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A 90th celebration of John Beckwith

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Program:

  • Introductory Remarks (Prof. Robin Elliott, Chalmers Chair in Canadian Music)
  • A Game of Bowls / John Beckwith (Yang Chen, Kevin Mulligan, Jonny Smith, percussion)
  • Follow Me / John Beckwith (Peter Stoll, clarinet and Adam Zukiewicz, piano)
  • Stacey. At the Day of Judgment, God will say ; Okay, God, say what you like ; Once it seemed almost violent, this music ; I used to think there would be a blinding flash of light / John Beckwith (Monica Whicher, soprano and Steven Philcox, piano)
  • J'ai perdu mon amant / arr. John Beckwith (Monica Whicher, soprano and Steven Philcox, piano).

A celebration in honour of the Faculty of Music's 75th anniversary

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall.

Program:

  • The weaver / Oskar Morawetz (Mark DuBois, tenor ; Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet ; Patricia Parr, piano)
  • Impromputs / John Weinzweig (Patricia Parr, piano)
  • Synthetic trios / John Beckwith (Barbara Hannigan, soprano ; Ameene Shishakly, clarinet ; Stephen Clarke, piano)
  • Piano quartet no. 2 / Talivaldis Kenins (Paul Meyer, violin ; Steven Dann, viola ; David Hetherington, cello ; William Aide, piano).

A celebration of Faculty of Music composers

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Women's Chamber Choir ; Dr. Lori-Anne Dolloff, conductor ; Eunseong Cho, collaborative pianist ; MacMillan Singers ; David Fallis, conductor ; Trevor Dearham, assistant conductor ; Lara Dodds-Eden, collaborative pianist

Program:

  • If My Voice Departs / Shireen Abu-Khader (Ineza Mugisha, soloist)
  • How the Blossoms are Falling / Ramona Luengen
  • Birdsong / Paul Read (Sierra Ward-Bond and Alyssa Meyerwitz, soloists)
  • One Sister Have I in Our House / Larysa Kuzmenko
  • Psalm Trilogy / Srul Irving Glick (Claire Latosinsky, Olivia Spahn-Vieira, Roanna Kitchen, Heeyun Lee, Abigail Kirton, Abigail Sinclair and Shelley Mayer, soloists ; with Members of the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra)
  • Ikan Kekek / Tracy Wong (Roanna Kitchen, soloist ; Breanne Dharmai and Emily Harris, hand drums)
  • Blanche comme la neige / arr. Ernest MacMillan (Dante Santone, Lutzen Riedstra, Derrell Woods, Christian Umipig, soloists)
  • I Sing / Matthew Emery (Trevor Dearham, conductor ; Aleh Remezau, oboe)
  • Psalm 1, from "Harp of David" / John Beckwith (Gabrielle Turgeon, Olivia Guselle, Emily Rocha, Jeremy Tingle, Kai Leung, soloists)
  • Come lovely and soothing death / James Rolfe
  • Encroachment / Tristan Zaba (Rachel Allen, Kristian Lo, soloists)
  • Night music / Derek Holman (Autumn Zhao, Mara Bowman, soloists ; with Members of the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra).

A concert of works by John Beckwith

File consists of a program and recording from a concert in Walter Hall. The concert of his music marked his retirement from the University of Toronto as the Jean A. Chalmers Professor of Canadian Music and Director of the Institute for Canadian Music.

Program:

  • Old Meg Merillies (Patricia Kern, mezzo soprano ; William Aide, piano)
  • Eight miniatures from the Ash Collection. Excerpts (Lawrence Beckwith, violin ; John Beckwith, piano)
  • Sharon fragments (University of Toronto Concert Choir ; James Pinhorn, conductor)
  • Arctic dances (Lawrence Cherney, oboe ; William Aide, piano)
  • Duo on H.E.S.A.E.S. (Curtis Dietz, Melody Stepto, trumpets)

A program of choral contrasts

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert, which took place in a concert hall in the Edward Johnson Building.

Performers: The University of Toronto Concert Choir ; Charles Heffernan, conductor ; The University Singers ; William Wright, conductor

Program:

  • Excerpts from Mass no. 2 / Antonio Lotti (Concert Choir)
  • In these delightful pleasant groves / Purcell (University Singers)
  • Abendständchen / Brahms (University Singers)
  • The Sun Dance / John Beckwith (combined choirs ; John Beckwith, conductor)
  • Widerspruch / Schubert
  • The pasture from Frostiana / Randall Thompson
  • Vocalise / Wilbur Chenoweth (Naomi Oliphant, soprano ; Colleen Farrier, piano)
  • Dry bones, a rhythmic spiritual / arr. Livingston Gearhart (Roberto Occhipinti, string bass)
  • Hava Nagila, and Israeli folk dance / arr. Abraham Kaplan
  • Neighbours' chorus from La jolie Parfumeuse / Offenbach
  • Freudig begrüssen wir die Halle from Tannhäuser / Wagner

A Schubert programme : Anton Kuerti, pianist

File consists of a program from a concert in the "Special Events" series at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, in the Concert Hall, Edward Johnson Building. Program notes by John Beckwith and Anton Kuerti.

Performers: Anton Kuerti, piano

Program:

  • Moments musicaux, op. 94 / Schubert
  • Fantasy in C major, op. 15 / Schubert
  • Sonata in G major, op. 78 / Schubert.

An evening of songs in English with Stephanie Blythe : John R. Stratton visitor in music

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Program:

  • Let the florid music praise ; On this island. Seascape / Benjamin Britten (Jennifer Krabbe, soprano ; Michelle Kim, piano)
  • An evening hymn / Henry Purcell ; St. John's girl / John Beckwith (Lutzen Riedstra, baritone ; Asal Iran Mehr, piano)
  • Nocturne / Michael Head ; Nocturne / Samuel Barber (Amanda Cogan, soprano ; Asher Farber, piano)
  • Silent noon / Ralph Vaughan-Williams ; The seal man / Rebecca Clarke (Whitney O'Hearn, mezzo soprano ; Rina Kim, piano)
  • The crucifixion ; The monk and his cat ; The desire for hermitage / Samuel Barber (Keena Eloise, soprano ; Ivan Jovanovic, piano)
  • Evidence of things not seen. A glimpse / Ned Rorem ; I hear an army / Samuel Barber (Dann Mitton, bass ; Narmina Afandiyeva, piano)
  • Lament of Ian the proud / Charle Griffes ; Come to me in my dreams / Frank Bridge (Danika Loren, soprano ; Jennifer Liu, piano)
  • Life loves life ; I've seen you ; Appreciations. Question ; To bring you here / Alan Louis Smith (Stephanie Blythe, mezzo soprano ; Steven Philcox, piano)
  • Hymn / Dominick Argento ; The Serpent / Lee Hoiby (Ainsley Wray, soprano).

Beethoven : the string quartet cycle ; Beethoven and the classical finale

File consists of a recording of the concert.

Performers: John Beckwith, lecturer ; Orford String Quartet (Andrew Dawes, Kenneth Perkins, violins ; Terence Helmer, viola ; Marcel Ct-Cyr, cello).

Program:

  • Lecture : part 1
  • Lecture : part 2, concluding with a performance of the finale of String quartet no. 13 : op. 130

Berlin Philharmonic Octet

File consists of a program from a concert in the Concert Hall at the Edward Johnson Building. Program notes by John Beckwith.

Performers: Berlin Philharmonic Octet (Alfred Malacek, violin ; Rudolf Harmtann, violin and viola ; Kunio Tsuchiya, viola ; Heinrichs Majowski, cello ; Rainer Zepperitz, double bass ; Herbert Staehr, clarinet ; Hans Lemke, bassoon ; Gerd Seifert, horn).

Program:

  • Octet / Boris Blacher
  • Octet (Four fantasies from "Kammermusik 1958") / Hans Werner Henze
  • Octet / Paul Hindemith.

Borodin Quartet

File consists of a program from a concert that took place in the Concert Hall, Edward Johnson Building. Program notes by John Beckwith.

Performers: Borodin Quartet (Rotislav Dubinsky, Yaroslav Alexandrov, violins ; Dimitri Shebalin, viola ; Valentin Berlinsky, cello)
Revised program:

  • Third quartet, op. 22 / Hindemith
  • Quartet no. 4 in D major, op 83 / Shostakovich
  • Five movements for string quartet, op. 5 / Webern
  • Quartet in F major, op. 59, no. 1 / Beethoven.

Canada Council : articles, talks, and brief

File consists of copy of brief from Canadian Music Council; typescripts of preparatory articles on performance (Gilles Lefebvre, JMC), public libraries (Ogreta McNeill, CMLA), university libraries (Graham George, Queen's), foreign relations (Boyd Neel, RCM), composers (John Beckwith, CLC), and music education (Leslie Bell); photocopy of talk by MacMillan on receiving Canada Council medal, 1964.

Canada dash, Canada dot

File consists of a program from a concert presented by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in co-operation with BMI Canada Limited. The concert took place in the Concert Hall of the Edward Johnson Building.

Performers: Nancy Griffin, Virginia McLeod, Jonathan Beckwith, Arch McDonell, Sandy Webster, speakers ; Mary Morrison, soprano ; Patricia Rideout, contralto ; Jan Van Evera, folksinger ; Richard Braun, baritone ; Walter Verikaitis, bass ; Robert Aitken, flute, piccolo ; Bernard Temoin, clarinet, bass clarinet ; Fred Stone, trumpet ; Ted Roderman, trombone ; Vair Capper, percussion ; Corol McCartney, violin ; Eugene Hudson, viola ; William Kuinka, mandolin, string bass ; Gordon Kushner, piano, celeste ; John Beckwith, piano, celeste, harmonium.

Program:

  • Canada dash, Canada dot / John Beckwith, James Reaney.

Canadian art song project : paint me a song

File consists of a program and recording of the concert, which took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano ; Christopher Enns, tenor ; Steven Philcox, piano

Program:

  • Dear Theo. The Red Vineyard ; I Found a Woman ; Little One ; The Man I Have to Paint ; When I'm at Work ; Already Broken ; Souvenir / Ben Moore
  • Four Short Songs. Song ; Table ; Why? ; Earth / John Beckwith
  • Miss Carr in Seven Scenes. Oh, These Mountains! ; A Glimpse of God ; Rhythm and Space ; (Letters: Reams of Horrid Letters ; Mr. Hatch Wrote ; Compliments, Hanna Lund) ; A Movement Floating Up ; I'm Just Whizzy! ; Uncovered / Jeffrey Ryan.

Canadian song recital

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall.

Program:

  • Collection of six unrelated songs / Walter Buczynski (Lorna MacDonald, soprano ; Walter Buczynski, piano)
  • Six songs to poems by e.e. cummings / John Beckwith (Mark Pedrotti, baritone ; Brahm Goldhamer, piano)
  • Part of seven / Walter Buczynski (Lorna MacDonald, soprano ; Walter Buczynski, piano)
  • Bright Phoebe / Keith Bissell ; Coatman's saloon / Robert Fleming ; L'Amant malhereux ; The St. John's Girl (Mark Pedrotti, baritone ; Brahm Goldhamer, piano)
  • The Valentine songs / Walter Buczynski (Lorna MacDonald, soprano ; Walter Buczynski, piano).

Case study, a multipurpose quintet

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert, which took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: Robert A. Venables and Norman Garcia, trumpets ; Geoffrey Leader, French horn ; Susan Dustan, trombone ; Sal Fratia, tuba ; Dianne Aitken, and Joanne Geerling, flutes ; Marie Bérard, violin ; David Wadley, viola ; Paul Widner, cello ; Doug Watson, soprano saxophone ; Wendy Rothwell, alto saxophone ; Jean Ducharme, tenor saxophone ; Brian Crone, baritone saxophone ; David Longenecker, double bass

Program:

  • Case study, a multipurpose quintet. Quintet 1 / John Beckwith (Robert A. Venables and Norman Grace, trumpets ; Geoffrey Leader, French horn ; Susan Dustan, trombone ; Sal Fratia, tuba)
  • Case study, a multipurpose quintet. Quintet 2 / John Beckwith (Dianne Aitken and Joanne Geering, flutes ; Marie Bérard, violin ; David Wadley, viola ; Paul Widner, cello)
  • Case study, a multipurpose quintet. Quintet 3 / John Beckwith (Doug Watson, soprano saxophone ; Wendy Rothwell, alto saxophone ; Jean Ducharme, tenor saxophone ; Brian Crone, baritone saxophone ; David Longenecker, double bass)

Composer commission records

Subseries consists of records, including correspondence with composers and reports to and correspondence with granting agencies, for works commissioned by Esprit Orchestra. Esprit received commissioning support from Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Laidlaw Foundation.

Commissioned composers include: David Adamcyk, Robert Aitken, Istvan Anhalt, Sergio Barroso, Bob Becker, John Beckwith, Norma Beecroft, Allan Gordon Bell, Roger Bergs, Rose Bolton, Walter Boudreau, Brian Cherney, Brian Current, Omar Daniel, Paul Dolden, Tomas Dusatko, José Evangelista, Harry Freedman, Paul Frehner, Scott Good, Denis Gougeon, Chris Paul Harman, Vincent Ho, Peter Paul Koprowski, Harry Kucharzyk, Larry Lake, Michael Longtin, Alexina Louie, Raymond Luedeke, Andrew P. MacDonald, Bruce Mather, Maxine McKinley, Phil Nimmons, John Oswald, Alex Pauk, Yannick Plamondon, John Rea, André Ristic, James Rolfe, Erik Ross, Jeffrey Ryan, R. Murray Schafer, Ana Sokolovic, Harry Somers, Barry Truax, Owen Underhill, and John Wyre.

Composers : letters

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence with commissioning composers and about commisions for the John Adaskin Project. Correspondents include: Hilda Morgan, Graham Coles (Berandol Music Limited), George Andrix, Thomas Baker, John Beckwith, W.H. Belyea, Keith Bissell, Dean G. Blair, Alexander Brott, Morley Calvert, Donald Coakley, Maurice Dela, Joe Macerollo, Quenten Doolittle, Margaret Dryman, Mario Duschenes, Harry Freedman, James M. Gayfer, David Keane, Talivaldis Kenins, David Ford, R.E.J. Milne, Lois Kivesto, Dermott O'Reilly, Irene Pasch, Peter H. Riddle, Godfrey Ridout, David W. Murray, R. Murray Schafer, Harry Somers, Mrs. G. A. Steele, Paul Sweetman, and James Whicher.

Composers play : fundraiser for New Music Concerts

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 as a fundraiser for New Music Concerts (NMC), which featured various composers associated with NMC performing music of their choice.

Performers: Brian Current, Adam Sherkin, John Beckwith, Bruce Mather, pianos ; Robert Aitken, flute ; Andrew Staniland, guitar ; Scott Good, trombone ; Adam Scime, contrabass.

Concert Band and Chamber Winds : Canadian wind music

File consists of a program and a recording of a concert in MacMillan Theatre by the Concert Band and Chamber Winds, conducted by Stephen Chenette and Melvin Berman.

Program:

  • Fanfare of pride and joy / Tibor Polgar
  • Caracole / Lynne Smyth (premiere)
  • Epitaphium "The struggle with faith" / J. Scott Irvine
  • Out of the blues / John Weinzweig
  • Elastic band studies / John Beckwith
  • Romantic variations / Morley Calvert
  • Prologue and dramatic music for winds and percussion / Donald Coakley.

Contemporary music and ethnomusicology : concert and discussion

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert, which took place in MacMillan Theatre.
Performers: various

Program:

  • Floating Cloud for Small Orchestra / Liang Min-yueh
  • Sinfonía India / Carlos Chávez (University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra ; Victor Feldbrill, conductor)
  • First Rhapsody for Violin and Piano / Béla Bartók (Lorand Fenyves, violin ; Pierre Souvairan, piano)
  • Dahomey Suite for Oboe and Piano / Mieczyslaw Kolinski (Barbara Bolte, oboe ; Charles Foreman, piano)
  • Yün / Chou Wen-chung (Peg Rannem, flute ; Richard Thomson, clarinet ; Kathy Husband, bassoon ; Norah Fraser, horn ; Tim Watson, trumpet ; Rick Carswell, trombone ; Allen Beard, Jerry Ronson, percussion ; Lawrence Brown, piano ; John Beckwith, conductor)
  • To the lands Over Yonder : Eskimo Hunting Song / John Weinzweig
  • Miniwanka / R. Murray Schafer
  • Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outports. Si j'avais le bateau / Harry Somers (University of Toronto Concert Choir ; Lloyd Bradshaw, conductor)

Contemporary music ensemble

File consists of the program and recording from the event.

Program:

  • Mother's apple pie / Marjan Mozetich (Marjan Mozetich, piano)
  • G A S / John Beckwith (University of Toronto Concert Choir)
  • Piece for trombone / John Cage (John Dowden, trombone)
  • Prospects / Alex Pauk (unidentified performers).

Correspondence with composers and performers, mainly of the 1960s avant-garde

File contains correspondence with: Frances (James) Adaskin, Murray Adaskin, Bill Aide, Anne Aitchison, Istvan Anhalt, Robert and Mary Ashley, Stanley Lunetta, Larry Austin (Source magazine), John Beckwith, Michael van Biel, George Caccioppo, Barney Childs, Oliver Daniel, Marvin Duchow, Judith Dunn, Morton Feldman, Dick Higgins, Harold Henderson, Otto Joachim, Burton Kaplan, Karl Kohn, Ernst Krenek, Brian Longworth (student composer at McGill), Alvin Lucier, William Maraldo, Edward Miller, John Mills-Cockell, Gordon Mumma, Roger Reynolds, Gardner Read, Raymond Rendall, George Rochberg, Donald Scavarda, Murray Schafer, Harry Somers, Bertram Turetzky, Aurelio de la Vega, Raymond Wilding-White, Eugene Wilson, and Klaus van Wrochem.

Electroacoustic music

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall.

Program:

  • Synchronisms no. 3 / Mario Davidovsky (Vladimir Orloff, cello)
  • Fantasie / Paul Pedersen
  • The medium / Chris Meloche
  • Shoko no sho / Dennis Patrick (Joseph Macerollo, accordion)
  • Four microclips / Gustav Ciamaga
  • Upper Canadian hymn preludes / John Beckwith (John Tuttle, organ)
  • Rhythmic voodoo / Lesley Barber (Beverley Johnston, percussion).

Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan : A memorial tribute

File consists of a program from the memorial tribute to Sir Ernest MacMillan at Convocation Hall, University of Toronto.

Program:

  • Hymn. Praise to the Lord
  • Opening words and tribute by Albert Trueman
  • Cortege academique / MacMillan (Charles Peaker)
  • I sing of a maiden / MacMillan (Lois Marshall and string trio)
  • Tribute by Robertson Davies
  • Two sketches on French Canadian airs / MacMillan (string ensemble from the Toronto Symphony)
  • Tribute by Charles Peaker
  • St. Matthew Passion. Excerpts / Bach (Lois Marshall and ensemble)
  • Tribute by John Beckwith
  • Blanche comme la neige / MascMillan (Toronto Mendelssohn Choir ; Elmer Iseler, conductor)
  • Closing words by Albert Trueman
  • Hymn. The Strife is o'er / arr. MacMillan
  • Benediction by the Very Rev. Arthur Moore
  • Chorale prelude on Vulpuis / Willan (Charles Peaker).

Faculty artist series : Canadian songbook for tenor

File consists of a recording of the concert by Darryl Edwards, tenor and Jack Behrens, piano.

Program:

  • Two William Blake Poems. I Love the Jocund Dance ; Piping Down the Valleys Wild / Oskar Morawetz
  • Two Landscapes for Tenor (Kenneth Patchen). The sea is awash with roses ; We must be slow / Srul Irving Glick
  • When the Spirit Dances (Nancy Telfer). Now we are most alive / Nancy Telfer
  • The Last Straw (Frederick Thury). O Ink-Black Night / Ruth Watson Henderson
  • Young Man from Canada. Young Man from Canada (Cariboo) ; Peter Emberley (Miramachi) ; De seretnék hajnal csillag lenni (Hungarian, Saskatchewan) ; Le Roulier (Gaspé) / arr. John Beckwith
  • "The Search for Love and Happiness." Les Papillons (Théophile Gauthier) / Omer Létourneau ; Le Ciel est si Bleu (Paul Verlaine) / André Mathieu ; Dissidence (Gabriel Charpentier). Le crie de joie / Pierre Mercure
  • Christopher Pratt Poems. A meeting in the street ; It is when I see my friends asleep / Jack Behrens
  • Poems for Music (Robert Hillyer). Miss Helen Lang ; It is easy to forget a song ; Twentieth Century / Jack Behrens.

Faculty artists composers' concert

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert, which took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: Nancy Mathis, violin ; Walter Buczynski, piano ; James McLean, tenor ; Gianetta Baril, harp ; Patricia Creighton, flute and piccolo ; Paul Grice, bass clarinet ; Harcus Hennigar, horn ; Marc Widner, piano ; Dominique Laplante, violin ; Ronald Hay, viola ; Dorothy Lawson, cello ; Peter Jones, bass ; Robin Engelman, conductor ; Dianne Aitken, flute ; Marie Berard, violin ; Jean Ducharme, tenor saxophone ; Geoffrey Leader, horn ; Paul Widner, cello ; Leslie Kinton, piano ; James Anagnoson, piano ; Hamis Gordon, oboe ; Donald Ross, clarinet ; Donald Shore, bassoon ; Michael White, trumpet ; Paul Prefontaine, violin ; Denis Beliveau, violin ; Ronald Hay, viola ; Beverly Spotton, viola ; Helen Kopec, cello ; Peter Jones, double bass ; John Hawkins, conductor

Program:

  • Sonata for Violin and Piano / Walter Buczynski (Nancy Mathis, violin; Walter Buczynski, piano)
  • Three songs for tenor and harp / John Hawkins (James McLean, tenor; Gianetta Baril, harp)
  • Concertino / Edward Laufer (Patricia Creighton, flute and piccolo ; Paul Grice, bass clarinet ; Harcus Hennigar, horn ; Marc Widner, piano ; Dominique Laplante, violin ; Ronald Hay, viola ; Dorothy Lawson, cello ; Peter Jones, bass ; Robin Engelman, conductor)
  • Case study / John Beckwith (Dianne Aitken, flute ; Marie Berard, violin ; Jean Ducharme, tenor saxophone ; Geoffrey Leader, horn ; Paul Widner, cello)
  • Canadiana for two pianos / Lothar Klein (Leslie Kinton, piano ; James Anagnoson, piano)
  • Concerto for 14 instruments / Talivaldis Kenins (Patricia Creighton, flute ; Hamish Gordon, oboe ; Donald Ross ; clarinet ; Donald Shore, bassoon ; Geoffery Leader, French horn ; Michael White, trumpet ; Paule Prefontaine, Marie Brerard, Denis Beliveau, violins ; Ronald Hay, Beverly Spotton, violas ; Helen Kopec, Paul Widner, cellos ; Peter Jones, double bass ; John Hawkins, conductor)

Faculty artists series : programme 3

File consists of a program and recording from a concert in Walter Hall.

Program:

  • Sonata in C major for cello and piano, op. 119 / Sergei Prokofiev (Vladimir Orloff, cello ; Patricia Parr, piano)
  • Chansons madecasses / Maurice Ravel (Linda Bennett, mezzo soprano ; Suzanne Shulman, flute ; Vladimir Orloff, cello ; William Aide, piano)
  • Avowals / John Beckwith (Henry Ingram, tenor ; John Beckwith, keyboards)
  • Quintet in E-flat major, K. 452 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Richard Dorsey, oboe ; Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet ; David McGill, bassoon ; Eugene Rittich ; Patricia Parr, piano).

Faculty of Music Deans 1970-1997

File consists of photographs from a group photo shoot of Faculty of Music Deans: John Beckwith (1970-1977); Gustav Ciamaga (acting Dean, 1977-1978, Dean 1978-1984); Carl Morey (1984-1990); Paul Pedersen (1990-1995); Robert Falck (acting Dean, 1995-1996); and David Beach (1996-).

Faculty of Music open house

File consists of a program from the Open House at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. The day included a welcome address by Dr. Boyd Neel, Dean of the Royal Conservatory of Music and a concert by students of the Faculty of Music, introduced by Prof. Ezra Schabas, as well as tours and discussions of various Faculty of Music courses by professors. The day ended with a concert by the University of Toronto Concert Band.

Faculty reference files

Subseries consists of reference files for various staff and faculty at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. These files were maintained by the promotions office (primarily by Edith Binnie, promotions officer, 1963-1984) and used in the creation of promotional material, including the Faculty's newsletter. Files include memorandums, correspondence, contracts for performances outside of the Faculty, news clippings about activities at the Faculty, and reports on activities and special projects.

Subseries includes files on the following individuals and ensembles: William Aide, Michael Albano, Amici, Raffi Armenian, John Arpin, Gianetta Baril, Lee Bartel, John Beckwith, Boris Berlin, Melvin Berman, Edith Ann Binnie, Douglas Bodle, Russell Braun, Dennis Brott, Walter Buczynski, James Campbell, Ronald Chandler, Stephen Chenette, Gustav Ciamaga, Martha Collins, Steve Dann, Victor Danchenko, Andrew Dawes, Alex Dean, Bernard Diamant, Daniel Domb, Mark DuBois, John Edwards, David Elliott, Barry Elmes, Robin Engelman, Robert Falck, Victor Feldbrill, Lorand Fenyves, Fenyves-Orloff-Parr Trio, Harry Freedman, Ann Cooper Gay, Rivka Golani, Nicholas Goldschmidt, John Greer, Gryphon Trio, Doreen Hall, Christos Hatzis, John Hawkins, Nancy Hermiston, David Hetherington, Pierre Hetu, Derek Holman, Andrew Hughes, Barney Ingraham, Elmer Iseler Singers, Jacques Israelievitch, Wayne Jeffery, Irene Jessner, Gaynor Jones, Eli Kassner, Talivaldis Kenins, Patricia Kern, James Kippen, Lothar Klein, Zoltan Kodaly, Norbert Kraft, Anton Kuerti, Gary Kulesha, Jeanne Lamon, Rosemarie Landry, Lorne Lofsky, Judy Loman, Che Anne Loewen, Boris Lysenko, Lorna MacDonald, Ernest MacMillan, Rika Maniates, Stacey McCartney, Rob McConnell, Lois McDonall, Timothy McGee, Deborah Milsom, Thomas Monahan, Oskar Morawetz, Carl Morey, Mike Murley, Daniel Neff, Nexus, Phil Nimmons, Harvey Olnick, Orford String Quartet, Vladimir Orloff, Patricia Parr, Dennis Patrick, Roy Patterson, Paul Pedersen, Joel Quarrington, Louis Quilico, Stephen Ralls, Doreen Rao, Erika Raum, Paul Read, Gary Relyea, Godfrey Ridout, Eugene Rittich, Shauna Rolston, George Sawa, Ezra Schabas, Pat Shand, St. Lawrence String Quartet, Nora Shulman, Suzanne Shulman, Pierre Souvairan, Scott St. John, Richard Summers, David Tanner, Ivars Taurins, Colin Tilney, Toronto Consort, Joaquin Valdepenas, Cameron Walter, John Weinzweig, William Wright, David Zafer.

Follow us

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Peter Stoll, clarinet ; Adam Piotr Zukiewicz, piano.

Program:

  • "Arpeggione" Sonata / Franz Schubert, arr. J. Brymer
  • Follow Me (2013) / John Beckwith
  • Sonata No.1, op.105 / Robert Schumann, arr. Stephan Korody-Kreutzer.

Gamut ensemble

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: gamUT ensemble ; Norbert Palej, director ; Constantine Caravassilis, assistant conductor ; Adam Scime, composer-in-residence.

Program:

  • Five lyrics of the Tang Dynasty / Beckwith
  • Trio for oboe, harp and percussion / Bacewcz
  • Lachrymae / Britten
  • Paganini variations / Lutoslawski
  • Symphony no. 4 / Ustvolskaya
  • After the riot. Three short movements for flute, double bass and piano
  • Vajra / Jonathan Harvey.

Gamut ensemble

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: gamUT Ensemble Norbert Palej, director ; Ivan Barbotin, assistant conductor ; Noam Lomish, coposer-in-residence ; Vinko Globokar, distinguished visitor in composition ; David Schotzko, percussion ; Irvin Chow, dancer ; Sung-Ah Choi, dancer ; Michelle Zetts, dancer ; Angela Blumberg, choreography ; Saman Shahi, conductor ; Greg Harrison, drum set.

Program:

  • Corporel / Vinko Globokar
  • Seven romances on verses by Alexander Blok / Dimitri Shostakovich
  • Echoes of thiele / John Beckwith
  • Les citations / Henir Dutilleux
  • La ronde / Globokar
  • Discom.Mimifority.Sincertcy (...perpetual immnersion in being...) / Mitch Renaud
  • The nagila mayster / Noam Lemish

Great composers of the 20th century

File consists of a program and recording of the concert, which took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: Student Chamber Ensemble ; Ka Nin Chan, conductor.

Program:

  • Eight pieces for four timpani. Canaries / Elliott Carter (John Thompson, timpani)
  • Sonata for two pianos. Theme with variations / Igor Stravinsky (Kent Price, Amanta Scott, piano)
  • Sonatine / Karlheinz Stockhausen (Nancy Borusiewich, violin ; Leslee Lebar, piano)
  • 15 pieces for harp. Shadows / John Weinzweig (Sharlene Wallace, harp)
  • 15 pieces for harp. Quick march / John Weinzweig (Laura Stephenson, harp)
  • Sonatas and interludes (excerpts) / John Cage (Michael Karswick, prepared piano)
  • Sharon fragments / John Beckwith (Christine Sawicki, Sandra Schwartz, Susan Westmacott, Mirium Wolf, sopranos ; Francine Himelfarb, Carol Richardson, Jacqueline Tracy, Sheila Wills, altos ; Robert Kirstein, Jay Lambie, tenors ; Bruce Alcock, David Parker, Craig Penrose, Steve Warkentin, bass ; Julia Iacono, accompanist)
  • Funf Stucke fur Orchester, op. 10 / Anton Webern (Christine Feierabend, flute, piccolo ; Genevieve Graham, oboe ; Ameene Shishakly, E-flat clarinet ; Laurie Bell, B-flat clarinet ; Janet Parker, horn ; Valerie Cowie, trumpet ; John Loretan, trombone ; Laura Stephenson, harp ; Ian Wright, Craig Penrose, percussion ; Tony Streisslberger, celeste ; Janet Peaker, harmonium ; Liz Alford, violin ; Sheila Smyth, viola ; Margot Marlatt, cello ; Jeremy Webster, contrabass ; Any Charron, mandolin ; Rachel Gauk, guitar)
  • Baroque variations. Phorion / Lukas Foss (Jennifer Cluff, piccolo ; Christine Feierabend, flute ; Genevieve Graham, Lawrence Charge, oboe ; Brian Simpson, Ameen Shishakly, Laurie Bell, clarinet ; Maurizio Rossetto, soprano saxophone ; Eric Degray, bassoon ; Janey Sargent, Jennifer Wilson, Colleen Young, horn ; Mary Jay, Craig Penrose, Steve Warkentin, trumpet ; Lee Milliken, trombone ; Bruce Alcock, tuba ; Ian Wright, Craig Penrose, Lee Milliken, percussion ; Srah Tay, electric piano ; Andy Charron, electric guitar ; Paul Jenkins, electric organ ; Carol Fujino, Anita Buttemer, Valerie Sylvester, Marie-Andree Demers, Vicky Dvorak, Joanna Zabrowarna, violin ; Sheila Smyth, Marie-Claude BRunet, Rena De Coursey, viola ; Margot Marlatt, cello).

Great young Canadian singers

File consists of a program and recording of the concert, which took place at Walter Hall.

Performers: University of Toronto Voice Studies students, (Laura Albino ; Allison Bent ; Susan Black ; Trevor Bowes ; Melinda Delorme ; Lisa Di Maria ; Amy Dodington ; Stephen Erickson ; Tonya Leah Gordon ; Wayne Gwillim ; Iain Macpherson ; Michael McBride ; Eve Rachel McLeod ; Kristen Mueller ; Liliana Piazza ; Giles Tomkins ; Jordan A. Travis ; Jillian Yemen) ; Mia Bach, piano ; Gergely Szokalay, piano ; George Brough, piano ; Lorna MacDonald, head of Voice Studies.

Program:

  • Elijah. Lift thine eyes / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
  • Si mes vers avaient des ailes / Reynaldo Hahn
  • Five lyrics of the T'ang dynasty 1947. On a rainy night / John Beckwith
  • Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth / Henry Purcell
  • Toccata for flute and voice / Harry Freedman
  • Prison / Gabriel Faure
  • Youth and love / Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • The Nursery. In the corner ; sailor the cat / Modest Mussorgsky
  • La clemenza di Tito. S'altro che lagrime / Mozart
  • Vol d'oiseau dans la matinee / Jean Papineau-Couture
  • Pirates of Penzance. Hail poetry! / Sir Arthur Sullivan
  • Danto d'anime / Giacomo Puccini
  • Songs from the distaff muse. Roundelay "love is like the wild-rose briar" / Jean Coulthard
  • Der nussbaum / Robert Schumann
  • Isreal in Egypt. Thou in thy mercy / G.F. Handel
  • Erlkonig / Granz Schubert
  • Scene from the last duel / Gary Kulesha
  • Candide. Make our garden grow / Bernstein.
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