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Évolutions 2008 : Faites de l’air !

Une série sur la flûte du 21 au 25 octobre 2008, 20 h

Château Ramezay
280, rue Notre-Dame Est, Montréal
Métro Champ-de-Mars
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Montréal, 3 octobre 2008 – Faites de l’air ! Voilà ce que vous propose Innovations en concert dans le cadre de sa série automnale Évolutions qui offrira cette année quatre concerts autour de la flûte. À l’affiche, une fine sélection de virtuoses qui interpréteront des programmes variés, visitant la musique contemporaine écrite, la musique assistée par ordinateur et la musique improvisée, tout cela pour un instrument privilégié : la flûte.

La série Évolutions présente depuis 1997 des séries thématiques souvent articulées autour d’un instrument ou d’une famille d’instruments. Cette année, Michel Frigon, le directeur artistique de Innovations en concert, a choisi la flûte, qui, de tous les bois, est certainement le plus agile et celui qui possède le son le plus aérien.
La table est donc mise pour quatre concerts plus que prometteurs !

Mardi 21 octobre, 20 h ::: Robert Aitken
Pour ouvrir la série, Robert Aitken nous présentera entre autre, trois pièces de Toru Takemitsu, dont il était un ami très proche. C’est également lors de ce concert que nous pourrons entendre les résultats de notre volet Direction Jeunesse dans le cadre duquel neuf étudiants de l’université de Montréal se joindront à Robert Aitken pour interpréter Ghosts and Gargoyles de Henry Brant. Originaire de Montréal, Brant a vécu aux États-Unis et est devenu un compositeur marquant de l’avant-garde, parmi les John Cage, Milton Babbitt et Conlon Nancarow.

Mercredi 22 octobre, 20 h ::: MariEve Lauzon / Cléo Palacio-Quintin
Le concert de Cléo Palacio-Quintin et de MariEve Lauzon nous fera entendre des instruments peu communs, dont l’hyper-flûte basse, un instrument branché qui, grâce à une multitude de senseurs, peut jouer divers effets sonores commandés par l’interprète au moyen d’une interface MIDI, accédant ainsi aux traitements électroniques en direct. MariEve Lauzon créera Relax de Michel Frigon, écrite pour flûte en sol. Le point culminant de ce concert sera certainement le duo Palacio-Quintin/Lauzon qui interprétera Recombinant Landscape de Robert Dick, une première canadienne.

Jeudi 23 octobre, 20 h ::: Jocelyne Roy / Marie-Noëlle Choquette
Jocelyne Roy et Marie-Noëlle Choquette sont quant à elles deux flûtistes de la relève. Jocelyne Roy (Prix d’Europe 2005) interprétera entre autres Sequenza I de Luciano Berio, une des premières œuvres à laisser l’interprète libre de modifier la partition au moment de l’interprétation grâce à un jeu de durées variables. Marie-Noëlle Choquette pour sa part visitera la flûte et le multimédia, avec entre autre Dialogue du silence de Katia Makdissi-Warren, qui inclut une projection vidéo.

Vendredi 24 octobre, 20 h ::: Guy Pelletier / Jean Derome / Julien Grégoire /
Nous conclurons cette excitante série avec Guy Pelletier et Jean Derome, deux flûtistes montréalais qui n’ont plus besoin de présentation. Ils seront accompagnés pour l’occasion par le percussionniste Julien Grégoire. Au programme, des musiques improvisées, mais surtout, le plaisir de jouer, le bonheur de faire de la musique. Une soirée joyeuse que nous partageons avec vous.

Telarc Announces October New Releases

UPCOMING NEW RELEASE: October 28

Yolanda Kondonassis: Air

Featuring Debussy and Takemitsu

Music for Harp, Flute, and Strings

with Joshua Smith, flute, Cynthia Phelps, viola, and Oberlin 21

Telarc (CD-80694)

A portion of the proceeds from each purchase of Air will be donated to organizations devoted to worldwide environmental causes. For more information on ways we can all help, visit www.yolandaharp.com ..

Hailed by The New York Times for her "powerful playing and musicianly energy," Yolanda Kondonassis celebrates her fourteenth recording on the Telarc label with the October 28, 2008, release of Air. One of the world's foremost harpists, Yolanda has appeared all over the world as a concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. On this album, she is joined by friends and colleagues, flutist Joshua Smith, violist Cynthia Phelps, and the string orchestra, Oberlin 21 led by Bridget-Michaele Reischl.

"In selecting the music to include on this album, we were drawn to the luminous color and atmosphere that is so magical in these parallel works by Debussy and Takemitsu," says Kondonassis. The repertoire on this recording highlights Debussy's genius as well as his enduring inspiration and influence on Toru Takemitsu, who once said, that while he was technically self-taught, he considered his greatest teacher to be the music of Claude Debussy. In the liner notes, Richard Rodda writes, "Takemitsu, like Debussy, sought to transmute dreams, water, gardens, sky, birds, and the quiverings of the human heart into patterns of sounds and silence that would penetrate to the quiet, inner place where the spirit dwells."

In 1904, Debussy was commissioned by the instrument-making firm of Pleyel to create a work to showcase their new chromatic harp. The commission was to serve both as a test piece for students at the Brussels Conservatory and as a demonstration of their harp's potential to prospective buyers. The result was a matched pair of dances, one "sacred" and one "profane," for chromatic harp and string orchestra called Danses sacrée et profane for Harp and String Orchestra. It should be noted that the standard harp used today is not Pleyel's designer Lyon's chromatic harp but rather Erard's double-action pedal harp.

Takemitsu's And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind title is derived from a line of poetry by Emily Dickinson: "Like rain it sounded till it curved / And then I knew 'twas wind / It walked as wet as any wave / But swept as dry as sand." Takemitsu wrote that the work, composed in 1992, "has as its subject the signs of the wind in the natural world and of the soul, or unconscious mind (or we could even call it 'dream'), which continues to blow, like the wind, invisibly, through human consciousness."

This environmental theme continues through Takemitsu's other works on this album. Toward the Sea II is a short piece of pastoral music with three key notes taken from the word 'SEA' (E-flat [i.e., 'Es,' the conventional German designation for the pitch E-flat], E-natural, A-natural)." The titles of the work's three movements — The Night, Moby Dick and Cape Cod — imply programmatic associations, but the music, except for a slight animation in the second and third sections, is vague and equivocal, "more an expression of feeling than a painting," as Beethoven said of his "Pastoral" Symphony. If Toward the Sea is indeed an evocation of the New England shore, then it is not the New England of granite boulders and glinting sunlight and billowing sails running fast before the wind, but of first light and creeping mists and indistinct horizons, of undulant reflections in a tide pool, of distant buoy bells muffled by fog. The two solo flute pieces, one by each composer, are interspersed within the program. Takamitsu's Air is an introspective and unhurried piece. That lends its name to the title of the album. It is reminiscent of the French Impressionism heard in Debussy's Syrinx, about a nymph who was transformed into a reed to save her from the lusty pursuits of Pan, who then plucks that very reed and plays a song of longing for his loss of Syrinx.

Closing out the program is Debussy's Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp is one of most uncompromisingly modern creations, about which the composer himself expressed some uncertainty regarding its emotional effect: "[The music is] so terribly melancholy," he wrote to his friend the Swiss journalist Robert Godet, "that I can't say whether one should laugh or cry. Perhaps both at the same time?" Perhaps the colon cancer that would end Debussy's life three years later was already playing its part on his compositions.

Joshua Smith, known for his "gorgeous sound, bracing virtuosity, and breathtaking lyricism," enjoys a multi-faceted career as a leading soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, teacher, and clinician as well as his role as Principal Flutist of The Cleveland Orchestra, Joshua played on Yolanda's first release for Telarc, Scintillation (CD 80361). Making her Telarc debut, violist Cynthia Phelps enjoys a versatile career as an established chamber musician, solo artist, and Principal Violist of the New York Philharmonic, a position to which she was appointed in 1992. Founded in 2008, Oberlin 21 is an exceptional group of young artists from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, led by Oberlin's Director of Ensemble Programs and Music Director of the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, Bridget-Michaele Reischl.

UPCOMING NEW RELEASE: October 28

Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops: Vintage Cinema

Telarc (CD-80708 and SACD-60708)

Vintage Cinema, the newest release by Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra on the Telarc label, chronicles the journey of classic film scores from 1933 to 1962 in sequence, highlighting the musical evolution of film scoring. Both the CD and SACD versions of the recording are due in stores on October 28, 2008.

The disc showcases developing musical styles used in films spanning nearly 30 years, beginning with Max Steiner's theme to the original King Kong (1933), a classic fantasy adventure movie that has dazzled generations of fans and spawned two re-makes. From Skull Island, where the giant gorilla Kong rules, the listener is swept to merry old England for Eric Wolfgang Korngold's theme to the spectacular 1938 film, The Adventures of Robin Hood. As one of the most popular and influential movie directors of all time, Alfred Hitchcock understood the vital role music plays in film. Hitchcock film music appears twice on Vintage Cinema. Miklós Rózsa's suite from the 1945 thriller Spellbound captures the psychological suspense with the unique timbre of a theramin and Rózsa won his first Oscar for this score. Setting the stage for what is in store for Cary Grant, is legendary film composer Bernard Herrmann's overture to Hitchcock's "wrong man" thriller, North by Northwest (1959). Celebrated American composer Aaron Copland lent his considerable talents to Hollywood on several occasions, including the 1947 screen adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Red Pony. This Cincinnati Pops recording includes selections from the folk-like score. Two Oscar-winning scores by Franz Waxman, one from Billy Wilder's 1950 classic Sunset Boulevard, as well as A Place in the Sun the following year, deliver quintessential 50's film music. Composer Alex North captured the flavor of New Orleans in his 1951 score for A Streetcar Named Desire, the first important Hollywood score to incorporate jazz. The great Leonard Bernstein scored only one film, but On the Waterfront (1954) is widely regarded as cinematic classic. Vintage Cinema then turns to the 1960s in its three final tracks: Rózsa's Spanish-flavored overture to the lavish Charlton Heston epic, El Cid (1961), Elmer Bernstein's main title theme from To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), and the rousing "Ride of the Cossacks" from Taras Bulba, a 1962 film scored again by the inimitable Franz Waxman.

Vintage Cinema is the 87th Telarc recording by Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Their previous release, Bolero (CD-80703), was declared "another sonic blockbuster" by Audiophile Audition. The 2007 release of Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Selections (CD-80674) was one of the most popular classical recordings of the Christmas season, while another 2007 release, Masters and Commanders (CD-80682), was lauded by American Record Guide as "a rousing program of nautical music, performed by a top-notch orchestra and conductor." A 2006 release, Russian Nights (CD-80657), was praised by Gramophone as "gorgeously played and sumptuously recorded."

RECENT RELEASE: September 23 (October 27 UK)

Cameron Carpenter: Revolutionary

Telarc (CD-80711/DVD / SACD-60711)

>>Sample the DVD HERE <<

The release of this CD coincides with glam organist Cameron Carpenter's 6-day Organ Exposé (Sept 23-28) at Middle Collegiate Church in New York City (www.organexpose.com), which features the Marshall & Olgetree virtual pipe organ he designed. Revolutionary is Carpenter's Telarc debut CD/DVD release and includes Demessieux's Etude in Octaves; Dupré's Prelude and Fugue in B major; Bach's chorale-prelude Now Come, Savior of the Gentiles; the world premiere recording of Carpenter's Love Song No. 1 (2008); Duke Ellington's Solitude (combined with Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze); Liszt's Mephisto Waltz; Horowitz's Carmen Variations; two Chopin Études; and Carpenter's Evolutionary Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

"If I had to play the organ like they teach you to play it, like they want you to play it in the conservatory and the church, I'd go mad. I'd take up the electric guitar. Or law," opined Cameron Carpenter last March during a break in recording sessions for Revolutionary. "The organ is the darkest remnant of classical music's archest tradition… you don't see organists creating, really questioning boundaries like you see in dance, hip-hop, film." Until now, that is. Cameron Carpenter has been lauded as "the Maverick organist" (The New York Times), "madly original" (TheRestisNoise.com), and "a superstar of the 21st-century organ" (Departures Magazine).

RECENT RELEASE: September 23 (August 25 UK)

Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain, Prelude to Khovanshchina

Paavo Järvi/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Telarc (CD-80705 / SACD-60705)

The fourteenth Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Telarc recording with Music Director Paavo Järvi is an all-Mussorgsky disc, in CD and SACD formats. The repertoire includes the Pictures at an Exhibition and Night on Bald Mountain, and closes with Prelude to Khovanshchina. "I have always wanted to record Pictures at Exhibition," said Järvi. "There's a good reason it has become one of the best known pieces in the world… It's such an irresistible concept – walking from one painting to another and describing not only what you're seeing, but the whole promenade experience of walking from frame to frame. This work is full of color."

RECENT RELEASE: September 23 (September 22 UK)

John O'Conor: Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3, and 4

Andreas Delfs/London Symphony Orchestra

Telarc (CD-80704)

In 2007, Irish pianist John O'Conor and the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Andreas Delfs recorded a brilliant version of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op.19 and No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor" (CD-80675). Gramophone heaped high praise on the Telarc recording: "…pianist John O'Conor and conductor Andreas Delfs invest these much-recorded scores with deep feeling relaxed yet never draggy tempi. The London Symphony Orchestra provides vibrant and unfailingly alive support under Delfs' caring leadership." O'Conor and Delfs return to complete the cycle with stunning interpretations of Nos. 1, 3 and 4. O'Conor first gained critical acclaim in the United States in 1986 with the release of the initial volume of the complete Beethoven Sonata cycle. This recording was made at the famed Abbey Road Studios, and produced by GRAMMY-Award-winning producer Elaine Martone and GRAMMY-Award-winning engineer Jack Renner.

RECENT RELEASE: August 26 (September 23 UK)

Simone Dinnerstein: The Berlin Concert

Telarc (CD-80715)

>>Watch a video of the Berlin concert HERE <<

American pianist Simone Dinnerstein's second solo recording for Telarc, The Berlin Concert, was released on August 26 worldwide and earned the No. 1 spot on the US Billboard Traditional Classical Chart during its first week of sales. Last year, Ms. Dinnerstein's debut solo album, a recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, also topped the chart in its first week of sales in September 2007. The Berlin Concert is a live recording of Ms. Dinnerstein's recital debut at the Kammermusiksaal of the Philharmonie in Berlin, which took place on November 22, 2007. The program features J.S. Bach's French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816; the world premiere recording of American composer Philip Lasser's Variations on a Bach Chorale; and Beethoven's landmark Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111. Grammy Award-winning engineer Adam Abeshouse is the producer for the CD. Of The Berlin Concert CD, International Piano raves, "Dinnerstein's subtly-inflected tonal purity and exquisite dynamic suppleness impart a sense of concentrated musical inevitability to the Bach French Suite rivalled only in my experience by Dinu Lipatti's incandescent reading of the B flat Partita. . . The Gigue finale is not only touch-perfect (how does she create such an exquisite, velvety staccato?) but also so mellifluously voiced and immaculately balanced that it is difficult to imagine the music being played with a more complete grasp of every parameter. . . Most remarkably of all one has the extraordinary sense of Beethoven's epic structures (particularly the theme and variations finale) not so much unravelling in time but emerging as one coexistent whole."

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Ondine October New Releases include Rautavaara 80th Birthday Two-Disc Set

Ondine Announces North American New Releases for October 2008

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Works for Male Choir

YL Male Voice Choir, Talla Ensemble

Matti Hyökki and Pasi Hyökki, conductors

ODE 1125-2D (2CDs)

Release date: October 14, 2008

Iconic Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara celebrates 80^th birthday on October 9, 2008!

Ondine pays tribute to its most longstanding and successful house composer, Einojuhani Rautavaara, with three major CD releases in 2008 and 2009. For the 80^th birthday of the great composer in October, Ondine will release a 2-CD recording of his complete works for male voice choir, including many premiere recordings. The new release features the YL Male Voice Choir and Talla Ensemble led by their respective conductors Matti Hyökki and Pasi Hyökki.

In March 2008, Ondine released a new recording of Rautavaara's Manhattan Trilogy, coupled with his Third Symphony, by Leif Segerstam and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Gramophone recommended the disc, writing, "Superbly recorded coupling of the new with the old from the Finnish master."

In 2009, Ondine will release the premiere recording of Rautavaara's latest orchestral composition, A Tapestry of Life (2007), coupled with Before the Icons (2005), performed by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under Leif Segerstam. The new work will be given its Finnish premiere performance during a celebratory concert on October 9, 2008, with Olli Mustonen conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.

Einojuhani Rautavaara (born October 9, 1928) was hailed by The New York Times as "the patriarch of contemporary Finnish composers." Ondine has had a long and fruitful association with this iconic composer, having recorded the premieres of many of his works and garnering many awards along the way, including a Cannes Classical Award 1998 for his Violin Concerto and a Grammy nomination in 1997 for Angel of Light, his seventh symphony.

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SOILE ISOKOSKI

Scene d'amore

Helsinki Philharmonic, Mikko Franck, conductor

ODE 1126-2

Release date: October 14, 2008

Audiences and critics hail the Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski as one of the finest singers today. Her recent orchestral albums on Ondine (Sibelius's Luonnotar and orchestral songs; Mozart Arias; R. Strauss's Four Last Songs and other orchestral songs) have been praised as top-choice recordings and earned the highest distinctions such as the BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Year 2007 Award, a 2007 MIDEM Classical Award, and a 2002 Gramophone Award. The Guardian has proclaimed, "Her voice is one of the greatest in the world."

This disc features popular scenes and arias from the late-19^th century Italian, French and Russian opera marking Soile Isokoski's greatest successes on stage. Included is the famous aria "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" from Puccini's La Bohème (the role of Mimì marked Soile Isokoski's opera début in 1989), as well as the famous Letter scene from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin – Tatyana being her latest new role, which she sang in 2006 at the Finnish National Opera to international acclaim.

Soile Isokoski is accompanied by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of young star conductor Mikko Franck.

Ms. Isokoski performs a recital at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall on March 31, with pianist Marita Viitasalo. She appears as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at The Metropolitan Opera from April 13-24, 2009.

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Recent Ondine releases …

KAIJA SAARIAHO

Notes on Light, Orion Mirage

Karita Mattila, Anssi Karttunen

Orchestra de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach

ODE 1130-2

Release date: September 9, 2008

Soprano Karita Mattila and female composer Kaija Saariaho share not only popular star status in the classical musical world (with respective awards by Musical America as Musician of the Year 2005 and as Composer of the Year 2008), but also a fruitful musical collaboration and friendship. Its latest output – after the acclaimed song cycle Quatre Instants in 2006 – is Mirage, the setting of a trance-induced incantation text by the Mexican healer María Sabina (1894–1985). This recording features the work's world première performance in Paris, France on March 13, 2008.

The ecstatic 15-minute piece is written for the unprecedented combination of soprano, cello and orchestra, featuring cellist Anssi Karttunen and the Orchestre de Paris under its music director Christoph Eschenbach. Mr. Eschenbach – who for the Ondine label also records with The Philadelphia Orchestra – is known as one of the top champions of contemporary music among the world's leading conductors. The disc also includes Anssi Karttunen performing Notes on Light, a cello concerto Saariaho wrote for him in 2006 and which he gave its New York premiere during the 2008 Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival; and Orion, the largest orchestral work Saariaho has written to date.

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JUHA UUSITALO

The Wagner Album

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam

ODE 1121-2

Release date: September 23, 2008

Bass-baritone Juha Uusitalo's first aria album features the outstanding Finnish newcomer performing the best-known arias for male voice from Wagner's operas, including "Song to the Evening Star" ("O du, mein holder Abendstern") from Tannhäuser. Juha Uusitalo is accompanied by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of its Emeritus Chief Conductor Leif Segerstam.

The September 23 release date coincided with the opening night performance by Mr. Uusitalo, in his Metropolitan Opera debut as Jochanaan in Richard Strauss's Salome. Salome also features Ondine soprano Karita Mattila. The production runs through October 16, 2008, and the October 11, 1 pm ET performance will be broadcast in high definition at movie theaters around the world, as part of The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series.

On October 30, 31 and November 1, 2008 Juha Uusitalo will perform an all-Wagner program with the National Symphony Orchestra, led by Iván Fischer, at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Under the direction of Franz Welser-Moest, he will star in the complete Ring cycle in May and June 2009 at the Vienna Staatsoper.

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About Ondine: Ondine was founded more than twenty years ago in Helsinki, Finland, where the company is still based and today offers an extremely eclectic catalogue of both contemporary Finnish music, as well as recordings with major Finnish and international artists.

Ondine's extensive catalogue includes more than four hundred recordings (two hundred and fifty of which are available physically) of artists and ensembles such as conductor and pianist Christoph Eschenbach, conductors Vladimir Ashkenazy, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Sakari Oramo, Leif Segerstam, John Storgårds and Mikko Franck, orchestras such as The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the London Sinfonietta, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Czech Philharmonic, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Helsinki Philharmonic, sopranos Karita Mattila and Soile Isokoski, pianist Olli Mustonen, violinist Pekka Kuusisto and clarinettist Kari Kriikku. The label has also had a long and fruitful association with the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara, having recorded the premieres of many of his works and garnering many awards along the way.

The roots of Ondine date back to 1985 when founder Reijo Kiilunen released the very first Ondine album under the auspices of the renowned Finnish Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival. The label's initial mission was to produce one live album at the Festival each season. The fourth album, however, featured Einojuhani Rautavaara's opera Thomas (ODE 704-2), raising major international attention and opening up the possibility for North American distribution. Kiilunen, who was running the Festival's concert agency and had begun the recording activity part-time, soon decided to devote himself fully to the development of this new business, producing and editing the first 50 releases himself. In 1991, Seppo Siirala joined as producer, and the Helsinki-based company has been expanding steadily since, currently numbering six full-time employees. Today, Ondine continues to uphold its reputation as one of the most respected labels in classical music, and its products have received numerous prizes at the Cannes (MIDEM) Classical Awards, the Gramophone Awards, the BBC Music Magazine Awards and the Classical Internet Awards.

Universal Music Classical and Ondine entered into a distribution agreement that began on January 1, 2008. Both physical and digital distribution in the United States and Canada are covered under the agreement. Universal Music Classical comprises the Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips, and ECM labels and is a division of the Universal Music Group. For more information about Ondine, visit www.ondine.net.

KoSA 13 Announces Camp Scholarship Winners

Castleton, Vermont August 7, 2008 — The thirteenth edition of the KoSA
International Percussion Workshops and Festivals was held July 30th to
August 3rd 2008 at Castleton State College in Castleton, Vermont.

For the fourth consecutive year, KoSA awarded full scholarships to
attend their annual event. This was done as an international contest
in collaboration with Modern Drummer Magazine.

The prize package included full tuition, as well as room and board.
Winning entries were chosen on the basis of the excellence of their
200-word essay describing why attending KoSA's Workshop was important
to them.

Five full-time scholarships were awarded to: David Cifelli (NJ,
USA...photo at left), Maxwill Gratzer (NC, USA), Adam Jones (MI, USA),
Tony Mortillaro (CA, USA) and Daniel Reiff (Ont.Canada). The 2008 KoSA
Scholarships are courtesy of the following companies: Evans, Hudson
Music, Mapex, ProMark, and Tama

This year's winners experienced a thrilling week of intense, hands-on
percussion training with some of the finest artists in the world,
including: Memo Acevedo, Cyro Baptista, Ignacio Berroa, Mario
DeCiutiis, Kenwood Dennard, Marc Dicciani, Dom Famularo, Gordon
Gottlieb, Arnie Lang, Marco Lienhard, Aldo Mazza, Allan Molnar,
Jonathan Mover, Emil Richards, Jim Royle, Bobby Sanabria, Rajna
Swaminathan, Chester Thompson, Glen Velez, Michael Wimberly with
Mamadou Dahoué and Nancy Zeltsman. Winners also were able to perform
with the KoSA rhythm section: Oscar Stagnaro on bass and Rafael Alcala
on piano.

U of T Opera Division presents Il Matrimonio Segreto

TORONTO - The Faculty of Music’s Opera Division will present four performances of Domenico Cimarosa’s comic opera Il Matrimonio Segreto (The Secret Marriage) on October 30, 31 & November 1 at 7:30 pm and November 2 at 2:30 pm in the MacMillan Theatre. The opera marks the Toronto conducting debut of Miah Im, recently appointed to the Opera Division, and is directed by Allison Grant with production design by Fred Perruzza. Tickets ($26 adults and $16 senior/student) can be purchased at the Box Office or by calling 416-978-3744. The Box Office is located in the Edward Johnson Building and is open Monday to Friday, 1 pm to 7 pm.

Though originally set in 18th century Bologna, the Opera Division’s production of IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO has been updated to the 1920s – a period which echoes the madcap complications of the plot which includes a concealed marriage, a zany love triangle and a shoe factory! In the tradition of comic opera, after much scheming and amorous intrigue, the “secret marriage” is revealed and all ends in celebration.

The Opera Division will present two previews of the opera featuring excerpts performed by member of the cast:

Friday, October 10, 12:10 pm in Geiger Torel Room, Faculty of Music, 80 Queen’s Park. Free
Thursday, October 16, from 5:30 to 5:40 pm and 6:00 to 6:15 pm at the Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor St. West. For more information about this preview, visit the Bata Shoe Museum website or call 416-979-7799 x 242.

Part of Canada’s top university, the University of Toronto Faculty of Music has an illustrious history as one of North America’s leading centres for the scholarly and professional study of music, offering a rich array of degree and diploma programs from the undergraduate to post-graduate levels. The Faculty of Music presents an annual concert season of over 100 public events. Highlights of the 2008-09 season include cellists Steven Isserlis and Shauna Rolston, baritone Sherrill Milnes, composer Maria Schneider, conductors David Briskin and Miah Im, jazz great Phil Nimmons, the Miró, and St. Lawrence String Quartets, the Gryphon Trio and Nexus. For more information, please visit our website at www.music.utoronto.ca or contact the Box Office at 416-978-3744.

The Faculty of Music 2008-2009 concert season is made possible by the generous support of our pillar sponsors: Manulife Financial, MBNA Canada, and TD Meloche Monnex Insurance.

For more information on this or other Faculty of Music concert series, please visit our website at www.music.utoronto.ca or contact the Box Office at 416-978-3744.

Italian Orchestra makes Canadian Debut

GALA ITALIA: NOVEMBER 3 AT ROY THOMSON HALL FEATURES

CANADIAN DEBUT OF ORCHESTRA INTERNAZIONALE D’ITALIA

WITH OPERA SINGER & CLASSICAL GUITARIST

On the occasion of the 13^th edition of the annual Italian Wine-Tasting, the Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia - Italy’s flagship ensemble – will perform at Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, as part of its Canadian debut tour, Monday, November 3 at 8 p.m. Canadian maestro Kerry Stratton will conduct the Orchestra in a concert called Gala Italia – featuring operatic arias and orchestral masterworks mainly celebrating the 150^th anniversary of the great Italian opera composer, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924).

Tickets, $35; $25 seniors and students; and $20 group rate, are available through the Roy Thomson Hall Box Office, 416-872-4255, or via www.roythomson.com. For more information, call 416-362-1422 or visit www.sumarts.com.

The performance is supported by the Italian Trade Office, Italian Cultural Institute, International Touring Productions, the International Resource Centre for Performing Artists, and The New Classical 96.3 FM.

Joining Maestro Stratton and the Orchestra is soprano Francesca Ruospo from Italy’s Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan, in her Canadian debut. Award-winning Italian classical guitarist and recording artist Claudio Marcotulli also makes his Canadian debut, in the famed work for guitar and orchestra, Concierto de Aranjuez by Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo.

Among the musical highlights are Capriccio Sinfonico by Puccini and favorite arias from his operas. As well, the tour features the premieres of two new works by Italian composers, commissioned by Rai Trade, a branch of Italian Radio and Television network – Carlo Boccadoro’s Fasi Lunari (Lunar Phases) and Gianluca Podio’s Di Fedro il gioco nascosto (Phaedrus’ Hidden Game).

This is the fourth tour in the International Visiting Orchestra Series, designed to bring world ensembles to the Canadian public.

With Maestro Stratton directing, the Canadian debut tour of the Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia comprises performances in eight Ontario locations and a concluding concert in Montreal on November 10. Besides the November 3 Toronto concert, the Ontario dates are Port Hope (November 2), Welland (November 4), Orillia (November 5), Markham (November 6), Milton (November 7), Barrie (November 8), and Richmond Hill (November 9).

ORCHESTRA INTERNAZIONALE D’ITALIA – www.oidi.com

Founded in 1986, the Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia grew out of the international orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales. It has gone on to perform throughout Europe, in Central and South America and in Asia, in festivals and concert halls, giving more than 900 symphonic concerts and performing for important opera festival productions. Many of the world’s greatest conductors and soloists have appeared as guests. In 1997, it received the European Prize for Culture as Symphonic Orchestra. Home base is the ancient and beautiful city of Fermo near the Adriatic Sea in central Italy’s Marche region. Since 2003, it has been resident orchestra of the Ventidio Basso Theatre in Ascoli Piceno.

The Orchestra comes to Canada direct from Italy, where it is giving a number of concerts under Maestro Stratton, performances that include Ascoli Piceno, October 24; Pesaro, October 25; and Fermo, October 26.

FRANCESCA RUOSPO, SOPRANO

Still in her 20s, soprano FRANCESCA RUOSPO comes to Canada directly from La Scala, Milan, where she is starring at the Countess in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro in October. Born near the southern Italian city of Bari, she switched from piano studies to voice, going on to win scholarships, and top prizes in the Mario Lanza, Tito Schipa and Leyla Gencer international competitions. Having completed the two-year training at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala, she has sung operatic roles in Italy, and appeared internationally, performing in Chicago, in Strasbourg for the European Parliament, and in London, Abu Dhabi and Beijing.

CLAUDIO MARCOTULLI, GUITAR – www.claudiomarcotulli.it/ (Italian); www.claudiomarcotulli.it/english.html (English).

Italian guitarist Claudio Marcotulli, soloist for the Canadian tour, is considered one of the most distinguished guitarists of his generation, both for the quality of his performances and his intriguing choice of repertoire. He won the 1984 Concours René Bartoli in France and first prize in Spain’s F. Tarrega Competition. Marcotulli has enjoyed worldwide tours and recorded CDs of operatic melodies and Vivaldi concertos on the Ópera Tres label. Among his performances with the Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia were several involving the late tenor Luciano Pavarotti.

PING!

PING!

CREATING NEW MUSIC FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS

A celebration in support of the Norman Burgess Fund

Music, Food & Wine at Gallery 345

Sunday, October 26, 2008 (2-4PM)

TORONTO, ON, October 2, 2008: On Sunday, October 26, 2008 at Gallery 345 in Toronto, the Canadian Music Centre (Ontario Regional Office) proudly presents PING!, a celebration of new music for young musicians. In a rare Toronto appearance The St. Lawrence String Quartet — “remarkable not simply for the quality of their music making, exalted as it is, but for the joy they take in the act of connection" (The New Yorker) — performs R. Murray Schafer's notorious and sublime Quartet no. 3. From outbursts of yelling to spell-binding mysticism, the work is a landmark of the contemporary repertoire and a favourite of the St. Lawrence String Quartet. Eve Egoyan — “a player of incredible, often very quiet intensity” (The Wire) and the mesmerizing Gregory Oh perform Linda Smith's entrancing piano duo Velvet. The afternoon features world premieres of the 2007 Fund commissions by Andrew Staniland and Abigail Richardson performed by Daniel Lee (guitar) and the SOCMI orchestra with conductor Michael Schulte. Two young composers going places, Andrew Staniland’s music has been described as “beautiful and terrifying” by New Yorker magazine while Abigail Richardson won top prize in the under-30 division of the prestigious International Rostrum of Composers in Paris.

Norman Burgess: a legacy of creativity and innovation.

Throughout his career Norman Burgess worked passionately to foster innovation, creativity and excellence in music education. As Director of the Conservatory at Mount Royal College he launched the internationally renowned Academy for Gifted Children and the Calgary Fiddlers. At the Royal Conservatory in Toronto he served as Dean and helped found the Centre for Learning Through the Arts.

Musician, educator, administrator and proud advocate of Canadian music, Norman Burgess dreamed of expanding the repertoire for young string players. The Norman Burgess Memorial Fund makes this vision possible. The Fund selects and commissions Canadian composers to work in partnership with professional string educators and their students with the goal of creating enriching new musical works for study and performance.

PING!

Sunday, October 26, 2008 – 2 to 4PM

Gallery 345: 345 Sorauren Avenue, Toronto

Reservations: 416.961.6601 x 207 | aayotte@musiccentre.ca

Tickets include performance, delectable local food & wine

Admission: $50 regular; $30 arts worker; $20 (20 years & under); Free for kids under 12

Cash / Visa / Mastercard accepted

Wrecking Ball, A nation-wide evening of political theatre- Oct. 6, Mainline Theatre

"LE" WRECKING BALL

A nation-wide evening of political theatre in response to the coming election

Montreal – On Monday, October 6, 2008, the Wrecking Ball goes national! Inspired by the coming election, live events will be held in cities across Canada. Each city (or "niche" as Harper might call them) will showcase local talent, as well as pieces simultaneously performed across the country. This unprecedented event will create a tide of political action from coast to coast! Cities include: Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax and Cornerbrook.

"Le" Wrecking Ball, Montreal
Le" Wrecking Ball features brief, explosive works from local Montreal writers David Fennario, Anna Fuerstenberg, Julie Tamiko Manning, Alison Louder and Julian Doucet, as well as a special contribution by two-time Governor General Award winner Judith Thompson. The playwrights have complete free rein over what they choose to write – the only goal of the Wrecking Ball is to challenge and provoke. All pieces created for this event are no more than a week old, so you know it's going to be fresh.

Hosted by the infamous Madame and Matante (Kiss My Cabaret), "Le" Wrecking Ball also features the Out of the Mouths of Babes women's choir, an activist fair, videos, party representatives, a special 'celebrity' phone call throughout the night...and much, much more…

"Le" Wrecking Ball
One night only: 6 October 2008
Doors open at 7 p.m. Performance starts at 8 p.m. Cash bar
MainLine Theatre, 3997 boul. St-Laurent
PWYC (pay what you can: suggested $5)
For more info: 514-560-5314 or email: montrealdepartmentofculture@gmail.com

Proceeds from the Montreal event will go to the Department of Culture, a growing community of Canadian citizens concerned with the social and cultural health of our nation in the face of a Conservative Party that is aggressively undermining the values that define Canada. www.departmentofculture.ca.

About the Wrecking Ball
The Wrecking Ball was founded in Toronto in November 2004 to address a nagging imbalance: too much theatre in our politics, not enough politics in our theatre. www.thewreckingball.ca

"Le" Wrecking Ball is presented with the support of Playwrights' Workshop Montréal and MainLine Theatre.

Italian Soprano Francesca Ruospo Makes Canadian Debut

November 3 at Roy Thomson Hall

CANADIAN DEBUT OF ITALIAN SOPRANO FRANCESCA RUOSPO

IN PERFORMANCE WITH ORCHESTRA INTERNAZIONALE D’ITALIA

Toronto, October 3, 2008… Award-winning Italian soprano Francesca Ruospo makes her Canadian debut, direct from a starring role at La Scala. She gives her first Canadian performance at Toronto’s Gala Italia at Roy Thomson Hall, when Kerry Stratton8 p.m. conducts the Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Monday, November 3,

Ms. Ruospo is starring as the Countess in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, this month at Milan’s legendary opera house. She is appearing under the baton of noted baroque and classical specialist Giovanni Antonini in the production of famed opera director Giorgio Strehler (1921-1997).

She will join Maestro Stratton and the Orchestra in arias from four Puccini operas, celebrating the 150^th anniversary of the famous operatic composer (1828-1924). As well, the program will include will include Puccini’s Capriccio Sinfonico for orchestra.

Still in her 20s, soprano FRANCESCA RUOSPO was born in Conversano, near the southern Italian city of Bari. Beginning her studies in piano, she switched to voice, graduating in 2001 with highest honors from Bari’s N. Piccinni Conservatory. Her many awards include the 2003 Scholarship of the Maria Caniglia competition, and one from the Boris Christoff Foundation in collaboration with Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera. In 2004, she captured top prizes in two international competitions – first prize in the Mario Lanza and second prize in the Tito Schipa.

In 2005, she won admission to the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan, where she has completed the two-year training. In the 2006 Leyla Gencer International Competition, she earned second prize.

At home in Italy, Ms. Ruospo has sung the roles of Ines in Il Trovatore (Verdi) in Teatro Marchetti di Camerino (2004) and in Teatro Piccinni, Bari (2005); Corinna in Il Viaggio a Reims (Rossini) in Teatro Marrucino di Chieti, Suor Angelica (Puccini) in Teatro comunale di Modena and Piacenze (2007); Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte (Mozart) in Teatro alla Scala (2007) and Teatro Piccolodi Milano in the Strehler production; and Mimi in La Bohème (Puccini) at the Lyric Festival, L’Abbazia di Casamari (August 2008).

Internationally, she has performed in Chicago, in Strasbourg for the European Parliament, and in London, Abu Dhabi and Beijing.

GALA ITALIA is presented on the occasion of the 13^th edition of the annual Italian wine-tasting, and supported by the Italian Cultural Institute, International Touring Productions, the International Resource Centre for Performing Artists, and the New Classical 96.3 FM.

Tickets, $35; $25 seniors and students; and $20 group rate, are available through the Roy Thomson Hall Box Office, 416-872-4255, or via www.roythomson.com. For more information, call 416-362-1422 or visit www.sumarts.com/ircpa.

L'UQAM remet un doctorat honorifique à Serge Dorny

Dans le cadre des 21^es Entretiens Jacques Cartier

L'UQAM remet un doctorat honoris causa à Serge Dorny

Montréal, le 2 octobre 2008 – Dans le cadre des Entretiens Jacques Cartier, l'Université du Québec à Montréal remettra un doctorat honoris causa à M. Serge Dorny, directeur général de l'Opéra de Lyon, le dimanche 5 octobre à 16 heures, au parquet de la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, situé au1000, Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, à Montréal. L'UQAM veut ainsi honorer sa contribution remarquable au rayonnement et au renouvellement du théâtre lyrique. Elle veut aussi souligner sa carrière de visionnaire, de pionnier du dialogue entre les cultures et d'architecte passionné de l'opéra du futur.

Serge Dorny

Né en 1962 en Belgique, Serge Dorny étudie en histoire de l'art, en archéologie, en musicologie et en sciences de la communication. Polyglotte épris d'aventures, il débute sa carrière en dramaturgie, au Théâtre de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, en 1985. Deux ans plus tard, il accède à la direction artistique du Festival des Flandres qu'il « dynamise de façon spectaculaire » en neuf ans à peine.

Vers la fin des années 90, il sauve l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Londres de sa crise artistique et financière, le hissant au premier rang des institutions de la capitale britannique en termes de visibilité et de fréquentation.

À la barre de l'Opéra de Lyon depuis 2003, Serge Dorny se fait le champion d'un projet artistique et culturel global, ouvert aux idées et aux formes d'expression nouvelles. Cette entreprise répond à ses convictions que l'excellence artistique doit aller de pair avec une politique d'accessibilité maximale. Avec ce grand esprit cosmopolite qui poursuit sa mission d'intensifier l'ouverture et le dialogue entre les cultures, le théâtre lyrique retrouve sa vocation populaire et son pouvoir rassembleur, tout en atteignant un niveau de qualité jusque-là inégalé sur la scène internationale.

Cette politique d'ouverture de M. Dorny a profité à des artistes de chez nous qui ont été invités à travailler à l'Opéra de Lyon, à la mise en scène ou à la direction d'orchestre : Robert Lepage, François Girard (Le violon rouge), Kent Nagano.

Les universités montréalaises remettent sept doctorats honorifiques

À cette occasion et pour la première fois de leur histoire, les sept établissements universitaires montréalais remettront chacun un doctorat honoris causa au cours d'une cérémonie conjointe. Sept personnalités de premier plan de la région Rhône-Alpes seront honorées dans le cadre de cet événement, qui se déroulera en présence du premier ministre du Québec, M. Jean Charest, et des maires de Montréal et de Lyon, MM. Gérald Tremblay et Gérard Collomb. À la suite de la cérémonie, le poète Gilles Vigneault recevra le Prix Jacques Cartier des Arts, en hommage à l'ensemble de son œuvre.

Les autres personnalités à recevoir des doctorats honorifiques des universités sont D^r Alim-Louis Benabid, professeur émérite de biophysique, à l'Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble 1 (Université McGill), M^me Maryse François-Xausa, vice-présidente R&D et Management Produits, chez Alstom Hydro, à Grenoble (École de technologie supérieure), M. Thierry Frémaux, délégué général du Festival de Cannes (Université Concordia), M. Alain Mérieux, PDG de bioMérieux (HEC Montréal), M^me Anne-Sophie Pic, chef de La Maison Pic de Valence (Université de Montréal) et M. Alain Storck, directeur de l'Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon (École Polytechnique).

Les Entretiens Jacques Cartier

Rappelons que les 21^es Entretiens Jacques Cartier se déroulent à Montréal et à Québec du 3 au 10 octobre, sous la gouverne de l'honorable Pierre-Marc Johnson, président du conseil du Centre Jacques Cartier, en présence de quelque 3 500 universitaires, décideurs et personnalités politiques de haut niveau d'une vingtaine de pays d'Europe, d'Asie et d'Amérique qui s'y donnent rendez-vous pour débattre d'enjeux cruciaux liés à des thématiques sociales, culturelles, scientifiques et économiques.

L'UQAM aux Entretiens Jacques Cartier 2008

Dans le cadre des Entretiens, en plus de remettre un doctorat honoris causa à Serge Dorny, l'UQAM organisera trois des vint-deux colloques au programme : Le sens de la liberté, Les nouvelles écritures biographiques, Tourisme, gastronomie et médias.

Consultez le microsite des Entretiens du Centre Jacques-Cartier à l'UQAM.

Banque d'instruments de la Fondation JMC

AVIS D'AUDITIONS: Nouvelle date limite d'inscription: le 31 octobre 2008

Calendrier d'auditions :

• 1er tour : 13 et 14 novembre 2008

• 2e tour (à confirmer) : 17 novembre 2008

Envoi des dossiers :

Fondation Jeunesses Musicales du Canada

A/s de Marie-Claude Matton

305, avenue du Mont-Royal Est

Montréal (Québec) H2T 1P8

Téléphone : 514-845-4108, poste 245

Courriel : mcmatton@jeunessesmusicales.ca

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La Fondation Jeunesses Musicales du Canada (FJMC) est heureuse d'annoncer la création d'une banque d'instruments à cordes pour les jeunes musiciens québécois se destinant à une carrière professionnelle.

Les violonistes et violoncellistes sont invités à soumettre leur candidature dans le cadre du programme de prêt d'instrument de la FJMC avant le vendredi 31 octobre 2008. Les lauréats seront sélectionnés par voie de concours lors d'une audition devant un jury 13 et 14 novembre 2008 (1er tour) et au 17 novembre 2008 (2e tour – à confirmer).

Instruments et archets à prêter

Ø Deux violons, un de Nicolas Legault Cavallaro et l'autre d'Isabelle Wilbaux.

Ø Un violoncelle signé Ivo Loerakker.

Ø Un archet de violon ainsi qu'un autre de violoncelle d'Emmanuel Bégin.

Ø Un archet de violon de Serge Sioufi.

Les instruments de la banque d'instruments seront prêtés pour une période de deux ans.

Critères d'admissibilité

Les candidats recherchés doivent répondre aux critères suivants :

• être étudiants en violon ou en violoncelle et être inscrits à temps plein dans un programme d'interprétation des 1er, 2e ou 3e cycles universitaires ou des 3e, 4e ou 5e cycles dans un conservatoire de musique ;

• être citoyens canadiens et être domiciliés au Québec ;

• posséder de solides compétences musicales (formation classique) ;

• se destiner à une carrière professionnelle ;

• être recommandés par le professeur d'instrument.

Par ce programme, la Fondation souhaite soutenir les étudiants les plus prometteurs qui désirent poursuivre l'apprentissage de leur instrument mais dont la situation financière pourrait être un obstacle à l'acquisition d'un instrument de qualité.

Pour soumettre votre candidature, veuillez consulter tous les détails relatifs à l'inscription et nous transmettre votre dossier par la poste accompagné du formulaire d'inscription (disponible ci-haut).

Mandat

Dans le cadre de ce projet, la FJMC a sollicité la participation des luthiers et archetiers résidant au Québec afin de créer une banque d'instruments contemporains de grande qualité. À l'issue du concours de lutherie, en juin 2008 prochain, la FJMC fera l'acquisition de deux violons, d'un violoncelle et des archets correspondants, entièrement fabriqués par des luthiers et archetiers québécois. Par cette banque d'instruments, la FJMC souhaite soutenir les jeunes musiciens du Québec dans la poursuite de leurs études supérieures en leur donnant la chance d'utiliser un instrument et un archet de grande qualité.

Fleuron de notre patrimoine culturel, les Jeunesses Musicales du Canada (JMC) ont un double mandat : celui de favoriser la diffusion de la musique classique, en particulier auprès des jeunes, et celui de soutenir les jeunes musiciens dans le développement de leur carrière, tant sur les scènes nationale qu'internationale. Elles produisent aujourd'hui quelque 700 concerts annuellement.

Étapes d'évaluation :

• Analyse des dossiers par le comité de sélection. Les candidats non retenus seront avisés par lettre.

• Audition de 20 minutes des meilleurs candidats devant un jury ; le jury se réserve le droit d'interrompre l'écoute des candidats à tout moment de l'audition. Les candidats sélectionnés pour l'audition seront avisés par téléphone.

• Selon le nombre de candidatures retenues, la Fondation se réserve le droit d'organiser un 2e tour d'audition afin de déterminer les finalistes du concours.

• Une entrevue d'environ 10 minutes avec les finalistes constituera l'étape finale permettra de déterminer les lauréats du concours.

Répertoire d'audition :

Le répertoire proposé devra inclure des œuvres d'époques et de styles variés, mettant en valeur la musicalité et la virtuosité du candidat.

• La liste des œuvres devra inclure :

- 1er mouvement d'un concerto

- 1er mouvement d'une sonate classique

- un mouvement d'une œuvre de J.-S. Bach pour instrument seul

- une pièce de virtuosité

• Le choix des pièces entendues à chacun des tours de l'audition est à la discrétion du jury ; les pièces entendues seront sélectionnées dans la liste des œuvres remise au moment de l'inscription ; aucune modification à la liste des œuvres ne sera acceptée après le dépôt de l'inscription.

• Les candidats sont priés de prévoir, pour le jury, une copie des partitions des pièces qu'ils entendent présenter en audition. Ils devront la remettre au jury au moment de l'audition.

Accompagnateur :

• Un piano sera mis à la disposition des candidats pendant les auditions à la Salle de musique de chambre de la Maison des JMC.

• S'ils le souhaitent, les candidats pourront recourir aux services d'un accompagnateur, mais il leur incombe de l'embaucher et de lui faire part des détails de l'audition.

• Advenant des difficultés à trouver un accompagnateur, il sera possible de recourir aux services de l'accompagnateur désigné par la Fondation.

Entrevue des finalistes (10 minutes) :

• Cette étape fait partie intégrante de la phase finale. Chaque finaliste doit être prêt à discuter de son plan de carrière et à expliquer comment le prêt d'un instrument de la banque d'instruments de la Fondation Jeunesses Musicales du Canada est un outil indispensable à la poursuite de son apprentissage instrumental.

Lauréats :

• La Fondation communiquera directement avec les lauréats du concours dans les jours suivant l'audition. Afin de bénéficier d'un prêt d'instrument, les candidats retenus devront s'engager formellement par écrit envers la Fondation et respecter les conditions du contrat de prêt établi par la Fondation Jeunesses Musicales du Canada.

• Advenant l'impossibilité pour le candidat de se conformer au contrat de prêt d'instrument, celui-ci ne pourra bénéficier de l'accès à ce programme et sa candidature ne pourra être retenue.

Documents à soumettre avec l'inscription :

• Un dossier de présentation incluant :

i. Des notes biographiques ou un curriculum vitæ ;

ii. Un dossier de presse (si disponible) ;

• Une liste détaillée du répertoire d'audition (compositeur, titre, minutage) ;

• Une preuve du statut d'étudiant à temps plein dans le cadre d'un programme d'interprétation en musique d'une université reconnue ou d'un conservatoire de musique ;

• Une lettre de recommandation provenant du professeur d'instrument (programme d'interprétation en musique) ;

• Une attestation de naissance ou de citoyenneté canadienne ou une preuve du statut de résident permanent ;

• Une lettre de motivation d'au plus 350 mots qui explique les raisons pour lesquelles le prêt d'un instrument par la Fondation Jeunesses Musicales du Canada est un outil indispensable à la poursuite de l'apprentissage instrumental et au développement d'une carrière professionnelle.

Date limite pour la soumission des dossiers : Vendredi le 31 octobre 2008

Calendrier d'auditions :

• 1er tour : 13 et 14 novembre 2008

• 2e tour (à confirmer) : 17 novembre 2008

Lieu d'audition :

Salle de musique de chambre

Maison des Jeunesses Musicales du Canada

305 avenue du Mont-Royal Est, Montréal (Québec)

N.B. Les dossiers incomplets ne pourront faire l'objet d'une évaluation et ne seront pas considérés.

La FJMC se réserve le droit de modifier le calendrier d'auditions si nécessaire.

Envoi des dossiers :

Fondation Jeunesses Musicales du Canada

A/s de Marie-Claude Matton

305, avenue du Mont-Royal Est

Montréal (Québec) H2T 1P8

Téléphone : 514-845-4108, poste 245

Courriel : mcmatton@jeunessesmusicales.ca

Martin Boucher

Directeur des communications

Communications Director

Jeunesses Musicales du Canada

Concours Musical International de Montréal

Tél.: 514.845.4108, poste 223

Téléc.:514.845.8241

305, avenue du Mont-Royal Est

Montréal, Qc, Canada

H2T 1P8

www.jeunessesmusicales.com

www.concoursmontreal.ca

APPEL DE CANDIDATURES JMC : SAISON 2010-2011 / CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: JMC 2010-2011 SEASON

For English see below

APPEL DE CANDIDATURES JMC : SAISON 2010-2011

Jeunes musiciens canadiens, les Jeunesses Musicales du Canada (JMC) vous invitent à proposer des projets de concerts pour la saison artistique 2010-2011.

Les concerts peuvent s'adresser au grand public (concerts de soirée) ou au jeune public (concerts pour le préscolaire, le primaire ou le secondaire).

Téléchargez dès maintenant la fiche de renseignements et le formulaire d'inscription correspondant au type de projet que vous désirez soumettre (format PDF).

Grand public
Projets de concerts pour le grand public

Jeune public
Projets de concerts pour le jeune public

En tout temps ces documents sont disponibles sur le site Internet des JMC, section AUDITIONS.

La date limite de remise des dossiers est le 27 octobre 2008, le cachet de la poste faisant foi.

Calendrier d'auditions

Montréal : 25 novembre (projets jeune public), 1er décembre (projets grand public)
Toronto : 2 décembre (tous les projets de concerts)
Vancouver : 3 décembre (tous les projets de concerts)

Adresse d'envoi des dossiers :
Jeunesses Musicales du Canada
A/s de Judith Pelletier
305, avenue du Mont-Royal Est
Montréal (Québec) H2T 1P8

Pour tous renseignements, contactez :
Judith Pelletier, coordonnatrice artistique
Téléphone : 514 845-4108, poste 230
Sans frais : 1 877 377-7951, poste 230
Courriel : jpelletier@jeunessesmusicales.ca

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: JMC 2010-2011 SEASON

Young Canadian musicians, Jeunesses Musicales of Canada (JMC) invites you to submit your concert project proposals for the 2010-2011 artistic season.

Concerts may be intended for a general audience (evening concerts) or for young audiences (concerts for pre-school, elementary school, or high school students).

Download our information sheet and the application form corresponding to the type of project you wish to submit (PDF format).


General Audiences
Concert Projects for General Audiences

Young Audiences
Concert Projects for Young Audiences

These documents are available at all times on the JMC website, in the AUDITIONS section.

Applications must be postmarked no later than October 27, 2008.

Audition Schedule

Montreal: November 25 (young audiences projects), December 1 (general audiences projects)
Toronto: December 2 (all concert projects)
Vancouver: December 3 (all concert projects)

Application submission
Jeunesses Musicales Canada
c/o Judith Pelletier
305 Mount Royal Avenue East
Montreal, Quebec H2T 1P8

Telephone: 514 845-4108, ext. 230
Toll free: 1 877 377-7951, ext. 230
Email: jpelletier@jeunessesmusicales.ca

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Opera Atelier presents The Abduction from the Seraglio

Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio fuses comedy and exoticism to brilliant effect

Toronto, ON (October 2, 2008) …Opera Atelier’s 2008/09 season begins with a new production of Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio which runs at the Elgin Theatre November 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, and 15, 2008. Originally commissioned by Austrian Emperor Joseph II, the opera was an instant success upon its 1782 premiere in Vienna. Opera Atelier’s resident designer Gerard Gauci has created a spectacular new production that evokes the exoticism that enthralled 18^th-century Europe at the time of the opera’s premiere.

The Abduction from the Seraglio presents a classic commedia dell’ arte scenario in which a beautiful young person (male or female) is sequestered away from the world by a controlling guardian or spouse. In the opera, the Spanish nobleman Belmonte and his servant Pedrillo plot to rescue their girlfriends Konstanze and Blondie from the harem of Pasha Selim. Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio allows this classic commedia dell’ arte plot line to be played out to brilliant effect as the Turkish and European worlds collide in hilarious contrast.

The Abduction from the Seraglio marks the company debut of Canadian tenor Frédéric Antoun as Belmonte, American coloratura soprano Amanda Pabyan as his fiancée Konstanze, and Norwegian-American bass Gustav Andreassen as Osmin, overseer for the Pasha. The production also features soprano Carla Huhtanen in the role of Blondie, Konstanze’s British maid, tenor Lawrence Wiliford as Pedrillo, bass-baritone Curtis Sullivan as Pasha Selim, and Artists of Atelier Ballet. David Fallis conducts the Tafelmusik Orchestra.

This new production is directed by Marshall Pynkoski and choreographed by Jeannette Lajeunesse-Zingg, Opera Atelier's co-artistic directors, with set designs by Gerard Gauci, costumes by Margaret Lamb, and lighting by Kevin Fraser.

Performances are at Toronto’s Elgin Theatre (189 Yonge Street) and begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the November 9^th matinee at 3 p.m., and will be sung in German with English SURTITLES^TM with the spoken text delivered in English.

CIFF announces Cash Prize

Calgary International Film Festival Announces $25,000 Cash Prize for Movie Mavericks

Calgary, AB – The Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) and American Express confirmed today it will offer a $25,000 cash prize to the winner of its newly created competition, Movie Mavericks. Inspired by the pioneering spirit and can-do attitude of Calgarians, Movie Mavericks will become the flagship of CIFF's program, and will include a competition adjudicated by a jury of well-known maverick filmmakers, an international marketing campaign and $50,000 in scholarship funding for up-and-coming maverick filmmakers enrolled in the SAIT film studies program through the American Express Movie Mavericks Scholarship.

"Movie Mavericks will have a real and significant impact on CIFF and the City of Calgary," Jacqueline Dupuis, executive director, Calgary International Film Festival, said. "It will allow us to differentiate the festival from other film festivals around the globe, attract industry professionals from around the world to CIFF, and create international awareness and cache for Calgary. This will significantly impact tourism and spending in the downtown core during the festival."

Beginning at the 2009 festival, which will run September 18 to 27, 2009, CIFF will curate a selection of films from around the world that exemplify what it means to be a Movie Maverick: films that forge new cinematic ground and break traditional models for success. These films will be showcased for the public in the newly created Movie Mavericks section and entered into competition. The winning filmmaker will win the American Express Movie Mavericks Award, which includes a cash prize of $25,000 donated by American Express.

In mid-2009, CIFF will announce the appointment of a well-known Movie Maverick to attend the festival and serve as head juror to the Movie Mavericks competition. The public will be invited to view the work of this honorary Movie Maverick during special presentation film screenings.


About CIFF
Founded in 1998, the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) is a charitable, not-for-profit, cultural organization based in Alberta, Canada. Inspired by the pioneering spirit and maverick ideals of the community, CIFF showcases films that break traditional boundaries and forge new cinematic ground. CIFF celebrates an unparalleled breadth and depth of cultural diversity through the meaningful, accessible and artistic medium of film. CIFF engages thousands of artists to showcase the best films from filmmakers in over 100 countries around the world. CIFF is held annually at the end of September, screening over 200 films and hosting several gala events, awards and special presentations. For more information, visit www.calgaryfilm.com.

A story of cultures: South African flavour and distinct world music sounds

A STORY OF CULTURES: LORRAINE KLAASEN'S LATEST ALBUM WEAVES SOUTH AFRICAN FLAVOUR WITH DISTINCT WORLD MUSIC SOUND

Toronto, ON – Montreal-based Lorraine Klaasen is set to debut her first major-label release, Africa Calling, on October 21, 2008 across English Canada (released in Quebec on September 23, 2008). Klaasen, already a known talent in the world music community, has recorded several albums independently and has toured to enthusiastic audiences internationally. Africa Calling includes both original songs and traditional South African classics. The album blends diverse cultures, languages and sounds in one uplifting and spellbinding package.

"Africa Calling is a personal reflection of my deep cultural roots in South Africa. I explore cultural diversity with my music and I hope my album will bring audiences of different musical flavours together," exclaims Klaasen.

The album is storytelling put to music. "Jabulani" opens the album as a positive, upbeat song of celebration. The title itself means happiness and the song captures the essence of an African wedding, telling the story of a mother's joy that her son has found a wonderful bride. "La Reine" inspires other African artists to continue producing and sharing their work with the world. "La Reine" is sung in French, one of five languages sung on the record.

Daughter of legendary South African singer Thandie Klaasen, Klaasen was born and raised in South Africa, but has called Montreal home since 1979. Her warmth and energy is infectious and she has thrilled audiences with her live show across North America, Europe and the Caribbean.

With the help of talented and notable South African musicians, including Bakithi Kumalo, who played bass on Paul Simon's Graceland album, Klaasen has created an album sure to enchant people of all cultures.

On October 25 Klaasen will be honoured with the prestigious 2008 Planet Africa Media and Entertainment Award at the Planet Africa Awards in Toronto.

PSO Sunday Concert Welcomes Renowned Mezzo-Soprano, October 26

PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S FIRST SUNDAY CLASSICAL CONCERT OF THE SEASON FEATURES RENOWNED MEZZO-SOPRANO, OCTOBER 26

PORTLAND, Maine – For the first Sunday Classical performance of Robert Moody's inaugural season as Music Director, the Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents Classical Travels with renowned American mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop on Sunday, October 26 at 2:30 PM.

Classical Travels opens with the Overture to L'Italiana in Algieri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) by Gioachino Rossini. Famous for his great comic operas including The Barber of Seville, Rossini wrote this piece in just one month at the age of 21. The second work on the program is Gustav Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer). Mahler's intensely poignant work, for which the composer wrote the texts in addition to the music, was possibly motivated by his own unrequited love for a singer of the time. Classical Travels closes with Antonín Dvořák's famous Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World." Inspired by African-American spirituals and Native American rhythms, the piece brims over with melody and drama.

Elizabeth Bishop has been hailed by Opera News for her "gorgeous voice," and has performed on opera and concert stages across the country, in music ranging from the baroque to the contemporary. The San Francisco Chronicle has praised her singing as "luminous ... with utter panache." A former participant in San Francisco Opera's prestigious Adler Fellowship and Merola Opera program, this season Ms. Bishop will perform with the Los Angeles Opera and Masters Chorale, the Metropolitan Opera, the Atlanta Symphony, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. She and Maestro Moody have performed together often, and are thrilled at this most recent reunion opportunity.

The Classical Travels concert begins at 2:30 PM on Sunday, October 26 at Merrill Auditorium, located at 20 Myrtle Street in Portland. A Concert Conversation with Maestro Moody and mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop will be held at 1:15 PM in the Rehearsal Hall before the concert. This performance will also be broadcast on MPBN over the radio on November 12 at 8:00 PM.

Ticket prices for the October 26 concert range from $17 to $54, with special pricing available for students, seniors and groups of 10 or more. All Portland Symphony Orchestra tickets are sold through PortTix at (207) 842-0800 or www.porttix.com, and new this year, the website offers real-time online seat selection. Tickets may also be purchased in person at the box office at 20 Myrtle St., Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.

For complete season information, including artist biographies and program notes, visit www.portlandsymphony.com.

Concert OSMM/MWSO Halloween

La musique classique: un plaisir à découvrir pour les enfants!

26 octobre 2008, à 13h00, Salle Oscar Peterson

Chers amis de l'orchestre,

Vous êtes cordialement invités à vous joindre à nous pour notre magnifique « Concert d'Halloween Extravaganza » qui proposera aux tout petits une sélection de pièces classiques appropriées pour la saison d'Halloween. De plus, l'orchestre sera accompagné, pour l'occasion, d'une troupe de jeunes danseurs « Destination Danse » et d'un magicien émérite, Blair Marshall, sur la scène pour un spectacle haut en couleur. Les enfants sont encouragés de venir costumés.

Le concert aura lieu à la salle Oscar Peterson, Université Concordia, le 26 Octobre 2008 à 13h00. La salle Oscar Peterson est située au 7141 rue Sherbrooke Ouest.

25$ Billets adultes

10$ Enfants de 12 ans et moins

Pour plus d'information ou pour des billets, veuillez appeler au 514-484-7428 ou au 514-510-1826 ou au Admission au 514-790-1245

Nous sommes reconnaissants pour votre soutien continu pour l'orchestre et pour ce merveilleux concert. Nous espérons vous rencontrer tous à notre prochain concert.

Classical music: fun for the whole family!

Dear friends of the orchestra,

You are cordially invited to our upcoming "Halloween at the Hall" concert which will offer a selection of classical music for small children based on the Disney film. In addition, the orchestra will be accompanied on stage by 'Destination Danse', a group of young dancers, and by Blair Marshall, the talented magician, for this colorful event. Children are encouraged to come in costume.

The concert will take place at the Oscar Peterson Hall, Concordia University, on October 26, 2008 at 1:00pm. The Oscar Peterson Hall is located at: 7141 Sherbrooke west.

$25 Adult tickets

$10 Children of 12 years old and under

For more information or for tickets, please call at 514-484-7428 or at 514-510-1826 or at Admissions at 514-790-1245

We are grateful for your continued support of the Orchestra and our marvelous concerts. We hope to meet you all at our upcoming concert.

Canada's National Arts Centre celebrates B.C. artists in new ad campaign

Canada’s National Arts Centre celebrates B.C. artists in new ad campaign

Magazine ads part of NAC’s extensive focus on B.C. artists this season

Vancouver, British Columbia – Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) has launched a series of ads in Vancouver Magazine and Western Living to celebrate British Columbia’s vibrant art scene and pay tribute to its outstanding artists. The first ad featuring Crystal Pite, one of Canada’s most exciting dancer-choreographers, appears in the October edition of Vancouver Magazine, now on newsstands.

A total of 11 ads, produced for the NAC by acclaimed photographer Shin Sugino and the award-winning design firm of Scott Thornley and Company, will be published between now and October 2009 in Vancouver Magazine. Six of the ads appearing in Vancouver Magazine are also slated to run monthly from October 2008 to April 2009 in the B.C. edition of Western Living.

The campaign was made possible thanks to the generous partnership of Transcontinental Media, publisher of Vancouver Magazine and Western Living.

The first ad in the series shows Crystal Pite in her Vancouver home. The image reflects a certain intimacy and captures the dynamic energy exuded by the dancer when she performs on stage. (Visit http://www.nac-cna.ca/en/allaboutthenac/canada_pite.html to see the ad)

NAC Dance Producer Cathy Levy is quoted in the ad: “(Crystal Pite) burst onto the international scene with kinetic physicality, humour and theatricality – revealing a balance of the intellectual and the sensual. Simply put, Crystal moves audiences.”

Ms. Levy and the National Arts Centre were among the first to recognize the artist’s dazzling talent by co-producing three of her new works. The fourth will have its world premiere in Ottawa as part of the Dance season at the NAC’s BC Scene festival in April 2009.

Last May, Ms. Pite was chosen by legendary prima ballerina Veronica Tennant as the inaugural participant in the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Mentorship Program. Ms. Pite’s electric performance at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala at the NAC was the highlight of the event.

The subjects of the remaining 10 ads – all of them leaders in B.C.’s performing arts community – will be revealed as the campaign continues over the next year.

“The National Arts Centre belongs to all Canadians, including British Columbians,” said Peter Herrndorf, President and CEO of the National Arts Centre. “The Vancouver Magazine and Western Living initiative is one of the many ways the National Arts Centre is bridging the geographic distance between British Columbia and our stages in Ottawa.”

The campaign is part of a series of NAC initiatives this coming season that are putting the spotlight squarely on British Columbia and its outstanding art scene.

Just last month, the NAC announced the preliminary programming details of BC Scene, a dazzling multi-disciplinary arts festival that will take place in Ottawa-Gatineau from April 21 to May 3, 2009. BC Scene will be the largest gathering of British Columbia artists ever presented outside of the province. For more information about BC Scene, please visit www.bcscene.ca.

From October 24 to November 12, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, with Music Director Pinchas Zukerman, will head to British Columbia and other cities in Western Canada for its 2008 tour. The Western Canada Tour will feature pianist Jon Kimura Parker and composer Alexina Louie (both Vancouver-born) and will include 13 orchestral concerts in 10 cities, among them Vancouver, Victoria and Prince George.

The National Arts Centre opened its doors in 1969. Since then it has become a leading showcase for the performing arts, presenting Canada’s and the world’s best in classical music, English theatre, French theatre, dance, variety, and community programming.

Over the years, the NAC has welcomed many of B.C.’s most creative artists, including
Mr. Kimura Parker, Ms. Louie, Ms. Pite and countless others. The NAC has also collaborated with numerous B.C. performing arts organizations, including Ballet British Columbia, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Playhouse Theatre Company, Belfry Theatre, Green Thumb Theatre and many more.

Conductor Rei Hotoda joins Pianist Katherine Chi!

Robbins Lighter Classics:

Conductor Rei Hotoda joins pianist Katherine Chi for some Great Moments from Great Piano Concertos

Thursday, October 9^th- 8:00pm

Edmonton, AB …The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO) presents a sumptuous evening of great moments from the world’s favourite piano concertos, featuring Calgary’s Katherine Chi at the keyboard. She will be joined by conductor and pianist Rei Hotoda, one of America’s most dynamic classical musicians. Ms. Hotoda conducts the ESO in a program that includes familiar movements from Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto,Piano Concerto No. 21, plus piano concertos by Chopin, Brahms, and Saint-Saëns. Mozart’s

Ticket prices for this performance range from $20-$69 (agency fees apply). Student and senior $20 rush tickets are on sale, subject to availability, two hours prior to curtain time. The next performance in the Robbins Lighter Classics takes place on November 20^th featuring Buster Keaton’s silent film- The General- backed up by the ESO and the Davis Concert Organ!

This series is generously sponsored by Bill and Mary Jo Robbins

Shaw Festival Artistic Director To Receive Herbert Whittaker Award

Shaw Festival Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell to Receive Herbert Whittaker Award

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, October 1, 2008 … The Shaw Festival is thrilled to acknowledge that on Monday, October 6 Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell will be awarded the 2008 Herbert Whittaker/Drama Bench Award for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Theatre.

The recipient of this prestigious award is chosen annually by the members of the Canadian Theatre Critics Association. Since 1982 the Award has been given to some of Canada’s most respected theatre practitioners. Recent recipients include Joy Coghill, Monique Mercure, Brent Carver and Robert LePage.

On hearing that she was to receive the award, Ms. Maxwell said, “How wonderful to receive this award which takes us away from the wear and tear of opening nights and reviews and focuses us on the long-term work we are all striving to do - making and celebrating theatre which will linger in our audience's minds and hearts long after the curtain falls. I am touched and honoured.”

Under Ms. Maxwell’s creative leadership, the work produced on the Shaw Festival’s stages has been characterized by a spirit of discovery, with classics from the period of Bernard Shaw’s lifetime reexamined with thoughtfulness and vitality and juxtaposed with contemporary explorations of the mandate.

Born and educated in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jackie Maxwell studied Drama at the University of Manchester. She acted in both Ireland and England before coming to Canada in 1978. Throughout her long and varied career in Canada, Ms. Maxwell has worked extensively as a freelance director and been instrumental in programme creation at many theatre companies, including the National Arts Centre as Associate Director, Factory Theatre as Artistic Director (1986 to 1994), and the Charlottetown Festival as Head of New Play Development.

Ms. Maxwell has been dramaturge and teacher for several Canadian theatre schools, most notably the National Theatre School in Montreal. For eight years she was Guest Artist/Lecturer at the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama at the University of Toronto. In October 2005 Ms. Maxwell was the recipient of the National Theatre School’s prestigious Gascon-Thomas Award, recognizing her exceptional achievements in Canadian theatre, and last year she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humanities from the University of Windsor.

The Herbert Whittaker Award is named for the late Critic Emeritus of The Globe and Mail, who was also the Founding Chairman of the Canadian Theatre Critics Association. Mr. Whittaker had a long and distinguished career in Canada as a theatre critic and author.

The 2008 season is proudly presented by HSBC Bank Canada/HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

Harbourfront Centre - Music with Bite

Free family concert series kicks off with Annabelle Canto, a bilingual opera performance on Thanksgiving Weekend, Sunday, October 12, as part of HarbourKIDS!

TORONTO, Wednesday, October 1, 2008 — Music with Bite, Harbourfront Centre's free concert series for families returns on Sunday, October 12 with Annabelle Canto; an entertaining bilingual (English/French) opera performance. From Montreal, soprano Christina Tannous becomes Annabelle Canto, the young opera singer who loses both her voice and memory on the morning of an important concert. Annabelle and her pianist, played by Dominic Boulianne, set out on a quest for this magical voice. The performance takes place on Sunday, October 12, at

1 p.m., at Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. Admission is free. For information, the public can call 416-973-4000 or visit harbourfrontcentre.com.



Annabelle Canto is a wonderful story of a young opera singer who happens to lose both her voice and her memory on the morning of an important concert. Where could her singing talent have gone? Using spontaneity, innocence and humour, Annabelle Canto and her pianist Henry set out on a quest for this magical voice. Along their musical route, they discover magical opera characters. This bilingual Music with Bite performance is part of HarbourKIDS: GEEK OUT! (October 12-13), a free family celebration of GEEKS with two jam-packed days of performances and interactive activities.



Christina Tannous is the new Annabelle Canto in a series of youth concerts to be performed all across Canada, in collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales of Canada. Born in Montreal, Tannous graduated from the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal. In 1999, Tannous' talent came to national attention as the 1st prizewinner of the CBC Competition for Young Performers, where she was also awarded the Jean A. Chalmers Award, given by the Canadian Opera Women's Committee. Tannous has been a soloist with various Canadian orchestras, such as the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand-Montréal. Her velvet voice is appreciated in opera, oratorio and recital repertoire, and is often broadcasted by Radio-Canada and CBC Radio.



Dominic Boulianne studied at the Conservatoire de musique in Chicoutimi and in Montreal, and at the Conservatoire de musique de Québec. Boulianne was a prizewinner at the Canadian Music Competition, the Concours de Musique de Sillery, the Concours de l'Orchestre symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, and the Festival de musique du Royaume. He has appeared in concert and in recital with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec and the Orchestre symphonique du Saguenay-Lac St-Jean. Since 2006, he has portrayed the pianist Henri in the Jeunesses Musicales of Canada's production of Annabelle Canto for young audiences. He also teaches at the Conservatoire de musique du Collège Stanislas in Montreal.



Annabelle Canto is part of Québec Now!, a Toronto-wide celebration of contemporary Québec arts and culture from September through December. Québec Now! showcases the best of contemporary culture from Québec in theatre, dance, music, visual arts, literature and film. Harbourfront Centre is very proud to partner with the Bureau du Québec à Toronto and the Ministre de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec to present Québec Now!, one of the largest organized Québécois arts and cultural celebrations to take place in Toronto.



Music with Bite is a refreshing experience where children can pull up a comfy cushion and sit in front of the stage for an enjoyable, interactive music performance tailored for the youngest audience members. After the concert, children can enjoy a complimentary Natrel milk beverage and cookies. Concerts take place on select Sundays at 1 p.m. Music with Bite is a co-production with Jeunesses Musicales Ontario, which is affiliated with Jeunesses Musicales of Canada, who since 1949 has dedicated its work to musical excellence and the promotion of young artists and music for young people. Jeunesses Musicales of Canada is a member of Jeunesses Musicales International.



Music with Bite is produced with the support of the Government of Canada, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council and Desjardins.



FOCUS: Pause

Harbourfront Centre wants you. to. slow. down. In a world where we are constantly bombarded with information and images, what happens when someone really takes the time to reflect? From September to May, Harbourfront Centre wants you to pause and make a connection to art, technology, the world. Find time for yourself by taking one of our Courses and Workshops; reflect while you wait for the World Stage curtain to rise; indulge in a great book during the 2008 International Festival of Authors. Harbourfront Centre—time well spent.

The Flying Dutchman Sets Edmonton Opera's New Season to Sail

Wagner's

The Flying Dutchman

As the sea rages, a cursed captain scours the globe aboard his ghost ship, searching for his only salvation: a woman's love. Edmonton Opera opens its 45^th season with a haunting production of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, October 25, 28 and 30 at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster, call 780-451-8000 or visit www.ticketmaster.ca. All performances begin at 7:30pm*.

"I am delighted to be bringing this important piece back to the Edmonton stage after a far too long 20-year hiatus," says Brian Deedrick, Artistic Director of Edmonton Opera. "The Flying Dutchman explores the loneliness and mystery of the outsider, and I believe we see in the Dutchman elements of Wagner as he saw himself: separate, an outsider, at odds with society."

Jason Howard and Susan Marie Pierson, the artists who sparked audiences' excitement in 2006's Bluebeard's Castle & Ewartung, reunite to bring Wagner's genius to life, joined by Marc Embree, Scott Scully, Emilia Boteva, Director Brian Deedrick and Conductor John Keenan. The Flying Dutchman runs two hours and 45 minutes, including an intermission, and is sung in German with English supertitles.

The legend of the Flying Dutchman has circulated throughout the western world for hundreds of years. To seafarers, the Dutchman is a glowing phantom ship, and, normally accompanied by a raging storm, it is usually a sign of doom to most sailors. A 17^th century Dutch sea captain, famous for making unusually fast trips between Holland and Indonesia, is widely believed to be the man at the heart of the legend. His ability as a swift sailor was attributed to a deal made with the devil. Today, the legend of the Flying Dutchman lives on, referenced in opera, books, music, theatre, as well as in television and film.

Wagner completed his adaptation of the legend in 1841; he was working on several projects at but was having difficulty getting his works to the stage. He had had multiple operas rejected by opera houses before finally breaking onto the scene with The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Holländer), his first critical operatic success. It opened in Dresden in January of 1843, and Wagner conducted the premiere himself.

The Flying Dutchman runs at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium with all performances beginning at 7:30pm. Subscriptions and single tickets for Edmonton Opera's 2008-2009 season are on sale now. For subscription details contact the Edmonton Opera Box Office at 780-429-1000 or visit www.edmontonopera.com. For single ticket information, contact Ticketmaster at 780-451-8000 or www.ticketmaster.ca.

*Please note: Parking at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium is extremely limited due to construction. Please make the appropriate time allowances for travel to and parking at the Auditorium.

World Première of One-Woman Cabaret

World Première of Carolyn Guillet's One-Woman Cabaret

Plucked, Hammered and Strung

How many poems, songs, films and plays have been written about love and yet we never tire of the subject in all its mystery. This fall Inifnithéâtre explores the topic, from two very different perspectives, both of them female. Running concurrently for two weekends at the Bain St-Michel with Carole Fréchette's John and Béatrice, is the world première of Carolyn Guillet's one-woman cabaret, Plucked, Hammered and Strung.

A woman, a piano, and five lovers. Six obsessive love songs. Nine dying fathers and a forgotten spouse or two. A theatrical performance event full of passion, lamentation and frivolity. Themes of yearning, absurdity and insanity are played out to the tune of Chopin's Funeral March and Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. This is Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera meeting Aeschylus' Electra; a cross between Peggy Lee and Mozart improvising "Variations on the Theme of Love".

Juxtaposed with Fréchette's mythic fairytale, Guillet plays it close to the bone with this semi-autobiographical (or is it?) rendering of all the "first loves" of her life…so far. The piano, her closest confidante throughout, plays a major role in her life and the piece, as Carolyn weaves original songs as well as pop ballads and a few choice classical piano solos into the storyline. In an attempt to deal with the death of her father and the subsequent muddy resurgence of all her dead affairs, Guillet takes the audience though a labyrinth of fantasy and reality; funny, dark, brutal and touching. Dovetailing perfectly with the other two themes of Infinite's 2008 – 09 season, 'Hope' and 'Faith', Plucked, Hammered and Strung is a story of eternal renewal.

Regarding the issue of semi-autobiographical material, Guillet, the writer admits, "I steal things. And then I lie. I 'use' the truth, twist it just enough to make it entirely believable." However, Guillet, the actor, felt a little over exposed. "I thought the character was a little too close to the real me. But as the work developed, the characters multiplied and I got all these different names to play with, like different hats in a costume box. Every time she [the character] sits down at the piano, she's someone else…or a slightly different version of herself. I have to fall in love over and over…discover the pleasures of sex over and over again, as if for the first time."

Guillet, who is working on a sequel to her first original script, Seventeen [Anonymous] Women, entitled Seventeen [Particular] Men asked Diana Fajrajsl to dramaturge the work as she developed it through a CALQ grant. "Diana was indispensable. She kept me at it, kept me laughing, got me out of the mud and into a place of wit, clarity and elegance." Arianna Bardesono, an NTS graduate having just come off her successful directorship of Repercussion Theatre's The Tempest, is directing. Bardesono had attended a reading of Plucked at Playwright's Workshop Montreal and when she and Guillet met last summer at an international master class for directors in Ottawa, they hit it off.

OF SPECIAL NOTE: "Strung Out on Sushi" - an additional fundraising performance of Plucked, Hammered and Strung will be held on Monday, November 10th to raise money to support Infinithéâtre's ongoing mandate to discover, develop and produce Québecois writers. Sushi dinner at 6:00 PM with the performance following. For those enticed by the play AND keen to support local theatre, this is the perfect combo! Call Infinithéâtre for more info at (514) 987 – 1774.

The American Federation of Musicians

THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA APPLAUDS CONGRESS FOR PASSING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT MEASURES

Passage of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act will Stem the Growth of Music Piracy and Protect AFM Members’ Hard Work

The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) applauds Congress for passing the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property “PRO-IP” Act. This bill will greatly increase the federal government’s ability to fight music and video piracy and enforce intellectual property and counterfeiting laws. Music piracy and intellectual property theft represent some of the most serious threats to musicians, the music industry and AFM members. The AFM thanks Congress for its passage of the PRO-IP Act and its support for the creative community.

The AFM, working in a labor-management coalition, advocated for passage of the bill. The Senate unanimously passed the PRO-IP Act (S.3325) on Friday, September 26, and the House of Representatives overwhelmingly, 381 members voting for passage to 41 members voting against, passed the bill on Sunday, September 28.

The PRO-IP Act will increase penalties for copyright violations and counterfeiting. It will strengthen the government’s ability to enforce intellectual property and counterfeiting regulations by providing funding for additional FBI agents and Justice Department personnel dedicated solely to intellectual property protection and prosecuting those caught violating the law. Finally, the bill creates the position of Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator in the White House. This position is designed to coordinate the federal government’s intellectual property and counterfeiting enforcement operations across all departments and agencies.

About the AFM

Founded in 1896, the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM), AFL-CIO, is the largest organization in the world dedicated to representing the interests of professional musicians. With more than 90,000 members, the AFM represents all types of professional musicians, including those who record music for sound recordings, film scores, radio, television and commercial announcements, as well as perform music of every genre in every sort of venue from small jazz clubs to symphony orchestra halls to major stadiums. Whether negotiating fair agreements, protecting ownership of recorded music, securing benefits such as health care and pension, or lobbying legislators, the AFM is committed to raising industry standards and placing the professional musician in the foreground of the cultural landscape. www.afm.org

La jeune fille et la mort par Les Violons du Roy - 3 octobre 10h30 et 20h

La jeune fille et la mort
Série Grands Rendez-vous

Jean-Marie Zeitouni, chef d’orchestre

Vendredi 3 octobre, 20 h
Salle Raoul-Jobin, Palais Montcalm (Québec)

Série chefs-d’œuvre du matin
Vendredi 3 octobre, 10 h 30
Salle Raoul-Jobin, Palais Montcalm (Québec)

B. Britten Prélude et fugue pour 18 cordes, opus 29
B. Britten Variations sur un thème de Frank Bridge, opus 10
F. Schubert Quatuor en ré mineur « La jeune fille et la mort », D. 810
(Arrangement pour orchestre à cordes de G. Mahler)

Québec, le jeudi 11 septembre 2008 – La saison 2008-2009 des Violons du Roy s’ouvrira avec le premier concert de la série Grands Rendez-vous, le vendredi 3 octobre, 20 h, à la Salle Raoul-Jobin du Palais Montcalm. Pour l’occasion, Jean-Marie Zeitouni dirigera des œuvres de Benjamin Britten et l’un des chefs-d’œuvre du répertoire romantique, le Quatuor « La jeune fille et la mort » de Franz Schubert dans l’arrangement pour orchestre à cordes de Gustav Mahler. Cette dernière œuvre sera aussi donnée en matinée, à 10 h 30, dans le cadre de la série de concerts commentés Chefs-d’œuvre du matin.

La première partie sera consacrée à deux œuvres pour orchestre à cordes de Benjamin Britten, toutes deux composées pour un ensemble londonien réputé, l’Orchestre à cordes Boyd Neel. Le concert s’ouvrira avec le Prélude et fugue, opus 29, une œuvre qui met bien en lumière la virtuosité de chacun des musiciens, tous étant traités en soliste. Suivront les Variations sur un thème de Frank Bridge, opus 10 créées au Festival de Salzbourg en 1937. Dans cette série de variations, Britten rend hommage à son maître, Frank Bridge, mais surtout, il prend un plaisir évident à évoquer le style de nombreux prédécesseurs et contemporains, notamment Beethoven, Verdi, Rossini, Mahler, Ravel, Bach et Bartók. Cette œuvre destinée à faire briller l’orchestre contribua grandement à la célébrité du compositeur alors âgé de 24 ans.

En deuxième partie, Jean-Marie Zeitouni dirigera l’arrangement pour orchestre à cordes du Quatuor en ré mineur « La jeune fille et la mort » de Schubert, réalisé par Gustav Mahler dans le but de rendre plus accessible ce magnifique chef-d’œuvre. Mis en musique par Schubert en 1817, le court poème de Matthias Claudius, Der Tod und das Mädchen (la mort et la jeune fille) relate le dialogue entre une jeune fille effrayée et la Mort. Sept ans plus tard, le compositeur, alors confronté à sa mort prochaine, reprend son lied et s’en inspire pour créer son quatorzième et avant-dernier quatuor. Cette œuvre en quatre mouvements, portée par un souffle dramatique puissant, constitue sans contredit l’un des sommets de tout le répertoire romantique.

La Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec est le partenaire présentateur de ce concert. Espace musique, la radio musicale de Radio-Canada, est le diffuseur officiel des Violons du Roy. La saison 2008-2009 à Québec est présentée par Hydro-Québec, partenaire de saison à Québec.


Série Grands Rendez-vous : Cinq concerts d’envergure
Pour ceux qui aiment la diversité, la série Grands Rendez-vous propose cinq grands concerts où l’on pourra entendre des œuvres magnifiques telles La jeune fille et la mort de Schubert, La nuit transfigurée de Schoenberg, La messe de minuit de Charpentier et même de la musique klezmer. Truls Mork, Karina Gauvin, l’ensemble Kleztory et La Chapelle de Québec figurent parmi les invités de marque de cette série aux saveurs variées !


Série Chefs-d’œuvre du matin
La série Chefs-d’œuvre du matin est de retour, cette fois avec une offre de cinq concerts. Ces concerts commentés par les chefs et ponctués de démonstrations des musiciens permettent aux mélomanes d’enrichir leur expérience du concert. D’une durée d’environ 70 minutes sans entracte, ces concerts ont lieu en matinée à 10 h 30.

L’abonnement

Abonnez-vous à l’une des séries de la Saison 2007-2008 et profiter d’un rabais sur le tarif régulier et de nombreux privilèges. En vous abonnant avant le 3 octobre, vous courez la chance de gagner l’un des trois prix du concours « Trois chances plutôt qu’une ». Tous les détails sont disponibles dans la brochure de saison ou sur le site : violonsduroy.com.
Nouveauté : la formule Trio Découverte permet de créer votre série de 3 concerts parmi 14 grands concerts du soir et de découvrir ainsi la gamme variée du répertoire des Violons du Roy. Vous pouvez même choisir autant de trios que vous le désirez…
Le tarif 29 ans et moins de retour !
Un concert de haut niveau au même prix qu’un film, soit seulement 12,50 $.

Information et Réservation

Billetterie du Palais Montcalm
(418) 641-6040, poste 0
(418) 692-3026
ou www.billetech.com

Concerts à venir au Palais Montcalm :
Mardi 4 novembre à 10 h 30 : Flûte alors !
Concert commenté par Bernard Labadie,
Série Chefs-d’œuvre du matin
Mardi 4 novembre, à 20 h Flûte alors !
Avec Bernard Labadie, chef; et Maurice Steger, flûte à bec
série Bach avant-tout

www.violonsduroy.com

PSO Kinderkonzert Series Begins October 20th

PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S KINDERKONZERT 2008-09 SERIES OPENS WITH "STRINGS: FOUR SEASONS," OCTOBER 20
Introducing young children to instrument families and musical concepts

PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO) kicks off its popular Kinderkonzert series of the 2008-09 season with "Strings: Four Seasons" beginning October 20 and running through November 19.

The PSO String Quartet will guide kids aged 3-7 through the experience of how music can remind us of our surrounding environments. The PSO String Quartet, comprised of violin, viola, cello and double bass, will demonstrate how music can tell a story in much the same way as words and pictures. Various stringed instruments can conjure different seasonal weather patterns and their subsequent moods – the plucking of violin strings might make one think of a rain shower while the deep sounds of the double bass may being to mind a thunderstorm.

The "Strings: Four Seasons" program opens on October 20 at the Crooker Theater in Brunswick High School and then travels to nine other locations in Maine and New Hampshire for a total of 24 performances.

Kinderkonzerts are entertaining, interactive programs with Portland Symphony musicians where kids ages 3 - 7 can sing, dance, wiggle, clap, and have fun listening and learning about music and instruments. School systems can coordinate the Kinderkonzert visit with Science and English Language Arts instruction in addition to Visual and Performing Arts. Specially prepared worksheets designed to support Maine's Learning Results are available online or by contacting the PSO.

Sponsored by Time Warner Cable, all Portland Symphony Orchestra Kinderkonzert tickets are $3 per person with advance reservation, $4 at the door (adult or child). For additional information, reservations and ticketing information visit www.portlandsymphony.com or call (207) 773-6128.

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PSO Kinderkonzert Schedule for Strings: Four Seasons:

October 20, 2008 | 9:30, 10:30, 1:00

Crooker Theater, Brunswick High School

116 Maquoit Road, Brunswick

October 21, 2008 | 9:30, 10:30, 1:00

Gorham High School

41 Morrill Ave, Gorham

October 22, 2008 | 9:30, 10:30

South Portland High School Auditorium

637 Highland Avenue, South Portland

October 23, 2008 | 9:00, 10:00, 11:00

Olin Arts Center, Bates College

75 Russell Street, Lewiston

October 30, 2008 | 9:30, 10:30

Reiche Community School

166 Brackett Street, Portland

November 3, 2008 | 9:30, 10:30

Manchester Elementary School

17 School Street, Manchester, ME

November 7, 2008 | 9:30, 10:30, 1:00

Fairfield School

75 Beach Street, Saco

November 14, 2008 | 9:30, 10:30

Town & Country Motor Inn

Route 2, Shelburne, NH

November 18, 2008 | 9:30, 10:30, 1:00

Oxford Elementary School

79 Pleasant Street, Oxford, ME

November 19, 2008 | 10:30 *

Hear Me Now

New Gloucester, ME

* Sold out

2009 JUNO Awards Submissions Start October 1st

Get in the Running for the 2009 JUNO Awards
- Call for Submissions Start on Wednesday, October 1^st -

CARAS introduces new partnerships and
changes to category and voting guidelines

Toronto, ON (September 30, 2008) - The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced today that submissions for the 2009 JUNO Awards open on Wednesday, October 1^st; giving Canadian artists the opportunity to enter eligible works to be considered for the 38^th edition of Canada's Music Awards. The 2009 Juno Awards Weekend will take place in Vancouver, BC, March 26-29, 2009.

This year, CARAS has introduced new category guidelines, voting criteria and an all-new partnership with YANGAROO to streamline the judging process. Using YANGAROO's patented Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) which is a secure, accessible and easy-to-use digital file transfer system, eligible submissions will be distributed electronically to judges during the voting period.

CARAS is also pleased to announce that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP will be the official ballot accountants for the 2009 JUNO Awards.

Important Dates to Remember:

• Submissions for the 2009 JUNO Awards open October 1, 2008
• Early-Bird deadline (to receive discounted submission rates) is October 22, 2008 before 5 p.m. (EST)
• Final submissions for CRAFT Categories (5-39) must be received by
  November 12, 2008 before 5 p.m. (EST)
• Final submissions for SALES Categories (3-4) must be received by January 7, 2009 before 5 p.m. (EST)

2009 eligibility applies to works released during the period between September 1, 2007 to November 12, 2008. For a complete list of JUNO Awards categories, eligibility rules, voting criteria and submission forms, go to www.junoawards.ca.

Along with the announcement of submission dates and deadlines, CARAS has also introduced significant changes to several JUNO Awards categories effective for 2009.

Voting Criteria Changes: Nominations for Artist of the Year and Group of the Year will now be determined based on split criteria of 50% sales and 50% Academy member votes, with the winner decided by a final Academy members' vote.

Category Crossover: Aboriginal Album of the Year* and Contemporary Christian /Gospel Album of the Year can now cross over into another genre category (provided the album meets the specific genre category criteria). *Aboriginal Album of the Year is now a FULL album category. Single track submissions will no longer be considered for this category.

Voting: To receive voting ballots for 2009 Single of the Year, Group of the Year and Artist of the Year, participants must be current CARAS members as of December 1, 2008. For all other member-voted categories, voters must be current CARAS members prior to February 1, 2009. Registrations received after this date will be ineligible to vote for the 2009 JUNO Awards.

Sponsors of The 2009 JUNO Awards include FACTOR, Canada's Private Radio Broadcasters and the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage's "Canada Music Fund," The Province of British Columbia, The City of Vancouver and Radio Starmaker Fund.

About CARAS:
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/L'academie canadienne des arts et des sciences de l'enregistrement (CARAS) is a not-for-profit organization created to preserve and enhance the Canadian music and recording industries and to contribute toward higher artistic and industry standards. The main focus of CARAS is the exploration and development of opportunities to showcase and promote Canadian artists and music through vehicles such as The JUNO Awards. For more information on the 38th Annual JUNO Awards or the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences' (CARAS) please visit our websites at www.carasonline.ca and www.junoawards.ca.

Yuli Turovsky conducts I Musici de Montreal

The VSO Presents Yuli Turovsky and I Musici de Montréal

Vancouver BC – I Musici de Montreal is one of Canada’s top chamber orchestras, specializing in Chamber and Baroque. The VSO is proud to present them, with their founding director, Yuli Turovsky, for the opening concert of the Bach & Beyond series in a perfect baroque concert: the music of Bach and Handel. I Musici de Montreal performs at The Chan Centre for Performing Arts on October 10^th and 11^th.

“Turovsky, a man of high passion”

--The Montreal Gazette

“I Musici de Montreal is a decidedly virtuoso group”

--South China Morning Post, Hong-Kong

Founded by cellist and conductor, Yuli Turovsky, I Musici de Montreal is a chamber orchestra of 15 musicians that specializes in Baroque repertoire. Maestro Turovsky has joked that back in 1983, he purchased a few batons on sale while in New York City and decided that since he had these new batons, he needed an orchestra to conduct. With this new goal, he went back home and founded I Musici de Montreal. This string orchestra is now celebrating its 25^th anniversary and performs over one hundred concerts annually at home and abroad.

I Musici de Montreal visits Vancouver as part of their Western Canadian Tour, which also includes performances in Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon. The VSO presents them for the first concert of the 5-concert Bach & Beyond series, while the VSO is on its Asia-Pacific Tour.

CONCERT INFO

Bach & Beyond Series

The VSO Presents I Musici de Montréal

Friday, October 10, 8pm Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Saturday, October 11, 8pm Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Yuli Turovsky, conductor

I Musici de Montreal

Handel Concerti Grossi, Op.6, No.1 in G Major

Handel Concerti Grossi, Op.6, No.4 in A minor

Handel Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, No.12 in B minor

JS Bach Goldberg Variations

Tickets: $35 to $59 (Senior, Student and Subscriber discounts available)

Tickets available from Ticketmaster Charge-by-Phone, 604.280.3311, VSO Customer Service at 604.876.3434, or online at www.vancouversymphony.ca

The VSO’s Bach & Beyond Series Endowed By:

The Chan Foundation of Canada

The presentation of this series is made possible in part through the generous assistance of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts of the University of British Columbia.

Radio Sponsor:

600AM

BIOGRAPHIES

Yuli Turovsky, conductor

Born in Moscow, dynamic and visionary conductor Yuli Turovsky began studying the cello at age 7. He continued his studies at the prestigious Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Galina Kozulupova and in 1969 received First Prize in the USSR Cello Competition. After graduating, he toured the world as a member of the celebrated Moscow Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Rudolph Barchai.

After immigrating to Canada and establishing himself in Montréal, Yuli Turovsky formed I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra in 1983. An ensemble of 15 strings with a repertoire that extends from the baroque to the contemporary, I Musici de Montréal performs over 100 concerts per year throughout the world.

I Musici de Montréal

Founded by cellist and conductor Yuli Turovsky, I Musici de Montréal is a chamber orchestra of 15 musicians that performs a vast repertoire extending from the Baroque to the Contemporary. The orchestra presents a busy schedule of over 100 concerts per season throughout the world, including three series in Montreal. This extraordinary amount of activity places I Musici de Montréal among the most important touring orchestras in Canada. Since its beginnings, I Musici de Montréal has released more than 40 CDs for the Chandos and Analekta Record Labels that are distributed in more than 50 countries around the world.

These recordings have won the orchestra and Maestro Turovsky many awards, including a Diapason d’Or for their 1988 recording of Shostakovich’s 14^th Symphony and a 1992 Penguin Guide Rosette for their Concerti grossi, opus 6 by Handel. I Musici de Montréal’s recording of Handel has since become a reference recording of the highest standard. In December of 1998, the Conseil québecois de la musique gave two Opus Awards to the orchestra for Recording Event of the Year and Best Recording - contemporary music for a CD grouping works by Gorecki, Pärt and Schnittke. In August 2001, BBC Music Magazine named as their CD of the Month I Musici de Montréal’s 40^th CD, a recording of Miaskovsky, Schnittke and Denisov, naming it “Pickof the month”. In 2007, the orchestra won the Opus Award for their latest record Shostakovich’s Circle and was nominated for a Juno Award.

In 1999, I Musici de Montréal was awarded the Grand Prix by the Montreal Urban Community for their exceptional contribution to music presentation in and around Montreal. In 2004, the Orchestra and Maestro Turovsky received a uniquely special award for International performances presented by the Conseil québécois de la musique. This award saluted the 20^th anniversary of the orchestra and the whole work that made the reputation of the orchestra throughout the years.

Under the dynamic and visionary direction of Maestro Yuli Turovsky who also performs as cello soloist with the orchestra, I Musici de Montréal has performed in some of the greatest halls in the world: New York’s Lincoln Center, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany, the Seiji Ozawa Hall in Tanglewood, the Tonhalle in Zürich, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, the Kioi Hall in Tokyo and Philharmonie in Luxemburg, among others. Public enthusiasm and critical acclaim underlining the precision, cohesion and virtuosity of their performance as well as the brilliant and distinctive sound of the orchestra confirm I Musici de Montréal’s importance on the world’s musical stage.

NACO, Oct. 9-10: Measha Brueggergosman

Measha Brueggergosman sings Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Bolcom cabaret songs with the NAC Orchestra on October 9 and 10

Ottawa (Canada) – Marvellous Measha Brueggergosman, Canada’s soprano sensation, returns to the National Arts Centre Orchestra to sing *Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, a musical interpretation of an elegant memory poem by James Agee (poet, novelist and scriptwriter of The African Queen), as well as three cabaret songs by William Bolcom. These opening concerts of the Bostonian Bravo Series on Thursday, October 9 and Friday, October 10 at 8 p.m. in the NAC’s Southam Hall are led by young American conductor James Gaffigan making his NAC debut. Gaffigan will also lead the NAC Orchestra in Rossini’s Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1.

James Gaffigan says, “This program is like the perfect dinner, the audience gets a taste of everything, without getting too full. A Rossini overture is the ideal appetizer in a concert program; it whets the appetite with loads of charming humour and unexpected drama in just eight minutes time. Measha then takes the stage with two contrasting but equally engaging vocal works. The first being the elegiac Knoxville: Summer of 1915 by Samuel Barber, followed by the effervescent cabaret songs of Wiliam Bolcom. These pieces will show the depth of diversity in these American composers as well as in Measha’s interpretive abilities. After intermission, the orchestra shifts gears to the classical meat and potatoes in Beethoven’s first symphony. This work combines the intensity often associated with the composer, as well as passages of alluring beauty.”

The cabaret songs by William Bolcom – “George”, “Total Stranger in the Garden” and “Amor” – will be heard in new orchestrations by the composer performed live for the first time in Canada after being recorded by Measha Brueggergosman on her Juno Award-winning Deutsche Grammophon recording entitled Surprise! She says, “What these songs do so brilliantly is to create highly theatrical mini-dramas in which the music is borne out by the texts – not the other way around. It’s catching the sly mix of the casual and the formal in these songs that is their particular challenge.”

Critically acclaimed by the international press as much for her innate musicianship and voluptuous voice as for a sovereign stage presence far beyond her years, Measha Brueggergosman has emerged as one of the most magnificent performers and vibrant personalities of the day. Her appearances this season include performances with Ensemble Intercontemporain, London Symphony Orchestra, l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and concerts with the Cleveland Orchestra in Cleveland, Miami, and at Carnegie Hall. She has performed several times with the NAC Orchestra, most recently this past July during “Orchestras in the Park”.

James Gaffigan, born in 1979, is the Associate Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and Music Director of CityMusic Cleveland, a chamber orchestra which presents free concerts throughout the city. His appearances as a guest conductor have included appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, and Tonhalle Orchestra, and this season he makes his debut with, among others, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony as well as the NAC Orchestra.

Tickets for these Bostonian Bravo Series concerts on Thursday, October 9 and Friday, October 10 at 8 p.m. are on sale now at $19.00, $39.00, $49.00, $59.00, $69.00 with box seats at $86.00 (GST and Facility Fee included) at the NAC Box Office (Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.), and through Ticketmaster (with surcharges) at 613-755-1111. Ticketmaster may also be accessed through the NAC’s website at www.nac-cna.ca.

Half-price tickets for students in all sections of the hall are on sale in person at the NAC Box Office upon presentation of a valid student ID card. Live Rush tickets (subject to availability) for full-time students (aged 13 to 29) are $11 at the NAC Box Office from 2 p.m. the day before the concert to 6 p.m. the day of, upon presentation of a valid Live Rush card.

Groups of 10 and more save 15% to 20% off the regular price of tickets to NAC Music, Theatre and Dance performances. To reserve your seats call 613-947-7000 ext. 384 or email grp@nac-cna.ca.

*Measha Brueggergosman requested a change of programme. The Barber and Bolcom will be performed in place of the previously announced Les Nuits d’été by Berlioz.

Prix Zof du partenariat 2008 : appel aux candidatures

Communiqué

Prix Zof du partenariat 2008 : appel aux candidatures

Prix Zof 2008 Création de l'artiste Donald Doiron

Ottawa, le 29 septembre 2008 - Pour une 6^ème année, la Fédération culturelle canadienne-française (FCCF) s'associe au gouvernement du Québec pour honorer un partenariat gagnant entre un organisme du Québec et un organisme des communautés francophones et acadienne dans le domaine des arts et de la culture. Le Prix sera remis en 2008 en marge du Forum sectoriel des arts et de la culture qui se tiendra du 20 au 21 novembre à Québec.

Si vous connaissez un organisme québécois et un organisme des communautés francophones et acadienne qui oeuvrent dans le domaine des Arts et de la Culture; qui, ensemble, contribuent à promouvoir la francophonie et qui, par leur(s) initiative(s) commune(s), renforcent les liens entre le Québec et la francophonie canadienne, faites-nous en part en remplissant le formulaire de candidatures sur notre site www.fccf.ca , rubrique Prix Zof.

Un jury, composé de représentants du gouvernement du Québec et du secteur des Arts et de la Culture de la francophonie canadienne se réunira pour sélectionner la meilleure initiative qui se sera distinguée par la qualité et l'originalité du partenariat ainsi que par son impact sur le réseautage des arts et de la culture entre le Québec et les communautés francophones et acadienne.

Les candidatures doivent parvenir soit par courriel à info@fccf.ca , par courrier au 450, rue Rideau - Bureau 405 - Ottawa K1N 5Z4 ou encore par télécopie au (613) 241-6064 au plus tard le 3 novembre 2008.

D'ores et déjà, nous tenons à remercier toutes celles et ceux, qui par l'envoi des candidatures, contribuent à faire connaître la richesse et la diversité des initiatives de la francophonie au Canada.

La Fédération culturelle canadienne-française est un organisme national dont la mission est de promouvoir l'expression artistique et culturelle des communautés francophones et acadienne. Elle réunit des représentants de sept regroupements nationaux en théâtre, en littérature, en chanson-musique, en arts médiatiques et en arts visuels, ainsi que des représentants de onze provinces et territoires du Canada.

Pink Martini Show Announcement

SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT:

PINK MARTINI RETURNS TO TORONTO

FOR A ROY THOMSON HALL PERFORMANCE

Friday, June 19 at 8 PM

Tickets on sale to FriendsFirst members Sept. 30 at 10 AM; to the Public on Oct. 4 at 12 NOON

$69.50 - $49.50 - Call 416-872-4255 or online at www.roythomson.com

or visit the Roy Thomson Hall Box Office

The fabulous Pink Martini, “beautiful and sophisticated,” as declared by The New Yorker, returns to Toronto after a highly successful debut on March of 2008. In writing about the group’s last appearance in March, the Toronto Star wrote, "Pink Martini represents all that Toronto aspires to - sophistication, cosmopolitanism, and a type of delight that sometimes involves dressing up and carousing…with its heterogeneous tastes and facility in languages, the pop orchestra might have sprung from our own diverse metropolis, but hails instead from Portland, Oregon.” And the National Post wrote, "Like the cocktail they're named after, Pink Martini packs a punch when you get past the frothy sweetness…It's music to dress up for, in heels and pearls; music that gets the ballroom buzzing."

The Portland, Oregon-based “little orchestra” was founded in 1994 by Lauderdale, a Harvard graduate and classically trained pianist, to perform at political fundraisers for progressive causes such as civil rights, the environment, affordable housing and public broadcasting. In the years following, Pink Martini grew from four musicians to its current twelve, and has gone on to perform its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Canada and the United States. In the US, the band has performed with such symphony orchestras as the Boston Pops, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; and special engagements have included the grand opening of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s new Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Concert Hall; the opening party of the New York Museum of Modern Art; and the 100^th birthday celebration for the William Morris Agency with soul legend Al Green.

“Pink Martini is like a romantic Hollywood musical of the 1940s or ‘50s – but with a global perspective which is modern,” says founder and artistic director Thomas M. Lauderdale. “We bring melodies and rhythms from different parts of the world together to create something which is new and beautiful. All band members have studied different languages and music from different parts of the world, so because everyone in the band contributes in the writing and arranging of songs, the repertoire is wildly diverse. At one moment, you feel like you’re in the middle of a samba parade in Rio de Janeiro, and in the next moment, you are suddenly in a French music hall of the 1930s or in a palazzo in Napoli. It’s like an urban musical travelogue,” says Lauderdale.

Pink Martini’s debut album, Sympathique, was released in 1997 on the band’s own label Heinz Records (named after Lauderdale’s dog) and quickly became an international phenomenon, garnering the group nominations for “Song of the Year” and “Best New Artist” in France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards. Seven long years later the high-anticipated follow-up, Hang on Little Tomato, was released and climbed to #1 on Amazon.com’s best sellers list. A new CD is in the works (details to come before the June concert date), but until then, Pink Martini’s last album was Hey Eugene!, released in May 2007. This recording is a twelve-track sonic journey that travels the globe with uplifting songs of hope and beauty. The title track “Hey Eugene,” an audience favourite for years, is delivered with sultry grace by lead singer China Forbes, who wrote the song about a boy she met at a party who asked for her number and then never called.

PINK MARTINI

Friday, June 19, 2008 at 8 pm / Roy Thomson Hall

178 Victoria Street, Toronto
Tickets $69.50-$49.50 - Call 416-872-4255 or visit the Roy Thomson Hall Box Office

www.masseyhall.com

OSM / les concerts du mois d'octobre

October at the OSM

Great violinists at the OSM:

Joshua Bell, James Ehnes and Itzhak Perlman

5 to 8 is back

with Hubert Reeves and André Robitaille

Pianist Alain Lefèvre in the land of the tsars (sold out)

Tribute to musical creativity

and

Symphonic Matinees: two OSM musicians in the spotlight

Montreal, September 24, 2008: The programming for the month of October at the OSM will appeal to a huge audience. On October 1, the last chance to hear remarkable violinist and Grammy Award–winner Joshua Bell perform The Red Violin Concerto written by John Corigliano. An American composer, Corigliano won an Oscar in 1999 for the soundtrack to the film The Red Violin. The concerto, conducted here by Jacques Lacombe, is an expansion of the soundtrack and incorporates some of the more memorable themes of the original score. At intermission, Joshua Bell will be in one of the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier lobbies for a record-signing session.

The popular series 5 to 8 at the OSM opens on October 7 when astrophysicist and scientific popularizer Hubert Reeves shares his musical selections with the audience. Hosted by actor André Robitaille and led by OSM conductor in residence Jean-François Rivest, the 5 to 8's at the OSM are a pleasant way to wind up the day in music.

As part of the Air Canada Classical Escapes series, well-known pianist Alain Lefèvre will perform Rachmaninov's celebrated Second Concerto at a concert on October 14 conducted by Jean-François Rivest and devoted entirely to masterpieces of Russian music. In addition to Rachmaninov, the program features Prokofiev, Borodin and Stravinsky.

Canadian violinist and Grammy winner James Ehnes revisits the OSM and conductor in residence Jean-François Rivest on October 5 with one of the most beloved works in the violin repertoire, the Sibelius Concerto. On October 29, the OSM presents Tribute to musical creativity. Conductors Walter Boudreau and Susanna Mälkki will lead the Orchestra and violinist Chantal Juillet in a program bringing together works by five composers of our time: Paul Frehner, André Prévost, György Ligeti, Steve Reich and Claude Vivier.

On October 21 and 22, violinist and conductor Itzhak Perlman will perform and conduct Johann Sebastian Bach's Violin Concerto BWV 1042. He will also conduct Mozart's "Haffner"Symphony as well as Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5. Finally, on October 15, the audience will get to hear OSM concertmaster Richard Roberts and principal oboe Theodore Baskin in a concerto Bach wrote for the two instruments, among other works. Also on the program, Dvořák's Symphony No. 5.

Information and reservations: 514-842-9951 or www.osm.ca

THE OCTOBER CONCERTS:

October 1 at 8 p.m. (Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier) Grand Concerts: Joshua Bell and The Red Violin. Jacques Lacombe, conductor; Joshua Bell, violinist. At 7 p.m.: pre-concert discussion: Kelly Rice welcomes Ramon Humet.

October 5 at 2:30 p.m. (Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier) Musical Sundays: James Ehnes and the Sibelius Concerto. Jean-François Rivest, conductor; James Ehnes, violinist. At 1:30 p.m.: pre-concert discussion: Kelly Rice welcomes Joseph Zuskin, Gilles Moisan and Olivier Thouin.

October 7 at 7 p.m. (Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier) 5 to 8 at the OSM: Hubert Reeves' choices. Jean-François Rivest, conductor. At 5:30 p.m.: cocktail reception (Piano Nobile).

October 14 at 8 p.m. (Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier) Air Canada Classical Escapes: From the Land of the Tsars. Jean-François Rivest, conductor; Alain Lefèvre, pianist. At 7 p.m.: recital by a young pianist (Piano Nobile).

October 15 at 10:30 a.m. (Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier) Symphonic Matinees: OSM Stars in the Spotlight. Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor; Richard Roberts, violinist; Theodore Baskin, oboist.

October 21 and 22 at 8 p.m. (Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier) Grand Concerts: Perlman Plays and Conducts. Itzhak Perlman, conductor and violinist.

October 29 at 8 p.m. (Théâtre Maisonneuve) Non-series concert: Tribute to musical creativity. Walter Boudreau and Susanna Mälkki, conductors; Chantal Juillet, violinist.

Information on the month's concerts:

Grand Concerts:

Joshua Bell and The Red Violin

Violinist Joshua Bell, winner of a Grammy Award and the coveted Avery Fisher Prize, hailed by critics and acclaimed by the public, revisits the OSM in The Red Violin Concerto by John Corigliano. The work, in four movements, dedicated to the memory of the composer's father, concertmaster with the New York Philharmonic for nearly a quarter-century, is an extension of the soundtrack to the movie The Red Violin, which won an Oscar for best original score in 1999. The composer first extracted a Chaconne, a concert piece performed on disc by Joshua Bell, but wanted to expand it into an impassioned, romantic violin concerto. The work was premiered and recorded by Joshua Bell last year with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and is being presented in Montreal for the first time.

Jacques Lacombe, principal guest conductor at the OSM from 2002 to 2006, whose career was rewarded in 2005 with the Prix Opus for his reputation abroad, also revisits the Orchestra's musicians in Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, one of the most remarkable orchestral works of the 20th century.

Opening the program, Ramon Humet, winner of the Olivier Messiaen Prize at the first edition of the OSM International Composition Prize, offers a premiere, Escenas de viento.

There will be a pre-concert discussion at 7 p.m.: Kelly Rice, producer-coordinator and host on CBC Radio Two, will welcome Ramon Humet, composer.

Grand Concerts

September 30 and October 1 at 7 p.m.: pre-concert discussion

September 30 and October 1 at 8 p.m.: concert

Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts

Jacques Lacombe, conductor

Joshua Bell, violinist

Ramon Humet Escenas de viento, world premiere, OSM commission

John Corigliano The Red Violin Concerto

Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

Tickets from $24.75

Information and reservations: 514-842-9951 or www.osm.ca

Musical Sundays:

James Ehnes and the Sibelius Concerto

Violinist James Ehnes, winner of a Grammy Award in 2008, returns to the OSM and conductor in residence Jean-François Rivest in the Sibelius Concerto, one of the most magnificent and most difficult for the instrument, with its many virtuoso passages. The concerto is bookended by works by Shostakovich: a short piano piece orchestrated by Joseph Zuskin and an imposing symphony, the Eighth, which evokes the tragedy and horrors of war, and which aspires to a tranquil peace. In its depth, its expressive intensity, its wealth of feeling and its epic properties, the work is one of the most personal and powerful the composer created, and one of his best loved.

At 1:30 p.m. there will be a pre-concert discussion: Kelly Rice, producer-coordinator and host on CBC Radio Two, will welcome Joseph Zuskin, orchestrator, Gilles Moisan, clarinettist and saxophonist and Olivier Thouin, OSM associate concertmaster.

Musical Sundays

October 5 at 1:30 p.m.: pre-concert discussion

October 5 at 2:30 p.m.: concert

Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts

Jean-François Rivest, conductor

James Ehnes, violinist

Dmitri Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue, Opus 87, No. 24 (orch. Zuskin)

Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto

Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 8

Tickets from $24.75

Information and reservations: 514-842-9951 or www.osm.ca

5 to 8 at the OSM:

Hubert Reeves' choices

Special moments of after-work relaxation, 5 to 8 at the OSM, hosted by actor and veteran host André Robitaille, is an original way to end the day. Musical discovery joined to pleasures of the palate, this one-hour concert conducted by Jean-François Rivest, the OSM's conductor in residence, will lead the audience into the rich universe of the inspiring astrophysicist and scientific popularizer Hubert Reeves. In addition, audience members can mix with other music fans when, starting at 5:30 p.m., tidbits and fine wines are served in the Piano Nobile starting at 5:30 p.m.

5 to 8 at the OSM

October 7 at 5:30 p.m.: cocktail reception at Piano Nobile

October 7 at 7 p.m.: concert at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts

Jean-François Rivest, conductor

Érik Satie Gymnopédie No. 1

Gilles Tremblay Vers le soleil, excerpt

Felix Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream

Jean Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela

Arnold Schoenberg Transfigured Night, excerpt

Maurice Ravel Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé

Tickets from $38.50

Information and reservations: 514-842-9951 or www.osm.ca

Air Canada Classical Escapes:

Pianist Alain Lefèvre in the land of the tsars

Alain Lefèvre, a standard bearer of the romantic repertoire, will be performing Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, certainly the most renowned concerto of the 20th century, a tormented, passionate and particularly lyrical work. The program also includes Borodin's captivating Polovtsian Dances, the suite from Stravinsky's magnificent ballet The Firebird, excerpts from Prokofiev's opera War and Peace and the grand-scale 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky, everything under the direction of OSM conductor in residence Jean-François Rivest.

At 7 p.m. there will be a recital at the Piano Nobile by a young pianist.

Air Canada Classical Escapes

October 14 at 8 p.m.

Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts

Jean-François Rivest, conductor

Alain Lefèvre, pianist

Sergei Prokofiev Overture from War and Peace

Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2

Alexander Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Igor Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919)

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture

Tickets from $24.75

Information and reservations: 514-842-9951 or www.osm.ca

Symphonic Matinees:

OSM Stars in the Spotlight

Two of the first chairs of the OSM, concertmaster Richard Roberts and principal oboe Theodore Baskin, are soloists for a program focusing on concerto works. Richard Roberts will first perform a jewel of Mozart's before yielding to Theodore Baskin in a concerto by Bellini, both works of great elegance and lyricism. The two musicians will then share the stage in the Bach Concerto BWV 1060, a work of great polyphonic richness and emotional range. Dvořák's intense Symphony No. 5 will conclude the program.

Symphonic Matinees

October 15 at 10:30 a.m.

Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts

Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

Richard Roberts, OSM concertmaster

Theodore Baskin, OSM principal oboe

Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio for Violin, K. 261

Vincenzo Bellini Oboe Concerto in E-flat major

Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 5

Tickets from $24.75

Information and reservations: 514-842-9951 or www.osm.ca

Grand Concerts:

Perlman plays and conducts Bach, Mozart and Prokofiev

One of the true stars of the violin, Itzhak Perlman is one of those exceptional artists who touch the hearts of audiences around the world, through his remarkable technique but above all thanks to the profundity with which he conveys the subtleties of the repertoire. Here he will be both soloist and conductor in a program consisting of Bach's Violin Concerto BWV 1042 – a work in which the writing and the architecture are subtle and contained – Mozart's "Haffner" Symphony and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5, a work of powerful epic spirit.

Grand Concerts

October 21 and 22 at 8 p.m.

Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts

Itzhak Perlman, conductor and violinist

Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 35, K. 385, "Haffner"

Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 5

Tickets from $24.75

Information and reservations: 514-842-9951 or www.osm.ca

Non-series concerts:

Tribute to musical creativity

Since the very first years of the OSM's existence, steady attention has been brought to bear on the creation of new works. A number of these have over the years become the classics of today. This concert, to begin with, will mark the 10th anniversary of the premiere of the Violin Concerto by André Prévost, performed by its dedicatee (and the violinist who premiered it), Chantal Juillet. Orion by Claude Vivier, a composer the 60th anniversary of whose birth and 25th anniversary of whose death are being noted in 2008, was commissioned and premiered by Charles Dutoit and the OSM in 1980. The American Steve Reich, meanwhile, is represented by his City Life. We will also hear Lontano by György Ligeti, as well as Lila by Canada's Paul Frehner, a work that won its author the Claude-Vivier National prize at the OSM's International Composition Prize in 2007. Walter Boudreau, artistic director of the SMCQ, and Susanna Mälkki, music director of the prestigious Ensemble Intercontemporain de Paris, share this unique and bold program, which eloquently demonstrates the vitality of contemporary creativity.

Non-series concerts

October 29 at 8 p.m.

Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts

Walter Boudreau, conductor

Susanna Mälkki, conductor

Chantal Juillet, violinist

Paul Frehner Lila

André Prévost Violin Concerto

György Ligeti Lontano

Steve Reich City Life

Claude Vivier Orion

Tickets from $24.75

Information and reservations: 514-842-9951 or www.osm.ca

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is presented by Hydro-Québec

in association with National Bank

Le 10e festival d'automne Orgue et Couleurs

LE 10e FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE ORGUE ET COULEURS SE POURSUIT JUSQU’AU 5 OCTOBRE 2008 AVEC SES GRANDS CONCERTS, SES MIDIS À LA CARTE, SES CONCERTS APÉROS

CONCERTS À VENIR

info-festival et billetterie : 514-899-0938
achats en ligne et info : www.orgueetcouleurs.com

LES GRANDS CONCERTS à 20 h : Les contemporains « REMIX » leurs classiques ; un voyage « interplanétaire » avec l’interprétation de la suite orchestrale Les planètes de Gustav Holst ; un hommage original à Olivier Messiaen ; les chanteurs Marie-Denise Pelletier, Patrick Olafson et trois chanteurs de l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, les sopranos Caroline Bleau et Marianne Lambert ainsi que le baryton-basse Stephen Hegedus, nous convient à un récital de grands airs d’opéra et de mélodies de célèbres comédies musicales ; et en clôture du festival, l’Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières (cordes, trompette et percussions) sous la direction de Jacques Lacombe.

LES MIDIS À LA CARTE : Douze jeunes organistes âgés de 14 à 28 ans, étudiants des neuf classes d’orgue des conservatoires et universités du Québec, en prestation lors de cinq récitals dans cinq églises … un menu de choix pour découvrir la relève et la richesse des orgues de Montréal, la ville aux cent clochers.

LES CONCERTS APÉROS à 17 h : Des concerts intimes de musique de chambre, suivis d’une rencontre avec les artistes, agrémentée d’un verre de vin. Dans les chœurs des églises, l’orgue se fait intime et dialogue avec l’art lyrique.

Église Saint-Nom-de-Jésus : 4215, rue Adam (métro Pie-IX, bus 139 Sud)
Église Très-Saint-Rédempteur : 3530, rue Adam (métro Joliette ou Papineau, bus 34 Est)
Église Saint Andrew & Saint Paul : rue Sherbrooke, coin Bishop (métro Peel)
Musée du Château Dufresne : 2929, avenue Jeanne-d’Arc (métro Pie IX)

PROGRAMMATION DÉTAILLÉE

GRANDS CONCERTS
De grandes rencontres entre l’orgue et ses complices

Chaque Grand concert débutera par la Fanfare du 10e Festival d’automne, œuvre en deux versions instrumentales (une pour orgue et quintette de cuivres, l’autre pour orgue et deux cuivres) commandée au compositeur Enrico O. Dastous. Elle sera interprétée par l’organiste Raymond Perrin et les musiciens du quintette de cuivres Buzz : les trompettistes Sylvain Lapointe et Frédéric Gagnon, le corniste Marc-Antoine Corbeil et les trombonistes Jason De Carufel et Sylvain Arseneau (prestation orgue et quintette : les 26 septembre, 3 et 5 octobre // orgue et deux cuivres : les 27 septembre, 2 et 4 octobre).

jeudi 2 octobre (Église Saint-Nom-de-Jésus), 20 h – 15$-20$ • REMIX de classiques!
Les contemporains « REMIX » leurs classiques ! Une soirée où les hommages transcendent les siècles… avec la création d’une œuvre pour orgue et électroacoustique, Chorals ornés (2008), du compositeur montréalais Yves Daoust, d’après des chorals du recueil Orgelbüchlein de J.S. Bach, avec l’organiste Régis Rousseau. En première partie, l’organiste Isabelle Demers joue des œuvres de compositeurs du 20e siècle qui rendent hommage à certains de leurs prédécesseurs : Hommage à Dietrich Buxtehude de Eben (1987), Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin de Jehan Alain (1936), Ricercare « Ommaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi » de Ligeti (1953), Fantaisie et fugue sur B.A.C.H. de Reger (1900).
Concert présenté en collaboration avec Réseaux des arts médiatiques

vendredi 3 octobre (Église Saint-Nom-de-Jésus), 20 h - 20$-25$ • Orgue en orbite
L’organiste Raymond Perrin et les membres du quintette de cuivres Buzz – Sylvain Lapointe et Frédéric Gagnon (trompettes) Marc-Antoine Corbeil (cor) Jason De Carufel et Sylvain Arseneau (trombones) – nous emmènent en voyage « interplanétaire » avec l’interprétation de la suite orchestrale Les planètes de Gustav Holst dans une transcription du compositeur montréalais Enrico O. Dastous où les cuivres et l’orgue résonneront avec éclat et splendeur. En première partie de programme : Fugue en sol mineur BWV 578 de Johann Sebastian Bach, Premier Choral en mi majeur de César Franck, Sextuor opus 335 de Michel Colombier, Fugue sur le Salve Regina de J-Antonio Thompson et Flourishes de Carlyle Sharpe.

vendredi 3 octobre (Église Saint-Nom-de-Jésus), 22 h 28 – 10$ • Banquet pour O
Un hommage original à Olivier Messiaen, soulignant son 100e anniversaire de naissance…
Le temps n’est plus, le temps s’étire et nous hypnotise avec cette ré-interprétation du Banquet céleste de Messiaen qui passe de 10 à 100 minutes ! Euphorie, émotion et envoûtement… une expérience à vivre avec l’organiste Patrick Wedd et un chœur muet qui marquera le passage du temps en allumant une chandelle à toutes les minutes, de 22 h 28 à 00 h 08. Une idée originale de Scott Tresham

samedi 4 octobre (Église Saint-Nom-de-Jésus), 20 h - 20$-25$ • Opéra vs Broadway : une rencontre au sommet
Les chanteurs Marie-Denise Pelletier, Patrick Olafson et trois chanteurs de l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, les sopranos Caroline Bleau et Marianne Lambert ainsi que le baryton-basse Stephen Hegedus, nous convient à un récital de grands airs d’opéra et de mélodies de célèbres comédies musicales, faisant ainsi se côtoyer certains des personnages de ces deux univers. Ils seront accompagnés par un quatuor à cordes placé sous la direction du violoniste Philippe Dunnigan, par l’organiste Régis Rousseau et par le pianiste Pierre Benoît qui réalisera également les arrangements.

Au programme : Berger/Plamondon, Le monde est stone (Starmania) // Bernstein, Tonight, Maria et Somewhere (West Side Story) // Bizet, Air du Toréador et Habañera (Carmen) // Catalani, Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (La Wally)
Delibes, Duo des fleurs et Air des clochettes (Lakmé) // Donizetti, Una furtive lagrima (L’Elisir d’amore) // Gershwin, Summertime (Porgy and Bess) // Lerner/Loewe, I could have danced all night (My Fair Lady) // Mozart, Non più andrai (Le Nozze di Figaro), Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni), Duo Papageno-Papagena (La Flûte enchantée) // Rodgers/Hammerstein, Some enchanted evening (South Pacific), The hills are alive (The Sound of Music) // Verdi, Addio des passato (La Traviata), Va, pensiero (Nabucco) // Webber, All I ask of you (Phantom of the Opera), Don’t cry for me Argentina (Evita).

dimanche 5 octobre (Église Saint Andrew & Saint Paul), 19 h 30 - 20$ • Symphonies de couleurs
Pour clore le festival et souligner la 1ère édition du nouveau Concours international d’orgue du Canada à Montréal (CIOC), un grand concert avec l’organiste américain James Higdon – membre du jury du CIOC – et l’Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières (cordes, trompette et percussions) sous la direction de Jacques Lacombe. Au programme : les pièces d’orgue Litanies et 2e Fantaisie de Jehan Alain, les œuvres orchestrales Rakastava de Jean Sibelius, The unanswered question de Charles Ives, Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten de Arvo Pärt et le Concerto pour orgue, orchestre à cordes et timbales, en sol mineur de Francis Poulenc.
Concert présenté en collaboration avec le CIOC et l’OSTR.

CINQ MIDIS À LA CARTE

ACTIVITÉS GRATUITES DE JOUR

Une tribune pour la relève de l’orgue
29, 30 septembre, 1er, 2 et 3 octobre, midi – Entrée libre
Églises Très-Saint-Rédempteur, Saint-Nom-de-Jésus,
Saint-Léon de Westmount,
du Gesù et Saint-John The Evangelist

Douze jeunes organistes âgés de 14 à 28 ans, étudiants des neuf classes d’orgue des conservatoires et universités du Québec, en prestation lors de cinq récitals dans cinq églises … un menu de choix pour découvrir la relève et la richesse des orgues de Montréal, la ville aux cent clochers.
Le lundi 29 septembre, Béatrice Létourneau et Nicolas Delisle-Godin (classe de Josée April, Conservatoire de Rimouski) et Jean-Luc Clauzier (classe de Mireille Lagacé, Conservatoire de Montréal) ;
Le mardi 30 septembre, Marie-Claude Duchesne (classe de Céline Fortin, Conservatoire de Saguenay) et Jordan de Souza (classe de John Grew, Université McGill) ;
Le mercredi 1er octobre, Carl-Mathieu Neher (classe de Danielle Dubé, Conservatoire de Gatineau) et Nicolas-Alexandre Marcotte (classe de Réjean Poirier, Université de Montréal) ;
Le jeudi 2 octobre, Laurence Jobidon et Emmanuel Bernier (classe de Danny Belisle, Conservatoire de Québec) et François Pothier-Bouchard (classe de Raymond Perrin, Conservatoire de Trois-Rivières) ;
Le vendredi 3 octobre, Marie-Hélène Greffard (classe de Richard Paré, Université Laval) et Jonathan Vromet (classe de Jean Le Buis, Conservatoire de Montréal).

CINQ CONCERTS APÉRO

Concerts intimes de musique de chambre,
suivis d’une rencontre avec les artistes, agrémentée d’un verre de vin.
29, 30 septembre, 1er et 2 octobre 2008 à 17 h 30 [15$ et 12$]
Églises Saint-Nom-de-Jésus (SNJ) et Très-Saint-Rédempteur (TSR)
3 octobre à 17 h au Musée du Château Dufresne (CD) [15$ et 12$]


Dans les chœurs des églises, l’orgue se fait intime et dialogue avec l’art lyrique :

lundi 29 septembre, 17 h 30 (SNJ) • Deux cycles, deux visions
L’organiste Tim Pyper et le contre-ténor Daniel Cabena présenteront deux cycles musicaux : la Missa in Simplicitate du compositeur français Jean Langlais (1907-1991), une mise en musique des textes sacrés d’un office religieux, et le cycle Aspects of Time du compositeur canadien Barrie Cabena (né en 1933), basé sur des textes profanes de provenance variée, de dictons et proverbes traditionnels à des extraits de pièces de Shakespeare en passant par des textes originaux du compositeur lui-même.

mardi 30 septembre, 17 h 30 (SNJ) • Le charme français
L’organiste Denis Bonenfant, la soprano Aurelia Calabrese et le baryton Sébastien Ouellet nous feront goûter au romantisme français, à travers de belles mélodies, de pieuses prières et d’étonnantes pièces d’orgue sous le charme du romantisme français. Au programme, les œuvres vocales D'un cœur qui t'aime, Ma belle amie est morte et Prière de Gounod, Si mes vers avaient des ailes et C'est ma banlieue de Hahn, Les berceaux, Le secret et le Cantique de Jean Racine de Fauré, la Barcarolle d’Offenbach, et les pièces d’orgue Andantino de Andlauer, Cantilène religieuse de Dubois, Trois gnossiennes de Satie et Prière à Notre-Dame de Boëllmann.

mercredi 1er octobre, 17 h 30 (TSR) • Arioso
L’organiste Dominique Gagnon et le contre-ténor Jean-François Gagné nous révèleront l’art du chant, les plus belles expressions que peut prendre la voix selon les styles et les époques. Au programme : Ouverture de Girolamo Frescobaldi, Nel dolce tempo et Cara sposa de Georg Friedrich Handel, Nulla in mundo de Antonio Vivaldi, Alto Giove de Nicola Porpora, Du bist die Ruh, An die Musik et Litanei de Franz Schubert, Adieu, Mai et Le secret de Gabriel Fauré, Incipit vita nova de Gavin Bryars.

jeudi 2 octobre, 17 h 30 (SNJ) • Aux temps des fées
L’organiste Louis Brouillette et la soprano Caroline Demers nous entraîneront dans un univers magique et enchanteur tel qu’imaginé par différents compositeurs à travers les époques. Au programme : Le baiser de la fée de Stravinski, Alles hüllt sich in Dunkel (Die Reinnixen) d’Offenbach, The fairies de Trevor Bax, Danse de la fée Dragée (Casse-noisette) de Tchaïkovski, Hark, ‘tis fairy Music stealing de Blewitt, Dear Delight et The Fairies’ Dance de Head, Elves de Rowley, The Forest fairy’s Song de Horn, Dans la forêt du charme et de l’enchantement de Chausson, O vous qu’en mes rêves d’enfance (La fée aux chèvres) de Varney, Les elfes de Bonnet, Aux temps des fées de Kœchlin, et les récentes créations de deux jeunes compositeurs québécois, Aventure féerique de Jocelyn Lafond (né en 1989) et Imaginaire contrôlé de Vincent Hamel (né en 1979).

Au Musée du Château Dufresne :
vendredi 3 octobre, 17 h (CD) • Hommage à Messiaen
Dans le cadre des célébrations soulignant le centenaire de naissance d’Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) placées au Québec sous le vocable de l’Automne Messiaen, la pianiste Louise Bessette, le violoniste Jonathan Crow, le clarinettiste Simon Aldrich et le violoncelliste Yegor Dyachkov interpréteront le fameux Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1940) de Messiaen et, avec cette même formation instrumentale inusitée, une œuvre hommage du compositeur montréalais Nicolas Gilbert, Le temps des impossibles (2008).



LA PETITE HISTOIRE DU FESTIVAL
Le FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE est né il y a dix ans dans le quartier Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, dans la foulée de la restauration du grand orgue Casavant de l’église Saint-Nom-de-Jésus, pour mettre en valeur ce magnifique instrument aux 6 200 tuyaux et faire connaître davantage le répertoire diversifié de l’orgue à un plus large public. Fondé par Pierre Larivière, directeur de la Maison de la culture Maisonneuve et par Régis Rousseau, titulaire de cet orgue et directeur artistique et général de ORGUE ET COULEURS, ce Festival annuel désire révéler la polyvalence de l’orgue, et propose ainsi des mariages inusités entre celui-ci et différents instruments. En 2001, une autre église du quartier, Très-Saint-Rédempteur, s’est ajoutée aux lieux de diffusion, suite à l’installation en ses murs d’un orgue du facteur québécois Karl Wilhelm.
Rapidement, ORGUE ET COULEURS a élargi son champ d’action en présentant différentes activités tout au long de l’année : la LIGUE D’IMPROVISATION À L’ORGUE (2001-2006) dont les matchs se déroulaient dans plusieurs villes du Québec de janvier à mai ; l’étonnant marathon d’orgue LES 24 HEURES DU BANC (2000-2006) était présenté lors du week-end du Grand Prix automobile de Montréal ; l’activité ORGUES OUVERTES (2000-…) présentée durant les Journées de la culture permet, chaque année depuis neuf ans, à une trentaine d’organistes à travers le Québec de faire connaître le roi des instrument aux résidants de leur quartier respectif.
À l’été 2003, le Service culturel de la ville de Montréal a confié à ORGUE ET COULEURS l’organisation des CONCERTS POPULAIRES DE MONTRÉAL, une série estivale de musique symphonique présentée au Centre Pierre-Charbonneau. Pour sa 44e saison (2008), LES CONCERTS POPULAIRES DE MONTRÉAL, ont attiré plus de 8 000 spectateurs.
ORGUE ET COULEURS a reçu, du Regroupement indépendant des diffuseurs d’événements artistiques unis du Québec (RIDEAU), les prix Initiative 2001 pour le FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE et Initiative 2003 pour la Ligue d’improvisation à l’orgue; du Conseil québécois de la musique, le prix Opus 2001-2002 Directeur artistique de l’année (Régis Rousseau) et le prix Opus 2002-2003 Diffuseur de l’année pour le 4e FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE; de l’Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse, le prix de la « Meilleure représentation à l’étranger » pour son projet Musicora/Paris 2003.

ORGUE ET COULEURS bénéficie du soutien et de la collaboration de plusieurs partenaires dont le ministère du Patrimoine canadien, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, le ministère des Affaires municipales et des Régions du Québec, le Conseil des arts de Montréal et le Service du développement culturel de la ville de Montréal.

INFOS : 514-899-0938 - www.orgueetcouleurs.com http://www.orgueetcouleurs.com

Éric Bélanger à POP Montréal

Eric Bélanger à Pop Montréal le 4 octobre !

Montréal, le lundi 29 septembre 2008. – Auteur-compositeur-interprète, Eric Bélanger a lancé son premier album, Bananaspleen, le mardi 16 septembre dernier. Il sera de retour sur scène le samedi 4 octobre dans le cadre du Festival Pop Montréal. C'est à 21 h 30 au Gymnase (4177, rue St-Denis) que l'on pourra écouter Éric et découvrir sa façon unique d'habiter la scène. Il partagera la soirée avec Jane Ehrhardt et Darren Hayman (Hefner).

Pop Montréal est un festival international de musique indépendante qui rend hommage aux superstars établies ainsi qu'aux étoiles montantes. Le Festival présente des talents francophones et anglophones internationaux jumelés avec les meilleurs artistes du Québec et du Canada.

Finaliste et gagnant de plusieurs prix au Festival de Granby 2006 (coup de cœur du ROSEQ, coup de cœur de Tadoussac, coup de cœur festival Pully-Québec en Suisse), participant de l'aventure On s'en va à Granby (diffusée sur les ondes de Musimax en 2007) et gagnant de deux prix au concours Vue sur la relève (coup de pouce Pop Montréal et coup de pouce Vue sur la relève / Création etc.), Éric Bélanger fait ses débuts dans l'univers de la musique. Il revient tout juste de Suisse, où il a pu charmer lors du Festival Pully-Québec. Psycho-éducateur auprès des jeunes en difficulté, il écrit et chante depuis à peine 5 ans.

Bien que relativement nouveau sur la scène musicale québécoise, Éric Bélanger compte bien s'y installer … et y demeurer ! Bananaspleen est disponible en magasin depuis le mardi 9 septembre. Les billets pour le spectacle du samedi 4 octobre sont en vente au www.popmontreal.com.

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NMC - November Mini Festival

New musical inventions that provoke, awaken and inspire

November Mini-Festival

GENERATION 2008 – November 1

THE MONTREAL STOCKHAUSEN PROJECT – November 15

SYDNEY HODKINSON, HOPE LEE & DAVID EAGLE – November 30

Toronto, September 29, 2008: New Music Concerts launches its 38th season with a splendid trio of concerts to brighten up the month of November. Once again, NMC looks forward to a colourful variety of challenges in a quest for outstanding performances. “Presenting a convincing musical performance through interaction with the composer, realizing their every wish, is one of the most satisfying pleasures of performing music today”, ponders Robert Aitken, renowned flute virtuoso and artistic director of NMC. “Ideally, a performer should work with the composer. Imagine the excitement of playing for Bach or Mozart. A performer’s interpretation of a work should be a mirror of the composer’s mind and guide the listener along the path of his musical imagination.”

With this concept as a starting point, NMC proudly presents GENERATION 2008 on Saturday, November 1 at The Music Gallery. The touring program of l’Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM+) under the direction of Véronique Lacroix has become a bi-annual feature of New Music Concerts programming. It is 100% Canadian and illustrates the fabulous compositional talent we have in the youth of this country. Four young composers are chosen by jury and invited to compose for ECM+, where the pieces are workshopped and eventually performed. These compositions will be given their world premiere performances in Toronto on November 1 including works by Fuhong Shi (a Toronto-based composer whose NMC commissioned Lightenings went on to win the 2008 Karen Kieser Prize for Canadian Music), Scott Good (Toronto), Michael Berger (BC) and Brian Harman (Montreal).

When polling NMC’s audience, the name of the composer most frequently mentioned is Karlheinz Stockhausen. So NMC is pleased to bring The MONTREAL STOCKHAUSEN PROJECT to the Enwave Theatre (Harbourfront Centre) on Saturday, November 15. This concert features Montreal’s celebrated flutist Lise Daoust and four other Montreal musicians who have worked extensively with Stockhausen, and whose performances have met with his satisfaction. “Our original idea was to commemorate his 80th birthday”, explains Robert Aitken, “but with his passing at 79 on December 7, 2007 there is even more reason to present this concert with musicians who know exactly how his music should be performed”. The program of works for flutes, basset horn and electronics includes AVE and ENTFÜHRUNG; FLAUTINA and KATHINKAS GESANG. These live performances will be preceded by a presentation of the seminal electronic composition GESANG DER JÜNGLINGE.

GENERATION 2008 and The MONTREAL STOCKHAUSEN PROJECT are part of Harbourfront Centre’s Québec Now – A celebration of contemporary Québec arts and culture in Toronto

From September to December 2008, Québec Now! showcases the best of contemporary culture from Québec in theatre, dance, music, visual arts, literature and film. Harbourfront Centre is very proud to partner with the Bureau du Québec à Toronto

and the Ministre de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec to present Québec Now!, one of the largest organized Québécois arts and cultural celebrations to take place in Toronto.

On Sunday, November 30, composers SYDNEY HODKINSON, HOPE LEE & DAVID EAGLE share the stage at The Music Gallery. Winnipeg born composer Sydney Hodkinson feels himself very much a Canadian in spite of having spent his professional career south of the border. Hodkinson taught composition and conducting at the Eastman School and now directs the Contemporary Music Ensemble at the prestigious Aspen Colorado Music Festival. His works are fascinating, highly crafted and original; they provide a marvelous contrast to the music of Calgary-based composers Hope Lee and David Eagle who decided to celebrate 25 years of marriage by producing a CD of their chamber works for the Centrediscs label. The disc includes a New Music Concerts broadcast recording of Lee’s Voices in Time (commissioned by NMC) and new recordings of her Fei Yang for string quartet and accordion (also an NMC commission) and David Eagle’s Breath for string quartet and electronics. Both of these works feature NMC core string players Accordes, with Joseph Macerollo the accordionist on Fei Yang. NMC is happy to mark the launch of the CD by including these two pieces on the November 30 concert.

Saturday November 1, 2008 at The Music Gallery (197 John Street, Toronto)

GENERATION 2008: ECM+; Véronique Lacroix;

Tim Brady, electric guitar; Scott Good, trombone;

Michael Berger (Canada, b.1980) – Skeleton (2008)

Scott Good (Canada, b.1972) – Shock Therapy Variations (2008)

Fuhong Shi (China/Canada, b.1976) – Kaleidoscope (2008)

Brian Harman (Canada, b.1981) – Gregarious Machines (2008)

7:15 Illuminating Introduction with the composers / 8PM Concert

Tickets: 416-204-1080 - $33 (reg)/$20 (seniors/arts workers)/$10 (students)

Saturday, November 15 at the Enwave Theatre (Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queen’s Quay)

The MONTREAL STOCKHAUSEN PROJECT

Lise Daoust; Geneviève Déraspe; Chloé Labbé; François Duval; Marie-Hélène Breault

Karlheinz Stockhausen (Germany 1928 – 2007):

FLAUTINA (1989) (flutes)

AVE from MONTAG AUS LICHT (1984/85) (G flute and basset horn)

ENTFÜHRUNG from MONTAG AUS LICHT (1986) (piccolo and electronics)

KATHINKAS GESANG from SAMSTAG AUS LICHT (1983) (flute and electronic music)

7:15 Illuminating Introduction includes GESANG DER JÜNGLINGE (1955-56) / 8PM Concert

Tickets: 416-973-4000 - $33 (reg)/$20 (seniors/arts workers)/$10 (students)

Sunday, November 30 at The Music Gallery (197 John St., Toronto)

SYDNEY HODKINSON, HOPE LEE & DAVID EAGLE

Accordes; Joseph Macerollo; Fujiko Imajishi, NMC Ensemble conducted by Sydney Hodkinson

David Eagle (Canada, b.1955) – Breath (1998)

Sydney Hodkinson (Canada, b.1934) Rogatio Gravis (2003)

Hope Lee (Taiwan/Canada, b.1953) – Fei Yang (2001)

Sydney Hodkinson – Bricks: Concerto fantasia for solo violin and chamber sextet (2005)

Sydney Hodkinson – Requiescant: Elegy for chamber sextet (2001)

7:15 Illuminating Introduction with the composers / 8PM Concert followed by CD release party.

Tickets: 416-204-1080 - $33 (reg)/$20 (seniors/arts workers)/$10 (students)

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New Music Concerts gratefully acknowledges the support of The Canada Council for the Arts; Toronto Arts Council; The Department of Heritage through Arts Presentation Canada; The Province of Ontario through the Ontario Arts Council & the Ontario Arts Foundation Endowment Fund; The Goethe Institut; The Julie-Jiggs Foundation; The Koerner Foundation; The McLean Foundation; Roger D. Moore; The SOCAN Foundation; The Imperial Tobacco Canada Foundation; The Amphion Foundation Inc.; The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.; Edward Epstein and Gallery 345

Le CRTC accorde une nouvelle fréquence à Radio Ville-Marie

Dans une décision rendue publique le vendredi 26 septembre dernier, le Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes accorde une nouvelle fréquence à Radio Ville-Marie (CIRA-FM), soit le 104,1 FM à Rimouski. «Ce média spécialisé a connu une vive croissance au cours des cinq dernières années. Nous sommes fiers de cette décision car elle répond à une demande répétée de la population de Rimouski.» mentionne Jean-Guy Roy, directeur général. À l'aube de ses 14 ans d'existence, le réseau de la Société Radio Ville-Marie occupe maintenant une place enviable dans le paysage médiatique québécois.

Entrée en ondes en 1995, Radio Ville-Marie diffuse présentement aux fréquences 91,3 FM à Montréal, 100,3 FM à Sherbrooke, 89,9 FM à Trois-Rivières et 89,3 FM à Victoriaville. Selon un vaste sondage CROP, réalisé auprès de 4112 répondants, Radio Ville-Marie rejoint 306 000 auditeurs dans le Grand Montréal et l'Estrie. Ce média spécialisé qui aborde les grandes questions humaines, sociales, culturelles et spirituelles a le vent dans les voiles. «Radio Ville-Marie a du succès parce qu'elle touche le cœur et les préoccupations des gens de chez nous»affirme Jean-Guy Roy qui est à la barre de cette radio depuis bientôt neuf ans.

Devant la diminution des émissions sociales, culturelles et spirituelles, la question identitaire des Québécois et la recherche de valeurs inspirantes, Radio Ville-Marie répond à un besoin réel et le grand public lui manifeste sa vive satisfaction. «En tant que média spécialisé, RVM s'inspire des grandes valeurs et traditions qui ont façonné notre histoire, notre patrimoine collectif et notre identité commune. RVM, propriété d'une société à but non lucratif, se définit comme un service de radiodiffusion d'inspiration chrétienne. C'est une belle radio et les gens s'y reconnaissent.» ajoute Jean-Guy Roy.

Elle est devenue au fil des années, l'une des radios des plus culturelles du Québec. Radio Ville-Marie c'est un vaste réseau de personnes et d'organismes engagés au cœur de la société québécoise pour la promotion des valeurs de justice, de solidarité, d'intelligence et de respect. La nouvelle station devrait entrer en ondes au début 2009 à la grande joie des Rimouskois. Radio Ville-Marie, tout un monde à découvrir!

Pour informations : (514) 382-3913
Courriel : cira@radiovm.com

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Une radio branchée sur la vie;
Un carrefour culturel impressionnant;
Une radio de solidarité;
Un média d'avenir.