Wind and Brass Workshop

CAMMAC

Canadian Amateur Musicians Musiciens Amateurs du Canada

Toronto Region

21 Dale Avenue #346 Toronto Ontario M4W 1K3

Phone: 416-925-6182

President: Kathy Gallyas

E-mail: gallyas@sympatico.ca or

Treasurer: Marion Wilk

marion@wilk.tv

CAMMAC presents a Wind and Brass Workshop

Saturday, April 25, 2009 1:30-4 p.m. ., CAMMAC, Canadian Amateur Musicians-Musiciens Amateurs du Canada will present Fran Harvey, Music and Education degrees from the University of Toronto. At the University of Toronto, she studied trumpet with Larry Weeks, James Spragg, Stephen Chennette, Robert Nagel and Armando Ghitalla and conducting with Victor Feldbrill, Stephen Chennette and Diana Brault.

The Winds and Brass Workshop will help players focus on sight-reading and performance skills. The workshop will focus on key performance skills such as dynamics, articulation, balance and blend, in an engaging hands-on learning experience. Tips and tools for great playing will be discussed and worked on through a variety of original works and arrangements for band. The Wind Band workshop welcomes all woodwind, brass and percussion players.

Fee: Non-members $20. Group fee: member rate (note, qualify 5 or more from the same group must apply: use separate forms please). Registration deadline: April 20, 2009.

For further information call 416-421-0779 or Toronto@cammac.ca.

www.cammac.ca

CAMMAC winds and brass workshop April 25, 2009

CAMMAC presents a Wind and Brass Workshop

Saturday, April 25, 2009 1:30-4 p.m. ., CAMMAC, Canadian Amateur Musicians-Musiciens Amateurs du Canada will present Fran Harvey, Music and Education degrees from the University of Toronto. At the University of Toronto, she studied trumpet with Larry Weeks, James Spragg, Stephen Chennette, Robert Nagel and Armando Ghitalla and conducting with Victor Feldbrill, Stephen Chennette and Diana Brault. The workshop will be held at Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View Boulevard. ( 1 block north of Eglinton and Yonge).

The Winds and Brass Workshop will help players focus on sight-reading and performance skills. The workshop will focus on key performance skills such as dynamics, articulation, balance and blend, in an engaging hands-on learning experience. Tips and tools for great playing will be discussed and worked on through a variety of original works and arrangements for band. The Wind Band workshop welcomes all woodwind, brass and percussion players.

Fee: Non-members $20. Group fee: member rate (note, qualify 5 or more from the same group must apply: use separate forms please. Registration deadline: April 20, 2009.

For further information call 416-421-0779 or Toronto@cammac.ca.

www.cammac.ca

Valentines Day concert and workshop with SHEILA JORDAN

Girls Night Out Jazz and Art of Jazz Present

SHEILA JORDAN CONCERT & WORKSHOP

Tickets on sale through TicketWeb online www.ticketweb.ca
or by phone 1-888-222-6608 as of January 15, 2009 .

Lisa Particelli's Girls Night Out jazz is launching a NEW vocal jazz event format to mark its fourth anniversary. The series begins with very special Valentine’Äôs Day concert featuring Vocal Jazz Legend Sheila Jordan at Chalkers Pub on February 14, 2009. Ms Jordan will also provide an intensive vocal workshop on February 15, 2009 at the Art of Jazz Studio at the Distillery Historic District.

February 14, 2009: Valentines Day concert with SHEILA JORDAN
Vocal jazz treasure Sheila Jordan returns to Toronto to perform an intimate Valentines Day concert. Sheila Jordan will be joined by Toronto jazz virtuosi, Dave Restivo on piano and Don Thompson on bass at Chalkers Pub. Seating is limited and reserved for ticketholders.

Critically acclaimed for her improvisational prowess as well as a deep emotional connection with her eclectic material, this 80 old shows no signs of slowing down. She maintains a busy schedule as a performer, recording artist, educator and jazz ambassador. Her latest release on the Canadian Justin Time record label titled Winter Sunshine was captured live at Montreal’Äôs Upstairs jazz club on Valentine’Äôs Day just last year.

Miss Jordan is a recent recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), the International Association of Jazz Educators Humanitarian Award (2007) and the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz for Lifetime of Service Award (2008).

There will be two seatings for this concert at Chalkers Pub, 247 Marlee Avenue,
North York on Sat, Feb 14, 2009:
¬… First show: doors open at 2:00pm. Showtime 2:30-4:00pm
¬… Second show: doors open at 6:00pm. Showtime 6:30-8:00pm.

February 15, 2009 from 1-5 pm: INTENSIVE VOCAL JAZZ WORKSHOP WITH SHEILA JORDAN
Art of Jazz and Girls Night Out jazz are thrilled to have Sheila Jordan conduct a 4 hour, in depth workshop in Toronto's Distillery Historic District. The workshop will be held at the Art of Jazz Studio, Toronto. Doors open at 12:30 pm and the workshop runs from 1:00-5:00pm.

Ms. Jordan’Äôs workshops typically explore the art of improvisation, vocal technique, methods of practice, repertoire choices and proper lead sheets. Pianist Dave Restivo will accompany Ms. Jordan. A limited number of participants will have the opportunity to perform and receive Ms. Jordan’Äôs feedback on their singing while those seated in the audience learn by observation.

Ms. Jordan is a much sought-after jazz educator who has mentored thousands of students over the past 30 years. She began teaching in 1978 (NYC), is a current faculty member of "Jazz in July" at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a visiting professor at Stanford University.

She has also been a featured teacher and performer at the annual Art of Jazz Celebration. Thanks to her extensive knowledge of the jazz idiom, many years’Äô experience as a performer and a personality that can be described as gracious, selfless and sensitive, Sheila is an ideal teacher for aspiring jazz singers of all levels.

Tickets go on sale at www.ticketweb.ca on Thurs, Jan 15, 2009 or by calling Ticketweb at 1.888.222.6608

Concert ticket price: *$25 each per show in advance or *$35 at the door.
Workshop ticket price: *$60 for participants and *$30 for audience seating.
Please note that participant tickets for the workshop are limited.

* ticket prices listed above do not include applicable service charges

Harbourfront Centre Courses & Workshops

Make time for you! A world of contemporary culture is waiting for you at Harbourfront Centre's Courses & Workshops!



TORONTO, Monday, December 22, 2008 ’Äî Travel to Harbourfront Centre, the most memorable and economical destination ever, to escape the winter cold and uncrate the spring sun with the city's best Courses & Workshops! Harbourfront Centre is pleased to offer a diverse and exciting line-up of contemporary culture courses throughout the winter and spring months. Adults can learn to paint; create their own website; explore the world of circus arts; tour the city's culinary neighbourhoods; go gallery hopping; make delicious candies and chocolates just in time for Valentine's Day; attend tea socials; join a book club; take a glass blowing course; and much more! Harbourfront Centre's Courses & Workshops are affordable and provide a perfect environment for adults to learn or improve skills, and expand their social circle with like-minded individuals at Toronto's leading arts and cultural centre.



Courses & Workshops begin on January 18, 2009 at Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. Register early as class size is limited. To register or for more information, the public can call 416-973-4093, e-mail learning@harbourfrontcentre.com or visit harbourfrontcentre.com/learn.



Winter/Spring 2009 Courses & Workshops



Visual Arts & Design

’Ä¢Expressive Arts (Sunday, January 18)

’Ä¢Drawing for Fashion Design (5 Mondays, January 19 to February 16)

’Ä¢Introduction to Botanical Drawing (5 Mondays, January 19 to February 16)

’Ä¢Sewing 101 (5 Mondays, January 19 to February 16)

’Ä¢Fashion 101 (5 Tuesdays, January 20 to February 17)

’Ä¢Painting (6 Tuesdays, January 20 to February 24)

’Ä¢Parent Workshop: Engaging Kids with Contemporary Arts (Saturday, May 9)

’Ä¢Toronto Island Watercolour Sketchbook (4 Sundays, May 24 to June 14)



Media Studies

’Ä¢Creating your own Website (6 Mondays, January 19 to February 23)

’Ä¢Demystifying the Digital Camera (Sunday, January 25)

’Ä¢Digital Photography Manipulation (Saturday & Sunday, February 21 & 22)



Performing Arts

’Ä¢Djembe Drumming (4 Thursdays, February 5 to 26)

’Ä¢Circus (6 Mondays, Session 1: May 25 to June 29; Session 2:6 Wednesdays, May 27 to July 8)



Seasonal

’Ä¢Candy-Making Workshop (Sunday, February 1)

’Ä¢From Beer to There (3 Thursdays, April 16 to 30)



Literary Arts

’Ä¢Authors at Harbourfront Centre Book Club (Ongoing, 3rd Tuesday of every month)



Urban & Cultural Studies

’Ä¢Film & Food Club (3 Fridays, February 6 to 20)

’Ä¢Tea 101 (4 Saturdays, February 21 to March 14)

’Ä¢Gallery Hopping (6 Wednesdays, April 21 to May 25)

’Ä¢Urban Portraiture (6 Tuesdays, April 21 to May 25)

’Ä¢Artistic Architecture in the Public Space (6 Wednesdays, April 22 to May 26)

’Ä¢Explore Toronto's Culinary Neighbourhoods (Saturday, April 25: Little India; Saturday, May 2: Kensington; Saturday, May 9: Chinatown;

Saturday, May 16: Little Italy)



Craft Studio Courses

’Ä¢Glass Blowing (Runs through May)

’Ä¢Ceramics (Runs year-round)

’Ä¢Introduction to Jewellery (Runs year-round)

’Ä¢Intermediate Jewellery (Runs year-round)

’Ä¢Textiles (Runs year-round)



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? Through May, Harbourfront Centre wants you to pause and make a connection to art, recreation, 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; enjoy while you skate on the Natrel Rink. Harbourfront Centre’Äîtime well spent.

COC March listings

FFree Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre

March 3 to March 31, 2009

Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts

145 Queen St. W. (at University Avenue)

The Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre includes concerts, performances and presentations by young artists, Canadian and international opera stars and COC staff. This is an exciting opportunity for Torontonians to experience the artistic excellence and cultural diversity of the city. All performances are free to the public.

Date	Series	Artist
March 3, 2009 12 ’Äì 1 p.m.	Vocal Series	Artists of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music perform Here and There and Everywhere: A Canopy of English Language Song. This program is filled with English language songs from the 19th to 21st centuries.
March 4, 2009 12 ’Äì 1 p.m.	Piano Virtuoso Series	Pianist Su Jeon, recent winner of the prestigious Eckhardt-Gramattˆ© Competition, performs Schumann's masterful Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor and Sophie-Carmen-Eckhardt-Gramattˆ©'s Piano Sonata No. 6 (1928/1952/1953). The first movement is played with only the right hand, the second movement with only the left hand, and the last with both.
March 5, 2009 12 ’Äì 1 p.m.	Piano Virtuoso Series	Pianist Stˆ©phan Sylvestre performs Prokofiev's final and rarely-performed Piano Sonata No. 9. After the epic and emotionally intense "war sonatas," this work, dedicated to the legendary Sviatoslav Richter, is intimate, gentle, simple and, in the end, peaceful.
March 10, 2009 12 ’Äì 1 p.m.	Chamber Music Series	Russian pianists Inna Perkis and Boris Zarankin, co-artistic directors of the Off Centre Music Salon, present Waltzing Through Russian Literary Salons. The program includes 19th-century Russian works featuring mezzo-soprano and COC Ensemble Studio graduate Krisztina Szabˆ„.
March 11, 2009 12 ’Äì 1 p.m.	Dance Series	In the world premiere of Frames, Zata Omm and choreographer William Yong, explore personal stories and perspectives with multimedia design highlights. Zata Omm is a contemporary dance company based in Toronto.
March 17, 2009 12 ’Äì 1 p.m.	Dance Series	The National Ballet of Canada presents Choreographic Explorations, which looks at the choreographic process with an exciting series of newly created works and works-in-progress.
March 19, 2009 12 ’Äì 1 p.m.	Chamber Music Series	Duo Ava, features young award-winning Quebec artists, Vˆ©ronique Matthieu on violin and Andrˆ©e-Anne Perras-Fortin on piano. The Dancing Violin features dances from across the ages, from stately minuets to tantalizing tangos. The program includes works by Mozart, Claude Champagne, William Bolcom and many more.
March 24, 2009 12 ’Äì 1 p.m.	Vocal Series	The young artists of the COC Ensemble Studio present Scenes from Bohemian Life highlights from the world's most popular opera, La Bohˆ®me. This opera tells the heartwrenching tale of impoverished young artists and lovers in the Latin Quarter of Paris.
March 26, 2009 12 ’Äì 1 p.m.	Vocal Series	Led by COC Chorus Master Sandra Horst, the singers of the Opera Division from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music perform, Two by Two by Opera, a concert of duets exploring the operatic aspects of love. The program explores courtship, seduction and celebration including excerpts from Ravel's L'heure espagnole and L'enfant et les sortilˆ®ges.
March 31, 2009 12 ’Äì 1 p.m.	Chamber Music Series	The Gryphon Trio, Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin, Roman Borys, cello and Jamie Parker, piano, along with Lynn Kuo and Marianna Humetska, present Nerenberg & Rival: A New Generation of Tonal Music. With music by up-and-coming Toronto composers, Mark Nerenberg and Robert Rival, this program blends minimalism, late Romanticism and popular music with a Classical approach.

Education and Outreach

March Break at the COC

The Canadian Opera Company's March Break at the COC is an interactive arts workshop offering children a fun and exciting way to explore music and art. The one-day workshop takes place on Friday, March 20, 2009, costs $25 per child and is held at the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre in Toronto. Young people ages 7 to 12 discover the world of acting, singing, music and design through interactive workshops led by professional artist-educators. This year, in just one day participants will recreate and perform their own version of Antonˆ‚n Dvo‰ôˆ°k's opera Rusalka, a story derived from Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. No musical experience is required.

	March Break at the COC Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre 227 Front St. E. (Front and Berkeley) Date: Friday, March 20, 2009 Time: 9 a.m. ’Äì 3:30 p.m. Fee: $25 (An additional $5 per participant for early drop¬‚off at 8:30 a.m.) Contact: 416-306-2377

For registration information, please contact the COC's Education and Outreach department at

416-306-2377 or visit www.coc.ca.

After School Opera Program

The Canadian Opera Company's popular After School Opera Program returns. The program introduces young people to the exciting elements that make up an opera. For only $10, children take part in a 10-week session that is held at two convenient locations in Toronto: East York Community Centre and Barbara Frum Community Centre. Under the guidance of Canadian composer Dean Burry, young people ages 7 to 12 create an original operatic work based on their own ideas and improvisations. Mr. Burry has worked closely with the COC over the years, composing several children's operas, including Isis and the Seven Scorpions and The Brothers Grimm. No previous music experience is necessary.

After School Opera Program

$10 per 10-week session

East York Community Centre

1081-1/2 Pape Ave. (Pape and O'Connor)

Spring Session: March 30 ’Äì June 8, 2009

Time: Mondays, 4 ’Äì 6 p.m.

Call 416-396-2896 to register

OR

Barbara Frum Community Centre

20 Covington Rd. (Lawrence and Bathurst)

Spring Session: March 31 ’Äì June 2, 2009

Time: Tuesdays, 4 ’Äì 6 p.m.

Call 416-395-6122 to register

For more information please contact the COC's Education and Outreach department at

416-306-2377 or visit www.coc.ca.

The After School Opera Program is generously supported by the Imperial Oil Foundation and

Kraft Canada.

Opera 101

The Canadian Opera Company presents Opera 101, a FREE event that treats young adults to a friendly, interactive, and informal discussion. On Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. opera neophytes have the chance to enjoy drinks and free munchies while getting the scoop on what opera is all about. Host, CBC Radio's Brent Bambury along with conductor Anne Manson, they discuss the COC's mainstage premiere of Benjamin Britten's transformation of William Shakespeare's enchanting play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Ms Manson is recognized throughout the world for her conducting achievements and served as Music Director of the Kansas City Symphony from 1999 to 2003.

Topics covered in the past include the design, production and directorial decisions involved in creating an opera. New this season, audience members are invited to stick around following the discussion to enjoy FREE, live musical entertainment.

Opera 101

FREE

The Drake Hotel

1150 Queen St. W. (at Beaconsfield Avenue)

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

at 7:30 p.m.

For more information please visit www.coc.ca

Sweetwater Music Festival 2008

SWEETWATER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008
September 19, 20, 21 2008

Artistic Director and critically acclaimed violinist Mark Fewer is pleased to announce the fifth annual SweetWater Music Festival, a series of chamber music concerts and free workshops for music students September 19 to 21, 2008 in Historic Leith Church and Division Street United Church in Owen Sound.

Artistic Director Mark Fewer (violin) and Associate Director Virginia Barron (viola) lead this year's all-star performer lineup which includes guest performer James Campbell (Artistic Director of Parry Sound's Festival of the Sound) and newcomer Michi Wiancko (violin), as well as returning performers Melanie Conly (soprano), Jonathan Crow (violin), Denise Djokic (cello), Peter Longworth (piano), Douglas McNabney (viola), Tom Wiebe (cello), and Rosanne Wieringa (flute).

This year's composer lineup includes: Boccherini, Colgrass, Brahms, Handel/Halvorsen, Haydn, Hindson, Hoiby, Murphy, Schnittke, Schoenberg, Schoenfield, and Stravinsky. Canadian composer Walter Buczynski's work "In Memoriam" will be perfomed in honour of teacher & pianist Earle Moss.

The Saturday pre-concert chat will be given by Artistic Director Mark Fewer. He will discuss the repertoire as well as speak about SweetWater and its presence at the local, national, and international levels. Sweetwater Music Festival will also continue the tradition of highlighting the work of local instrument makers during the series of concerts.

FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2008, 8pm, Historic Leith Church:
"transformations" works by Handel/Halvorsen, Colgrass, Stravinsky, Schnittke, Schoenberg.

SATURDAY, Sept. 20, 2008, 10am-12noon, Division Street Church in Owen Sound:
Student Master Classes (see below)

SATURDAY, Sept. 20, 2008, 8pm, Division Street Church in Owen Sound:
"about face" works by Hoiby, Boccherini, Buczynski, Murphy, Schoenfield, Hindson.
(Includes a pre-concert chat by Artistic Director Mark Fewer at 6:30pm)

SUNDAY, Sept. 21, 2008, 2pm, Historic Leith Church
"all good things" works by Haydn & Brahms

Student Master Classes Saturday, September 20, 10am - 12noon
Students interested in performing a solo or chamber work at this year's Masterclass can apply by mail to the address below. Applications should be submitted ASAP. For information, call 519-376-3517. Send applications to: Keith Medley, Box #392, Owen Sound ON N4K 5P7. Free to the performing students and open to the public.

Tickets:
Roxy Theatre Box Office 519-371-2833 (1-888-446-ROXY)
or call 519-371-1754
or email info@swmw.ca

Fri. Sept. 19 at Historic Leith Church: $30.00 (includes reception following)
Sat. Sept. 20 at Division Street Church: $25.00 (includes a pre-concert chat at 6:30pm)
Sun. Sept. 21 at Historic Leith Church: $30.00
Series tickets: $75.00