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1947-04-21/Canada/Toronto/Ephemera

Brochure for Forest Hill Village Concert and Theatre Series. Concerts feature Elie Spivak, Frances James, Ettore Mazzoleni, Lubka Kolessa, Volkoff Canadian Ballet, and Parlow Quartet. Composers are Harry Somers, Godfrey Ridout, John Weinzweig. Comes with form for ordering season's tickets.

60 years of music education celebration concert

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: James Campbell, clarinet ; University of Toronto Wind Ensemble ; Gillian MacKay, conductor ; University of Toronto Alumni Band ; Jeffrey Reynolds, conductor ; Ronald Chandler, conductor ; Stephen Chenette, conductor

Program:

  • Children's overture / Bozza, Eugène,1905-1991
  • Song / Bolcom, William
  • Les couleurs fauves / Husa, Karel,1921-
  • Dreaming of the masters I / Gilliland, Allan
  • O Canada / Lavallée, Calixa
  • Partita Accademica / Ridout, Godfrey
  • Clarinet Concerto no. 2 / Weber, Carl Maria von
  • Amazing Grace / Newton, John
  • On the mall / Goldman, Edwin Franko
  • Suite no. 1 in E-flat for military band / Holst, Gustav

A tribute to Healey Willan

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert.

Performers: Lois Marshall, mezzo-soprano ; Elmer Iseler Singers ; Elmer Iseler, conductor ; Robert Bick, flute ; Abe Gelber, clarinet ; James McKay, bassoon ; David Tanner, saxophone ; John Tickner, trumpet ; Stanley Clark, euphonium ; Marc Widner, piano ; David Campion, percussion ; University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra ; Victor Feldbrill, conductor

Program:

  • I beheld her, beautiful as a dove / Healey Willan
  • Fair in face / Healey Willan
  • Rise up, my love, my fair one / Healey Willan
  • Behold the tabernacle of God / Healey Willan
  • Address / Godfrey Ridout
  • Award announcement of the Healey Willan Prize and announcement of the Healey Willan Centennial Scholarship
  • Unveiling of a bust of Willan / Mary Willan Mason, John C. McCombe Reynolds, A.R.B.S., sculptor
  • Limericks / Somers
  • Through darkness into light : a symphonic poem / Healey Willan

An evening with Godfrey Ridout

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

Performers: David Zafer, conductor ; Godfrey Ridout, conductor ; Paul Prefontaine, violin ; William Aide, piano ; Douglas Perry, viola ; Rosemarie Landry, soprano ; James Spragg, trumpet ; University of Toronto Chamber Orchestra

Program:

  • Concerto grosso no. 1 / Godfrey Ridout (Paul Prefontaine, violin ; William Aide, piano)
  • Two ballades for viola / Godfrey Ridout (Douglas Perry, viola)
  • Cantiones mysticae no. 2 / Godfrey Ridout (Rosemarie Landry, soprano ; James Spragg, trumpet)
  • Two etudes for string orchestra / Godfrey Ridout

Canadian, British, and American classics

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: University of Toronto Wind Ensemble ; Jeffrey Reynolds, conductor.

Program:

  • George Washington bridge : and impression for band / William Schuman
  • Sea and sky and golden hill / David Bedford
  • The leaves are falling / Warren Benson
  • Tafelmusik / Godrey Ridout
  • One midsummer's morning / Derek Healey.

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.

Concert at Ottawa : [National Arts Centre Orchestra with Anton Kuerti]

File consists of a recording of a concert by the National Arts Centre Orchestra with Boyd Neel, guest conductor and Anton Kuerti, piano. The program included:

  • Fugal concerto, op. 40, no. 2 / Gustav Holst
  • Two etudes for string orchestra / Godfrey Ridout
  • Introduction and allegro / Robert Schumann
  • Appassionato in G, op. 92 / Schumann
  • Ballad for piano and orchestra/ Gabriel Faure
  • Symphony no. 97 in C / Franz Joseph Haydn.

Concert Choir

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

Performers: University of Toronto Concert Choir ; Charles Heffernan, conductor ; Godfrey Ridout, narrator ; Naomi Oliphant, pianist

Program:

  • The Glory of the Father / Egil Hovland
  • O sacrum convivium / Olivier Messiaen
  • Collect / Leslie Bassett
  • Saul / Egil Hovland [with introductory remarks].

Early works : songs and piano music

File contains the following:

  • 1950: Fugue no. 1, to Soulima Stravinsky
  • Fugue no. 2
  • Intermezzo, to Béla Böszörmènyi-Nagy
  • Mazurka
  • Prairie at evening (song)
  • Scherzo, to Joseph Roff
  • Sonata in C minor
  • Waltz, to Frances James
  • 1953: Nocturne, to Béla Böszörmènyi-Nagy
  • Nocturne, to Earle Moss
  • Prelude, to Andrew Bell
  • Prelude, to Joseph Roff
  • Scherzo, to Godfrey Ridout

Early works : songs and piano music

File contains the following:

  • Undated: Dance (words by Rupert Brooke)
  • Dream river (song)
  • 1945: Shining stars
  • Minuet
  • 1946: Marcia funebre / In memorium (Father C.W. James)
  • Dream waltz
  • Happy birthday
  • 1947: March
  • The evening tune
  • Rolling waves
  • In memorium (Ernest Dainty)
  • Fantasia
  • Lullaby
  • Serenade
  • March / Gay tune
  • Minuet
  • 1948: Impromptu, to Godfrey Ridout
  • The owl (words by Tennyson)
  • Romance in D flat, to Earle Moss
  • Wedding march, to Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Pheeney
  • 1949: Nocturne, to Murray Ross
  • Prelude

Edward Johnson Building concert hall organ, Casavant : Inaugural concerts

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

Program:

  • I will sing unto the Lord / John Amner
  • Hear my prayer, O Lord / Henry Purcell
  • Almighty God, which by the leading of a star / John Bull (Student chamber choir ; Douglas Bodle, conductor)
  • Fancy : for organ and computer-synthesized sound (premiere) / David Jaeger (Derek Healey, organ)
  • Introduction and passacaglia in d minor / Reger
  • Canon in b minor : op. 56, no. 5 / Schumann
  • Chorale no. 1 in e major / César Franck (Douglas Bodle, organ)
  • Concerto for organ, strings, and timpani / Derek Healey (Derek Healey, organ ; student ensemble ; Godfrey Ridout, conductor)

Faculty of Music alumni band and choir reunion : celebrating 70 years of music education

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: MacMillan Singers ; Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt, conductor ; Tracy Wong, assistant conductor ; Lara Dodds-Eden, collaborative pianist ; Wind Ensemble ; Alumni Choir and Band ; Dr. Gillian MacKay and Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, conductors.

Program:

  • Opening Remarks and Statement of Acknowledgement of Traditional Land (Dr. Ryan McClelland, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Music)
  • Elias. Siehe der Hüter / Felix Mendelssohn (Tracy Wong, conductor)
  • Elijah. Behold, God the Lord Passeth By / Felix Mendelssohn
  • Deutsches Requiem. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen / Johannes Brahms
  • Across the Vast, Eternal Sky / Ola Gjeilo
  • Ave verum corpus / Imant Raminsh
  • When Age and Youth Unite / Godfrey Ridout
  • Magnolia Star / Steve Danyew
  • Variations and Fugue on "The Wee Cooper of Fife" / Cedric Thorpe Davie
  • When the Sun Comes After Rain / Matthew Emery, arr. E.K.R. Hammell
  • Hannaford Overture / Scott Irvine
  • Closing Remarks (Dr. Lori-Anne Dolloff, Coordinator of Music Education)
  • Here's a Health to the Company / Lori-Anne Dolloff
  • O Canada / Calixa Lavallée, arr. David Marlatt.

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.

Godfrey Ridout

File consists of programs that included performances of pieces by Godfrey Ridout and copies of newspaper clippings about Ridout. Ridout (1918-1984) began teaching at the Toronto Conservatory of Music in 1940, before joining the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto (1948-1982).

[Godfrey Ridout letter to Victoria and Grey Trust Company with accompanying letters, September 2 1963]

  • OTUFM 02-2-1-Corr-0328
  • Item
  • September 2, 1963; April 1, 1960; June 13, 1960
  • Part of Kathleen Parlow fonds

Item is a letter from Godfrey Ridout to Victoria and Grey Trust Company dated September 2 1963. Attached to this letter is selected correspondence between Victoria and Grey Trust Company, Frame and Rodger, Kathleen Parlow, and David Rotenberg in regards to Kathleen Parlow's mortgage.
From: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984
To: Victoria and Grey Trust Company
Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963
Genre: Business correspondence

[Harry Kazarian letter to Godfrey Ridout]

Undated. Item written on Kazarian Brothers Manufacturers of High Grade Chocolates and Hard Candy stationary.
From: Kazarian, Harry
To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984
Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963
Genre: Business correspondence

Memorial service for Glenn Gould

File consists of a recording and a program from the memorial service..

Performers: Robert Aitken ; Maureen Forrester ; Elmer Iseler Singers ; The Orford Quartet ; Godfrey Ridout ; Steven Staryk ; John Tuttle and a Brass Quintet.

Music of the twenties

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

Program:

  • Kammermusik no. 4, op. 36, no. 3 / Paul Hindemith (Elizabeth McBurney, Dodie Layton, piccolos ; Betty Harbord, Deborah Cox, clarinets ; John Thrower, bass clarinet ; Brenda Adams, Paul Buttemer, bassoons ; Ivor Rothwell, contra-bassoon ; Chris Morrison, trumpet ; John Langley, trombone ; Dale Fawcett, tuba ; Richard Skol, drums ; Setven Dann, Susan Harris, Janet Langley, Bert Wathen, violas ; Sheila Laughton, Genevieve LaRue, Martin Shaver, Marjory Dow, cellos ; Joel Quarrington, Cary Takagaki, Jack Winn, Jan Urke, double basses ; David Zafer, violin soloist ; Ezra Schabas, conductor)
  • Façade : an entertainment / William Walton (Gaynor Jones, reciter ; Godfrey Ridout, reciter ; Robert Aitken, flute ; Stanley McCartney, clarinet ; John Thrower, bass clarinet ; David Tanner, alto saxophone ; Stephen Chenette, trumpet ; Vladimir Orloff, cello ; John Wyre, percussion ; Ezra Schabas, conductor).
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