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Seminar I : reports

File consists of correspondence and reports following the first symposium of the John Adaskin School Music Project in Toronto. File includes material from Robert "Bob" Fleming, R. Murray Schafer, Anne Eggleston, and John Adaskin. File also includes notes from talks given during the symposium, including preliminary remarks by Keith Bissell; "The Composer in Music Education" by C. Laughton Bird; and Adaskin's draft final report.

Graded elementary music plan

File consists of proposals, policies, forms, form letters to composers, correspondence, press releases, copies of newspaper articles, reports, and other records pertaining to the initial years of the John Adaskin Project. The project, under the leadership of John Adaskin, was initially named the "Canadian Contemporary Graded Educational Music Project" and received funding from the Canada Council in 1961. The file includes a copy of Adaskin's initial suggested plan for the project (submitted July 25, 1961); notes on Seminar I, held November 1963, with 15 Canadian composers in attendance (Murray Adaskin, Louis Applebaum, Samuel Dolin, Anne Eggleston, Robert Fleming, Harry Freedman, Talivaldis Kenins, Alfred Kunz, William McCauley, Francois Morel, Clermont Pepin, Murray Schafer, Harry Somers, Norman Symonds, and John Weinzweig) as the first commissioning composers of the project; and materials from Sminar II, held March 1965, with the following Canadian composers: Murray Adaskin, Anne Eggleston, Robert Fleming, Harry Freedman, Talivaldis Kenins, Alfred Kunz, Murray Schafer, Harry Somers, and John Weinzweig.

Six hundred year anniversaries

File consists of a recording of a fundraising concert for New Music Concerts (NMC) at Gallery 345 featuring the music of John Cage, John Weinzweig, Barbara Pentland, Witold Lutoslawski, Conlon Nancarrow, and Henry Brant.

[Unidentified orchestras : n.d.]

Compilation of recordings of Canadian music:

  • Champagne dances vallagroises / Ridout
  • Barn dance / Weinzweig
  • Piano concerto / Weinzweig
  • Piece concertante / Jean Papineau concerto
  • Symphony in 10 parts, second movement / Barbara Pentland
  • Flute, percussion / Gilles Tremblay
  • Electronic studios (Dance music) / Ann Southam
  • Concerto grosso / Symonds
  • Moonlight / Schafer
  • Influence of country / Somers

[Acadamy Symphony Orchestra : February 18, 2007]

Performers: Academy Symphony Orchestra ; Victor Feldbrill, conductor ; Deniz Tahberer, violin
Program:

  • Edge of the world / John Weinzweig
  • Violin concerto in D major, op. 61 / Beethoven
  • Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 43 / Sibelius

Miscellaneous tickets, invitations, and correspondence

File contains tickets, invitations, and miscellaneous correspondence sent to Carl Morey. File includes correspondence from Istvan Anhalt, John Beckwith, Joanne Mazzoleni, Healey Willan, Mario Bernardi, Richard Bradshaw, Jean Edwards, Neil Morey, and John Weinzweig. One letter from Anhalt includes enclosed photograph of Morey, Anhalt, John Burge, Marjan Mozetich, and Gordon Smith with a display on Anhalt at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (January 11, 2002).

Encyclopedia of Music in Canada : contributions

File consists of Carl Morey's research notes and contract with the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada to write articles for: Istvan Anhalt, Francesco D'Auria, The Fisherman and his Soul [ballet by Harry Somers and Grant Strate], House of Atreus [ballet by Grant Strate, music by Harry Somers], Red Ear of Corn [ballet by Boris Volkoff, music by John Weinzweig], Rose Latulippe [ballet by Brian Macdonald, music by Harry Freedman], Deirdre [by Healey Willan], H.M.S. Parliament [or, the Lady who Loved a Government Clerk, with libretto by William H.], The Luck of Ginger Coffey [by Raymond Pannell], Loving (Toi) [by R. Murray Schafer], Ten Centuries Concerts, Canadian Opera Company (Toronto), Herman Geiger-Torel, [R.S.] Williams (Individual and Company), and Mason & Risch.

New Music Festival

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall as part of the New Music Festival, directed by Cindy Babyn and Gary Kulesha.

Program:

  • Songs for the sisters / Philip Loosemore
  • Various tones / Chris Matey (Kay Royer, clarinet ; Michel Allard, piano)
  • Parodies and travesties / John Weinzweig (MEasha Gosman, soprano ; Jessica Lloyd, mezzo soprano ; Christina Petrowska, piano)
  • TBA / Nexus (Bill Cahn, Robin Engelman, John Wyre, Bob Becker, Russell Hartenberger ; Lee Stevens, guest percussion).

Contemporary music ensemble

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall by the Contemporary Music Ensemble, directed by Gary Kulesha.

Program:

  • Sonata for ten wind instruments / James Tenney
  • Two pieces for three instruments / Edison Denisov
  • Improvisation no. 1 / Ryo Noda
  • The owl and the pussycat / Igor Stravinsky
  • Wedding song / John Corigliano
  • Waltz / Charles Ives
  • Rhapsody / Arthur Honegger
  • Conversations for three guitars / John Weinzweig
  • Hommage a Pierre / Edison Denisov.

A recital of music by Canadian composers

File consists of a program from a concert in Walter Hall by Alan Stellings, cello and mg hynes, piano.

Program:

  • Sonata no. 1 / Andre Prevost
  • Walking between worlds / mg hynes (premiere)
  • Fantasy no. 2 / Oskar Morawetz
  • Fantasy no. 1 / Morawetz
  • Sonata "Damiana" / Alan Stellings (premiere)
  • Sonata "Israel" / John Weinzweig.

The Concert Band

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in MacMillan Theatre by the Concert Band, conducted by Stephen Chenette and Cameron Walter.

Program:

  • Concerto for band / Gordon Jacob
  • Dreaming on the 2238 / Walter Buczynski (premiere)
  • Enigma variations, op. 36 / Edward Elgar, trans. Earl Slocum
  • Vive la Canadienne / Donald Coakley
  • Out of the blues / John Weinzweig
  • The pines of Rome / Ottorino Respighi, trans. Guy M. Duker.

Contemporary music ensembles

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall by the Contemporary Music Ensemble, directed by Gary Kulesha.

Program:

  • To be sung upon the water. Excerpts / Dominick Argento
  • 15 pieces for harp. Excerpts / John Weinzweig
  • Music for an imaginary musical / John Hawkins (premiere)
  • 2 pieces / Edison Denisov
  • 2 pieces for two pianos / Alan Hovhaness
  • 7 romances on poems of Alexander Blok / Dmitri Shostakovich.

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).

80th birthday concert : John Weinzweig

File consists of a program and a recording of a concert in celebration of John Weinzweig's 80th birthday.

Program:

  • Divertimento no. 1 for flute and string orchestra (Nora Shulman, flute)
  • Tremologue for solo viola (Steven Dann, viola)
  • Private collection. Selections (Mary Lou Fallis, soprano ; Monica Gaylord, piano)
  • Sonata for violin and piano (Martin Beaver, violin ; Mary Kenedi, piano)
  • Refrains for contrabass and piano (Joel Quarrington, contrabass ; Mary Kenedi, piano)
  • 15 pieces for harp. Selections (Judy Lowman, harp)
  • Divertimento no. 11 for English horn and string orchestra (Lawrence Cherney, English horn ; Victor Feldbrill, conductor)

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.

Featuring recent graduates of the Faculty of Music

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

Program:

  • Five pieces for harp / John Weinzweig (Lori Gemmell, harp)
  • Sonata in D major, op. 94 for flute and piano / Sergei Prokofiev (Louis Papachristos, flute ; Guy Lalime, piano)
  • Le travail du peintre / Francis Poulenc (Brett Polegato, baritone ; Carol Isaac, piano)
  • Trois ballades de Francois Villon / Claude Debussy (Brett Polegato, baritone ; Carol Isaac, piano)
  • La valse / Maurice Ravel (Elizabeth Laich, Marcel Bergmann, piano)

University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra

File consists of a program from a concert by the University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Hetu, in MacMillan Theatre.

Program:

  • Overture to La gazza ladra / Gioacchino Rossini
  • Symphonic ode / John Weinzweig
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 77. Allegro non troppo / Johannes Brahms (Jeremy Bell, violin)
  • Symphony no. 5, op. 47 / Dmitri Shostakovich.

Concert Band with members of the Wind Symphony

File consists of a program and recording of a concert by the Concert Band with members of the Wind Symphony, conducted by Stephen Chenette, "Dances for Band," in Walter Hall.

Program:

  • Slavonic dances, op. 46. Selections / Antonin Dvorak, arr. Clair W. Johnson
  • Morris dance from Henry VIII / Edward German, arr. L.P. Laurendeau
  • Ecossaise and polonaise for military band / Ludwig van Beethoven, adapted by Eric Leidzen
  • Polka from Schwanda, the bagpiper / Jaromir Weinberger, arr. Glenn C. Bainum
  • Round dance / John Weinzweig, arr. Howard Cable
  • Three dance episodes from Spartacus / Aram Khachaturian, arr. Donald Hunsberger
  • Batuque / Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, arr. Richard L. Wolfson
  • Vintage foxtrot and Greek dance from Concertino for three brass / Floyd E. Werle
  • Romantic waltz / Domenico Savino
  • Suite of old American dances / Robert Russell Bennett
  • Danza final from Estancia / Alberto Ginastera, arr. David John.

University of Toronto Concert Choir

File consists of a program and recording from a concert by the Concert Choir, conducted by Doreen Rao, in Walter Hall.

Program:

  • Non vos relinquam orphanos / William Byrd
  • Ave verum corpus
  • Sing joyfully
  • Locus iste / Anton Bruckner
  • Ave Maria
  • Mass in G major, BWV 236 / J.S. Bach
  • Music, spread thy voice around / G.F. Handel
  • Lullaby / Imant Raminsh
  • In the arms of Morpheus / John Weinzeig (world premiere)
  • Orkney lullaby / Donna Gartman Schultz
  • Cantate pour une joie. A cry for joy / Pierre Mercure
  • Four love song waltzes / Johannes Brahms
  • Serenade to music / Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Candide. Make our garden grow / Leonard Bernstein.

University of Toronto Wind Symphony

File consists of a program and recording from a concert by the Wind Symphony, conducted by Stephen Chenette, with McGill Chamber Winds, conducted by Rodbert Gibson, in the MacMillan Theatre.

Program:

  • Octuor / Claude Pascal
  • Prismes - Anamorphoses / Francois Morel
  • Old French dances for brass / arr. Peter Reeve
  • Fanfare of pride and joy for twelve trumpets and band / Tibor Polgar
  • Vive la Canadienne / Donald Coakley
  • Out of the blues / John Weinzweig
  • Round dance / John Weinzweig, adapted by Howard Cable
  • Lincolnshire posy / Percy Grainger.

Ingrid Attrot, soprano

File consists of a program and recording from a concert by Ingrid Attrot, soprano, winner of the 1986 Eckhardt-Gramatte National Music Competition, in Walter Hall.

Program:

  • Italienisches Liederbuch. Excerpts / Hugo Wolf
  • Cage d'oiseau / Serge Garant
  • The poet's echo / Benjamin Britten
  • Opus 12 / Anton von Webern
  • Private collection / John Weinzweig.

Hello out there! : Canada's new music in the world, 1950-85

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

Program:

  • Firewind / John Burke (Pierrette LePage, Bruce Mather, piano)
  • Aquello / Mariano Etkin (Pierrette LePage, Bruce Mather, piano) (premiere performance) [not recorded]
  • Fifteen pieces for harp / Jphn Weinzweig (Judy Loman, harp) [not recorded]
  • Regime onze, type A / Bruce Mather (Pierrette LePage, Bruce Mather, piano)
  • Time for three / Robert Turner (Jean MacPhail, mezzo-soprano ; Douglas Perry, viola ; William Aide, piano).

University of Toronto Wind Symphony

File consists of a program from a concert by the Wind Symphony, conducted by Stephen Chenette, at the College Band Directors National Association, 24th National Conference, at Northwestern University.

Program:

  • Fanfare of pride and joy for twelve trumpets and band / Tibor Polgar
  • Ensembles for winds / Gary Kulesha
  • Out of the blues / John Weinzweig
  • Elastic band studies in four movements / John Beckwith
  • Prologue and dramatic music for winds and percussion / Donald Coakley.

University of Toronto Wind Symphony

File consists of a program and recording of a concert by the Wind Symphony, conducted by Stephen Chenette, in the MacMillan Theatre.

Program:

  • Fanfare of pride and joy for twelve trumpets and band / Tibor Polgar
  • Ensembles for winds / Gary Kulesha
  • Out of the blues / John Weinzweig
  • Elastic band studies in four movements / John Beckwith
  • Prologue and dramatic music for winds and percussion / Donald Coakley
  • Batuque / Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, transc. Richard L. Wolfson
  • El salon Mexico / Aaron Copland, transc. Mark Hindsley
  • Sensemaya / Silvestre Revueltas, transc. Frank Benriscutto.

University of Toronto Wind Symphony

File consists of a recording and program from a concert by the Wind Symphony, conducted by Eugene Rittich, in the MacMillan Theatre.

Program:

  • Suite Algerienne. Marche militaire Francaise / Camille Saint-Saens, transc. M.H. Hindsley
  • Overture for winds, op. 24 / Felix Mendelssohn
  • Concerto for piano and winds / Igor Stravinsky (Andrew Dittgen, piano)
  • Pantomime / Pierre Mercure
  • Rainy river / Christopher Weait
  • Round dance / John Weinzweig, adapted by Howard Cable
  • Stratford suite / Howard Cable.

Judy Loman, harpist

File consists of a program and recording from a recital by Judy Loman in Walter Hall. The concert was the first annual harp scholarship concert.

Program:

  • The harmonious blacksmith variations / Handel, arr. Salzedo
  • Giga / Corelli, arr. Salzedo
  • Theme and variations / Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Sonata in C minor / Pescetti, arr. Salzedo
  • Three etudes / Carlos Salzedo
  • Four pieces for harp / John Weinzweig
  • Variations on a theme in ancient style / Carlos Salzedo
  • Jeux d'eau / Carlos Salzedo
  • Scintillation / Carlos Salzedo.

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).

The University of Toronto Concert Band

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

Performers: Martha Collins, soprano ; Stephen Chenette, conductor ; The University of Toronto Concert Band

Program:

  • Echospace / Gil Trythall
  • Elastic band studies / John Beckwith
  • Fantasia for concert band / J. Scott Irvine
  • Lincolnshire Posy / Percy Grainger
  • Three Japanese dances / Bernard Rogers (Martha Collins, soprano)
  • Round dance / John Weinzweig (trans. Howard Cable)
  • Batuque / Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez (trans. Richard L. Wolfson)
  • Suite of old American dances / Robert Russell Bennett

The University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra

File consists of a program from a concert by the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Victor Feldbrill with Ian McIntosh, soloist. The concert took place in MacMillan Theatre and featured the world premiere of John Weinzweig's Divertimento no. 8 for tuba and orchestra.

Program:

  • Symphonie fantastique / Berlioz
  • Symphony no. 35 in D major / Mozart
  • Divertimento no 8 for tuba and orchestra / John Weinzweig (world premiere).

The University of Toronto Wind Symphony joined by the Brass Choir

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

Performers: The University of Toronto Wind Symphony ; The Brass Choir ; Stephen Chenette, conductor ; Inna Golsband, mezzo-soprano ; Una Doyle, piano ; Norman Garcia, trumpet

Program:

  • Festmusik der Stadt Wien / Richard Strauss
  • Unknown track
  • Um Mitternacht from Lieder von Rückert / Gustav Mahler (Inna Golsband, mezzo-soprano)
  • Second chamber concerto / Gary Kulesha (Una Doyle, piano ; Norman Garcia, trumpet) [Commissioned by the University of Toronto Concert Band, with a grant from the Ontario Arts Council]
  • Occident et orient : op. 25 / Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Out of the blues (first performance) / John Weinzweig [Commissioned by the University of Toronto Concert Band, with a grant from the Ontario Arts Council]
  • Colonel Bogey / Kenneth J. Alford
  • National emblem / E. E. Bagley
  • The stars and stripes forever / John Philip Sousa
  • Barnum and Bailey's favorite / Karl L. King
  • Sensamayá / Silvestre Revueltas [trans. Frank Bencriscutto]

University of Toronto Wind Symphony

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

Performers: University of Toronto Wind Symphony ; Christopher Weait, conductor

Program:

  • Chester : overture for band (1956) / William Schuman
  • Divertimento no. 5 for solo trumpet, solo trombone and symphonic wind ensemble (1961) / John Weinzweig
  • Foung (1979) / Francis Chan
  • Notturno in C major (1826) / Felix Mendelssohn
  • Lincolnshire posy (1937) / Percy Aldridge Grainger
  • Florentiner march (Grande marcia Italiana) : op. 214 / Julius Fucik

The University of Toronto Concert Band

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

Performers: The University of Toronto Concert Band ; Ronald Chandler, conductor

Program:

  • Stratford suite : four Shakesperean scenes for concert band / Howard Cable
  • Upper Canada suite. The rifle boys ; Land of the silver birch ; The cattle buyer ; Lost loves / Lawrence R. Bond
  • Overture for winds / Gary Kulesha
  • Partita accademica / Godfrey Ridout
  • Round dance / John Weinzweig, adapted for band by Howard Cable
  • Romantic variations / Morley Calvert

Student chamber music concert

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

Performers: Carol Essex, vocalist ; Lee Ryan, vocalist ; Jane Smiley, vocalist ; Eileen Smith, vocalist ; Danny Neff, vocalist ; Peter Wall, vocalist

Program:

  • Trio/74 / Walter Buczynski (David Bourque, bass clarinet ; Nora Bumanis, harp ; Luc Michaud, double bass) ; Octet for wind instruments / Stravinsky (Eileen Fawcett, flute ; Jo-Ann Crook, clarinet ; Elizabeth Brickenden, Benson Bell, bassoons ; Kevin Gamble, Mary-Ann Lucus, trumpets ; Christopher Buller, Douglas Lavell, trombones ; Ezra Schabas, conductor)
  • I could write a book / Rodgers ; Liza ; Love is here to stay / Gershwin
  • Mountain greenery / Rodgers (George Gershwin Singers ; Michael Coghlan, Jim Wells, piano ; John Taylor, bass ; Michael Perry, drums ; arrangements by Gustav Ciamaga)
  • Quintet / John Weinzweig (Eileen Fawcett, flute ; Shelley Heron, oboe ; Don Stout, clarinet ; Ron George, horn ; Paul Buttemer, bassoon)

University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra : for Greta Kraus, Robert A. Rosevear, Pierre Souvairan and John Weinzweig

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

Performers: Myles Jordan, cello ; Victor Feldbrill, conductor ; The University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Program:

  • Presentation of honoured guests by Gustav Ciamaga
  • Fanfare for orchestra / Lothar Klein
  • Symphony no. 25 in G minor : K. 183 / Mozart
  • Schelomo, rhapsody Hebraic / Ernest Bloch (Myles Jordan, cello)
  • Symphony no. 5 : op. 100 / Sergei Prokofiev
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