmer (1810–1856)

Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15 Robert SchumannForeign Lands and PeoplesTraumerei

Selections from: Children’s Pieces Volume 1 – Hungarian Folk Melodies Béla Bartók

(1881–1945)

Dolly Suite for piano duet, Op. 56 Gabriel Fauré Berceuse (1845–1924)

Tuesday August 2nd 3:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre


The Home Depot

Anagnoson and Kinton at 40 James Anagnoson and Leslie Kinton, piano duo; Dave Burns, percussion; Chung-Ling Lo, percussion

Join Jim and Leslie as they reflect on their illustrious 40 year journey with career pinnacle pieces interspersed with stage talks highlighting an ongoing career that has spanned the globe. This anniversary program includes works by Brahms, Poulenc, Strauss-Chasins, Pierre Gallant, Gershwin and Béla Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.


Sonata for two pianos and percussion, Sz.110 Béla BartókAssai lento – Allegro troppo (1881–1945)

Lento, ma non troppoAllegro non troppo

Join two of our favourite artists on stage after the concert for a question and answer session.

Stockey Master ClassAnagnoson and Kinton; Piano duo

Jim and Leslie work with our two Stockey Young Artists: Charissa Vandikas and Linda Ruan.

W E E K 3 Wednesday August 3rd 11:00 am Charles W. Stockey Centre

Tuesday August 2nd 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre


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Trans-Atlantic Journeys: Into the 20th Century I Glen Montgomery, host; Elissa Lee, violin; Sharon Wei, viola; Angela Park, piano; Magdalena von Eccher, piano; Duo Turgeon

Intermezzo, Op. 119, No. 1 in B minor Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Slavonic Dances – piano duets Antonín DvorákOp. 72, No. 1 in B Major (1841–1904)

Op. 72, No. 5 in B-flat minorOp. 46, No. 8 in G minor

To a Wild Rose, Op. 51, No. 1 for viola & piano Edward MacDowell (1860–1908)

Piano Ragtime Music Igor Stravinsky (1882–1871)

Solace arranged for two pianos Scott Joplin (1867–1917)

John Arpin (1936–2007)

Sonata in G Major for violin & piano Maurice RavelAllegretto (1875–1937)

Blues – ModeratoPerpetuum mobile – Allegro

Wednesday August 3rd 1:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre


The Home Depot

Duo Turgeon Sponsored by

Dr. Ola Kassim

CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTSMUSICAL INSTRUMENT BANK

Rachel Mercer

very 3 years, talented Canadian classical musicians compete for the chance to borrow fine stringed instruments from the Canada Council’s Musical Instrument Bank (MIB). The competition

is intense and is decided by a jury of professional musicians and peers. Musicians who win the competition are often invited to perform with their instruments on some of the world’s most celebrated stages.

The MIB includes close to 22 magnificent instruments worth a total of over $41 million. These historically-significant violins, cellos and bows, ranging in age from the late 1600s to the early 1900s, were crafted by the world’s finest luthiers such as Stradivari, Gagliano and Pressenda.

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Winner in the 2015 Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank competition, Rachel Mercer is grateful to have been awarded the 1730 Newland Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus cello for a 3 year loan. The Canada Council for the Arts is proud to partner with the Festival of the Sound to present a performance by Rachel Mercer.

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Trans-Atlantic Journeys: Into the 20th Century IIJames Campbell, clarinet; Rachel Mercer, cello; Magdalena von Eccher, piano; Glen Montgomery, piano; Duo Turgeon, piano

Scaramouche, suite for two pianos, Op. 165b Darius MilhaudVif (1892–1974)

ModéréBrazileira

Sonata for cello, Op. 19 Sergei RachmaninoffAndante (1873–1943)

Sonata for clarinet & piano Leonard BernsteinGrazioso (1918–1990)

Andantino – Vivace e leggiero

Songbook – Song Hits arranged by Gershwin George GershwinThe Man I Love (1898–1937)

Nobody But YouDo It AgainFascinating RhythmOh Lady Be Good’S WonderfulStrike Up The BandThat Certain FeelingLizaSomebody Loves MeWho CaresI Got Rhythm

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.


The Canada Council for the Arts is proud to partner with Festival of the Sound to present a

performance byRachel Mercer, on a 1730 Newland

Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus Cello


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The Lafayette at 30 YearsLayfayette String Quartet: Ann Elliott-Goldschmid, violin; Sharon Stanis, violin; Joanna Hood, viola; Pamela Highbaugh Aloni, cello; Glen Montgomery, piano; Magdalena von Eccher, piano

Humoresque, Op. 101, No. 7 Antonín DvorákLento e grazioso (1841–1904)

Three Preludes George GershwinAllegro ben ritmato e deciso (1898–1937)

Andante con moto e poco rubatoAgitato

String Quartet in F Major Maurice RavelAllegro moderato (1875–1937)

Assez vif, très rythméTrès lentVif et agité


Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 81 Antonín DvorákAllegro ma non tantoDumka: Andante con motoScherzo-Furiant: Molto vivaceAllegro

Stockey Master Class

Janina Fialkowska works with Charissa Vandikas and Linda Ruan, our Stockey Young Artists.

W E E K 3 Thursday August 4th 11:00 am Charles W. Stockey Centre



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Office HourLafayette String Quartet; James Campbell, clarinet; Glen Montgomery, piano

Sonata for clarinet & piano Violet ArcherAndantino piacevole (1913–2000)

Tranquillo et espressivoAllegretto graziosoAllegro ma non troppo, scherzoso

String Quintet No. 2, Threnody Jean CoulthardPoco mosso-meno mosso (1908–2000)

Adiamo molto. PensavoLento Passionata – Allegro con brio

“The origin of the name “Threnody” for my Second Quartet arose from the wish I always had to be able at sometimes in my life to write a musical requiem or an expression of sorrow for our war century. In this musical vision I have felt the suffering and tragedy mingled with an exquisite tenderness of the lost souls of our generation. But the music is also austere in some passages… the second movement, I feel, is essentially a song of sorrow, while the third movement has been described as the wind of war over the land.”

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Thursday August 4th 1:30 pm Festival Station Gallery


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The Magic of the CelloEnsemble Made in Canada; Angela Park, piano; Elissa Lee, violin; Sharon Wei, viola; Rachel Mercer, cello

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 Johann Sebastian BachPrélude (1685–1750)

AllemandeCouranteSarabandeMenuettGigue

Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 Johannes BrahmsAllegro vivace (1833–1897)

Adagio affettuosoAllegro passionatoAllegro molto

Four Degrees of Freedom Kelly-Marie Murphy (b.1964)

Mozart and Musical Magic Ensemble Made in Canada; Duo Turgeon; James Campbell, clarinet; Charissa Vandikas, piano; Sharon Wei, viola

Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545Allegro Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAndante (1756–1791)

Rondo

Sonata for piano duet in C Major, K. 521AllegroAndanteAllegretto

W E E K 3 Thursday August 4th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

Thursday August 4th 3:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

Concert Sponsored byParry Sound

North Star

The Canada Council for the Arts is proud to partner with Festival of the Sound to present a

performance byRachel Mercer, on a 1730 Newland

Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus Cello


Trio in E-flat Major for clarinet, viola, and piano, K. 498 (Kegelstatt)

AndanteMenuettoAllegretto

Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493AllegroLarghettoAllegretto

Piano in the Afternoon ICharissa Vandikas, piano; Bergmann Duo: Marcel Bergmann, Elizabeth Bergmann; Magdalena von Eccher, piano; Glen Montgomery, piano and host

Prelude in G Major, Op. 32 No. 5 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

Excerpts from Porgy and Bess George Gershwin (1898–1937)

arr. Marcel Bergmann

Capriccio d’après le bal masqué Francis Perron (1899–1963)

Suite No. 2 for two pianos, Op. 17 Sergei RachmaninoffIntroduction – Alla marciaValse – PrestoRomance – AndantinoTarantelle – Presto

W E E K 3 Friday August 5th 1:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre



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Bergmann Duo Sponsored by

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Piano in the Afternoon IILinda Ruan, piano; Bergmann Duo; Glen Montgomery, piano

Étude-tableau, Op. 39, No. 5 in E-flat minor Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

Urban Pulse for two pianos Marcel BergmannRoundabout (b.1965)

Cerulean BeatFast Lane

Jeux d’eau Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)

Three Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 Sergei RachmaninoffNon allegro (1873–1943)

Andante con moto. Tempo di ValseLento assai – Allegro vivace

My Favourite ChopinJanina Fialkowska, piano

Polonaise Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op. 61 Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Nocturne in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3

Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major, Op. 51

Waltz in B minor, Op. 69, No. 2

Waltz in A-flat, Op. 42

Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

W E E K 3 Friday August 5th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

Friday August 5th 3:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre


The William Beatty Company

Concert Sponsored byMeg Wallace Photography

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Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54

Prelude, Op. 28, No. 14 in E-flat minor

Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15 in D-flat Major

3 Mazurkas, Op. 50

Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20

Office Hour Glen Montgomery, host and moderator

George Sebok, the great Hungarian pianist and pedagogue, suggested the level of mediocrity in music performance has risen immensely but the level of greatness has diminished. Join us for a discussion on this idea and impassioned arguments regarding our favourite pianists from the past and present.

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Moshe Hammer and Glen MontgomeryMoshe Hammer and Glen Montgomery


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Piano SpectacularOrford Six Pianos: Sandra Murray, piano; Romain Pollet, piano; Mariane Patenaude, piano; Francis Perron, piano; Pamela Reimer, piano; Amélie Fortin, piano; Janina Fialkowska, Bergmann Duo, Anagnoson and Kinton, Glen Montgomery

Masquerade Suite Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978)

Waltz arr. Francis PerronNocturneMazurkaRomanceGalop

Classical Symphony Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)

Allegro arr. O. GodinIntermezzo. LarghettoGavotte. Non troppo allegroFinale. Molto vivace

Night on Bald Mountain Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)

arr. L.D. Roy


Gayaneh Suite Aram Khatchaturian Gopak arr. Francis PerronDance of the Rose MaidensMountaineers’ DanceLezghinkaSabre Dance

Danzon No. 2 Arturo Márquez (b.1950) arr. Francis Perron

Tango for Six arr. Francis Perron

Por una Cabeza Carlos Gardel (1887–1935)

arr. L.D. Roy

Fantasy on Themes from Georges Bizet’s Carmen Mack Wilbergwith Janina Fialkowska, Bergmann Duo, (b.1955)

Anagnoson and Kinton, Glen Montgomery

Saturday August 6th 7:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre


Township of Seguin

Office Hour

Understanding Beethoven’s fourth Piano Concerto: Glen Montgomery guides you through the underlying genius and brilliant construction of this great masterpiece helping to support Einstein’s concept: “In the arts and in the higher ranges of science there is a feeling of harmony which underlies all endeavour.”

Piano Finale Janina Fialkowska, piano; Anagnoson and Kinton, piano duo; National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor

Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Edward Elgar (1857–1934)

Concerto No. 10 for two pianos in E-flat Major, K. 365Allegro Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAndante (1756–1791)

Rondo: Allegro


Piano concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 Ludwig van BeethovenAllegro moderato (1770–1827)

Andante con motoRondo: Vivace

W E E K 3 Sunday August 7th 2:30 pm Charles W. Stockey Centre

Sunday August 7th 12:30 pm Festival Station Gallery


Wonderful collaborative chamber music.

An excitingly different concert programme.

International guest artists include your own

James Campbell - Clarinet, Dénes Várjon -

Piano (Hungary), Matthew Barley - Cello

(England), Ian Rosenbaum - Marimba (New

York), Goldner String Quartet (Australia) and

the New Zealand String Quartet. . . All

performing in beautiful concert venues that

are renowned for their acoustics.

9 days of the best chamber music, staged

in the beautiful resort town of Nelson -

famous for it’s fine wine, seafood and wild

places.

artists2016The musicians that come to the Festival of the Sound annually are what make us who we are. Whether it is their 1st or their 37th summer coming to Parry Sound, each musician is part of the Festival Family.

STOCKEY YOUNG ARTISTS

Linda Ruan Charissa Vandikas

The Festival of the Sound’s Stockey Young Artist Program supports exceptional young musicians in their transition to professional careers and honours our benefactor Charles W. Stockey. Charles and Lois Stockey took an interest in young performers and often hosted recitals for them in their home in Victoria.

Charles and Lois Stockey


festival artists

Glenn AndersonDRUMS

Glenn Anderson has been performing on the Toronto music scene for the past three and a half decades. He has a musical reputation for being a hard-swinging, yet dynamically sensitive drummer capable of driving a big band, accompanying a vocalist or playing in a jazz trio. While a long time mainstay on the Toronto music scene, Glenn is currently busy with the New Orleans’ style jazz, blues & funk band Red Hot Ramble, Juno nominated jazz vocalist Alex Pangman, Ross Wooldridge’s Galaxy All Star Orchestra, many of the traditional jazz bands and a host of vocalists in the Toronto area!

Colin AinsworthTENOR

Colin Ainsworth has distinguished himself with his exceptional singing and diverse repertoire. He has been acclaimed for his interpretations of the major Classical and Baroque tenor roles, including title roles. He has worked across the world with opera companies, orchestras and festivals including the Vancouver Opera,the Canadian Opera Company, Chicago Opera Theatre, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Atelier, Pacific Opera Victoria, Edmonton Opera, Royal Opera (London) and the Greek National Opera; the Cincinnati Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra of San Francisco, Music of the Baroque in Chicago, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; the Lanaudière, Montreal Baroque, Elora and the Aldeburgh Connection festivals.

Lydia AdamsCONDUCTOR

Lydia Adams has dedicated her career to the growth of Canadian choral music. She is Artistic Director of both the Elmer Iseler Singers and the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto, national leaders in commissioning, premiering, performing and recording Canadian choral works. She has conducted choral works of Canadian composers including Somers, Freedman, Applebaum, Watson Henderson, Hatzis, Daley and Togni. She has toured extensively and guest-conducted throughout Canada and the United States, and recently conducted a tour of the world’s first Cree opera, Pimooteewin: The Journey, by Tomson Highway and Melissa Hui. An innovative programmer, Ms. Adams has included over 50 new commissions in the past 13 years. Lydia has been working with the Festival of the Sound for over 30 years, as a singer, conductor and friend.

Julie Baumgartel VIOLIN

Julie Baumgartel has been interested in performing baroque and classical music on period instruments since her undergraduate studies at Indiana University. Since then she has performed with Tafelmusik and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra across Europe, North America and Asia. Now living in Kitchener Waterloo, she frequently performs with the K-W Symphony and is Artistic Director of Nota Bene Baroque Players. She has been featured in CBC radio broadcasts and performs chamber music regularly at the Festival of the Sound in Parry Sound, with the Gallery Players of Niagara and with the Factory Arts Quartet on the INNERChamber series in Stratford. Julie co-founded the Grand River Baroque Festival near Ayr, Ontario with her husband oboist James Mason. She has recently become interested in teaching and in September 2011 she joined the faculty of the Laurier String Academy.

Martin Beaver VIOLIN

Recognised as a soloist, chamber musician, and as first violinist of the renowned Tokyo String Quartet from 2002-2013, Martin Beaver is in demand all over the world. After a remarkable career, the quartet concluded its final season in the summer of 2013. Remaining one of Canada’s violin ambassadors to the international concert stages, Martin Beaver is an active musician for recital, concerto and chamber performances. He has collaborated with many esteemed artists including violinist Pinchas Zukerman and eminent conductors such as Kazuyoshi Akiyama and Charles Dutoit. Martin Beaver was awarded the use of the 1729 `ex-Heath’ Guarneri del Gesù violin on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts-Musical Instrument Bank. He received the Canada Council’s prestigious Virginia Parker Award for the most promising young Canadian artist. He is currently on the faculty at The Colburn School.

Robi BotosPIANO

Robi Botos is a Jazz pianist from Hungary who has quickly joined the ranks of Canada’s elite jazz musicians. Having been mentored by the great Oscar Peterson, he has received numerous awards and accolades including First Place Prizes at the 2008 Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition and the 2012 TD Grand Jazz award at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. Most recently, Robi was awarded the 2016 Juno award for Best Jazz Album of the Year (Solo). Born into a musical family in Nyíregyháza, Hungary, the mainly self-taught Botos began his musical career when he was just a child playing drums and percussion with his father and two brothers. Robi’s notable performances include: opening for Oscar Peterson at the Stravinsky Hall in Montreux, headlining the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center and opening for Bela Fleck at the 2005 TD Toronto Jazz Festival main stage.

Daniel Bolshoy GUITAR

Daniel Bolshoy is committed to bringing the guitar to the attention of audiences everywhere. He has performed as a soloist with many orchestras internationally and across Canada, including Vancouver and Toronto Symphony Orchestras. Daniel Bolshoy has performed for many prestigious festivals including, Guitar-Gems (Israel), Tabula Rasa (Russia), Music and Beyond (Ottawa), Indian River Music Festival, Elora and Vancouver International Chamber Music Festivals. Daniel Bolshoy has been invited to participate as a jury member in several international music competitions, including the Guitar-Gems festival in Israel, the Tabula Rasa festival in Russia, and the National Finals of the Canadian Federation of Music Festivals. He has recently been appointed head of the guitar division at the University of British Columbia School of Music and is also the head of the guitar department at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music.

Boris BrottCONDUCTOR

Boris Brott is one of the most internationally recognized Canadian conductors, holding major posts as music director in Canada and the United States. He enjoys an international career as guest conductor, educator, motivational speaker and cultural ambassador. He is Conductor and founding Music Director of the New West Symphony in California, the McGill Chamber Orchestra in Montreal, and the National Academy Orchestra of Canada. He is also Artistic Director of the Brott Musical Festivals, Ontario’s principal classical orchestra music festival. In 1988, Boris Brott was awarded the Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civic honour. That same year, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law at McMaster University. Two years later, he was made a Knight of Malta. Besides numerous film and radio commitments, Boris Brott has conducted, produced and hosted over 100 television programs on both sides of the Atlantic.


festival artists

David BurnsPERCUSSION

Dave Burns is active as a percussion soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. He has collaborated with Jörg Widmann and Leon Fleischer, and worked under the baton of Thomas Dausgaard, Johannes Debus, Peter Oundjian and others. He is a founding member of the percussion quartet SPECTRUM. He was resident percussionist at the Banff Centre and has also performed with the Toronto Symphony, Thunder Bay Symphony, and Orchestra London. Burns received his Performance Diploma and Artist Diploma from The Royal Conservatory of Music’s Glenn Gould School. He has studied with mridangam master Trichy Sankaran. This September, he will commence his appointment with the Hyogo Performing Arts Centre Orchestra under Yutaka Sado in Nishinomiya City, Japan.

Terry ClarkeDRUMS

Terry Clarke got his first drum set on his 12th birthday and studied for five years with Jim Blackley. In 1965, he moved to San Francisco and worked with John Handy III for the next 2 ½ years, during which time the award-winning recording, “Live at Monterey Jazz Festival” was made. Clarke then joined the pop vocal group, The Fifth Dimension, until 1970 when he re-located to Toronto. Having recorded over 300 albums with various jazz artists, he is a familiar face at festivals, halls and venues throughout the world. Clarke continues to perform and record with a number of artists including Nancy Wilson, Bill Mays, Renee Rosnes, Jim Hall and Helen Merrill, David Braid, Jake Langley, Don Thompson, Nancy Walker, Neil Swainson and David Occhipinti. Clarke is a member of the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto. Terry Clarke is a Member of the Order of Canada.

James CampbellCLARINET

James Campbell has followed his muse to five television specials, more than 40 recordings, over 30 works commissioned, a Juno Award (Stolen Gems), a Roy Thomson Hall Award, Canada’s Artist of the Year, the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal and the Order of Canada. Called by the Toronto Star “Canada’s pre-eminent clarinetist and wind soloist”, he has performed solo and chamber music concerts in 30 countries. He has been soloist with over 60 orchestras and has appeared with over 30 string quartets. Since 1985, James Campbell has been Artistic Director of the Festival of the Sound and has programmed over 1500 concerts for the Festival. Under his direction, the Festival has travelled to England, Japan, and the Netherlands and it has been the subject of documentaries by BBC Television, CBC Television and TV Ontario. James Campbell has been Professor of Music at the prestigious Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, since 1988.

Bob De AngelisCLARINET

Bob De Angelis is often referred to as Canada’s own “King of Swing.” He is a multiple award winning instrumentalist, with a couple of JUNO Awards and a recipient of the Canadian National Jazz Award. He has performed as a guest artist across North America with numerous symphony orchestras and has entertained for numerous heads of state, royalty and dignitaries. In 2008 Bob performed at Carnegie Hall with his own signature “Champagne Symphony Orchestra,” celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Benny Goodman’s famous concert there. He is considered one of Canada’s most popular bandleaders and is positioned at the helm of his own entertainment company, De Angelis Entertainment Inc. that provides quality live music products to the commercial market.

Mark DuBoisTENOR

Mark DuBois’ busy career on opera and concert stages has taken him across Canada, the U.S.A., Italy, France, Belgium, Hungary, Austria, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Bermuda, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Most recently he completed a concert tour of the new composition “Oratorio Terezin” by Ruth Fazal, performed in the prestigious venues of Reduta Hall, Bratislava, Vienna Konzerthaus, St. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Brno, and Smetana Hall, Prague to great audience acclaim. His appearances at numerous music festivals have included such prestigious names as Ravinia, Tanglewood, New England Bach Festival, Hollywood Bowl, London’s Wigmore Hall, Cannes Midem Classique, Budapest Spring Festival and Festival International de Lanaudière. He is heard regularly on national radio network broadcasts in a wide variety of performances and has appeared in several television specials.

Gene DiNoviPIANO

Gene DiNovi began his career as a teenaged bebop pianist in jazz clubs along New York’s fabled 52nd Street and played for several bandleaders (Henry Jerome, Joe Marsala, Boyd Raeburn, Stan Hasselgard, and others) in the late 1940s. He recorded as a sideman to Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw in this period. A popular accompanist with singers, Gene DiNovi played for Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett, and Lena Horne. While in Los Angeles he studied composition and orchestration with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. After his first visit to Toronto in 1971 as an accompanist to Carmen McRae, Gene DiNovi made the city his home in 1972. He has divided his career there between extended solo piano engagements at several of the city’s more exclusive rooms and studio work as an arranger and composer. He composed Scandanavian Suite No. 1, Divertimento in Blue (for Benny Goodman), Hommage à Satie, and several other classical pieces.

Chloé DominguezCELLO

Chloé Dominguez is one of the most accomplished and versatile cellists of her generation. She is equally at ease playing early music on period instruments and working with today’s best composers. She is a member of the Trio Hochelaga and holds the solo cello position at the McGill Chamber Orchestra and the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal. She has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Canada Council’s Musical Instrument Bank Competition and the Golden Violin award of McGill University, where she completed a doctorate degree under the tutelage of Matt Haimovitz. Chloé Dominguez was guest professor at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University (2014-2015) and also teaches at the summer Music Academy of Domaine Forget. She plays on a 1745 Lorenzo Carcassi cello.

Leopoldo EricePIANO

Spanish pianist Leopoldo Erice, born in Madrid in 1977, enjoys a performing and teaching career, which has brought him to Europe, the two Americas, Asia, and Africa. He is a member of the Faculty of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada), has held the position of Associate Professor of Music at the American University of Sharjah (UAE), and also has taught at Middle Tennessee State University (USA). Eleven years ago, Leopoldo founded the Festival Internacional de Música Clásica de Ribadeo (Spain), a summer festival which has established itself as one of the cultural references of Northwestern Spain. As a Fellow of the prestigious “la Caixa” Foundation Fellowship Program (Spain), Leopoldo Erice studied at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University under Leonard Hokanson, Menahem Pressler, and Emile Naoumoff. He holds the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.


festival artists

Leslie FaganSOPRANO

Leslie Fagan has delighted audiences and critics alike at Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Bordeaux Opera House, Roy Thomson Hall and Massey Hall. This season, she returns to Carnegie Hall for the 15th time performing the B Minor Mass of Bach under the direction of Maestro Kent Tritle with the Oratorio Society of New York. This year Leslie released her new CD “Thread of Winter”, the first in her Canadian Art Song Series. She has performed concerts in Spain, Germany, England, Italy and the Middle East and has shared the stage with many great artists including Victor Borge, Lois Marshall and Maureen Forrester. On the opera stage, she has sung the title role in Donizetti’s Linda di Chamounix, Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and many more. Leslie Fagan can be heard frequently on CBC radio and has appeared on CBC television, BBC radio and television, and NPR.

Guy FewTRUMPET

Guy Few’s instrumental versatility and fearless interpretations have been noted by the international press, “outrageous...simply phenomenal” (Le Devoir, Montreal) and “sheer brilliance” (L.A. Times). Performing with many Canadian and US symphonies as both trumpet and piano soloist, Guy remains a committed chamber artist in ensembles Few Mara Duo, Guy & Nadina, Bellows and Brass and Project Aria. A guest at many summer festivals, he is a prolific recording artist, releasing CDs on numerous labels. Recording awards include a JUNO nomination, a Grammy, and Best Classical Orchestral Album from Just Plain Folks Music Awards. Guy has appeared on CBC-TV, CTV, BRAVO, NPR, TV5 and European television. A Yamaha artist, Guy is a sessional lecturer at Wilfrid Laurier University, coaching chamber music and teaching trumpet.

Noel EdisonCONDUCTOR

Noel Edison is well established as one of the most versatile and charismatic conductors in the world today. As conductor and artistic director of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Elora Festival Singers, Edison is widely recognized and appreciated for his skillful, interpretive work. A native of Toronto, he moved to the scenic village of Elora, where he co-founded the Elora Festival and the Elora Festival Singers as its choir-in-residence. Edison also serves as Organist and Choirmaster of one of the few all-professional church choirs in Canada at Elora’s Church of St. John the Evangelist. In 2002 the University of Guelph conferred upon him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music, and in 2009, he was appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest honour.

Ruth FazalVIOLIN

Born in England, Ruth studied the violin at Dartington College of Arts in Devon, and the Guildhall School of Music in London. From there, she went to Paris to continue her studies, and soon after, emigrated to Canada, where she lived in Toronto for many years, playing with all the major orchestras and chamber ensembles, and raising a family. Also a composer and singer of her own songs, Ruth travels all over the world, bringing her music to a variety of audiences. Her composition “Oratorio Terezin” marked a turning point in Ruth’s life, and even now she continues to compose, as well as to produce many CDs of her own music, both for violin and voice. Ruth currently makes her home in Israel.

Stewart GoodyearPIANO

Proclaimed “a phenomenon” by the Los Angeles Times and “one of the best pianists of his generation” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Stewart Goodyear is an accomplished young pianist as a concerto soloist, chamber musician, recitalist and composer. He has performed with major orchestras of the world. He began his training at The Royal Conservatory in Toronto, received his bachelor’s degree from Curtis Institute of Music, and completed his master’s at The Juilliard School. In the 2012 and 2013 seasons, Stewart Goodyear performed all 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas in one day at various halls. His recordings have received critical acclaim and Juno nominations. Highlights of his 2015-2016 season included return engagements with the MDR Symphony Orchestra (Leipzig) and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, and a performance of Glenn Gould’s US debut program in Washington, D.C.

Cynthia HiebertHARPSICHORD

Cynthia Hiebert has performed both traditional and contemporary harpsichord works in Canada, the United States and England. She completed a doctorate in harpsichord performance with Arthur Haas at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She has collaborated with numerous ensembles including New York Baroque, Numus, the Penderecki String Quartet, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra and the Nota Bene Baroque Players. Notable projects include a recording of Peter Hatch’s ‘In a Vernacular Way, and a collaboration with Mei Han in a recital of new and traditional works for Chinese zheng and harpsichord. Ms. Hiebert has been honoured to perform Bach’s Concerto in D minor with several different ensembles, but her most important collaboration to date, has been offspring Gabriel (2001) and Isabelle (2006).

Janina FialkowskaPIANO

For over 40 years, Janina Fialkowska has enchanted audiences and critics around the world, praised for her musical integrity, her refreshing natural approach and her unique piano sound. Born in Canada, her career was launched in 1974, when the legendary Arthur Rubinstein became her mentor after her prize-winning performance at his inaugural Master Piano Competition. Since then she has performed with the foremost orchestras worldwide and has won special recognition for a series of important premieres, notably Liszt’s newly discovered Third Piano Concerto. 2016 marks her 65th birthday which she will celebrate by giving a year-long “Birthday Celebration Tour”, performing several times in the UK, Germany and Poland, but also playing concerts in Japan, Spain, Portugal, Austria and about 30 concerts in Canada.

Moshe Hammer VIOLIN

World-renowned violinist and teacher, Moshe Hammer, is admired for his artistic style, unique interpretations and vibrant tone. He has travelled the world enthralling audiences as a soloist and as a chamber musician. Born in the ruins of Budapest, Hungary after World War II, Moshe and his family travelled to the new country of Israel as refugees. There, as Israel was struggling to build itself in a troubled region of the world, young Moshe established himself as an award-winning violinist. He has studied with Ilona Feher at the University of Tel-Aviv’s Rubin Academy of Music and the Julliard School in New York. He was privileged to take part in special classes with Jascha Heifetz in Los Angeles and Yehudi Menuhin in London. A tireless innovator, Moshe Hammer has recently developed a technique for teaching high-level concert training for advanced students over the Internet.


festival artists

Bruce KellyBARITONE

Bruce Kelly’s extensive career has taken him to many of the important opera houses and concert halls of Europe, including Nice, Strasbourg, Liège, Avignon, Vienna, Paris, Brussels, and Moscow. He has appeared in a variety of leading roles, including Silvio (Pagliacci), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) and Walton (I Puritani) to name but a few. He has performed on Canadian stages from coast to coast, with companies such as Pacific Opera Victoria, Calgary Opera, Opera Ontario, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Opera in Concert, Toronto Operetta Theatre. In Canada Bruce Kelly has appeared as a frequent guest soloist with all the major orchestras, and abroad with orchestras such as the Prague Radio Symphony and the Symphony of Kunming, China. Recent and upcoming projects include the world premiere of John Burge’s chamber opera The Auction at the Westben Festival, Mozart’s Requiem with the Kingston Symphony and Sharpless in Madama Butterfly for Pacific Opera Victoria.

Peter LongworthPIANO

Pianist Peter Longworth has established himself as one of the most sought after performers of his generation. Equally comfortable as soloist and chamber musician, he has performed in cities around the world. He has been a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony, Kitchener- Waterloo Symphony and other orchestras in North America. He is a founding member of the Duke Piano Trio. Peter is an active recording artist, heard on the Azica Records label with a 2013 release of solo Brahms piano music, and a 2010 recording of the complete Brahms violin and piano sonatas with Mark Fewer. Since 1991, Mr. Longworth has been a faculty member of the Glenn Gould School in Toronto. Through his work there as a private teacher, and as one of the key facilitators of the chamber music and collaborative programs, he has influenced many of the most gifted young musicians of the next generation.

Drew JureckaVIOLIN

Drew Jurecka is an accomplished crossover jazz and classical violinist. He completed his Bachelor of Violin Performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music. An in-demand soloist and sideman, Drew has played and recorded with a broad spectrum of artists in many genres, from Dave Brubeck to Ron Sexsmith. For five years Drew played with Jeff Healey as part of his Jazz Wizards band. Drew can be heard on three of Jeff Healey’s CDs, including the Juno Nominated Last Call and movie and radio soundtracks including Franklin, Republic of Doyle, Make the Politician Work, Gunless, Degrassi, The Age of Persuasion, Flashpoint, Combat Hospital and Little Mosque on the Prairie. Drew currently teaches violin at Humber College, where he has helped to create the only specialized jazz strings post-secondary program in Canada.

Chung-Ling LoPERCUSSIONIST

A native of Taiwan, Chung-Ling Lo has worked with many of the world’s most esteemed musicians and orchestras. She pursued her Master of Music degree at Temple University in Philadelphia and in 2009 was appointed associate principal timpanist of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. She has played in renowned orchestras including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company, and Niagara Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, she has performed with the Anagnoson and Kinton Piano Duo, Colgrass’s Variations for Viola and Four Drums with violist Teng Li, and a percussion duo recital with percussionist John Wong, and many more. Ms. Lo graduated with an Artist Diploma from The Glenn Gould School in 2013, studying with David Kent and John Rudolph of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Paul MarleynCELLO

Cellist Paul Marleyn tours regularly in North America, Europe and Asia. He is a frequent participant in many summer festivals. He has appeared as soloist with the London Philharmonia, Belgrade Philharmonic, European Chamber, Winnipeg Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Thunder Bay Symphony and Manitoba Chamber orchestras. The Artistic Director of Winnipeg’s Agassiz Chamber Music Festival since 2000, and of the International Cello Festival of Canada since 2011, Paul was the cellist in Trio Hochelaga from 2006-2012. From 1993-1997, Mr. Marleyn was principal cellist of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and has served as professor of cello at the University of Manitoba, and most recently at the University of Ottawa, where he now mentors an award-winning studio of young cellists.

James McKayBASSOON

James McKay maintains an active schedule as a bassoonist, conductor, acoustic researcher, university professor and adjudicator. He appears on over a dozen recordings with artists including James Campbell, James Sommerville, James Mason and Anton Kuerti and with ensembles including the Festival of the Sound Winds, the Amadeus Ensemble, and the Contemporary Chamber Players of Chicago. He is a founding member of the York Winds, Triptych, and the Poulenc Ensemble and has toured as a soloist, chamber musician and conductor in Canada, the United States, Japan and Europe. His book, The Bassoon Reed Manual was published by Indiana University Press in 2000. James McKay was the Chair of the Department of Music Performance Studies in the Don Wright Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario, and was the Music Director of Symphony on the Bay (formerly Symphony Hamilton) from 1995 to 2015.

Ken MacDonaldHORN

Ken MacDonald has served as associate principal horn with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra since 2001. He has also appeared as first horn with the Hamilton Philharmonic, Vancouver Opera Orchestra, and Symphony Nova Scotia. As a member of Octagon Chamber Ensemble, he has appeared at most of Canada’s major chamber music series. Ken is originally from Vancouver and attended the University of British Columbia where he studied with Martin Hackleman. He is on faculty at the University of Manitoba where he teaches horn and chamber music. Ken is enthusiastic about the WSO’s extensive outreach activities. He has travelled to remote communities and reserves throughout Manitoba as a teaching artist in the Music Alive Program, a joint venture between the WSO and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.

James MasonOBOE & ENGLISH HORN

James Mason is highly regarded as one of Canada’s most prominent oboists. Since 1979 he has been the Principal Oboe of the Kitchener- Waterloo Symphony and Canadian Chamber Ensemble. Prior to that he was Principal Oboe with the Saskatoon Symphony and Assistant Principal Oboe with the Virginia Symphony. He has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in Germany, Holland, Spain, South America and Japan as well as the United States and Canada. During the summer months, James Mason is active in music festivals around the country. He is a member of the Festival Winds at the Festival of the Sound and a regular performer at the Elora Festival. He is on the faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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festival artists

Rachel MercerCELLO

Described as a “pure chamber musician” (Globe and Mail) “creating “moments of pure magic” (Toronto Star), Canadian cellist Rachel Mercer has demonstrated her love for sharing music through performance since she was three years old. Rachel Mercer is cellist of Ensemble Made In Canada, the Mercer-Park Duo, the Seiler Trio, Art of Time Ensemble, Group of 27, and is Artistic Director of the “5 at the First” Chamber Music Series in Hamilton, as well as playing as guest principal for the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Canadian Opera Company. She currently teaches chamber music at the University of Toronto. Winner in the 2015 Canada Council Instrument Bank competition, Rachel is grateful to have been awarded the 1730 Newland Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus cello for a 3 year loan. Rachel also won this competition in 2009.

Glen MontgomeryPIANO

Glen Montgomery leads a dynamic musical life throughout Canada, performing, teaching, and composing. He has performed around the world in such renowned venues as Leningrad’s Philharmonic Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and interesting locales such as Iceland, Japan, and Australia. Montgomery has collaborated with numerous international artists in frequent appearances at the Festival of the Sound, Montreal Chamber Music Festival, and the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. Over the course of his career he has equally been a devoted teacher, with students having achieved national and international acclaim including Magdalena von Eccher, Sarah Hagen, Jan Lisiecki, and Stephen Nguyen. He has been on the faculties of the Banff Centre, Mount Royal University, University of Ottawa, Conservatoire de Montréal, and the University of Lethbridge.

Bob MillsDOUBLE BASS

Bob Mills has been a bass player in the Toronto freelance music scene for more than thirty years. During that time he has worked with the Canadian Opera Company, the National Ballet, the Toronto Symphony, The Hamilton Philharmonic, Windsor Symphony, Toronto Symphonia, Toronto Philharmonica, Brantford Symphony, The Charlottetown Festival, Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival as well as playing for numerous musicals and recordings. He also toured internationally with Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables. He continues to pursue an interest in jazz by playing in big bands and small jazz groups.

Andrew MorrisPERCUSSION

Born in Montreal and raised in northern Ontario, Andy Morris eventually landed in Toronto to study Percussion with Russell Hartenberger and Robin Engleman. Those guys turned his world upside down in a good way and he decided to stay and create a life freelancing as a percussionist. A super glamorous yet frugal lifestyle ranging from the sublime (Elora Festival, World Drums tours with John Wyre, the Toronto production of the Lion King and a quirky trio with two opera singers called Zebra Schvungk) to the rather ridiculous (last ever Clown band at Ontario Place). To be a freelance percussionist means hitting things for a living, which can be rather fun for stress relief and continues to bring new and exciting playing experiences. Andy is president of and designer at Dream Cymbals and Gongs.

Graham OppenheimerVIOLA

Graham Oppenheimer is one of the UK’s foremost and respected violists. He studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and Eastman School. He was later a founding member and principal viola of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Claudio Abbado. A founder of the Schidlof Quartet, he has appeared as guest violist with leading quartets and piano trios. He has performed with other musicians like James Galloway, Yehudi Menuhin and Paul Tortellier. Senior Viola and Chamber Music Tutor at Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester, Graham has given masterclasses throughout the world. He is Artistic Director of the Leicester International String Quartet Series, Music at Dingley and is Director of the Repton International Strings Summer School.

Terry PromaneTROMBONE

Terry Promane is a low-brass specialist, prominent on the jazz and commercial music scenes in Toronto for many years. Promane has long sustained an active performing career in the theatre, recording studios, and jazz clubs. He is a member of many of Toronto’s most prestigious jazz groups including Dave Young/Terry Promane and Octet, The Rob McConnell Tentet, The Boss Brass, the Mike Murley Septet, the John MacLeod Big Band, the Paul Read Orchestra, the Kirk MacDonald Jazz Orchestra. As a freelance musician, he can be heard in countless feature films, documentaries, and jingles. He has performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Mel Torme, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Kenny Wheeler, Bill Holman, Tito Puente, and many others. He is Coordinator of the Jazz Studies program at the University of Toronto.

Gabrielle PrataMEZZO SOPRANO

Mezzo soprano Gabrielle Prata is a versatile artist who is equally at home on Opera, Musical and Concert stages. She made her New York debut as Rosina in National Grand Opera’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Favourite operatic roles include Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, (Canadian Opera Company), Carmen in Carmen (Opera North), Adalgisa in Norma (Gold Coast Opera, Florida), Cenerentola in La Cenerentola (Bermuda Festival), and Ramiro in La Finta Giardiniera (Colorado Music Festival). She has also performed leading roles with Anchorage Opera, the Oregon Bach Festival, Opera of the Hamptons, Calgary Opera, Edmonton Opera, Nevada Opera, Aldeburgh Festival and with the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble. She has performed with many leading symphonies, including the Toronto Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, Detroit Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Shaw Festival, and the Winnipeg Symphony.

Joel QuarringtonDOUBLE BASS

For over thirty years, Joel Quarrington has served as the Principal Double Bassist of many ensembles and most recently, the famous London Symphony Orchestra. Born in Toronto, Joel Quarrington began his formal studies of the double bass when he was thirteen and won the Geneva International Competition just ten years later. Joel teaches in the summers at the Orford Arts Centre in Quebec. He also teaches at the University of Ottawa and at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he is a “Visiting Artist”. Joel has made several solo recordings, which have won both the prestigious Juno and Opus Prizes. In 2011, he received a Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Solo Performance from the International Society of Bassists and in 2015 the Society awarded Joel the same award for Outstanding Orchestral Performance. He performs on an Italian bass made in 1630 by the Italian master, Santo Paolo Maggini.



festival artists

Anthony RapoportVIOLA

Anthony Rapoport is principal violist of Sinfonia Toronto, violist of the Windermere String Quartet, and was a founding member of the Aradia Ensemble. He has recorded fourteen internationally released CDs. On tour as soloist with Aradia, he was acclaimed as “a splendid violist” by the New Zealand Herald. In the summer of 2014, he collaborated with Form Contemporary Dance Theatre on the critically acclaimed Storm and Silence. Anthony received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School in New York as a student of Lillian Fuchs. His document for the research requirement was Jimi Hendrix as Guitarist/Composer on ‘Axis: Bold As Love.’ As a prolific teenage composer, he performed his own Viola Concerto in Toronto and on tour in London and Glasgow, UK.

Suzanne ShulmanFLUTE

Suzanne Shulman studied with Robert Aitken, Marcel Moyse, Michel Debost and Jean-Pierre Rampal. She has given solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall and in the Chopin Institute in Warsaw. A frequent guest at chamber music festivals, she has appeared as soloist with Canadian and international orchestras. She has performed with the Orford String Quartet and with the late Glenn Gould. She has premiered works by Jean Coulthard, Christos Hatzis, Srul Irving Glick and Jacques Hétu and is the flute soloist on all the Classical Kids recordings. She has recorded two CD’s with pianist Valerie Tryon. Widely praised, The Young Flutist’s Anthology is being used by flute teachers and students worldwide. Suzanne teaches flute at McMaster University.

Linda RuanPIANO STOCKEY YOUNG ARTIST

Praised for “a great passion and poise” in her performance, eighteen- year-old Linda Ruan has participated in many local and international music festivals and piano competitions where she has received numerous scholarships and awards. For the past several summers, Linda was one of the few young pianists across Canada to be accepted into the internationally-renowned “Morningside Music Bridge” program. In the 2014-2015 season, Linda successfully completed a concert tour in China, and was the winner of the third prize and Best Performance of a Work by Frédéric Chopin at the Canadian Music Teachers’ Association National Piano Competition. She was one of the first soloists to ever perform at the newly-opened Bella Concert Hall at Mount Royal University in the July of 2015.

Stéphan SylvestrePIANO

Stéphan Sylvestre ranks among the most sought- after Canadian pianists. Compared by critics to Arthur Rubinstein, his numerous concert tours and performances have taken place in major concert halls, universities, festivals and concert organizations worldwide. He regularly collaborates with internationally acclaimed artists, ensembles, and orchestras. His recordings have been hailed by critics. He regularly gives master classes around the world and has sat on juries of prestigious competitions. He also regularly adjudicates for prestigious institutions including the Glenn Gould School and the Conservatoire de Montréal. He has been Associate Professor and head of keyboard studies at Western University Canada since 2005. He is one the most respected pedagogues of the new generation and highly sought-after by young pianists around the world.

Jeffrey StokesLECTURER & DOUBLE BASS

Jeffrey L. Stokes studied double bass (with Oscar Zimmerman, Principal Double Bass in Toscanini’s NBC Orchestra) and musicology at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. He subsequently took a PhD degree in musicology at the State University of New York in Buffalo. First appointed to the Faculty of Music of the University of Western Ontario in 1970, he became Director of Graduate Studies in Music in 1984 and served as Dean from 1986 to 2000. Current duties include both studio teaching, undergraduate lectures in music history, graduate seminars for performers and producing the Faculty’s flagship 12:30 Fridays concert series. He continues to perform and record as a chamber player and narrator-actor, and with orchestras throughout Ontario; and to lecture, give clinics, and adjudicate throughout Canada and recently in Hong Kong.

Kevin TurcotteTRUMPET

Kevin Turcotte has played on more than one hundred recordings over the last twenty years with musicians from all across the country, resulting in 18 Juno nominations and four Juno wins. Turcotte has been a long-time member of many Canadian jazz groups including Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, the Barry Elmes Quintet featuring Ed Bickert, Time Warp, Barry Romberg’s Random Access, Andrew Downing’s Melodeon and Arts and Letters, the Neufeld Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), the Dave Young Quintet, and the Jean Martin Trio. He has been featured on stage with a diverse roster of players. Turcotte taught in the University of Toronto Jazz Degree program for over a decade and is now teaching at York University.

Caitlin StuartTRUMPET

Caitlin Stuart is a recent graduate from Wilfrid Laurier University with a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance and Music Education. While at WLU she studied with virtuoso, Guy Few. Currently completing her Master’s degree in Trumpet Performance and Literature at the University of Western Ontario, Caitlin’s main interest has been in pursuing orchestral and chamber music. She has had the opportunity to play with the Richmond Hill Philharmonic Orchestra, Brassroots, as well as the WLU and Western orchestras. This year, Caitlin played principal trumpet on a professional CD recording of the Western University Wind Ensemble, which was released in April. With her passion for music education, Caitlin also intends to grow her private studio, and continues to look for other teaching and performing opportunities.

Charissa VandikasPIANO STOCKEY YOUNG ARTIST

Praised for her “fabulous sense of style and musical expression well beyond her years”, Charissa Vandikas is establishing herself as a pianist with a promising future. The 18-year-old pianist was recently featured in CBC’s prestigious list, “30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30”. She has been the recipient of several awards in various competitions, including the Canadian Music Competition, the OMFA Provincial Competition, and the Toronto Sinfonietta Concerto Competition. Recently, she was selected as one of the three winners of the Glenn Gould School’s Concerto Competition and will perform with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra in the coming year. At the age of 13, she received her ARCT Diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music. Charissa currently studies with Professor John O’Conor at the Glenn Gould School, which she attends on full scholarship.


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Magdalena von EccherPIANO

Magdalena von Eccher is becoming one of Canada’s most respected musicians. Her performances as solo pianist, with orchestra, collaborating with singers, and in chamber music are earning the highest praise from fellow musicians and are loved by audiences. She has taught privately, in master class, and on faculty at the University of Lethbridge. Since 2007 Magdalena has been a favourite at the Festival of the Sound in numerous solo performances, notably of Bach and Hétu, as well as in performances with artists such as the festival’s director, James Campbell, Denis Brott, Marion Newman, James Somerville, Glen Montgomery and visual artist, Alan Stein. Recipient of a Graduate Fellowship at McGill University, Magdalena is currently pursuing a Doctor of Music, studying with Dr. Ilya Poletaev

Gary WilliamsonPIANO

Gary Williamson has been playing professionally since 1964, working with nearly everyone on the Toronto jazz scene, and backing visiting greats in all of the city’s leading jazz clubs. He performed frequently at Bourbon Street in its heyday, working with legendary jazz figures including Junior Cook, Thad Jones, and Dexter Gordon. He played and toured extensively with ‘Nimmons ‘N Nine Plus Six’, and has recorded with everyone from Phil Nimmons and Ed Bickert to Kathryn Moses, Sam Noto, and Hagood Hardy. Gary Williamson is also a dedicated educator who teaches currently with the Etobicoke Board of Education and on the Jazz Studies faculty at the University of Toronto. In the past he has taught at the Banff School of Fine Arts, Humber College Summer Music Workshop, ‘Chamber Music and All That Jazz’ at the University of New Brunswick, and the University of Toronto Big Band Workshops.

Perry WhiteSAXOPHONE

Perry White started playing in local coffee houses and bars at the age of 15, soon hooking up with Canadian jazz greats-to-be including Hugh Fraser, Campbell Ryga and Renee Rosnes. He has performed and recorded with a who’s who of the Canadian jazz and modern music scene as well as a diverse cross-section of international artists including Hilario Duran, Dave Young, Kevin Briet, The Shuffle Demons, Bill Mays, Mouse on Mars (Germany), Hugh Fraser, Phil Dwyer, Holy Cole, Michael White, John Alcorn, John MacLeod, Dave McMurdo, Mr. Something Something, Aretha Franklin, Michael Bublé, Raise the Roof (Holland), The Boss Brass, Reg Schwager, Planet Earth, Steve Wallace, Rob Armus (France), Hugh Marsh, Ted Quinlan, Richard Whiteman, Roberto Occhipinti, David Foster, Michael Occhipinti, NOJO, Claude Ranger, Freddie Stone, Esprit Orchestra, Dione Taylor, Don Thompson, and Milton Berle.

Dave YoungDOUBLE BASS

Multiple award-winning bassist and composer Dave Young is, without a doubt, one of Canada’s most valuable musical treasures. The list of artists with whom Dave has shared the stage is a virtual “Who’s Who” of international jazz...including the late Oscar Peterson, and additional iconic artists Lenny Breau, Clark Terry, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Joe Williams, Oliver Jones, Kenny Burrell, Cedar Walton, Nat Adderly, Peter Appleyard, Gary Burton, Barney Kessell and James Moody. In addition to performing and recording Dave is also a dedicated jazz educator, and member of the Faculty of Music at Humber College and the University of Toronto. Dave Young was recently named as a member to The Order of Canada – our country’s highest and most prestigious civilian honour.

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Anagnoson and KintonPIANO DUO

Anagnoson and Kinton are recognized today as one of the world’s finest piano duos. In addition to traditional recitals and concertos, the duo has commissioned numerous new compositions and has also expanded the boundaries of piano duo presentation. They have collaborated with many choirs and are regular participants in summer festivals. Both are recognized performers and scholars. James Anagnoson is the Dean of The Glenn Gould School, where he is also on the piano faculty. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and The Juilliard School. Leslie Kinton is a Professor of Piano at the University of Western Ontario and on faculty at the Glenn Gould School. Both his Master of Music and Ph.D. in music theory are from the University of Toronto.

Cecilia String Quartet

Min-Jeong Koh, violin Sarah Nematallah, violin Caitlin Boyle, viola Rachel Desoer, cello

Awarded First Prize at the 2010 Banff International String Quartet Competition, Cecilia String Quartet is currently Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music and tours North America and Europe. In 2015, Cecilia released its 3rd album for Analekta ‘Mendelssohn’ which was nominated for a Juno and named ‘Editor’s Choice’ by Gramophone. The Cecilia has taught at leading universities and festivals and has presented educational programs for elementary and high schools across Canada, USA, Italy and France. It launched Xenia Concerts, welcoming children on the autism spectrum and their families and Celebrating Canadian Women in Music, a quartet of newly commissioned works.

Bergman DuoPIANO DUO

The Bergmann Piano Duo’s dynamic and energetic performances of uniquely eclectic programmes have inspired audiences for more than two decades. Their recitals and concerts with orchestra have taken them to many parts of the world, including the United States, Italy, Germany, Holland, Greece and Canada. Committed to supporting the production of new repertoire, the duo has commissioned and premiered several works by Canadian composers. Their extensive repertoire ranges from the baroque to the contemporary and includes many of their own arrangements and compositions. In addition to their performing careers they also enjoy teaching and working in other capacities in the music industry.

Còig

Chrissy Crowley, fiddle, viola Rachel Davis, fiddle, viola, vocals Darren McMullen, guitar, mandolin, mandola, banjo, bouzouki, whistles, flute, vocals Jason Roach, piano

An exciting ensemble consisting of four solo acts, Còig is definitely Atlantic Canada’s young band to watch. With a combined total of over 30 nominations and awards, each of Còig’s talented musicians has released their own successful solo albums, and has toured both at home and abroad before coming together as this exciting super group. With the fiery Celtic style as its musical core, Còig easily shifts between century old tunes of past generations to original and contemporary compositions, featuring the band’s range of over a dozen instruments. The debut album Five was released to rave reviews, garnering wins at Music Nova Scotia, the Canadian Folk Music Awards and the East Coast Music Awards. With driving tunes, haunting songs, and infectious energy, Còig is an unparalleled musical force.


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Duo TurgeonPIANO DUO

The year 2015 marked the 20th year of music-making and 25th wedding anniversary for Canadian pianists Anne Louise-Turgeon and Edward Turgeon. Their musical collaboration began with encouragement from James Anagnoson and the late Karl Ulrich Schnabel, who, upon hearing the Turgeons perform a Brahms piano concerto in Hamilton, Ontario, invited them to a special masterclass and subsequent private coaching in New York City. They have appeared in many festivals, including repeat visits to those in Russia, Asia, Europe, and throughout North America. Recent engagements include a repeat visit to San Francisco International Music Festival and a U.S. State Department Fulbright sponsored visit to Europe for special performances and masterclasses. They both hold Bachelor of Music degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Toronto.

Elora Festival Singers

Noel Edison, Conductor

The Elora Festival Singers (EFS), an all-professional Grammy- and Juno-nominated chamber choir was founded in 1980 by Noel Edison as the principal choral ensemble of the Elora Festival. Since 1997, the choir has been the core of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers and is the choral ensemble-in-residence of the Elora Festival for four weeks each summer. Through regular concert series, recordings, broadcasts, and touring, EFS has established a reputation as one of the finest chamber choirs in Canada and beyond, contributing to the musical life, not only to the community but on an international stage. The choir is renowned for its diverse styles, for its commitment to Canadian repertoire, and for its collaborations with other Canadian artists.

Elmer Iseler Singers

Lydia Adams, conductor

The Elmer Iseler Singers, conducted by Artistic Director Lydia Adams, is a 20-voice professional chamber choir based in Toronto. Founded by the late Dr. Elmer Iseler in 1979, it is one of Canada’s most illustrious professional choral ensembles. The choir has built an enviable international reputation through its concerts, broadcasts and more than 50 recordings. Known for its unique beauty of sound, the Elmer Iseler Singers brings to life an exciting repertoire that spans 500 years of great choral music. The choir regularly commissions and performs new works. They are featured at national and international festivals. From 1997 to 2007 the EIS was the professional Choir-In-Residence through the Elmer Iseler Chair at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music.

Ensemble Made in Canada

Elissa Lee, violin Sharon Wei, viola Rachel Mercer, cello Angela Park, piano

Canada’s premier piano quartet, EMIC was awarded the 2006 CBC Galaxie Stars Award from the Banff Centre for the Arts. Featured in Chatelaine Magazine’s “Women to Watch” issue, the members of the group have been forging outstanding individual careers bringing together a wealth of experience. They have appeared at prestigious festivals. EMIC has taught at universities across Canada and the USA and has participated in outreach programs for public schools in Ontario. EMIC has been Ensemble-in-Residence at Western University since 2014.

Gryphon Trio

Jamie Parker, piano Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin Roman Borys, cello

The Gryphon Trio has commissioned and premiered over 75 new works from established and emerging composers around the world, and has collaborated on special projects with clarinetist James Campbell, actor Colin Fox, choreographer David Earle, and a host of jazz luminaries. The ensemble-in-residence at Music Toronto for ten years, the Gryphon Trio tours extensively throughout North America and Europe. The group’s flagship educational project Listen Up! was launched in the 2010-11 season. Roman Borys has served as the Artistic Director of the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival since 2008. Annalee Patipatanakoon and Jamie Parker serve as the festival’s Artistic Advisors.

Lafayette String Quartet

Ann Elliott-Goldschmid, violin Sharon Stanis, violin Joanna Hood, viola Pamela Highbaugh Aloni, cello

The award-winning Lafayette String Quartet has achieved renown as one of Canada’s leading ensembles. Artists-in-Residence at the University of Victoria’s School of Music since 1991, the quartet has succeeded in building one of the strongest string departments in Canada. Founded in 1986 in Detroit, the four women of the Lafayette have stayed together and flourished artistically for thirty years. They concertize throughout North America; European performances include Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw, and the Saltzburg Mozarteum.

Hogtown Syncopators

Terra Hazelton , voice, snare drum Drew Jurecka, violin, woodwinds, voice Jay Danley, guitar, voice James Thomson, bass Richard Whiteman, piano

The Hogtown Syncopators, five musicians from downtown Toronto, have been generating a serious buzz with their authentic 1930s sound and entertaining show. Sonically, they combine the tight, elegant sound of Django Reinhardt and the Quintette of the Hot Club de France with the dazzling group vocals of the Boswell Sisters and Mills Brothers. Aside from their dynamic arrangements of classic jazz standards, they also have a rich repertoire of original compositions which build on the classic jazz style. The Syncopators have had a Friday afternoon residency at the respected Rex Hotel in downtown Toronto for 10 years, and can be heard frequently at concert venues and music festivals across the country.

National Academy Orchestra

Boris Brott, conductor

The National Academy Orchestra of Canada was founded in 1989 by conductor Boris Brott and is primarily based in Hamilton, Ontario. It is recognized as a Canadian National School for professional training, and each winter over 450 potential applicants audition from across Canada for a position in the orchestra. Each season features guest concertmasters and mentors from across the country, guest conductors and internationally-renowned soloists. The season begins with an intense chamber music session where weekly concerts are coached and prepared by some of Canada’s finest pedagogues, in addition 2015 featured the launch of BrottOpera which will continue into the 2016 season. The NAO places particular emphasis on entrepreneurial skills and practical topics through the seminars, focusing on issues that affect the everyday life of the professional orchestral musician.


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Penderecki String Quartet

Jeremy Bell, violin Jerzy Kaplanek, violin Christine Vlajk, viola Katie Schlaikjer, cello

Formed in Poland in 1986, the Penderecki String Quartet has been based in Waterloo, Ontario since 1991. Appearances include New York (Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall), Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Hong Kong (Academy for the Arts), Los Angeles (REDCAT Hall at Disney Center), St. Petersburg (Sheremetev Palace) and the Adams Festival in New Zealand. The Quartet is a devoted champion of the music of our time, having premiered over 100 new works from composers in Canada and abroad. The Penderecki Quartet members are on the Faculty of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University where they have built the string program to be one of the best in Canada, attracting an international body of students.

Orford Six Pianos

Amélie Fortin Sandra Murray Mariane Patenaude Francis Perron Romain Pokket Pamela Reimer

Founded in 2006, Orford Six Pianos continues to seduce its audiences with dynamic new arrangements of the classic orchestral repertoire as well as original compositions. Orford Six Pianos takes virtuosity and partnership to new heights. This unique ensemble regularly presents concerts in Québec and elsewhere in Canada, where it has been met with great enthusiasm by the public and the critics. The ensemble takes its name from the Orford Arts Centre where it has performed several times, with other performances at the Lanaudière Festival, the Festival of the Sound in Parry Sound, Music and Beyond Festival in Ottawa, the Lachine Festival of Music, and in Québec with the Québec Symphony Orchestra. Orford Six Pianos celebrates its tenth anniversary with the release of its second album, devoted to Russian masterworks.

Strings Across the SkySTRING ENSEMBLE

Each summer, the students of the Strings Across the Sky Fiddle and Music Camp are hosted by the Parry Sound Friendship Centre. Since 2006, The Festival of the Sound has partnered with Strings Across the Sky to host a free family concert showcasing the achievements of the young fiddle students. Since 1987, SATS has been working with Inuit and First Nation youth and has run programs in 17 High Arctic communities and transported over 450 donated violins to the north. Travelling on ice roads, small planes and boats through blinding snowstorms and under frigid skies, the instructors of Strings Across the Sky teach over 400 northern students how to play the fiddle.

New Zealand String Quartet

Helene Pohl, violin Monique Lapins, violin Gillian Ansell, viola Rolf Gjelsten, cello

Praised as “a quartet to match the finest anywhere” (The Australian) the New Zealand String Quartet is especially known for its imaginative programming and its ability to create powerful connections with audiences of all kinds. The quartet’s repertoire spans the works of Mendelssohn, Bartók, Berg, Brahms, and more. The members are Associate Professors at the New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University, where the group has been Quartet-in-Residence since 1991. They give master classes worldwide and run a bi-annual summer school for chamber music. In 2016 the New Zealand String Quartet is excited to welcome its new, award-winning second violinist, Monique Lapins.

Toronto All-Star Big Band

Zygmunt Jedrzejek, Artistic Director

The Toronto All-Star Big Band engages cream-of-the-crop young musicians from across the GTA in a rigorous regime of rehearsals, workshops and a fantastic breadth of rich and skill-building performance experiences with international stars; Buddy DeFranco, Eddie Daniels, Larry Elgart, Clark Terry, Cleo Laine and John Dankworth. It has also worked with wonderfully talented Canadians like Peter Appleyard, Tommy Ambrose, Phil Nimmons, Oliver Jones, Ranee Lee, and the great Jackie Richardson. The band has enjoyed workshops with bandleader Howard Cable, trombonist Al Kay, saxophonists Alex Dean, John Dankworth and Benny Golson, trumpeters Clark Terry and John MacLeod. The TABB 5 has enjoyed choreography workshops with some of Toronto’s top dancers and has enjoyed doing back-up for Jackie Richardson’s great blues.

Trio Hochelaga

Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano Anne Robert, violin Chloé Dominguez, cello

A fixture on both the Montreal and international musical scenes for fifteen years, the Trio Hochelaga has earned a stellar reputation and is known for its original programming, deft ensemble work and the poignant intensity of its performances. Its broad repertoire, which ranges from the classical period to today, shows a strong interest in bringing to light little-known and neglected musical treasures. The trio has toured extensively throughout Canada, Great Britain, France, Italy, the United States, Bermuda, Japan, China and Taiwan. Highpoints include Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Tokyo New City Orchestra at Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, at London’s Wigmore Hall, and its debut in Venice at the Palazetto Bru Zane. The Trio’s extensive discography has won acclaim from the international press for its high level of musicality.

Words Around The Waist

Graham Campbell, guitar and vocals Anna Atkinson, violin, keyboards, vocals (and everything else) Sam McLellan, bass Simeon Abbott, piano

Words Around The Waist is an acoustic quartet of piano, guitar, viola, and bass. It performs material with poetic, witty, and profound lyrical content. Its repertoire draws from original songs and covers of artists such as Randy Newman, Joni Mitchell, and Jacques Brel. The quartet has been busy in 2015 recording its original songs with producer Jean Martin of Barnyard Records, and is preparing for a release in 2016.

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Elizabeth BrowneMiriam CarterValerie CrampFrans DonkerSteven DuffKatrine Floegel MartinWinfer FosterSherry Gerstl

Roy HardieCarol HawkenSusan HéderSusan McEachernLinda PichéSiegfried QuickertDonald SandersonAgnes Wong

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