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and a Great Atmosphere and View Come join us down by the Main Dock at

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Music has often been referred to as the sustenance that nourishes the soul.

For thirty-one years, the Festival of the Sound has provided such nourishment, not only to Parry Sound

and District, but to the world at large.May you continue to be successful in your endeavours to

provide the quality of music you have become renowned for.We here at the Bay Street Café are pleased to offer you our

support, encouragement, and congratulations.

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James Campbell: Artistic Director

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President:

Bonnie Beatty

vice- President:

Robert Clubbe

treasurer:

Susan Héder

secretary:

John Elton

Erin AxtBarb BakerCliff BakerBob BissellDoris BrownMelanie GrayAnne HoelscherJanine MacDonaldCameron MurchKerri Mutrie

Brian OxleyJosephine OxleyGordon RempelBrenda ShawLarry SimonsAlan SteinJudith WhiteKay Wilkinson

2009-2010 Board of directors

Past Presidents

Eileen JenningsCameron MurchBetty Kyl-HekuPeter MauleMaurice WilkinsonDoris Brown

Glenna PowellBob LedermanAlan SteinAnne HoelscherJanis RyderMary Sallinen

John SallinenElizabeth BrownePatricia MuellerGordon RempelMargaret Ibey

staff

executive director: Margaret BoydBox office Manager: Allan BeersMarketing & coMMunity relations: Carla BossartadMinistrative assistant: Evelyn PlayleBox office clerk: Dorothy JenkinsBox office clerk: Lloyd McArtontechnical director: Craig Harleytechnical crew: Thomas McGownstage Manager: Kelly McGownPiano technician: Ted Gerber

Box office: 42 James Street, Parry Soundticket line: 1-866-364-0061 or 705-746-2410eMail: [email protected]: www.festivalofthesound.ca

I would like to extend my congratulations to all of those involved in this year’s Festival of the Sound. This festival is truly an exciting event and it is thanks to the efforts of performers, organizers and volunteers that it can continually reach such great heights.

This in the 31st year of the Festival and it has truly become an event celebrated not only by our own community but also by the many visitors from across the country who come to share in the experience. The Festival showcases the talent and inspirational gifts of the best musicians from our great nation and around the world.

The value of your contributions as organizers and volunteers is truly immeasurable. The enthusiasm you bring to this event time and time again is inspiring.

I would also like to extend my compliments to Artistic Director James Campbell for his outstanding work with the Festival. Under his direction, I am sure that this year’s festival will be a success.

Congratulations to you all!

Tony Clement

Member of Parliament for Parry Sound-Muskoka

Minister of Industry and Minister Responsible for FedNor


Festival of the Sound,

It is once again my great pleasure to welcome musicians and patrons to Parry Sound’s thirty-first annual summer season of the Festival of the Sound.

The very nature and setting of this unique festival transforms Parry Sound, for a few weeks each year, to a place filled with the beautiful and diverse sounds of music that only this festival offers. An event of this calibre is a rare and unique treasure and it contributes significantly to making Parry Sound the Jewel of the 30,000 Islands.

The Town is pleased to show its support for the Festival both financially, and through the operation of the Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts which is the main performance venue.

Congratulations to everyone involved with the production of the Festival including the Festival Board, the staff, the many volunteers and all our guest musicians on the mounting of another successful showcase of beautiful music. Best wishes to all for an outstanding and delightful Festival experience.

Sincerely,

Richard Adams

Mayor, Town of Parry Sound

July 2010

Dear Friends,

I want to welcome you to the 31st Anniversary of the Festival of the Sound, which celebrates the range of musical diversity in the province of Ontario. Hosted by the Parry Sound area, the Festival highlights musical acts from Ontario, Canada, and across the globe.

The Festival offers a unique experience to individuals who come together from across the province to listen to live concerts while enjoying the stunning view of Georgian Bay. Thanks to the Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, the Festival of the Sound brings together the beauty of music with the beauty of the Parry Sound region.

On behalf of the people of Parry Sound – Muskoka, I want to take this opportunity to thank the organizers and volunteers that make this amazing event possible. Since its humble beginnings, the Festival of the Sound has flourished into a cultural hallmark of the summer.

Sincerely,

Norm Miller, MPP

Parry Sound – Muskoka


On behalf of the Board of Directors it is my great pleasure to welcome you to one of Canada’s premier classical music events – the Festival of the Sound, here in beautiful Parry Sound on the spectacular shores of Georgian Bay.

The dedication, loyalty and hard work of many individuals over the past year has enabled us to present to you another season of outstanding musical events. Our volunteers and committed sponsors have been the backbone of our success in the past and this year is no exception. To all those involved, we thank you.

I would like to make special mention of the Festival’s competent and dedicated staff, particularly Margaret Boyd our Festival Executive Director. Margaret’s quiet competence and organizational expertise complement James’s Campbell’s programming genius, ensuring we continually meet our standards of musical excellence.

We sincerely hope you will enjoy with us the restorative pleasures music brings to our lives as we gather to celebrate the magical musical moments the Festival has in store for you.

Enjoy.

Bonnie Beatty

President of the Board of Directors

director’s message president’s letter

Welcome to the 31st Festival of the Sound!

I thought when beginning this message that I would once again list many of the highlights of the 2010 season. But I soon came to realize that for me the entire Festival experience is the highlight. So rather than singling out a particular event, I want to invite you to enjoy as much of that experience as you can.

Listen to much-loved chamber music performed with the excite-ment and intensity that only a live concert can bring. Chat with friends on the deck of the Stockey Centre while enjoying the magical sunsets that regularly appear over Georgian Bay. Challenge your mind with new music and lectures, discover new talent, or enjoy the friendly hospitality of our Festival family.

This is our 8th season in one of the world’s most wonderful chamber music venues. For those of you reading this who have not yet experienced the incredible acoustics and intimate warmth of the Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, perhaps now is the time.

Join us for great concerts in a spectacular Georgian Bay setting.

James Campbell

Artistic Director


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distinguished Patrons ($500 to $999)

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Benefactors ($1,000 and over) Patrons ($250 to $499)


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Anonymous (13)Bob & Katharine AndersonAubie & Esther-Rose AngelLynn Anson-CartwrightGeorge & June AnthonyLynne AtkinsonJean & Cec BaxterSuzanne & Ross BeauchampKathy BeersRoss & Jean BeersDavid BirdBetty BirminghamBob & Debby BissellDemaris BrackstoneEllen BradeyRobert & Beverley BurnhamVal & Ben CabellIivi CampbellMarjorie CampbellElizabeth CawleyDon & Barbara ChapinTannis ChefurkaJames T. ChestnuttRobert J. CleggCharles & Joy CohenRosemary CollinsBrian & Elizabeth CooneyDawn CooperElizabeth CroftNancy CunninghamMr. & Mrs. H. DickfeldJim & Allison DingleShirley DouglasGreig DunnBuddy & Leigh EisenbergLois FallisShirley M. Awrey FarynaJean FinkJohn & Margaret FlynnSusan & Don FraserLawrence & Carole GarberSherry GerstlJoe GillAnna & Walter GillespieKaren & Sydney Goldenberg

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donors ($100 to $249)

Anonymous (21)Helen & Norton AinslieWendell & Sheila AltonMarianne BaljetKimberley BauerArthur BielfeldArnold & Loreen BolligerArnold R. BolligerValerie BoothAnne & Jo BossartFrederick BoughenAndre & Judith BoutinBev & Bob BrayPatricia BrodieDr & Mrs. Ralph I BrookeFran BrownLawrence & Rebecca BrownDon & Maureen BuchananAileen Burford-MasonCraig & Jane CampbellSuzanne CampbellLinda ChaseGrace & Bill ChisholmPhoebe CleverleyHerbert ClinkardCarlos E. Contreras MDMary CorriganRichard & Jo CoskeyJudith DahmerElmar DambergsMinda & Moe DavisVictor & Sandra DavisDiane DebenhamKen DennisGene & Deirdre DiNoviDr. Edward & Renee DisenhausSue EasthamJacqueline EisenbergBud & Pat EllisJohn & Sharon EltonBeth & Lee EmersonMarian EndlemanR. & Caroline FancottDr. & Mrs R.H.D. FarmerBarbara FearJanet FothergillKaterina FretwellCyril & Marion FryBernice GatesBruce & Susan GibbonWilliam GibbonNicole & Ken Goodwin

John & Sherrill GraceAnne GreenlayMarylou & Fred GregorisPenny & John GumbertDon HamiltonJohn HamiltonJacqueline HanleyDr. Herbert & Bridget HauffeCatherine HendersonJane HendryMarianne HennCarol HodsonAnne HoelscherRona HokansonBernice HolmanMary HorneyDenise HoweLois E. HowellRebecca HurlbutSusan & Stephen HéderBarbara JacksonJared & Cynthia JacksonLoes JobseDiane JohnsonGordon & Betty JohnsonMorland & Charlyn JonesAnne KearCheryle KeddyDavid & Margaret KennedyAgnes KerrJune KingshottFrank & Rowena KolhatkarJoseph & Stella KonarekMichael & Margaret LambRuth LannoJerry & Doreen LevineAudrey LoukidelisAnne Woodyatt & John LowsonKen MacDonaldRev. Cal MacInnisMadeleine T. MainMary MarrsTanis & Jim MathersVaclava G. MatusJohn McAllisterBarbara McEwenMarian McIsaacDr Z.R. & Lilli MechMelitta MereyAnne & Iain MettamEric & Ruth Miller

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friends ($25 to $99)


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charles & lois stockey endowment fund

In 2010, Fran Brown made a very generous donation to the Festival of the Sound to establish a fund that will support programming for children and youth. The family of Rabbi Joel Wittstein designated donations received in his memory to this important fund.

in Memory of rabbi Joel wittsteinAilene Wittstein Susan & Larry AgranoveLeslie AntkowiakDonna & Gary BallJudy & Fred BallHelene BermanBill & Margaret BoydDavid & Joanne BruntonJames & Carol Campbell Jonathan CowdenRobert & Jacqueline CowdenScotty CraigAnne HoelscherChris & Margaret IbeyPhilip & Janet LapidusWilliam & Shirley LawrenceJames & Patricia McKayAlan MeltzerThomas & Joyce OrchardCharles PachterDonna & Howard PlotkinJeanne B. ShuhPeter Rosenbaum & Suzanne ShulmanDavid & Thelma RosnerMichael & Jill SimmonsKaren & Ted SmithCharlotte & Alan SteinKathleen Wilkinson

Lois A. StockeyMax Egli

in Memory of Jane BozikovicSergio Bozikovic

in Memory of ruth eileen harrisCAW, Local 414James & Carol CampbellMary CowleyEd & Margaret Griffith

in Memory of ken JohnsonJames & Carol Campbell

in Memory of Jane MatsumotoLois Stockey

in Memory of louis MurchMurch Family

in Memory of david reeserEdward Reeser & Elizabeth Forster

in Memory of Joan routledgeDoug & Sue Routledge

in Memory of lois ryderCarol & James Campbell

in Memory of Matt sternCharlotte & Alan Stein

youth Music education fundFrances M. Brown, lead donor


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concert sponsors

Township of the Archipelago • The William Beatty CompanyTownship of Carling • Emhiser Research LimitedDr. Christine Goossen • In Memory of Betty IbeyTownship of McDougall • Bruce Murray & Krystyna WojakowskiNapoleon Fireplaces • Town of Parry SoundPollard IDA Pharmacies • RBC FoundationRe/Max Parry Sound-Muskoka Realty Ltd.Ross Windows and Doors • Scotiabank • Township of SeguinKay Wilkinson • Friends of Rabbi Joel Wittstein

Music scores sponsors

W. Garfield Weston Foundation — 2010 Season SponsorKawartha Credit Union • Near North District School BoardParry Sound Community Band • TD Canada Trust

noon and afternoon concerts

In Honour of Walter & Anna GillespieIn Honour of Bob & Shirley PiercyIn Memory of Helen Elsaesser by Cancer Support GroupIn Memory of Tom Perry • Home HardwareIron City Fishing Club • McCarthy TétraultRetired Teachers of Ontario • Rotary Club of Parry SoundThe Estate of Margaret Whiteman

artist sponsors

Book City • Dr. Corrine Gehrels • Dr. Derek & Mary GeorgeRoy Hardie & Kerri Mutrie • Dr. O. Kassim • Parry Sound BooksRitchie Insurance • Dr. Stuart & Adrienne ShawDr. & Mrs. J. Shewchun • Dr. Kim Warwick

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RBC GALA OPENING CONCERTcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 7:30 pm

Orford Six Pianos: Olivier Godin; Sandra Murray; Claire Ouellet; Mariane Patenaude; Francis Perron; Lorraine Prieur; Adam György, piano (RBC Stockey Young Artist); Victoria Gydov, soprano; Mark DuBois, tenor.

die fledermaus J. Strauss II / arr. GodinOverture (1825-1899)

liebesleid und liebesfreud F. Kreisler / S. Rachmaninoff (1875-1962) / (1873-1943)

egmont overture L. van Beethoven / arr. Chwatal (1770-1827)

the sorcerer’s apprentice P. Dukas / arr. Godin (1865-1935)

wedding March transcription Mendelssohn / Listz Horowitz / György

intermission

Pictures at an exhibition M. Mussorgsky / arr. GodinPromenade (1839-1881)I. The GnomePromenadeII. The CastlePromenadeIII. TuileriesIV. BydloPromenadeV. Ballet of the Chickens in their ShellsVI. Samuel Goldenberg and SchmüyleVII. The Market-Place at LimogesVIII. Catacombs, A Roman GraveIX. The Hut on Fowl’s LegsX. The Great Gate of Kiev

The floral arrangement on the Mezzanine is presented by Lois Stockey in memory of Charles.

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We invite you to take a stroll through the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame, and to join us for a few other

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Voices of ShowtimeAugust 11, 2:00 pm

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Pavlo, Rik Emmett and Oscar LopezNovember 18, 8:00 pm

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FAMILY FAREcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 12:00 noon

Orford Six Pianos: Olivier Godin; Sandra Murray; Claire Ouellet; Mariane Patenaude; Francis Perron; Lorraine Prieur.

The Orford Six Pianos return for the first of our special series of free Family Concerts. A perfect concert for everyone from 5 to 105.

OPERA GALAcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 7:30 pm

Victoria Gydov, soprano; Gabrielle Prata, mezzo-soprano; Mark DuBois, tenor; Bruce Kelly, baritone; Orford Six Pianos; Adam György, piano

Mark Dubois hosts an evening of Opera in the grand style, including music from opera, operetta, and musicals accompanied by up to six pianos at a time.

Programme will be announced from stage.

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MUSIC FOR A SUNDAY AFTERNOON IIcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 4:00 pm

Meet the rBc stockey young artistsAdam György, piano; Afiara String Quartet: Valerie Li, violin; Yuri Cho, violin; David Samuel, viola, Adrian Fung, cello

tokyo solo K. Jarrett (b. 1945) Piano sonata no. 10 in c Major, k. 330 W.A. Mozart

Allegro moderato (1756-1791)Andante cantabileAllegretto

la campanella F. Liszt (1811-1886)

string Quartet in d Major, op. 76 no. 5 J. HaydnAllegretto (1732-1809)Largo cantabile e mestoMenuetto: AllegroFinale: Presto

MUSIC FOR A SUNDAY AFTERNOON Icharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 2:00 pm

Denis Brott, cello; Stéphan Sylvestre, piano; New Zealand String Quartet

sonata in a Major for cello and piano, op. 69 L. van BeethovenAllegro, ma non tanto (1770-1827)ScherzoAdagio cantabile – Allegro vivace

Piano Quintet in a Major, op. 5 A. DvorakAllegro ma non troppo (1841-1904)Andante sostenutoAllegro con brio

CONVERSATIONS WITH KEITHcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 3:30 pm

Music Meets Soccer: Keith Horner chats with virtuoso Hungarian pianist Adam György.


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OPEN ExPLORATIONwest parry sound district museum — 1:00 pm

Explore a new work as James Campbell and the New Zealand String Quartet read a quintet for the first time. Timothy Corlis has composed this work based on West Coast Aboriginal artist Bill Reid’s carving images on the back of the Canadian $20 bill.

CONVERSATIONS WITH KEITHwest parry sound district museum — 2:00 pm

From the classics to hip hop, members of the Afiara String Quartet are in tune with the times.

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MUSIC FOR A SUNDAY EVENINGcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 7:30 pm

Michel Strauss, cello; Macha Belooussova, piano; New Zealand String Quartet; Gryphon Trio

cello sonata in d minor l. 135 C. DebussyPrologue (1862-1918)SérénadeFinale: Animé

string Quartet in f minor, op. 95 L. van BeethovenAllegro con brio (1770-1827)Allegretto ma non troppoAllegro assai vivace ma seriosoLarghetto espressivo — Allegretto agitato — Allegro

intermission

Piano trio in e minor, op. 90, dumky A. DvorakLento maestoso — Allegro vivace (1841-1904)Poco adagio — Vivace non troppoAndanteAndante moderatoAllegroLento maestoso-Vivace

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MUSIC FOR A SUMMER NOONcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 12:00 noon

Gryphon Trio: Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin; Jamie Parker, piano; Roman Borys, cello

cello sonata in g minor, op. 5 no. 2 L. van BeethovenAdagio sostenuto e espressivo – Allegro molto più tosto presto (1770-1827)Rondo: Allegro in G major

Piano trio in B Major, op. 8 J. BrahmsAllegro con brio (1833-1897)Scherzo: Allegro moltoAdagioAllegro

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UP CLOSE WITH THE AFIARAwest parry sound district museum — 2:30 pm

Afiara String Quartet, James Campbell, clarinet

string Quartet in a minor, op. 13 F. MendelssohnAdagio – Allegro vivace (1809-1847)Adagio non lentoIntermezzo: Allegretto con moto – Allegro di moltoPresto – Adagio non lento

string Quartet in c-sharp Major, sz. 85 B. BartókPrima parte: Moderato (1881-1945)Secunda parte: AllegroRicapitalazione della prima parte: ModeratoCoda: Allegro molto

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ESSENCE OF AUSTRIAcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 6:00 pm

Moshe Hammer, violin; Mark DuBois, tenor; Suzanne Shulman, flute; James Campbell, clarinet; Guy Few, piano and character; New Zealand String Quartet

Fine wines of Austria have been especially chosen to complement the food and music of tonight’s gala by wine connoisseur Jerry Horner, retired violist of the Fine Arts String Quartet.


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MUSIC FOR A SUMMER AFTERNOONcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 2:30 pm

Trio Désirée: Désirée Till, soprano; Erica Goodman, harp; Coenraad Bloemendal, cello; Stéphane Sylvestre, piano

abendempfindung k. 523 W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

seven variations in e-flat Major woo. 46 L. van Beethoven Variation No. 1 (1770-1827)Variation No. 2Variation No. 3Variation No. 4Variation No. 5Variation No. 6Variation No. 7

notre amour G. Fauré clair de lune (1845-1924)après un rêve

Berceuse A. Diepenbrock (1862-1921)

intermezzo de goyescas E. Granados (1867-1916)

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MUSIC FOR A SUMMER EVENINGcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 7:30 pm

Denis Brott; Michel Strauss; Coenraad Bloemendal; Roman Borys; Rolf Gjelsten; Adrian Fung; Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron; Sybil Shanahan, cellos with Désirée Till, soprano; Stéphan Sylvestre, piano

suite no. 5 in c minor J.S. Bach / arr. L. VargaPrelude (1685-1750)AllemandeCouranteSarabandeGavotte I & IIGigue

trio in c Major op. 87 for 3 cellos L. van BeethovenAllegro (1770-1827)AdagioMenuetto – Allegro molto. Scherzo – TrioFinale – Presto

suite for 2 cellos and piano G.C. Menotti Introduction (1911-2007)ScherzoAriosoFinale

intermission

song of the Birds P. Casals (1876-1973)

fratres A. Pärt (b. 1935)

Bachianas brasileiras H. Villa Lobos Suite No. 1 Introdução (1887-1959)Suite No. 5 Aria

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Moshe Hammer, violin; Macha Belooussova, piano

romance in f Major, op.50 L. van Beethoven (1770-1827)

sonata in a Major, op. 47, kreutzer L. van Beethoven Adagio sostenuto – PrestoAndante con variazioniFinale: Presto


Michel Strauss, cello; Moshe Hammer, violin; Macha Belooussova, piano

cello sonata in d Major, op. 102 no. 2 L. van Beethoven Allegro con brio (1770-1827)Adagio con molto sentiment d’affetto – attaccaAllegro – Allegro fugato

trio in a minor for piano, violin and cello M. Ravel Modéré (1875-1937)Pantoum: Assez vifPassacialle: Très largeFinale: Animé

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“The Million Dollar Trio”: Rubinstein, Heifetz, and Piatigorsky Janina Fialkowska, Moshe Hammer, and Denis Brott discuss their renowned teachers.


James Campbell, clarinet; Afiara String Quartet: (Valerie Li, violin; Yuri Cho, violin; David Samuel, viola, Adrian Fung, cello)

string Quartet in f Major, op. 59, no. 1 L. van BeethovenAllegro (1770-1827)Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzandoAdagio molto e mestoThème russe: Allegro

intermission

clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115 J. BrahmsAllegro (1833-1897)AdagioAndantino — Presto non assai, ma con sentimentCon moto — Un poco meno mosso



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Janina Fialkowska, piano

Polonaise in c# minor, op. 26 no. 1 F. Chopin (1810-1849)

two waltzes F. Chopin

Ballade no. 2 in f Major, op. 38 F. Chopin

two Preludes F. Chopintwo Mazurkas

Ballade no. 3 in a-flat Major, op. 47 F. Chopin

scherzo no. 1 in B minor, op. 20 F. Chopin


Angela Cheng, piano

Polonaise fantaisie in a-flat Major, op. 61 F. Chopin (1810-1849)

Ballade no. 1 in g minor, op. 23 F. Chopin

Ballade no. 4 in f minor, op. 52 F. Chopin

andante spianato and grande polonaise brillante F. Chopinin e-flat Major, op. 22

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1. Afiara String Quartet

string Quartet no. 1 in f Major, op. 18 L. van Beethoven Allegro con brio (1770-1827)Adagio affettuoso ed appassionatoScherzo: Allegro moltoAllegro

2. Suzanne Shulman, flute; Erica Goodman, harp

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3. Glen Montgomery, piano; Jan Lisiecki, piano

nocturnes F. Chopin (1810-1849)


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Jan Lisiecki, piano

etudes op. 25 F. Chopin No. 1 in A-flat (1810-1849)No. 2: Presto in F minorNo. 3: Allegro in F MajorNo. 4: Agitato in A minorNo. 5: Vivace in E minorNo. 6: Allegro in G-sharp minorNo. 7: Lento in C-sharp minorNo. 8: Vivace in D-flat MajorNo. 9: Allegro assai in G-flat MajorNo. 10: Allegro con fuoco in B minorNo. 11 in A minorNo. 12 in C minor

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André Laplante, piano; Jan Lisiecki, piano; Denis Brott, cello

sonata in B-flat minor, op. 35 F. Chopin Grave – Doppio movimento (1810-1849)ScherzoMarche funèbre: LentoFinale: Presto

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Janina Fialkowska, piano; André Laplante, piano; Glen Montgomery, piano; Chamber Players of Canada;with narration and visuals by Jeffery Stokes

concerto for piano and strings, k. 415 W.A. MozartAllegro (1756-1791)AndanteRondeau: Allegro

kreisleriana, op. 16 (dedicated to chopin) R. SchumannÄußerst bewegt (1810-1856)Sehr innig und nicht zu raschSehr aufgeregtSehr langsamSehr lebhaftSehr langsamSehr raschSchnell und spielend

intermission

three songs without words F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

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FAMILY CONCERTcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 12:00 noon

Strings Across the Sky; Andrea Hansen, musical director

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Janina Fialkowska, piano; Festival Winds; Chamber Players of Canada

Piano concerto no. 1 in e minor, op. 11 F. ChopinAllegro maestoso (1810-1849)RomanceRondo – Vivace

intermission

Piano concerto no. 2 in f minor, op. 21 F. ChopinAllegro maestosoLarghettoAllegro vivace

Second performance of the new chamber music arrangements for winds and strings by S.W. Maessen, the Netherlands.


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CLASSIC PRIMADONNAcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 7:30 pm

Mary Lou Fallis, soprano; Suzanne Shulman, flute; James Campbell, clarinet; Peter Tiefenbach, piano

Highlights from 30 years of Primadonna shows. Reserved seating at tables. Dessert and coffee are included in the ticket price.


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JAZZ AT THE RIDGEthe ridge at manitou — 3:00 pm

James Campbell, clarinet; Graham Campbell, guitar; Bob Mills, bass

Enjoy relaxing jazz on a hot summer afternoon with James Campbell, Graham Campbell, and Bob Mills at The Ridge at Manitou. The course’s pristine beauty is complemented with the highest standards in hospitality, enjoyed in the comfort of their hand-hewn, timber-frame clubhouse overlooking Manitouwabing Lake. Hot and cold canapés are served on the screened porch.

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Jan Lisiecki, the Festival’s favourite 15-year-old pianist, chats with Keith Horner.

JAN AND FRIENDScharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 7:30 pm

Jan Lisiecki, piano; Glen Montgomery, piano; Mark Fewer, violin; Douglas McNabney, viola; Marc Johnson, cello; Festival Winds

Quintet in e-flat Major W.A. Mozartfor piano and winds, k.452 (1756-1791)

Largo – Allegro moderateLarghettoAllegretto

Bilder aus osten, op. 66 for piano duet R. SchumannNo. 1 in B-flat Major: Lebhaft (1810-1856)No. 2 in D-flat Major: Nicht schnell und sehr gesangvoll zu spielenNo. 3 in D-flat Major: Im VolkstonNo. 4 in B-flat minor: Nicht schnellNo. 5 in F minor: LebhaftNo. 6 in B-flat minor: Reuig andachtig

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Piano Quartet in g minor, op. 25 no. 1 J. BrahmsAllegro (1833-1897)Intermezzo: Allegro, ma non troppoAndante con motoRondo all Zingarese

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Marc Johnson, cello; Joel Quarrington, double bass; Glen Montgomery, piano

garden scene E.W. Korngold (1897-1957)

suite for two cellos and piano G.C. Menotti Scherzo (1911-2007)

theme and variations in g Major I. Pleyel (1757-1831)

fantasia N. Paganini (1782-1840)

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Suzanne Shulman, flute; Erica Goodman, harp

sonata in g minor, Bwv 1020 J.S. BachAllegro (1685-1750)AdagioAllegro

andante in c Major, k. 315 W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

sonata for flute and harp N. RotaAllegro molto moderato (1911-1979)Andante sostenutoAllegro festoso

variations for solo harp M. Barnes (1931-2001)

casilda fantaisie F. Doppler / A. Zamara (1821-1883) / (1835-1901)

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OVERTUREcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 6:00 pm

Creating the Original Jazz Cocktail. One part Europe, one part American, Jeffrey Stokes mixes a martini to demonstrate the blend of traditions that led to early jazz.

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SPIRIT 20: THE JAZZ AGEcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 7:30 pm

Spirit 20: James Campbell, clarinet; James McKay, bassoon; Guy Few, trumpet; Mark Fewer, violin; Chloe Dominguez, cello; John Novacek, piano

Brasileira from scaramouche op. 165 D. Milhaud/ G. Kulesha (1892-1974) / (b. 1954)

la revue de cuisine B. Martinu°Prologue (1890-1959)TangoCharlestonFinal

Jungle Music D. Ellington / M. Fewer (1899-1974)

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three rags J. Novacek

sonata for violin and cello M. RavelAllegro (1875-1937)Très vifLentVif, avec entrain

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James McKay, bassoon; Mark Fewer, violin; Beverley Johnston, percussion; John Novacek, piano; Festival Ensemble with First Nations storyteller John Rice

le boeuf sur le toit op. 58 D. Milhaud (1892-1974)

the singing tortoise: an african tale B. Johnston

anerca: an inuit tale M. BarnesChant (1931-2001)Song (The Great Sea)Dance (I walked on the Ice)

ojibway tale R. MascallBased on the story of Nanabush and the Giant Beaver

Artwork by students of William Beatty, St. Peter the Apostle, and McDougall Schools. With thanks to Carla Bossart.


Painted Sound: Legends and Tales

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Guy Few, trumpet; Leslie Fagan, soprano; Stephanie Mara, piano

let the Bright seraphim G.F. Handel (1685-1759)

andante and variations, k. 501 W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

7 arie con tromba sola A. ScarlattiMio tesoro (1660-1725)Si suoni la tromba

the arrival of the Queen of sheba G.F. Handel

the Promised land J. GreerI Autumn Leaves (b. 1954)II My ForestIII Outside LifeIV The Gossamer BridgeV The Giraffe

sound the trumpet H. Purcell (1656-1695)


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Luba Dubinsky, piano; Festival Winds; Festival Ensemble

overture on hebrew themes, op. 34 S. Prokofiev (1891-1952)

Quintet in e-flat Major for piano, oboe, L. van Beethovenclarinet, horn and bassoon op. 16 (1770-1827)

Grave: Allegro ma non troppoAndante cantabileRondo: Allegro, ma non troppo

intermission

serenade no. 1 in d Major, op. 11 J. BrahmsAllegro molto (1833-1897)Scherzo: Allegro non troppoAdagio non troppoMenuets 1 and 2Scherzo: AllegroRondo: Allegro

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Anagnoson and Kinton, piano duo

slavonic dances A. Dvorak (1841-1904)

suite for two Pianos S. Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

OVERTUREcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 6:00 pm

The B minor Mass as a Life-Long Work: Jeffery Stokes introduces Bach’s Mass in B minor.


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Leslie Fagan, soprano; Vicki St. Pierre, alto; Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Peter McGillivray, baritone; Elmer Iseler Singers; Lydia Adams, conductor; Festival Chamber Orchestra

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Graham Campbell Quartet

Popular TV and film themes are explored in the jazz style. A perfect introduction to jazz for all ages.

JAZZ CANADA BIG BANDcharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 7:30 pm

Dave Young Big Band

The 16 piece Dave Young Big Band fills the Stockey with the exciting sounds of jazz standards and original compositions.

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Gene DiNovi’s evocative Scandinavian Suite paints a musical picture of Scandinavia. Visuals making a connection between Scandinavian scenes and our northern landscapes are projected throughout the performance.

Gene DiNovi, piano; Dave Young, bass; Terry Clarke, drums; James Campbell, clarinet; Mark Fewer, violin; Suzanne Shulman, flute; David Bourque, clarinet; Sara Traficante, flute; Alan Stein, visuals; Sara Tyson, visuals; Alicia Tyson, visuals; Susan Gold/Smith, visuals

scandinavian suite G. DiNovi Stockholm (b. 1928)The WaterwaysVery Far North of UptownThe Old CityA Midsummer’s Night RompWinter ArrivesThe Quiet SnowDreams of SpringLate at NightAnd Finally Spring

a trip along BroadwayThe Gene DiNovi Trio plays some of Gene’s favourite Broadway classics

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Sinal Aberto: Luanda Jones, vocalist; Gordon Sheard, piano; Dave Young, bass; Terry Clarke, drums; Joelson David “Maininho” Costa, Latin percussion

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A discussion of the events that gave birth to this work and projections of the paintings that inspired it accompany the performance.

Leopoldo Erice, piano

Pictures at an exhibition M. MussorgskyPromenade (1839-1881)I. GnomusPromenadeII. Vecchio castelloPromenadeIII. TuileriesIV. BydloPromenadeV. Ballet des poussins dans leurs coquesVI. Samuel Goldenberg and SchmüyleVII. Limoges. Le marchéVIII. Catacombae. Sepulcrum RomanumCum mortuis in lingua mortuaIX. La cabane sur des pattes de pouleX. La grande porte de Kiev

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Yegor Dyachkov, cello; Jean Saulnier, piano; Barry Shiffman, viola; Frederieke Saeijs, violin

sonata in f Major, op. 5 no. 1 L. van BeethovenAdagio sostenuto (attaca); Allegro (1770-1827)Rondo: Allegro vivace

Piano Quartet in e-flat Major, op. 47 R. SchumannSostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo (1810-1856)Scherzo: Molto vivaceAndante cantabileFinale: Vivace

arabesque op. 18 in c Major R. Schumann

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Frederieke Saeijs, violin; Penderecki String Quartet

Partita no. 2 in d minor, Bwv 1004 J.S. BachChaconne (1685-1750)

sonata for solo violin op. 27 no. 3 ‘Ballade’ E. Ysaije (1858-1931)

string Quartet in a minor, op. 41 no. 1 R. SchumannIntroduzione: Andante espressivo – Allegro (1810-1856)Scherzo: Presto – IntermezzoAdagioPresto

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James Mason, oboe; James Sommerville, horn; Aimee Tsuchiya, piano; Penderecki String Quartet; with letters read by Colin Fox

three romances for oboe and piano op. 94 R. SchumannNicht schnell (1810-1856)Einfach, innigNicht schnell

adagio and allegro for horn and piano, op. 70 R. SchumannAdagio: Langsam, mit innigem AusdruckAllegro: Rasch und feurig. Etwas ruhigert. Tempo 1

string Quartet in f Major, op. 41 no. 2 R. SchumannAllegro vivaceAndante quasi variazioniScherzo: Presto. Trio: L’istesso tempoAllegro molto vivace

THE SCHUMANN LETTERScharles w. stockey centre for the performing arts — 2:30 pm

Susan Gilmour Bailey, soprano; Michael Kim, piano; Colin Fox, narrator

chapter i: crisisTräumerei (Reverie), Op. 15, No. 7 from Kinderszenen

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chapter ii: young robertVon fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and People) Op. 15, No.1 from Kinderszenen Ich hab’ im Traum geweinet (I wept in my dream), Op.48, No. 13 from Dichterliebe

chapter iii: crossroadsTheme from Op. 5 (10 Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck)

chapter iv: BreakdownMorgens steh’ ich auf und frage (Every Morning I Awake and Ask) Op. 24, No.1 from LiederkreisPiano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14 - 1st Movement, AllegroIn der Fremde (In a Foreign Land), Op.39, No.1 from Liederkreis

chapter v: love deniedArabesque in C Major, Op. 18Er, der herrlichste von allen (He, the Most Glorious of All ), Op. 42, No.2 from Frauenliebe und LebenFantasie (Fantasy), Op. 17 in C MajorDes Abends (In the Evening), Op. 12, No. 1 from FantasiestückeScherzino, Op. 26, No.3 from Faschingsschwank aus Wien: Phantasiebilder

chapter vi: darkest before the dawnO ihr Herren (O You Gentlemen), Op.37, No.3 from Gedichte aus LiebesfrühlingSchmetterling: O Schmetterling sprich (Butterfly: O Butterfly, Tell Me) Op. 79, No.2 from Lieder-Album für die Jugend

chapter vii: the clouds PartDie Lotosblume (The Lotus Flower), Op. 25, No.7 from Myrten Widmung (Dedication), Op. 25, No.1 from Myrten

conclusion: da capoTräumerei (Reverie), Op. 15, No. 7 from Kinderszenen (Excerpt)


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Frederieke Saeijs, violin; Leopoldo Erice, piano; Andrew Burashko, piano; Swiss Piano Trio; Penderecki String Quartet; Colin Fox, narrator

scherzo from the f.a.e. sonata J. Brahms (1833-1897)

Piano trio no. 1 in d minor, op. 63 R. SchumannMit Energie und Leidenschaft (1810-1856)Lebhaft, doch nicht zu raschLangsam, mit inniger EmpfindungMit Feuer

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Piano Quintet in e-flat Major, op. 44 R. SchumannAllegro brillanteIn modo d’una marcia. Un poco largamenteScherzo: Molto vivaceAllegro ma non troppo


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James Campbell, clarinet; James Sommerville, horn; Frederieke Saeijs, violin; Leopoldo Erice, piano

trio in B-flat Major for horn, C. Reineckeclarinet and piano, op. 274 (1824-1910)

AllegroEin Märchen: AndanteScherzoFinale: Allegro

sonata in g Major for violin and piano, op. 78 J. BrahmsVivace ma non troppo (1833-1897)AdagioAllegro molto moderato

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Swiss Piano Trio: Martin Lucas Staub, piano; Angela Golubeva, violin; Sébastien Singer, cello

Piano trio 1999/2000 D. Schnyder (b. 1961)

Piano trio in a minor, op. 50 P. TchaikovskyPezzo elegiaco: Moderato assai – Allegro giusto (1840-1892)A – Tema con variazioni (Andante con moto)B – Variazione finale e coda (Allegro risoluto e con fuoco – Andante con moto – Lugubre)

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James Sommerville, horn; Yegor Dyachkov, cello; Leopoldo Erice, piano; Penderecki String Quartet

horn Quintet in e-flat Major, k. 407 W.A. MozartAllegro (1756-1791)AndanteRondo: Allegro

12 variations on “ein Mädchen oder L. van Beethovenweibchen” from Mozart’s “the Magic (1770-1827)flute” op. 66

Theme: AllegrettoVariation 1Variation 2Variation 3Variation 4Variation 5Variation 6Variation 7Variation 8 Variation 9: AdagioVariation 10: AdagioVariation 11: Poco adagio, quasi andanteVariation 12: Allegro

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string Quartet in a Major, op. 41 no. 3 R. SchumannAndante espressivo. Allegro molto moderato (1810-1856)Assai agitatoAdagio moltoFinale: Allegro molto vivace – quasi trio


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Judy Loman, harp; Elizabeth Volpé Bligh, harp; Jennifer Swartz, harp; Frederieke Saeijs, violin; Barry Shiffman, viola; James Campbell, clarinet; Suzanne Shulman, flute

victorian kitchen garden suite for clarinet and harp P. ReadePrelude (1943-1997)SpringMistsExoticaSummer

fantasie for violin and harp op. 124 C. Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

sonata for flute, viola & harp l. 137 C. DebussyPastorale (1862-1918)InterludeFinale

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Nora Bumanis, harp; Elizabeth Volpé Bligh, harp; Sharlene Wallace, harp; James Mason, oboe; James Sommerville, horn

rêverie C. Debussy (1862-1918)

Pièce en forme de habanera M. Ravel (1875-1937)

escales J. Ibert Rome-Palermo: Calme (1890-1962)Tunis-Nefta: Moderé très rythméValencia: Animé

Élégie for horn and harp H. Chaussier (1854-1914)

solo for horn and harp F. Duvernoy / P. Dalvimare (1765-1838) / (1772-1839)

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Judy Loman, harp; Nora Bumanis, harp; Elizabeth Volpé Bligh, harp; Jennifer Swartz, harp; Suzanne Shulman, flute; Festival Chamber Orchestra; James McKay, conductor

harp concerto in B-flat Major G.F. Handel Andante Allegro (1685-1759)LarghettoAllegro Moderato

danse sacrée et danse profane l. 103 C. Debussy (1862-1918)

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concerto in c Major for flute & harp, k. 299 W.A. MozartAllegro (1756-1791)AndantinoRondo: Allegro

introduction and allegro M. Ravel (1875-1937)


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Judy Loman, harp; Nora Bumanis, harp; Elizabeth Volpé Bligh, harp; Jennifer Swartz, harp; Sharlene Wallace, harp; Julia Shaw, harp

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Guy Few, trumpet; Frederieke Saeijs, violin; Festival Chamber Orchestra; James Sommerville, conductor

trumpet concerto in d Major L. MozartAdagio (1719-1787)Allegro Moderato

violin concerto no. 5 in a Major, k. 219 W.A. MozartAllegro aperto (1756-1791)AdagioRondo: Tempo di minuetto

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symphony no. 2 in d Major, op. 36 L. van BeethovenAdagio molto – Allegro con brio (1770-1827)LarghettoScherzo: AllegroAllegro molto

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Sasha Tait Liebich, Mabel; Laura Schatz, Ruth; Jason Hales, Frederic; Jonathan Liebich, Pirate King; Roy Schatz, Major General Stanley; Rebecca Whelan, Edith; Andrea Ludwig, Kate; Olena Jatsyshyn, Isabel; Graham Robinson, Samuel; Nelson Lohnes, Sergeant of Police Elmer Iseler Singers; Lydia Adams, conductor

The principal characters are in full costume for this concert production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. Lydia Adams conducts from the piano and may invite you to sing along. Handsome pirates, beautiful maidens and bumbling officers guarantee smiles.


Rich in history, piano duo Anagnoson & Kinton are enter-ing a remarkable fourth decade of performing. As The Ottawa Citizen noted: “Anagnoson and Kinton’s playing is everything that duo-piano playing should be.” This duo has enchanted audiences throughout North America, Europe, China and Russia. In addition to performing with major Canadian orchestras, their nine CD titles include works for two pianos, two pianos with orches-tra, and one piano-four hands. In 2006, a compilation CD titled ‘Stages’ celebrating their milestone 30th season was launched. James Anagnoson is Dean of The Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, James holds a Masters Degree from The Juilliard School. Leslie Kinton is on the faculties of The Glenn Gould School and the University of Western Ontario. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.

Canadian tenor Colin Ainsworth was born in Toronto to deaf parents and introduced to classical music in late high school. He fell in love with the art form and began studies at the University of Western Ontario and University of Toronto in the Opera School. He has been engaged around the world with such companies as the Royal Opera House, Vancouver Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Atelier and the Edinburgh Festival. He has also been featured on seven CD recordings, one live opera DVD and has been twice nominated for a Dora Award and a Juno. Colin Ainsworth is eagerly sought out for his interpretations ranging from the early operas of Monteverdi to the contemporary operas of Britten. He performed this season as the Evangelist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Winnipeg Symphony, Handel’s Messiah with the Vancouver Bach Choir and Mozart’s Requiem with Tafelmusik.

Lydia Adams is Artistic Director of both the Elmer Iseler Singers and the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto, ensembles which are national leaders in commissioning, premiering, performing and recording Canadian choral works. A native of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, she received her musical education at Mount Allison University, the Royal College of Music and the National Opera Studio, London, England. An innovative programmer, Lydia Adams has included over 40 new commissions in the past 10 years. Her own compositions are performed worldwide. In 2003, she received an Honorary Doctorate from Mount Allison University for her service to music in Canada. In 2009 Lydia Adams won the prestigious Ontario Premier’s Finalist Award for Excellence in the Arts, which recognizes her outstanding achievement and contribution to arts and culture.

The first ensemble designated as an RBC Stockey Young Artist, the all-Canadian Afiara String Quartet (Valerie Li and Yuri Cho, violins; David Samuel, viola; and Adrian Fung, cello) is the graduate resident string quartet at The Juilliard School in New York, where the members serve as teaching assistants to the celebrated Juilliard String Quartet. The quartet’s 2009/10 season includes performances at the Library of Congress, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Mooredale Concert Series, the Montreal and Ottawa International Chamber Music Festivals and the Festival of the Sound. 2010 highlights have included winning the Young Canadian Musicians Award of $25,000 and being selected to compete in the Banff International String Quartet Competition in August. Our good wishes travel with them to Banff.


Coenraad Bloemendal was born in Amsterdam and studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Holland’s leading cellist, Carel van Leeuwen Boomkamp. After graduating, he came to the United States to complete his studies with the renowned cellist Janos Starker at Indiana University. In 1971 he moved to Canada, joining the Camerata Canada chamber ensemble and quickly established himself as one of the country’s outstanding cellists. In May 2006, Coenraad Bloemendal premiered a long forgotten romantic virtuoso concerto by David Popper. With pianist Valerie Tryon he has performed most of the repertoire for cello and piano in concert and on CBC radio. His performances with Glenn Gould on CBC Television’s “Music in our Time” led to other collabora-tions with the pianist.

Macha Belooussova started her music studies in her hometown of Yekaterinburg, Russia. She then studied with Vladimir Tropp at The Gnessine Institute in Moscow where she obtained the Artist Diploma in 1991. She went to Paris to study with Christian Ivaldi at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP) while working as a concert artist. Macha Belooussova now teaches chamber music at the CNSMDP. As the permanent pianist with the French ensemble ‘Musique Oblique’, she recorded a CD of the music of Franck and Chausson and one with the music of Ravel. She travels around the world and has played in Carnegie Hall and the Concertgebouw.

Originally from Montreal, cellist Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron recently moved to Toronto to join the Tokai String Quartet and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. She is a prizewinner of the Fishoff Chamber Music Competition, Canadian Music Competition, Prix d’Europe competition, and Radio-Canada’s Young Artist Competition. She has performed at Yellow Barn, Sarasota, Aspen, Music Academy of the West, Tanglewood and Montreal Chamber Music Festivals and also in New York’s Alice Tully Hall and Washington’s Kennedy Center. She has received two Prizes with Great Distinction from the Montreal Music Conservatory both in Cello and Chamber Music Performance. She received a Masters degree from The Juilliard School in New York. Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron has been loaned the use of the Adam-Shaw bow from the Canada Council Instrument Bank.

Julie Baumgartel has studied at Indiana University, the Freiburg Conservatory and the University of Toronto and has performed with Tafelmusik, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and the Orchestre des Champs Élysées across Europe, North America and Asia. She has been featured in numerous CBC radio broadcasts, was a member of Modern Quartet, and founded the “Festival Within a Festival” chamber music concert series at the Elora Festival. She has appeared on various chamber music series in southern Ontario including Sunday Afternoons at Rodman Hall and Baroque Music Beside the Grange. In 2003 she was appointed conductor of the Kitchener-Waterloo Youth Orchestra Sinfonia. With her husband, oboist James Mason, she founded the Grand River Baroque Festival.

Andrew Burashko made his debut at the age of seventeen with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and has since established himself as one of the most sought-after soloists in Canada. He has performed with most Canadian orchestras, as a soloist through-out Canada, the United States, and Europe, and as a chamber musician. Born in Moscow into a family of musicians, Andrew Burashko began his studies with Marina Geringas at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He went on to study with Lee Kum-Sing in Vancouver, Leon Fleisher and Marek Jablonski in Toronto, and Bella Davidovich in New York. Andrew Burashko’s musical dexterity and passion for artistic experimentation have now brought him to the artistic directorship of the Art of Time Ensemble, a chamber music society committed to building a new and younger audience for classical music.

Nora Bumanis has been the Principal Harpist of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra since 1980. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto where she studied with Judy Loman. She also studied with Alice Chalifoux at the Salzedo Harp Colony in Camden, Maine. As a harp soloist she has given recitals in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City and Prague and has presented chamber music on both radio and television with international artists. Nora is on the teaching faculties of the University of Alberta, Alberta College Conservatory, King’s University College and teaches master classes at the Banff Centre, Alberta. From 2001-2003 she was the Managing Director for the Jasper Festival of Music and Wine in Jasper, Alberta.

Founder and Artistic Director of the Montreal Chamber Music Festival and Professor at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal, cellist Denis Brott is recognized internationally as one of Canada’s finest musicians. The list of his teachers includes some of the world’s great cellists: Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School of Music, Janos Starker at Indiana University and Gregor Piatigorsky at the University of Southern California. Denis Brott rose to international attention in 1973 when he won 2nd Prize in the Munich International Cello Competition. A devot-ed chamber musician, he spent eight years in the Orford String Quartet. In 1985, Denis Brott played a pivotal role in the creation of the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank which gave him a magnificent 1706 David Tecchler cello for his lifetime use. He received the Great Montrealer Award for Culture in 2004.

David Bourque has a long and sordid history with the clarinet. He wanted to play oboe in high school, but his teacher made him play clarinet. He went to U of T in Engineering Science but eventually graduated from Music Education. David’s time here is always the musical highlight of his year. The “brothers” in the winds are fantastic players, wonderful colleagues and great pranksters. There are many highlights over the years for Dave, but the most memorable was a performance of Mozart’s C minor Serenade, K.388 in 1994-- it may be the best performance of anything in his life. David Bourque has been a member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra since 1983 and has performed at the Festival of The Sound since 1987.


Graham Campbell is a versatile guitarist who earned his degree in Music at Toronto’s Humber College after studying with jazz great David Baker in his hometown of Bloomington, Indiana. He has performed throughout North America and toured Nunavut and Chile. He has been a featured performer at the Festival of The Sound and The Bay Chamber Summer Festival in Rockport, Maine. Graham Campbell’s composition “Tune for Andy” was featured in the DVD release of a Robert Altman film, California Split. Gene DiNovi, whose playing he has heard since early child-hood, is one of his major musical influences and a continuing source of inspiration and guidance.

James Campbell, Artistic Director of the Festival of the Sound since 1985, has programmed over 1200 festival concerts, many heard nationally on CBC radio and has taken the Festival to London, the USA, Japan, and Holland. During the winter he plays throughout the world and teaches at the Jacob School of Music at Indiana University. Much of his planning for the Festival takes place on airplanes and in airports. He has appeared in over 25 countries with over 60 orchestras, including the Boston Pops, the London Symphony and most major Canadian orchestras. He has been awarded a Juno, Canada’s Artist of the Year, the Queen’s Jubilee Medal and the Order of Canada. He and his wife Carol feel the most at home in Parry Sound and return every summer to their family cottage.

Angela Cheng has appeared as soloist with virtually every orchestra in Canada, as well as the Birmingham Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Houston Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Saint Louis Symphony, Utah Symphony and the Israel Philharmonic, among others. She appears regularly on recital series throughout the U.S. and Canada and has collabo-rated with numerous chamber ensembles including the Takács, Colorado and Vogler quartets. Angela Cheng was the 1986 Gold Medal winner at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition as well as the first Canadian to win the prestigious Montreal International Piano Competition (1988). In the same year, the Canada Council awarded her its coveted Career Development Grant. For her outstanding interpretations of Mozart, she received the Medal of Excellence at the Mozarteum in Salzburg in 1991.

The Chamber Players of Canada is a group made up of some of the best musicians from across Canada that varies in size for concerts, recording, and touring. The Chamber Players have performed a wide range of music from the great masterpiec-es of the 18th and 19th century to some of the most exciting chamber music works of the 20th and 21st century. The Chamber Players of Canada have recorded a series of critically-acclaimed CD recordings including Mozart and Chopin concertos with Janina Fialkowska. In 2009, they launched a 10-concert fall and winter concert series in the Ottawa area. For their Festival of the Sound appearances, we welcome Marcelle Mallette and Andrea Armijo-Fortin, violins; Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Julian Armour, cello and Murielle Bruneau, bass.

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, playing jazz in all styles in Toronto-studio scenes, television shows, jingles. For 25 years Terry Clarke has recorded and toured with Rob McConnell’s Boss Brass big band. Since 1985 he has pursued an exclusively jazz career, working and recording with Ed Bickert, Doc Cheatham, Gene DiNovi, Buddy Tate and The Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra among many others.

Chloé Dominguez recently completed her Ph.D. in performance at McGill University, where she won the largest privately funded music scholarship in Canada, the Schulich School of Music’s Golden Violin award. Before that she earned an Artist Diploma and a Master of Music in performance, also at McGill. Her doctoral research focused on the evolution of cello music in Quebec and she worked extensively with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology, where her research team received the Director’s Interdisciplinary Excellence Prize. A research assistant and assistant professor at McGill University, she plans to pursue a career as a performer and teacher. In 2009, she was awarded the use of the 1824 McConnell Gagliano cello from the Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank.

Gene DiNovi was born in Brooklyn and grew up in New York City. At the age of 16, he was asked by Dizzy Gillespie to sit in with his band. Over the years, he has been pianist and arranger for Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich and recorded with Artie Shaw. In the early 1970’s, Gene DiNovi decided to settle in Toronto and has developed a large audience through the CBC’s radio and tel-evision networks. In 1990, he returned to his jazz roots with an opportunity to play at the Ontario Pavilion at Expo 1990 in Osaka, Japan. Gene DiNovi’s work Alice in the Orchestra premiered at the 2002 Festival of the Sound and was translated into Dutch for performance in Holland.

The Toronto based Climax Jazz Band, formed in 1971, is known throughout North America, Europe and Japan for tight, driving, British style traditional jazz. Climax has appeared at festivals and clubs across North America, including the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. The band has toured the Netherlands, U.K. and Germany, cruised up the Amazon, around the Caribbean, the Mexican Riviera, Hawaii and through the Panama Canal. Climax also visited Kyoto, Japan, twice, guests of the Shinji Shumeikai cultural organization. Climax Jazz Band is known for its wide variety of tunes, with lots of vocals. They are musicians who play straight from the heart and with a great sense of humour.


Leopoldo Erice was born in Madrid in 1977 and started his piano studies at the age of six with José Ramón Martínez Reyero. In 1998, he graduated in both Piano and Chamber Music from the Royal Conservatory of Madrid and went on to study in The Hague with Rian de Waal. In 2002, he obtained the Artist Diploma in Piano from Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington in the studio of the late Leonard Hokanson and in 2004 the degree of Master of Music in Piano. He obtained the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Piano from the State University of New York. Leo Erice has performed extensive-ly in Spain and has also given recitals in the USA, Canada, Colombia, Panama, Lithuania, Germany, Luxembourg, Nepal and Italy. He is the founder and director of the Festival Internacional de Música Clásica de Ribadeo.

Proclaimed “Artist of the Year” by the CBC and the Toronto Women’s Musical Club, and winner of the Young Canadian Musician Award in 2000, cellist Yegor Dyachkov is enjoying a rich and multi-faceted career. An inspired recitalist and chamber musician and respected orchestral soloist, he has performed throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America, Canada and the United States. Yegor Dyachkov accords a prominent place to contemporary music in his repertoire. Born in Moscow in 1974, Yegor Dyachkov studied with Aleksandr Fedorchenko at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and Yuli Turovsky at the University of Montreal. From 1995 to 1998, he enjoyed the rare privilege of being one of two people to study under Boris Pergamenschikov at the Hochschule in Cologne. He teaches at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, and at the Domaine Forget Academy.

Mark DuBois is universally acclaimed for his outstanding lyric-tenor voice, its exceptional clarity and tonal purity, and his artistry and musicianship in performance. He has performed with every major orchestra in his native Canada and with several in the U.S.A. In 2004, he completed a concert tour of the new Oratorio Terezin by Ruth Fazal, performed in the prestigious venues of Reduta Hall, Bratislava, Vienna Konzerthaus, and Smetana Hall, Prague to great audience acclaim. His appearances at numerous music festivals have included such prestigious names as Ravinia, Tanglewood and Wigmore Hall. Mark DuBois is featured on several commercial recordings including a solo recording Chansons d’amore (nominated for a Juno) with pianist Gloria Saarinen and The Music Within, a compilation of favourites from operetta, broadway and song.

Pianist Luba Dubinsky studied in Moscow Conservatory under the guidance of Yakov Flier and graduated with distinction. She worked with the famous Borodin Quartet for 20 years. With her late husband, Rostislav Dubinsky, she formed the Borodin Trio in 1976, following their departure from the Soviet Union. She has performed extensively all over the world and recorded virtually the whole piano trio repertoire exclusively for Chandos Records, England and has recorded over 50 CD’s. She taught at the Rotterdam Conservatory during an interim period in Holland prior to moving to the United States where she became a member of the piano faculty at the School of Music at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Leslie Fagan’s exceptional artistry and talent continue to garner much attention. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto where she studied with Madame Irene Jessner and Lois Marshall. Prior to entering university Leslie Fagan studied privately with Catherine Robbin and Greta Kraus. The 2007-2008 season marked Ms. Fagan’s official Carnegie Hall debut and her Lincoln Center debut. She was invited by both the Oratorio Society of New York and Music Sacra to sing their performances of Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall. On the opera stage, Leslie Fagan has sung the title role in Donizetti’s Linda di Chamounix, Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Sophie in Massenet’s Werther, Musetta in Verdi’s La Bohème and Nanetta in Verdi’s Falstaff.

Mark Fewer’s most recent appointment is to the Schulich School of Music at McGill University, where he teaches violin, chamber music, and string improvisation. He is Artistic Director of the SweetWater Music Weekend in Owen Sound, Ontario and is a regular member of the Duke Trio and the SuperNova String Quartet. His recent projects include the jazz-hybrid show Lotusland and performances of the complete cycle of Bach sonatas and partitas. Growing up in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where his father was a famous local singer and entertainer, he played the piano at age 4, the violin at 6, and the saxophone at 10. After deciding to focus on the violin, he studied in Toronto, London, England and Budapest, Hungary. His major teachers were David Zafer, Jose-Luis Garcia and Ferenc Rados.

Guy Few is a virtuoso, in demand as a trumpeter, cornist, pianist and singer. Equally at home in classical or contemporary genres, he has debuted new works by Canadian composers including Glen Buhr, Peter Hatch, Alain Trudel, Boyd McDonald and Jacques Hétu among others. He has been a professor, adjudicator, soloist, principal and recitalist at hundreds of festivals including the Festival of the Sound, Scotiafest, The Orford Festival, The Ottawa Chamber Festival, The Elora Festival, Tanglewood, Takefu International Music Festival and The Oregon Bach Festival. Guy Few is a gold medal graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario and holds a Fellowship Diploma from Trinity College, London, England. He performs and records on a regular basis with Bellows and Brass, Nadina Mackie Jackson (bassoon), and Stephanie Mara (piano).

Mary Lou Fallis was hooked on singing professionally ever since she was a gingerbread person in Hansel and Gretel with the Canadian Opera Company at the age of 13. She has performed with leading orchestras and thrilled CBC listeners with her Diva Diaries. She has been coming to Parry Sound almost every year and says, “I love the new hall and the fact that it’s connected to the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame delights my sense of being Canadian. After so many years in the hot humid gym, to go out on the deck at intermission and take in the sunset seems like a miracle.” Primadonna goes into the Woods is the latest in her series of remarkable one woman shows in which she takes a hilarious look at the life of an opera diva.


Manitoban soprano Susan Gilmour Bailey emigrated to London, England in 1999 to complete her Master of Music at the Royal Academy of Music. Performing throughout the UK, Europe and North America, Susan enjoys a varied career of recital, oratorio and opera performances. Ms. Bailey has appeared as a soloist with prestigious orchestras such as the London Sinfonia and the Vancouver and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras to name a few. Susan’s operatic highlights have included principal roles with Opera de Lille, ‘Iris’ (Semele) for Early Opera Company, ‘Euridice’ (Orfeo) at the Théâtre de Caen with Le Concert d’ Astrée, ‘Alice’ in Rossini’s Le Comte Ory for Garsington Opera, ‘Amore’ (Orfeo ed Euridice) for the Ryedale Festival, ‘Atalanta’ (Serses) with the Cambridge Handel Opera Group, and ‘Flora’ in Britten’s Turn of the Screw in both St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk.

One of Canada’s busiest composers, Allan Gilliland was born in Darvel, Scotland in 1965. Based in Edmonton (Alberta), he has written music for many ensembles and his music has been performed around the world. For five years he was Composer-in-Residence with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, writing 11 works for the ESO. In 2002 his orchestral work On the Shoulders of Giants took First Prize at the prestigious Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s Centara New Music Festival Composers Competition. He holds a diploma in Jazz Studies (trumpet) from Humber College, a Bachelor of Music degree in performance and a Master of Music degree in composition from the University of Alberta and is currently pursuing a PhD in Composition from the University of Edinburgh. He is presently Head of Composition at Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton, Alberta.

A multi-talented artist, Colin Fox has an extensive list of stage, film, television, and musical narrations to his credit. A Juno and Gemini award winner, Colin has performed in several critically acclaimed shows, including: PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, A & E’s Nero Wolfe, Wonderfalls, Law and Order, The Equalizer, Relic Hunter and Street Legal. His stage appearances include productions at Toronto’s Royal Alexandra Theatre, Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival and on Broadway. He has also narrated numerous audio books, one which received a Juno Award. Mr. Fox has performed musical narrations with the Boston and Toronto Symphony Orchestras, the Hannaford Street Silver Band, guitarist Simon Wynberg, the Mendelssohn Choir, pianist Leslie Kinton, Gryphon Trio, the Elora Festival Singers and has appeared at many music festivals across Ontario.

Janina Fialkowska began her piano studies with her mother at age four, graduated from the Université de Montréal at 17and became the pupil of Yvonne Lefebure in Paris. In New York she studied at the Juilliard School of Music with Sasha Gorodnitzki. Her career was launched by the legendary Arthur Rubinstein after her performances at the first international piano competition held in his name in Israel in 1974. Janina Fialkowska has performed with all the major North American and international orchestras with such conductors as Sir Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit and Zubin Mehta. In January, 2002 her career was brought to a dramatic halt by the discovery of a tumour in her left arm. After successful surgery to remove the cancer, she underwent a rare muscle- transfer procedure and has now resumed her two-handed career.

A native of Toronto, Erica Goodman is acclaimed as one of the world’s outstanding solo harpists. She received her training at the Royal Conservatory of Music, the National Music Camp at Interlochen and the Curtis Institute of Music. Already a concert performer in her teens, she played under the baton of Igor Stravinsky when he recorded in Toronto. She was a member of the newly formed National Arts Centre Orchestra under Mario Bernardi and was featured as soloist when the orchestra made its New York debut. Erica Goodman’s love of chamber music is highlighted by her long association with colleagues and groups such as flutist Robert Aitken, oboist Lawrence Cherney and Trio Lyra. A regular on the summer festival circuit, she appears frequently at The Scotia Festival, the Festival of the Sound, the Elora Festival and the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.

RBC Stockey Young Artist Adam György was accepted to the Béla Bartók Conservatory as a prodigy at the age of 12. He flourished under the tutelage of Katalin Halmagyi who continues to be his mentor. He was accepted at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest in 2000 and studied under Professors György Nador and Balazs Reti. He graduated in 2006 and is currently doing his doctoral studies at the Liszt Academy. In 2002 Adam György won the Vienna Classics Prize, in 2003 the Special Prize at the San Remo International Piano Competition, and in 2004 all prizes at the First International Chopin Piano Competition in Budapest. In 2005 Adam was invited to the Steinway Artist community, a signal honour that places him in the company of the greatest pianists of all time, including Vladimir Horowitz, Artur Rubinstein, Krystian Zimmerman.

A native of Denmark, Victoria Gydov is a Dramatic Coloratura Soprano. She has achieved high acclaim both nationally and internationally for her stunning voice and riveting performances. She has had several performances in Seattle, including at Town Hall, Benaroya Hall and Meany Hall. She has also appeared in Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater’s production of Sondheim’s classic ‘A Little Night Music’ where she played Mrs. Nordstrom. Victoria Gydov recently sang with the Mississauga Symphony in The Tomorrow’s Divas Today Opera Concert on May 9th, 2009 after having been selected as a winner through the “Calling All Diva’s” competition.

Formed in 1993 and a mainstay at the Festival of the Sound ever since, the Gryphon Trio continues to delight audiences around the globe with their highly refined and dynamic performances. Based in Toronto, the Trio tours regularly throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe. With a strong commitment to expanding the piano trio repertoire, the Trio has commissioned and premiered over 50 works. The Gryphon Trio members are Artists-in-Residence at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, where Jamie Parker is the Rupert E. Edwards Chair in Piano Performance and violinist Annalee Patipatanakoon is an Assistant Professor. Cellist Roman Borys has taken the lead with the Trio’s responsibilities as Artistic Directors of the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, a position they have held for three seasons.


Andrea Hansen retired as a full time violinist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1999. Prior to her classical career, she enjoyed a long and memorable entertainment career, working with performers like Glenn Gould, Arthur Godfrey and Guy Lombardo. In 1987 the Toronto Symphony took their Canadian Odyssey tour to the Western Arctic. Following this, Andrea Hansen co-founded Strings Across the Sky, a not-for-profit association destined to inspire a passion for learning through the art of fiddling. Strings Across the Sky returns to the Arctic communities three times a year, inspiring new musicians. Andrea Hansen has received The Order of Canada, the Golden Jubilee Medal and The Order of Ontario.

Admired for his artistic style, unique interpretations and vibrant tone, violinist Moshe Hammer remains Canada’s most sought-after violinist for solo, concerto and chamber appearances. His career has taken him across North America, Israel and Western Europe, including Wigmore Hall in London. He is recognized as bringing the same vitality and artistry to his chamber appearances as he has to his solo performances. Hungarian-born, Moshe Hammer was raised in Israel, first cultivated his sound under the guidance of Ilona Feher and received scholarships to study in the US with Jascha Heifetz. Moshe Hammer launched The Hammer Band - From Violence to Violins in 2006 after the ‘summer of the gun’ in Toronto. “When I teach kids music and violins, I get them away from violence.”

Jason Hales received his Honours Bachelor of Music from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, studying under Mary Whicher, and continued at the University of Toronto Opera School with Patricia Kern. The list of roles Jason Hales has performed continues to grow and includes Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Frederic in Pirates of Penzance and The Mayor in Albert Herring. During the summer of 2009 Jason Hales travelled to Buxton England with the St. Anne’s Music and Drama Society of Toronto to perform Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival. Recently he finished the five week training program of La Musica Lirica in Novafeltria, Italy where he reprised the role of Don Ottavio.

Allene Hackleman has been principal horn of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra since 2004. A native of Vancouver, she began studying the horn under her father, Martin Hackleman. She earned a bachelor of music degree from the University of Cincinnati. Allene Hackleman served as an apprentice in the National Academy Orchestra of Canada, and has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.), and the Montréal Symphony. She has performed concerti with the Edmonton Symphony, Alberta Baroque Ensemble and the Victoria Symphony and is currently a member of the Summit Brass ensemble. She has a keen interest in chamber music and is back for her third year at the Festival of the Sound. She also teaches at the University of Alberta.

Cynthia Hiebert has performed both traditional and contempo-rary harpsichord works in Canada, the United States and England. She studied with Colin Tilney and Arthur Haas, and as a recipient of the Gelber Fellowship, completed a doctorate in harpsichord performance at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She now teaches harpsichord at Wilfrid Laurier University and piano at the Beckett School of the Arts. In addition to work as a soloist, she has collaborated with numerous ensembles including New York Baroque, North Shore Pro Musica, I Furiosi, the Penderecki String Quartet, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra and the Nota Bene Period Orchestra. Notable solo projects include a performance of Gyorgy Ligeti’s Hungarian Rock for the David Earle Dance Company and Numus, and a recording of Peter Hatch’s ‘In a Vernacular Way.’

Cellist Marc Johnson, after study at the Eastman School, continued at Indiana University with Janos Starker and Josef Gingold. The youngest member of the Rochester Philharmonic at age eighteen, he later joined the Pittsburgh Symphony. Then, for thirty-five years as cellist of the renowned Vermeer Quartet, he appeared regularly in the world’s musical capitals on five continents, and made extensive tours yearly on both sides of the Atlantic. He has been active in the commissioning of new works for both cello and string quartet, and has recorded for CRI Records. With pianist Katherine Johnson, he co-directs Bay Chamber Concerts, the Next Generation, free seminars for Maine students. He is professor of cello at Boston University and plays an instrument by Francesco Stradivarius, c. 1730.

The Elmer Iseler Singers is one of Canada’s most illustrious, fully professional choral ensembles. Now conducted by Lydia Adams, the group was founded by and nurtured under the direction of the late Dr. Elmer Iseler, the “Dean of Canadian Choral Conductors.” The choir has built an enviable international reputation through its concerts, broadcasts and recordings throughout Canada, the United States and on the international concert stage. Known for the unique beauty of their sound, the Elmer Iseler Singers bring to life exciting repertoire that spans 500 years of great choral music. The Elmer Iseler Singers have presented concerts and workshops in national and international festivals, and, with Lydia Adams, have recorded eight CDs of Canadian music in eight years, a remarkable contribution to the music of our country.

Keith Horner is a long-time festival regular. He writes program notes and gives pre-concert chats for many concert presenters and works as an independent CD recording producer. He started writing as a freelance music critic with the London Times and Daily Telegraph and as a contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. His interest in communicating with audiences was honed over three decades as a music broadcaster and executive producer for both BBC Radio 3 and CBC.


Canadian pianist André Laplante has firmly established himself as one of the great romantic virtuosos, garnering international attention after winning prizes at the Geneva and Sydney International Piano Competitions, then capturing the silver medal at the International Tchaïkovsky Competition in Moscow. In 2005, Mr. Laplante was honoured to be named an Officer of the Order of Canada. His performance of Jacques Hétu’s Piano Concerto No. 2 for CBC Records won the 2004 Juno award for orchestral recordings, as well as the Western Canadian Music Award. In recent years, Laplante has appeared as orchestral soloist with the Montréal and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center and with the Royal Philharmonic under the baton of the late Sir Yehudi Menuhin during their extensive North American tour.

Michael Kim is a gifted pianist and performer, known for his outstanding technique and refined artistry. He is the recipient of a multitude of awards, including the grand-prize of the CMC and the CBC Competition for Young Performers. An artistic scholar, Dr. Kim received his Masters and Doctor of Musical Arts from The Juilliard School where he held the Vladimir Horowitz Piano Scholarship. His performance highlights include a tour in Peru with Orchestra Sinfonica de Trujillo and a UK tour with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony and all major Canadian orchestras. As a chamber musician, Michael has performed at the Brevard, Aspen, Banff, Huntsville, and Heifetz (Annapois, MD) festivals to name a few. In August 2008, Dr. Kim was appointed Dean of Brandon University’s School of Music, in Manitoba.

Baritone Bruce Kelly’s career has taken him to many of the important opera houses and concert halls of Europe and his native Canada. He has appeared in Nice, Strasbourg, Lieges, Avignon and Moscow in a variety of leading roles including Silvio (Pagliacci), Guglielmo (Cosi Fan Turri), Marcello (La Bohème) and Sharpless (Madama Butterfly). In Canada he has appeared as guest soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Toronto Symphony, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony, Thunder Bay Symphony, Kingston Symphony, Newfoundland Symphony and Niagara Symphony. In the fall of 2009-2010, Bruce Kelly made his role debut as Germont in La Traviata for Pacific Opera Victoria. He also appeared in Carmina Burana with the Toronto International Choral Festival and in Mozart’s Requiem with the Grand Philharmonic Choir of Kitchener, Ontario.

A charismatic performer and outstanding musician, Beverley Johnston is internationally recognized for her virtuosic performances on a wide range of percussion instruments. Her performances and recordings have been broadcast on radio networks all over the world. She has been nominated for a GEMINI award and invited to perform at the Stockholm International Percussion Event, which included many of the world’s finest percussionists. Other guest solo appearances included the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, the Scotia Festival of Music and the Vancouver New Music Society. She currently lives in rural Ontario with her husband composer Christos Hatzis, where she has built a percussion studio that can finally fit all of her exotic instruments!

Baritone Jonathan Liebich completed his studies at the Vancouver Academy of Music under David Meek and at UBC under Gary Relyea. As an oratorio and concert soloist he has performed with numerous orchestras and ensembles. Recent engagements include Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation and Lord Nelson Mass, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Missa Solemnis and Bach’s St. John Passion. He performed the role of the Speaker in Vancouver Opera’s production of Die Zauberflöte. He is an alumnus of the Vancouver Opera Chorus and of the Vancouver Opera Touring Ensemble, with whom he performed the roles of Papageno and Sarastro. Other opera roles include Mozart’s Figaro, the Father of Hansel & Gretel and Herr Fluth from Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor.

Considered by numerous music critics to be one of the world’s best harpists, Judy Loman can look back on an impressive career. After studies with Carlos Salzedo at the Curtis Institute, she was awarded the position of principal harpist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1960, a position from which she retired in 2002. She has taught harp at Toronto University, the Royal Conservatory of Music, and the Curtis Institute and is joined this summer by four of her distinguished students. Several of her recordings have received international prizes and awards, including the Juno Award and the Canada Council’s Grand Prix du Disque. Judy has commissioned, performed and recorded many new works for harp. As a soloist, she has performed with the world’s leading orchestras in North America, Europe, Israel and Japan, as well as at the World Harp Congress and the American Harp society.

At age 15, Jan Lisiecki is already making a name for himself on the Canadian and international stage. He had his orchestral debut at the age of 9, and has since performed more than 50 times with orchestras in Canada and internationally. In July 2009 he performed Beethoven’s Concerto No. 3 in C minor under the baton of Pinchas Zukerman at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Most recently, he gave a “dazzling” performance of the Chopin Concerto No. 1 in E minor at the MIDEM Classical Awards Gala in Cannes. France. Jan Lisiecki has played at Carnegie Hall, the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall and Kaufman Hall. On January 1st 2010, at midnight, Jan had the honour to open the Year of Chopin in Zelazowa Wola, Chopin’s birthplace in Poland. This event marked the official beginning of the Chopin 200th Birthday celebrations across the world.

Alexandra (Sasha) Liebich-Tait is a lyric-coloratura soprano who holds an Artist Diploma in Voice Performance from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Music Degree (Opera Performance) from the University of British Columbia as well as additional vocal studies in Austria at the Mozarteum (Salzburg), the American Institute of Musical Studies (Graz) and in Vienna. In 2009, Sasha ) Liebich-Tait was awarded the Best Female Voice award for her performance of Mabel from The Pirates of Penzance at the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in Buxton, England, and the Austrian press has called her a singing actress of “great sensitivity (and)…upmost artistic perfection”. She is the recipient of awards from both the Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council. Sasha now teaches voice lessons at her private studio in Port Perry, Ontario.


Canadian pianist Stephanie Mara received an Associate Diploma in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor Degree in Piano Performance from Wilfrid Laurier University, where she studied with Garth Beckett. She is a collaborative pianist and coach for Wilfrid Laurier University where she works with performance majors in brass, bassoon, and cello, and has assisted in master classes with Alain Trudel, Dennis Najoom and James Campbell. Stephanie has performed in recital and gala presentations with Canadian soloists James Campbell, Alistair Kay and Jasper Wood. She performs on a regular basis with Canadian trumpeter/pianist/singer Guy Few in Canada and the United States. Festival and series appearances include the Elora Festival, the Festival of the Sound, the Ottawa Chamber Festival, Barrie Colours of Music, and Quad City Arts (USA).

James Mason is one of Canada’s most prominent oboists. In his early teens Jim could throw a baseball really fast and got a tryout with the California Angels. They told him to grow a little bigger and throw a bit faster and to come back next year. He became ill and was quarantined from sports when his band director needed an oboe player. Jim gamely gave it a try and fell in love. Since 1981 many of his musical highlights have occurred here: the Mozart Gran Partita and the Concerto for Oboe and Violin with his wife Julie Baumgartel. Jim loves the camaraderie in the Festival Winds, the intensity needed to put together high level performances and the sense of family that defines the organization. James Mason, who is principal oboe with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, was recently named the Wilfrid Laurier University’s Faculty Mentor of the Year.

Born in Saskatchewan and raised in Ontario, baritone Peter McGillivray gained international attention in 2005 by winning 2nd prize both at the Montreal International Musical Competition and at the Queen Sonja Competition in Oslo, Norway. He recently returned to the Canadian Opera Company as Schaunard in La Bohème, followed by a great personal success as the tortured protagonist in the World Premiere of Omar Daniel’s The Shadow. His 2009-2010 season includes Messiah with the Elmer Iseler Singers, Die Fledermaus with Opera Hamilton and Dark Star Requiem with Tapestry New Opera Works. On the summer festival circuit, he has sung at the Elora, Orford, Ottawa Chamber Music, and Parry Sound Festivals in Canada and the Aspen, Ravinia, Tanglewood, Roskilde and Aldeburgh Festivals internationally.

Ken MacDonald, described as a “master French hornist” by the Toronto Star, has performed from Saltspring Island to Cape Spear in Newfoundland to Nunavut. Born in Vancouver, he graduated from the University of BC directly into a position as principal horn of Symphony Nova Scotia. As a chamber musician, he has appeared at many of the nation’s top festivals. Solo com-missions include Malcolm Forsyth’s Concerto for Eight, premiered at Rideau Hall by special invitation of Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson, and Heather Schmidt’s Light and Dark, a double concer-to written for Ken and famed violist Rivka Golani. He is Associate Principal Horn with the Winnipeg Symphony and Principal Horn of the Hamilton Philharmonic.

James McKay (Bassoon Jim) appears on over a dozen recordings and is frequently featured as a soloist or conductor in broadcast concerts on the CBC and NPR networks and in many North American, Japanese and European music festivals. He has toured as a soloist and chamber musician in Canada, the US, Japan and Europe. Besides being a bassoonist, he is also an orchestra conductor (Music Director of Symphony Hamilton), composer and researcher (reeds and acoustics). Until June 2010 he was Chair of Music Performance Studies and conductor of the UWO Symphony Orchestra at the University of Western Ontario. His book, The Bassoon Reed Manual, was published by Indiana University Press in 2000.

Pianist Glen Montgomery is a highly respected musician who maintains an active career performing and teaching. He travels extensively, performing as a soloist and in collabora-tion with chamber musicians. Glen Montgomery’s early music development began with studies on the clarinet with his father and Paul Brodie. His first successes as a pianist were winning the Alberta Prize Winner’s competition (age16), playing with the Edmonton Symphony; the Registered Music Teachers’ tour (age 18); and placing second in the Canadian Music Competition’s Stepping Stone (age 18). He has performed frequently on CBC Radio and has recorded for Icelandic Radio and television, Belarus television, and PBS radio in the United States.

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 Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Toronto Symphony, the Hamilton Philharmonic, Windsor Symphony, Toronto Symphonia, Toronto Philharmonia, Brantford Symphony, the Charlottetown Festival, Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival as well as playing for numerous musicals and recordings. He also toured internationally with the Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables. Currently he is pursuing an interest in jazz by playing in big bands and small jazz groups.

Violist Douglas McNabney is one of Canada’s distinguished chamber musicians. Coordinator of Chamber Music at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, he received a BMus degree in Musicology from the U of T, a MMus in performance at UWO and a DMus. in Interpretation from the Université de Montréal. He has appeared as guest artist with leading chamber music groups including the Orford Quartet, the Allegri Quartet, the St. Lawrence Quartet, the Smithsonian Chamber Players and the Gryphon Trio. He was a member of the Galliard Ensemble and the Artistic Director of the Domaine Forget International Festival and Academy. His appointment as Artistic Director of Toronto Summer Music was announced in June.


The Penderecki String Quartet, Jeremy Bell, violin; Jerzy Kaplanek, violin; Christine Vlajk, viola and new cellist Jacob Braun, was formed in Poland in 1986 and has become one of the most celebrated chamber ensembles of its generation. The PSQ’s recent schedule has included concerts in New York, Amsterdam and St. Petersburg, as well as appearances at international festivals in Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Venezuela, and China. The PSQ champions music of our time, performing a wide range of repertoire from Haydn to Zappa as well as premiering over 100 new works to date. Described by Fanfare Magazine as “an ensemble of formidable power and keen musical sensitivity”, the PSQ’s diverse discography includes the recently released Bartok cycle. The ensemble is Quartet-in-Residence at Wilfrid Laurier University.

The Orford Six Pianos ensemble, created in 2005, performs regularly on stages across Québec and Canada. Formed by six closely knit pianists, this extraordinary ensemble offers a variety of arrangements of well-known orchestral pieces and other oddities for six pianos. The transcriptions, most of which bear Olivier Godin’s signature, call for six grand pianos that are arranged in a half-circle on stage, allowing the public to rediscover the great classical repertoire in refreshing and dynamic fashion. A quite unique and unforgettable musical experience! Sandra Murray, Claire Ouellet, Mariane Patenaude, Francis Perron, Lorraine Prieur and Olivier Godin return to the Festival of the Sound by popular demand.

John Novacek regularly tours the Americas, Europe and Asia as solo recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist. John is a much sought after collaborative artist, has given numer-ous world premieres and worked closely with composers John Adams, John Harbison, Jennifer Higdon, John Williams, and John Zorn. Novacek’s own compositions and arrangements have been performed by the Pacific Symphony, The 5 Browns, Harrington String Quartet, Ying Quartet, Millennium, Quattro Mani and The Three Tenors. John records for 13 labels and is often heard on radio broadcasts worldwide. Of his recording ‘Novarags,’ the Seattle Times states “more than half of the 23 rags are Novacek’s original compostions or arrangements. At his best, he rivals some of William Bolcom’s superb contributions to this literature.”

With its dynamic performing style and beautiful sound the New Zealand String Quartet has a major career in the international chamber music field, earning the acclaim of critics and the delight of audiences. The Quartet has particularly distinguished itself through imaginative and unique programming, including cycles of composers’ music from Mozart to Berg and important new works from New Zealand and Pacific Rim composers. Recent highlights have included debuts in London at Wigmore Hall and in New York at the prestigious Frick Collection. The New Zealand String Quartet has recently brought its interpretative skill to a major project to record all of Mendelssohn’s string quartets for Naxos. The Quartet’s extensive discography includes the premiere recording of the Zoltan Székely quartet.

Mezzo soprano Gabrielle Prata is known for a host of roles ranging from opera to musical theatre. She made her New York debut as Rosina in National Grand Opera’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, which she also sang for Opera Hamilton, Markham Opera and Pacific Opera, Victoria. Favourite operatic roles include Suzuki in Madama Butterfly (Canadian Opera Company), Carmen (Carmen) Opera North, Adalgisa in Norma (Gold Coast Opera, Florida), Cenerentola (La Cenerentola) Bermuda Festival and Ramiro (La Finta Giardiniera) Colorado Music Festival. Known for her versatility, Gabrielle Prata’s concert repertoire ranges from Handel’s Messiah, to pops concerts. Gabrielle Prata was also the winner of many competitions and awards and has been broadcast internationally on radio and television.

Pianist Jean Saulnier leads an active career as a recitalist, chamber musician, and teacher. He won numerous national and international competitions, including the prestig-ious William Kapell International Piano Competition and the Leschetizsky Competition. His performances are regularly broadcast on CBC radio. A much sought-after chamber musician, he has collaborated with Barry Tuckwell, Anton Kuerti, Moshe Hammer, André Moisan, and the St. Lawrence and Alcan string quartets. He plays regularly with cellist Yegor Dyachkov. Jean Saulnier has been guest soloist with orchestras of renown such as the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Rochester Philharmonic, and I Musici de Montréal. He holds a doctorate from the Université de Montréal where he is currently a professor.

Frederieke Saeijs started to play the violin at age seven. She entered the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where she received both the Bachelor and Master degrees Cum Laude. From 2004 onwards she continued her violin study with professor Mauricio Fuks at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana. In 2005 Frederieke Saeijs won the First Grand Prix ‘Académie des Beaux Arts’ at the International Violin Competition Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud, in Paris. From 2006-2009 Frederieke has been Artist in Residence in the Dr. Anton Philipszaal and Nieuwe Kerk in her home town The Hague. In September 2009, she will start teaching at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. She plays a violin by Petrus Guarneri (1725, Venice), ‘Ex- Reine Elisabeth’, lent to her by the Dutch National Music Instrument Foundation.

Born in Toronto, Canada, Joel Quarrington began playing the double bass at the age of eleven and was trained in Toronto, Rome, Vienna and Prague. For over thirty years, he has served as the Principal Double Bassist of many ensembles, including the Canadian Opera Company, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. In 2009/2010 he had the honour of leading the bass section of the great London Symphony Orchestra in concerts conducted by Colin Davis, Michael Tilson Thomas and Valery Gergiev. Joel Quarrington teaches at Montreal’s McGill University and each summer at the Orford Arts Centre, where his master classes have attracted players from around the world. His latest solo recording, “Garden Scene”, won the 2010 Juno Award as the Best Classical Recording in the Solo/Chamber music category.


Compelling young Canadian cellist Sybil Shanahan has been described as playing the cello “like she was born with one in her hands.” A recent graduate of the concert class of cello soloist Patrick Demenga in Lausanne, Switzerland, she has performed throughout Europe, and recently completed a recital tour of South Africa. She has collaborated with notable contemporary composers Betsy Jolas, Jonathon Harvey and David Philip Hefti, and, while completing her undergraduate degree in Amsterdam performed in the Gaudeamus Festival and the ISCM World Music Days in Slovenia. Sybil Shanahan has played as a member of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Sinfonietta de Lausanne, and the Orchestre Symphonique Bienne, and was principal cellist of the European Youth Chamber Orchestra of Styria in Austria.

Brian Seaton maintains an active performing career as a recitalist, chamber musician and symphony musician performing throughout the United States and Canada. In addition to his performing career Brian is sought after as one of the most respected oboe repair technicians in the North America. He continues to lecture on the mechanics and acoustics of the oboe at many Universities throughout North America. Brian Seaton completed the Honours Bachelor of Music degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and the Master of Music degree from Florida State University. His principal teachers have been Jim Mason and Dr. Eric Ohlsson. Brian currently resides in Kitchener.

Roy Schatz was a Modern Languages educator at the level of secondary school, Ministry of Education and university for a total of 43 years. He began his G&S career nearly 60 years ago at Victoria College under the direction of conductor Godfrey Ridout and stage director Geoffrey Hatton (a former D’Oyly Carte cast member). Performing with the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Toronto and St. Anne’s Music & Drama Society (MADS), he has played roles in the entire G&S canon. Last summer MADS took its production of Pirates to the 16th Buxton International G&S Festival, where Roy was lauded by the English adjudicator for his characterization of the Major General.

A graduate of the Faculty of Music of the University of Toronto, Laura Schatz has performed in oratorios and light operas throughout Ontario. She continues, however, to be best known as the soprano who can (and does) sing any role Gilbert and Sullivan wrote. For the past 21 years she has been Artistic Director of St. Anne’s Music & Drama Society, which performs a G&S comic opera every year at St. Anne’s Anglican Church in Toronto. Last summer, this group took a full production of The Pirates of Penzance to the International Gilbert and Sullivan festival in Buxton England. In between musical performances, Laura Schatz teaches Grade 3 French Immersion and tries to find time to run around with her 9-year-old son, Roland, and her 7-year-old daughter, Michelle.

Christian Sharpe is one of Canada’s most respected bassoonists, at home in the concert hall and recording studio, in demand in orchestral and chamber music alike. Starting out his musical life as a jazz saxophonist, he made the switch to bassoon while studying at York University and quickly established himself as a professional in the competitive freelance market. Christian Sharpe has performed on bassoon and contrabassoon with the Toronto Symphony and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, substituted as principal bassoon with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra and performed and recorded chamber music on bassoon and saxophone with the Canadian Chamber Ensemble and the Festival Winds.

Toronto-born James Sommerville is Principal Horn for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic. Before moving to Boston in 1998, he was principal horn of the Canadian Opera Company and Symphony Nova Scotia, acting principal horn of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (1996-1998), associate principal horn of the Montreal Symphony (1986-1991) and third horn of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (1997). Jamie Sommerville has also performed and recorded internationally as a chamber musician and soloist and teaches currently at the Longy School of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music. His CD of the Mozart horn concertos with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra won the Juno Award for Best Classical Recording.

Suzanne Shulman studied with Robert Aitken and in Europe with Marcel Moyse, Michel Debost and Jean-Pierre Rampal. In her international touring career, she gave solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall and in the Chopin Institute in Warsaw. She has appeared as soloist with Canadian and international orchestras and is a frequent guest at chamber music festivals. She has performed with the Orford String Quartet and with the late Glenn Gould, with whom she collaborated on a variety of recording projects. Suzanne Shulman 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 teaches flute at McMaster University.

Barry Shiffman (violin, viola) has a rich and varied career as a performer, recording artist, teacher, and administrator. As a soloist, he has appeared with orchestras and in recital throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. A member of the St. Lawrence String Quartet from 1989 to 2006, he performed over 2,000 concerts during his years with the ensemble. Since the fall of 2006, Barry Shiffman has been director of music programs at The Banff Centre and executive director of the Banff International String Quartet Competition. He was recently appointed Associate Dean and Director of Chamber Music at the Glenn Gould School in Toronto and will take up this new position in September of 2010.


Michel Strauss, one of the most accomplished cellists of his generation, studied in France with Paul Tortelier and in the United States with Aldo Parisot at Yale University. As a Cello professor at the Paris Conservatoire since 1987, an entire generation of musicians have pursued his lessons and masterclasses in the United States, Asia and also in France. He has performed in most French Festivals as well as in many of the world’s top concert halls. He collaborated with Jean-Luc Godard for cinema and worked in musical theatre in Avignon. His eclectic vision of music and his natural charisma make him sought after as performer and teacher. Michel Strauss is musical director of the International Festival of Chamber Music in Giverny.

Jeffrey Stokes studied double bass and musicology at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, followed by a PhD in musicology at the State University of New York. 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 studio teaching and graduate seminars. He continues to perform and record as a chamber player and narrator-actor and with orchestras throughout Ontario and to lecture, adjudicate and give clinics throughout Canada. He has served as a consultant to both the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council and as a judge for the Juno Awards.

Vicki St. Pierre’s warm, lush voice “invitingly combines clarity of expression and beauty of tone,” and is described as “rich with both a darkness and brightness.” Recently she made debut appearances with both the Edmonton Symphony and the Calgary Philharmonic orchestras, and sang Handel’s Messiah with the International Symphony. She has appeared with Opera Atelier in Charpentier’s Acteon, sang Bach’s Magnificat with the Toronto Bach Consort, and a program of French music with the Talisker Players. Highlights of past seasons include performances with the Menno Singers, the London Fanshawe Symphonic Chorus, Chorus Niagara, the Aradia Ensemble and the Bell ‘Arte Singers in Toronto, the Toronto Consort and with the Toronto Chamber Choir. Vicki St. Pierre holds a Master Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Western Ontario.

Neil Spaulding studied horn with Wayne Jeffrey and Eugene Rittich at the University of Toronto and with Ifor James in Freiburg, Germany. Since 1990, he has been a freelance musician, performing with orchestras across Canada including the Canadian Opera Company, the National Ballet, the Victoria Symphony, the Winnipeg Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, the Hamilton Philharmonic and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. He enjoys both chamber and new music and has appeared with the Music Toronto Chamber Series, Continuum, Array Music and the Esprit Orchestra. He has enjoyed playing with many artists, including Brian Wilson, Ray Charles and the Boss Brass. The Festival of the Sound is always the musical highlight of his year.

Harpist Jennifer Swartz enjoys an exciting and active career as a soloist, chamber artist, orchestral musician and teacher. She embarked on her solo career with her debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at the early age of sixteen. Since then, she has appeared with most major Canadian orchestras and was formerly Principal Harpist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Jennifer Swartz currently holds two of the most high-profile posts in Canada, as principal harp for the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and head of the Harp Program at McGill University. She can be heard regularly in chamber and recital performances throughout Canada. She participates often in chamber festivals and has been heard frequently in broadcast concerts for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Born in Zurich, the Dutch soprano Désirée Till grew up in Switzerland where she also studied singing and graduated from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Bern, Switzerland. This led to further studies at the Zurich Opera and to her operatic debut as Olga in Léhar’s Merry Widow conducted by Franz Welser-Möst in a staging by Helmut Lohner. Most recently she completed her Master’s in Music Interpretation at the Université de Montréal. In 2008, Désirée Till performed the role of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Toronto Summer Music Festival under Agnes Grossmann. This year Désirée Till is performing with her Tro Désirée, with Coenraad Bloemendal, cello and Erica Goodman, harp at the Festival of the Sound and at the Collingwood Music Festival.

Stéphan Sylvestre ranks among the most sought-after and gifted Canadian pianists of the new generation and enjoys a very active performing career as recitalist, orchestra soloist, chamber musician and recording artist. His numerous concert tours and performances have taken place in major concert halls, universities and concert organizations throughout Canada, United States, Brazil, the Middle East, France, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, England, Czech Republic, Russia and the Netherlands. He has performed in the major international festivals in Canada, including Ottawa, Parry Sound, Lanaudière, Domaine Forget and Orford. Stéphan Sylvestre is heard regularly on the French and English networks of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Suisse Romande and has performed live for the BBC in the United Kingdom.

The Swiss Piano Trio is the 2005 first prize winner of the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Austria. Their extraordinary success in international competitions together with concerts worldwide has made the Swiss Piano Trio with pianist Martin Lucas Staub, violinist Angela Golubeva and cellist Sébastien Singer one of the leading chamber music ensembles of its generation. Since its founding in 1998, the ensemble has given successful concerts in more than 35 coun-tries on all continents. It has performed in major halls such as the Tonhalle in Zurich, Casino Berne, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Wigmore Hall in London and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In November 2007 the new Triple Concerto, written by Daniel Schnyder and commissioned by the Swiss Piano Trio, was premiered to great acclaim.


Elizabeth Volpé Bligh became the Vancouver Symphony’s Principal Harpist in 1982, after six seasons as the Principal Harpist of the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra. Her career includes concertos, chamber music, soundtracks and record-ings such as The Greater Vancouver Album. Her performance of Michael Conway Baker’s Harp Concerto with the VSO was recorded by CBC. She has taught harp at UBC, Vancouver Academy of Music, Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, Island Mountain Arts Festival, and Pacific Harp Institute, producing many award-winning students. Six pieces from her Solos for Lever or Pedal Harp are in the Royal Conservatory of Music Harp Syllabus. She is President of the BC Chapter of the American Harp Society and the Chair of the Host Committee for the 11th World Harp Congress in 2011.

Aimee Tsuchiya has performed throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia, as both soloist and chamber musician including performances in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, Kobe, Japan, and Montreal. She performed the Grieg Piano Concerto last season with the Worcester Symphony, and had her broadcast debut on CBC Radio this past year. Aimee Tsuchiya has won numerous awards, including the Chopin Society Young Artists Competition, the Schubert Club Competition, Thursday Musical Competition, and the Minnesota Orchestra’s WAMSO Concerto Competition Piano Award, and has been invited to the Interlochen, Tanglewood, Yellow Barn and Banff Chamber Music Festivals. She performs and teaches in Boston where she is pursuing a doctoral degree in performance from the New England Conservatory of Music.

Sara Traficante graduated with her B.Mus. in flute performance at Eastman College of Music, in Rochester New York. Sara recently completed her Master’s degree, having studied in the studio of acclaimed pedagogue Timothy Hutchins, at McGill University. She has travelled extensively as a Suzuki flutist, including to Taipei, Dublin and Chicago to participate in international festivals, and has trained as a Suzuki teacher with David Gerry, Pandora Bryce, and June Warhoftig. In addition to an active performance career as a flutist in the National Capital region, Sara’s other musical interests include arts education, community outreach programming, and commissioning chamber music by young Canadian composers.

One of the most exciting bands around, the Toronto All-Star Big Band revives the spirit, style and sound of 1930’s and 40’s - that golden age of the big bands. Armed with brilliant programming, slick choreography and witty cultural nostalgia, the Toronto All-Star Big Band provides one of the most intense and stimulating youth music programs in Canada. Beyond their extraordinary entertainment, they engage cream-of-the-crop young musicians in a rigorous regime of rehearsals, workshops and skill-building performance experiences with international stars...Buddy deFranco, Eddie Daniels, Larry Elgart, Terry Clark, Cleo Laine, John Dankworth and great Canadians like Peter Appleyard, Tommy Ambrose, Phil Nimmons, Oliver Jones, Ranee Lee, and the great Jackie Richardson.

Sharlene Wallace is one of Canada’s most prolific and influential Celtic harpists. Classically trained on piano and having studied Classical harp with Judy Loman at the University of Toronto, Sharlene discovered the lever (Celtic) harp to be her creative and expressive vehicle for writing, arranging and recording. She has won two international lever harp competitions, recorded five independent CDs, and tours constantly across North America giving concerts and master classes. Sharlene performs as a soloist as well as with bass player George Koller, flute and piano player Susan Piltch and accordion and fiddle player from BC Adrian Dolan. Sharlene is on the Faculties of York and Guelph Universities and is the Principal Harpist with both the Kingston and Oakville Symphony Orchestras

Dave first began studying the guitar and violin at age ten but picked up the bass at his first gig. Equally comfortable with symphonic work and acoustic jazz, he was the principal Double Bass with the Edmonton and Winnipeg Symphonies and Hamilton Philharmonic and regularly brings jazz bass playing to a new level. Dave Young’s professional relationship with jazz giant Oscar Peterson spanned three decades during which he played in the Oscar Peterson Trio in appearances all over the world up until Peterson’s death. In addition to club appearances, touring, recording and Festival performances, Dave Young also teaches at numerous seminars and jazz clinics, as well as being a faculty member of Humber College and the University of Toronto.

The Festival of the Sound Board of Directors and Staff would like to take the time to thank our volunteers.

The Festival would be impossible to run without you and the past 31 years have been enriched by your dedication.


acKnoWledgements

the festival of the sound’s 2010 board of directors thanks the following for generous financial support.

Department of Canadian Heritage, Arts Presentation CanadaOntario Arts CouncilCanada Council for the ArtsOntario Ministry of Culture, Summer Experience ProgramOntario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Ontario Summer JobsNorthern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, Youth Internship ProgramParry Sound Municipal Assistance Program

special thanks to:Artistic Endeavours – Nancy Little & staffBetter Art Direction and DesignCambrian Hosting – Doug McCannCharles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts – Krista Holmes & staffClassical 96.3 FMGeorgian Bay Software – Darryl McMurray & staffH&R Block – Nancy Roy & staff30,000 Island Cruise Lines – Ron and Steven Anderson & staff103.3 Moose FMThe MuskokanM.V. Chippewa III – Greg and Sandy Aldworth & staffNear North Business MachinesParry Sound North StarSara Tyson DesignSt. James-Centennial United Church

Yamaha Pianos provided courtesy of The Music Gallery, authorized dealer of fine Yamaha pianos in Central Ontario.www.yamahamusiccentre.com

Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation

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