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New Orford string quartet

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Jonathan Crow, violin ; Andrew Wan, violin ; Eric Nowlin, viola ; Brian Manker, cello.

Program:

  • Quartet in F minor, op. 95, "Quartetto serioso" / Ludwig van Beethoven
  • String Quartet (2014) / Gary Kulesha
  • Quartet in C minor, op. 51 No. 1 / Johannes Brahms.

University of Toronto wind ensemble and choirs in concert

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

Performers: Gillian MacKay and Hilary Apfelstadt, conductors ; Lisa Jack, graduate conductor ; Kevin Shen, saxophone.

Program:

  • High Wire / John Mackey
  • Dancing Lights of the North / Christiaan Venter
  • The Greatness of the New-Found Night / Gary Kulesha
  • Dream Dancer / Michael Colgrass
  • Mass No. 2 in e minor / Anton Bruckner.

New music festival : chamber music by Gabriel Prokofiev : the Roger D. Moore distinguished visitor in composition

File consists of a program and recording of the concert, which included the presentation of the distinguished visitor medallion to Gabriel Prokofiev by Don McLean.

Program:

  • The ghost of Gunby Hall / Gabriel Prokofiev (Giovanni Spina, Adanya Dunn, Tom Amir, cast)
  • Glass / Patrick McGraw (Cecilia String Quartet) (world premiere)
  • Bogle move / Gabriel Prokofiev (Cecilia String Quartet)
  • String quartet no. 1 / Gabriel Prokofiev (Cecilia String Quartet)
  • Sonata for flute and piano in three movements / Gary Kulesha (Susan Hoeppner, flute ; Gary Kulesha, piano) (world premiere)

New music festival : chamber music by Gabriel Prokofiev and University of Toronto composers

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Giovanni Spina ; Adanya Dunn, soprano ; Tom Amir, tenor ; supporting chorus and instrumentalists ; Cecilia String Quartet ; Susan Hoeppner, flute ; Gary Kulesha, piano.

Program:

  • The Ghost of Gunby Hall / Gabriel Prokofiev
  • Glass / Patrick McGraw
  • Bogle Move ; String Quartet no. 1 / Gabriel Prokofiev
  • Sonata for Flute and Piano in Three Movements / Gary Kulesha.

University of Toronto wind symphony

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: University of Toronto Wind Symphony ; Jeffrey Reynolds, conductor ; Canadian Brass, Ensemble-In-Residence ; (Chuck Daellenbach, Tuba; Caleb Hudson And Christopher Coletti, Trumpets; Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Trombone; Eric Reed, Horn.)

Program:

  • Tiger Tail March / Julie Giroux (B. 1961)
  • A Moorside Suite ; I. Scherzo Arr. Denis Wright ; II. Nocturne ; III. March / Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
  • Ensembles For Winds / Gary Kulesha (b. 1954)
  • Awayday / Adam Gorb (b. 1958)
  • Sang! / Dana Wilson (b. 1946)
  • Alleluia / Randall Thompson (1899-1984) ; Transcribed By Lewis J. Buckley
  • Shaker Suite, For Brass Quintet And Concert Band / Rayburn Wright (1922-1990).

New music festival : Mercer-Park duo

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Mercer-Park Duo ; Rachel Mercer, cello ; Angela Park, piano.

Program:

  • Soulmate / Chan Ka Nin
  • Starsail / Kevin Lau
  • Sonata for cello and piano (world premiere) / William Rowson
  • Crossings / Abigail Richardson-Schulte
  • Ex-Animo for 2 celli by Hunter Coblentz (with Amahl Rulanandam) / Hunter Coblentz
  • Work for cello (world premiere) / Matthew Todd
  • ...and dark time flowed by her like a river... / Gary Kulesha.

New music festival : music by Chen Yi and University of Toronto composers

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Susan Hoeppner, flute ; Rachel Mercer, cello ; Beverley Johnston, percussion ; Lydia Wong, piano ; Norbert Palej, conductor ; Midori Koga, piano ; Lydia Wong, piano ; Lorna MacDonald, soprano ; Angela Schwarzkopf, harp ; Ina Henning, accordion ; Alexa Wilks, violin ; Linnea Thacker, violin ; Alexander McLeod, viola ; Sarah Steeves, cello ; Beverley Johnston, percussion ; Peter Stoll, clarinet ; Steven Philcox, piano ; University of Toronto Viola Ensemble (Katharine Rapoport, director ; Christopher Arnold, Mohammed Abu Ramadan, Andrea Poon, Jesse Morrison, Matt Antal, Anne Prevost, Dongmin Kim, Stefan Ho, Julia Park, William Rowson, conductor) ; Marta Herman, mezzo-soprano ; Alexander McLeod, viola ; Shauna Rolston, cello ; Steven Philcox, piano.

Program:

  • China West Suite ; Qi / Chen Yi
  • Glimpses of the Moon ; Belonging / Chan Ka Nin
  • Woman runs with wolves / Alice Ho
  • Attitudes / Gary Kulesha
  • Three trios for nine violas / Alexander Rapoport
  • Anaktoria / Christos Hatzis

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.

New music festival : sound explorations : a concert of electroacoustic music

File consists of a recording of the concert, which took place in Walter Hall. Curated by Mark Nerenberg. Works by Fiona Ryan, Eric Stewart, Christian Floisand, Daniel Brophy and Igor Correia, and The University of Toronto Laptop Orchestra.

Performers: Angela Schwarzkopf, harp ; Rob MacDonald, guitar ; Lynn Kuo, violin ; Peter Stoll, clarinet ; Angela Schwarzkopf, harp ; Will Snodgrass, percussion ; Adam Zukiewicz and Emily Chiang, pianos ; Gary Kulesha, conductor.

New music festival : Student composer concert

File consists of a program and recording of the concert, which took place in Walter Hall. The concert was of works by graduate student composers including the presentation of the Karen Kieser Prize in Canadian Music.

Performers: Allison Arends, soprano ; Kathleen Promane, mezzo-soprano ; Michelle Colton, percussion ; Daniel Lin and Sophie Zhang, pianos ; Angela Schwarzkopf, harp ; Rob MacDonald, guitar ; Lynn Kuo, violin ; Peter Stoll, clarinet ; Angela Schwarzkopf, harp ; Will Snodgrass, percussion ; Adam Zukiewicz and Emily Chiang, pianos ; Gary Kulesha, conductor.

Program:

  • Images of Colours / Shi, Fuhong
  • Crystallized Tree / Lam, Lan-Chee
  • Three poems by Emily Dickenson / Silberberg, Laura
  • Three Songs of Great Range
  • [Untitled] / Correia, Igor
  • Traces of Time / Shi, Fuhong

Contemporary music ensemble

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Gary Kulesha, director ; Robin Reid-Moran, saxophone ; Shaun Mallinen, saxophone ; Annemieke Vanderkraay, trombone ; Elburz Sorkhabi, trombone ; Holly Dronyk, tuba ; Olivia Shortt, piano Alberta Brown, flute ; Lance McMillan, bassoon ; Caroline Cole, harp Katherine Watson, flute ; Brian Triska, clarinet ; Maia Broido, violin ; Samuel Bisson, cello ; Shelley Zhang, piano ; Madeline Kapp, mezzo soprano ; University of Toronto Contemproary Music Ensemble

Program:

  • Pulau Dewata (1977) / Vivier, Claude, 1948-1983
  • Pastorales de Noel (1943) / Jolivet, André, 1905-1974
  • O Kng (1968) / Berio, Luciano, 1925-2003
  • Nuages Precieux (1987) / Chan, Ka Nin
  • The poet and the war (2007/08) / Palej, Norbert

Almost opera....

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Program:

  • Arioso and Scherzo / Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007 (Samuel Bisson, cello ; Anthony Bacon, cello ; Katherine Dowling, piano)
  • Trio sonata / Harbison, John (Victoria Hong, oboe ; Candice Barnes, English horn ; Lance McMillan, bassoon)
  • Clarino quartet : in three movements / Zwillich, Ellen Taaffe, 1939- (Alix Haywood, clarinet ; Peter Pinteric, clarinet ; Angelina Lopez-Frank, clarinet ; Tiffany Tsai, clarinet ; Kerim Anwar, conductor)
  • Cinq Pieces Faciles (1917). / Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 (Matthew Poon, piano ; Saman Shahi, piano)
  • Five studies on texts by Prudentius. 1 / Schafer, R. Murray, 1933 (Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, soprano ; Tim Crouch, flute ; Jiajia Li, flute ; Katherine Watson, flute ; Roseen Giles, flute ; Gary Kulesha, conductor)
  • Concerto for 4 solo violins. 1st movement / Schäffer, Boguslaw (Mark Johnston, violin ; Kenin McKay, violin ; Maia Broido, violin ; Takayo Noguchi, violin ; Gary Kulesha, conductor)

A hundred years ago : music written in 1907 and 1908

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Lorna Macdonald, soprano ; John Kruspe, piano ; Jamie Kruspe, violin ; Clare Scholtz, oboe ; Richard Dorsey, English horn ; Stephen Pierre, clarinet ; Kathleen McLean, bassoon ; Michael Barth, trumpet ; Alberta Brown, flute ; Timothy Crouch, flute ; Jiajia Li, flute ; Katherine Watson, flute ; Katharine Rapoport, viola ; Gary Kulesha, conductor.

Program:

  • Excerpts from "Love in a Life" (text by Elizabeth Barrett Browning). Sonata, op.1 / Berg, Alban, 1885-1935
  • Piece en forme de habanera / Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
  • Pastorale (1923 arrangement) / Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
  • Sonata No.3 ("from old notebooks") / Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953
  • The Unanswered Question / Ives, Charles, 1874-1954
  • Passacaglia, op.1 / Webern, Anton, 1883-1945
  • Sonata, op. 107 / Reger, Max, 1873-1916
  • Sonata No.5 / Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915

Comedies : wit and humour in new music

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Contemporary Music Ensemble ; Gary Kulesha, director, conductor

Program:

  • Rrrrrr - Funf Jazzstucke / Kagel, Mauricio, 1931-
  • Quick March, Reverie, Quarks / Weinzweig, John,1913-2006
  • 3 MOB pieces / Gruber, Heinz Karl
  • Moz-art / Schnittke, Alfred, 1934-1998
  • Pan / Kagel, Mauricio
  • Country band march / Ives, Charles,1874-1954

No, the other twentieth century

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

Performers: Stephanie Geary, clarinet ; Emilie Dupras, horn ; Mo Farag, violin ; Sarah Steeves, cello ; Saman Shahi, piano ; Callum Jennings, bass ; Lance McMillan, bassoon ; Matthew Poon, harpsichord ; Ruth Mar, harp ; Tim Borton, percussion ; Thomas Grant, Alix Haywood, clarinet ; Lynn Peterson, trumpet ; Jiajia Li; Esther Choi, flute ; Lissa Mangano, oboe ; Stuart Bremner, trombone ; Dan Morphy, percussion ; Chelsea Shanoff, saxophone ; Eve Tang, viola ; Julia Stroud, bass clarinet ; Lance McMillan, bassoon ; Jason Austin, horn.

Program:

  • Quintet / Rawsthorne, Alan, 1905-1971
  • Hymn III + IV / Schnittke, Alfred, 1934-1998
  • Drei stucke / Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963
  • Mountains and rivers without end / Hovhaness, Alan, 1911-2000
  • Invocation and ceremony / Kulesha, Gary, 1954-
  • Sixtuor / Francaix, Jean, 1912-1997.

Student composers concert

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Katelyn Clark, harpsichord ; Ryan McClelland; Mark Andrews, piano ; Rob MacDonald, guitar ; Julia Stroud, bass clarinet ; Min Koh, violin ; Kathy Rappaport, viola ; Paul Widner, cello ; Gary Kulesha, conductor ; Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, soprano ; Sharon Lee, violin ; Mohsin Bhujawalla, viola ; Hannah Kim, cello ; Tanya Charles, violin ; William Best, viola ; Marie-Chistine St-Jacques, cello ; Sean King, bass ; Amie Watson, Tricia Saunter, percussion.

Program:

  • Suzanne un jour / Tawnie Olson
  • A choreography, the metamorphosis / Jordan Pal
  • Suite for guitar / Christopher Pierce
  • Focal point / Henry Ng
  • The road to Shu is hard / Fuhong Shi
  • String trio / Robert Rival
  • Emanations / Fuhong Shi.

Urbane and profane : sophisticated and unsophisticated music

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

Program:

  • Rheinische kirmestanze / Bernd Alois Zimmermann
  • Serenity / Raymond Luedeke
  • Septet for wind instruments / Paul Hindemith
  • Silesian melodies / Witold Lutoslawski
  • Mouvements perpeuels / Francis Poulenc
  • Hommage a Pierre / Edison Denisov
  • Prelude and Scherzo / Dmitri Shostakovich.

University of Toronto wind ensemble and the Ontario honour band

File consists of a recording of the concert, which took place at MacMillan Theatre.

Performers: The University of Toronto Wind Ensemble Brass; Jeffrey Reynolds, conductor ; Ontario Honour Band ; Dr. Dale Lonis of the University of Manitoba

Program:

  • Three Stratford fanfares / Louis Applebaum
  • Selections from : Fantasia in G / T. Mahr
  • Salvation is created / Tschesnokov ; Houseknecht
  • Newfoundland rhapsody / H. Cable
  • Lincolnshire posy / P. Grainger
  • First suite i E-flat for military band / G. Holst
  • Amp0arito Roca / J. Txidor ; Winter
  • Purple Carnival March / Alford; Erickson
  • Royce Hall suite / H. Willan
  • Variations on a rollicking tune / Sirulnikoff
  • Some assembly required / Henry Kucharzyk
  • Ensembles for winds / Gary Kuesha
  • McIntyre ranch country / Howard Cable
  • Ecstasy for band / Chan Ka Nin
  • Suite on Canadian folk songs / Morley Calvert.

Student composers' concert

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Tanya Charles, violin ; Kenin McKay, violin ; Sarah Kwok, viola ; Hannah Kim, cello ; Rob Spady, clarinet, Sally Carly, flute ; Debbie Clark, violin ; Mary-Beth Brown, violin ; Sarak Steeves, cello ; Gary Kulesha, conductor

Program:

  • Snowdrift caravan / David Arcus
  • Oddysee / Lucas Critchley
  • String quartet / Scott Morris
  • Il sogno - the dream / Yasmin Amiri
  • New directions / Brian Harman.

Contemporary music ensemble

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

Program:

  • Le bestiaire, ou, le coutège d'Orphée / Francis Poulenc
  • Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Abîme des oiseaux / Olivier Messiaen
  • Trois poèmes : extraits des poèmes pour l'enfant / André Jolivet
  • Petites musique de chevet / Betsy Jolas
  • Improvisation / André Prévost
  • Chants convergents / Gilles Tremblay.

Student brass groups

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

Performers: Green Group (courtney Lamber, Jaci Simpson, James Gass, Jeff Bryant, Steve Abra) ; Jim Spragg, coach ; Yellow Group (Rob Teehan, Adam More ; Youillian Alexandrob, Kathleen Heap, colin Medeiros) ; Jeff Reynolds, coach ; Pink Group (JP Brown, Meaghan Allen, Kellen Campbell, Rachel Malach, Jason Young) ; Keith Walton, coach ; Orange Group (Keith Walton, Michael Tutton, Carl Wells, Christa Lowry, James Langridge) ; Harcus Hennigar, coach ; Purple Group (Antoine Buttigieg, Sean DeGroot, Jason Austin, Brad Harrison, Jeff Bryant) ; Keith Walton, coach ; Trombone Choir ; Frank Harmantes, director ; Urban Brass (Scott MacInnes, Joel Green, Dave Haskins, Eve Eracleous, Stephanie Crabb) ; Scott Good, coach.

Program:

  • West side story suite. No. 3, Maria ; no. 5, America / Jack Gale
  • Quintet no.1. 2nd movement / Victor Ewald
  • Killer tango / Sonny Kompanek
  • Suite francaise / Eugene Bozza
  • Divertimento for brass quintet / Gary Kulesha
  • Octet / Gordon Jacob
  • Three pieces / Anthony Holborne
  • A western fanfare / Eric Ewazen.

New music festival : concert 2

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

Performers: Susan Hoeppner, flute ; Jamie Reynolds, piano ; Jon Maharaj, bass ; Gillian Howard, oboe ; Clare Scholtz, oboe ; Stephen Pierre, clarinet ; Gerald Robinson, bassoon ; Christopher Gongos, horn ; Blair MacKay, percussion ; Max Christie, clarinet ; Stephen Clarke, piano ; Scott St. John, violin ; Mary Stein, cello ; Gary Kulesha, conductor

Program:

  • Tam o'Shanter ; Jazz Duo / Lothar Klein
  • Night office / Tawnie Olsen
  • Woodwind Quintet / Jason Stanford
  • Music of amber / Joseph Schwantner.

Cool beauty : Busoni and company

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Gary Kulesha, piano, conductor ; Sarah Ormerod, soprano ; Brian Harman, piano ; Emma Tessier, flute ; Kevin Lau, piano ; Adrea Kryski, soprano ; D.J. Gotfrit, clarinet ; Katie Norman, bass clarinet ; Jennifer Burford, violin ; Robyn Cho, clarinet ; Debbie Clark, violin ; Mary Beth Brown, violin ; Sarah Kwok, viola ; Sarah Steeves, cello ; Jonathan Cegys, bass ; Steven Abra, trumpet ; Kristen Mueller, soprano ; Brian Harman, piano ; Sally Caryl, flute ; Tamsin Johnston, oboe ; D.J. Gotfrit, clarinet ; Julia Stroud, bass clarinet ; Lance McMillan, bassoon ; Carl Wells, horn ; Jason Austin, horn.

Program:

  • Berceuse / Busoni
  • Rilkelieder / Weill
  • Divertimento / Busoni
  • Rencevals / Dallapiccola
  • From here on farther / Wolpe
  • Elegy / Busoni
  • Ved en un kunstners baare / Nielsen
  • Piece for solo trumpet / Wolpe
  • Andante festivo / Sibelius
  • Drei lieder nach Heinrich von Kleist / Wolpe
  • "I saw how strangely the planets gathered..." / Kulesha.

John Weinzweig : a celebration

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

Performers: Contemporary Music Ensemble ; Gary Kulesha, piano, director ; Brian Harman, piano ; Emma Tessier, flute ; Lief Mosbaugh, oboe ; Kristin Mueller, soprano ; Gary Kulesha, piano ; Roger Bergs, organ ; The Downtown Quartet (Christian Robinson, violin ; Jennifer Burford, violin ; Alex McLeod, viola ; Alex Lee, cello) ; Peter Stoll, clarinet

Program:

  • Interlude in an artist's life for string orchestra
  • Sonata for piano
  • Intermissions for flute and oboe
  • private collection
  • Improvisation on an Indian tune for organ
  • String quartet no. 2
  • Divertimento no. 2 for clarinet and string orchestra.

House music

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Peter Stoll, clarinet ; Erika Raum, violin ; Scott St. John, viola ; Simon Fryer, cello ; Max Christie, clarinet ; Harcus Hennigar, horn ; Lydia Wong, piano ; Shelley Brown, flute ; Clare Scholtz, oboe ; Stephen Pierre, clarinet ; Jerry Robinson, bassoon ; Jennifer Schofield, horn ; Scott Harrison, trumpet ; Kiely Griffin, trumpet ; Scott Good, trombone ; Rob Teehan, tuba ; Richard Burrows, percussion ; John Kruspe, keyboard ; Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin ; Amanda Goodburn, violin ; Katharine Rapoport, viola ; Carina Reeves, cello ; Chan Ka Nin, conductor ; Lawrence Cherney, English horn ; Stephane Levesque, bassoon ; Mark Romatz, contrabassoon ; Erika Raum, violin ; Steven Dann viola ; Roman Borys, cello ; Timothy Dawson, bass ; Gary Kulesha, conductor.

Program:

  • Tres piezas / Alcides Lanza
  • Sextet for piano, violin, viola, cello,clarinet and horn / Krysztof Penderecki
  • par-ça, par-là / Chan Ka Nin
  • Sixth chamber concerto / Gary Kulesha.

New music festival : Gen nXt

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Kirstin Mueller, soprano ; Chloe L'Abbe, flute ; Rob Spady, clarinet ; Mary-Beth Brown, violin ; Oleksander Mycyk, cello ; Ben Smith, piano ; Richard Burrows, percussion ; Nathan archer, percussion ; Gary Kulesha, conductor ; Annalee Patipatanokoon, violin ; Erika Raum, violin ; Akemi Mercer, viola ; Roman Borys, cello ; Sally Caryl, flute ; Lief Mosbaugh, oboe ; Mai Yoshioka, clarinet ; Sean Gates, bassoon ; Christian Robinson, violin ; Jennifer Burford, violin ; Alex McLeod, viola ; Alex Lee, cello ; Brian Harman, celeste ; Maria Pikoula, piano ; Richard Sliva, piano.

Program:

  • 2 songs for octet. Dim ; O the sun came up-up-up in the opening sky! / Brian Harman
  • Three / Diego Soifer
  • Lost for string quartet / Kyle Lamont
  • String quartet no. 2 / Svetlana Maksimovic
  • Concerto for two quartets and celeste / Yuko Okunuki
  • Portraits for 2 pianos. III. Portrait of mother without child ; IV. Swardfight / Constantine Caravassilil
  • Fear no innocence / Timothy Corlis
  • Moja mala nema mane / Katarina Curcin.

Small wonders

File consists of a program and recording of the concert by the Contemprary Music Ensemble ; Gary Kulesha, director.

Program:

  • In zwei teilen. Teil 1 (no. 5) / kunsu Shim
  • Angels / Carl Ruggles
  • Rise / Scott Good
  • Three madrigals / Alfred Schnittke
  • Concerto, op. 24 / Anton Webern
  • Warnung mit Liebeslied / Gerhard Staebler
  • 3 pieces for chamber orchestra / Arnold Schoenberg
  • Concerto, op. 24 / Anton Webern
  • From nourlangie / Peter Sculthorpe
  • Angels / Carl Ruggles
  • in zwei teilen. Teil 2 (no. 42) / Kunsu Shim.

Contemporary music ensemble

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Contemporary Music Ensemble ; Gary Kulesha, director ; Kristin Mueller, soprano ; Anna-Louie Moorman, piano ; Carley Mellan, bass clarinet ; Brian Harman, piano ; Glynnis Ratcliffe, soprano ; Tom Henry, flute ; Sara Hahn, flute ; Penelope Sutton, clarinet ; Claire Harvey, clarinet ; Anthony Pezzetti, bassoon ; Grytsje Schurer, bassoon ; Bryce Woessner, harp ; Downtown String Quartet (Christian Robinson, violin ; Jennifer Burford, violin ; Alex McLeod, viola ; Alex Lee, cello) ; Sarah Ormerod, soprano ; Shannah Nachoff, alto saxophone ; Anne-Maria Hollmach, accordion ; Michael Gambacurta, percussion ; Nanami Hasegawa, english horn ; Dewi Minden, trumpet ; Elation Pauls, violin ; Kate Unrau, violin ; Jennifer Burford, violin ; Alex McLeod, viola ; Fanny Tang, viola ; Rebecca Benstead, viola ; Alex Lee, cello ; Marion Arthur, cello ; Elke Mau, bass ; Nick Akers, bass ; Gary Kulesha, conductor.

Program:

  • Quatrains / Jean Papineau-Couture
  • Petites musiques de chevet / Betsy Jolas
  • O lacrimosa / Ernest Krenek
  • String quartet no. 2 / John Weinzweig
  • From the Chinese restaurant / Joep Straesser
  • Quiet city / Aaron Copland.

New music festival : concert 7 : final concert

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

Performers: Ben Seyler, piano ; Shauna Rolston, cello ; Scott St. John, violin, viola ; Sydia Wong, piano ; Peter Stoll, clarinet ; William Aide, piano ; Susan Hoeppner, flute ; Lydia Wong, piano ; Sanya Eng, harp ; Christina Haldane, voice ; Kerry DuWors, violin ; Aidan Pendleton, viola ; Simon Fryer, cello ; Kristin Mueller, soprano ; Anna-Louise Moorman, piano ; Michael Gambacurta, percussion ; Gary Kulesha, conductor.

Program:

  • L'esprit d'escalier, movements I and III / Owen Pallett
  • Caged elements / Lusiana Lukman
  • Shadows in the cave / Dewi Minden
  • Spring window / Brian Harman
  • Images entre nous / Phil Nimmons
  • Nadir / Christos Hatzis
  • Serenade in iceberg / Jacqueline Seo
  • Coeurs blases / Kyle Lamont
  • String trio no. 2 / Benjamin Heaslip
  • Till the sharp sudden starless still / Andrew Staniland.

Chamber music by Alexander Goehr

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Evgeny Moryatov, violin ; Stephen Clarke, piano ; Rafael Hoekman, cello ; Gregory Oh, piano ; Aidan Pendleton, viola ; Greg Millar, piano ; Angela Park, piano ; Sara Hahn, flute ; Nanami Hasegawa, oboe, english horn ; Peter Stoll, clarinet ; Anthony Pezzetti, bassoon, Lake Porter, horn ; Dewi Minden, trumpet ; Scott Gook, trombone ; Elke Mau, double bass ; Gary Kulesha, conductor.

Program:

  • Suite, op. 70
  • Cello sonata, op. 45
  • Sur terre, en l'air, op. 64.
  • ...in real time, op. 50
  • Lyric pieces, op. 35

The music of Christos Hatzis

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

Performers:

  • Three songs on poems by Sappho / Hatzis (Lorna MacDonald, soprano ; Peter Stoll, clarinet ; Scott St. John, viola ; Shauna Rolston, cello ; William Aide, piano ; Gary Kulesha, conductor)
  • Constantinople. Odd world ; Old photographs / Hatzis (The Gryphon Trio: Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin ; Roman Borys, cello ; Jamie Parker, piano)
  • Concerto for flute and chamber orchestra / Hatzis (world premiere) (Patrick Gallois, solo flute ; Clare Scholtz, oboe ; Nadina Jackson, bassoon ; Michael Jarvis, harpsichord ; Angela Park, celeste ; Annalee Patipatanakoon, Aidan Pendelton, Shannon Knights, Anita Walsh, violin ; Scott St. John, Lynn Kua, viola ; Roman Borys, Tanya Ell, cello ; Jeff Buchner, double bass ; Gary Kulesha, conductor).

Thursday noon series : student brass ensembles

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Student Brass Ensembles ; Worcester Brass (Eddie Phillips, Lori Dyer, trumpet ; Stephanie Braet, horn ; Nancy Antram, trombone ; Kevin Fleming, bass trombone) ; Two-Tone Brass (Shauna Garelick, Chris Griffin, trumpet ; Chrissie Hough, horn ; Tanya Sudy, trombone ; Scott MacInnes, bass trombone) ; Wagner Tuba Quartet (Stephanie Braet, Danielle Buckwalter, David Haskins, Scott Wevers) ; Buchwalter Brass (Nora Nolan, Ryan Baker, trumpet ; Danielle Buchwalter, horn ; Crystal Brown, trombone ; Michael Medeiros, tuba) ; Huron Brass (Eve Eracleous, Ted Clark, trumpet ; David Haskins, horn ; Alex Eddington, trombone ; Alicia Broomhead, tuba) ; Trombone Choir ; Frank Harmantas, director.

Program:

  • Canzona per sonare no. 5 / Giovani Gabrieli
  • Resonances / Bernard Schule
  • Andante / Anton Bruckner
  • The girl with the flaxen hair / Debussy ; arr. Gary Kulesha
  • Th marquis of granby / Eric Ewazen
  • Scherzo / Verne Reynolds
  • Panis Angelicus / Melchior Frank
  • Die Widerspruch / Franz Schubert.

Contemporary music ensemble

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Contemporary Music Ensemble ; Gary Kulesha, director ; Maghan Stewart, soprano ; Elizabeth Janzen, flute ; Nanami Hasegawa, oboe ; Rebecca Sajo, clarinet ; Christy Havens, bassoon ; Brian Vincent, trumpet ; Gary Kulesha, conductor ; Cecile Denis, harp ; Michael Gambacurta, bass drum ; Sara Hahn, flute ; Christina Chen, oboe ; Shawn Pellegrin D'Olivio, clarinet ; Cristy Havens, bassoon ; Renee Berard, bassoon ; Scott Wevers, horn ; Aidan Pendleton, violin ; Michael Pallet, violin ; Charlene Yeh, viola ; Shannon Knights, viola ; Michael Olsen cello ; Marion Arthur, cello ; Angela Brubacher, soprano ; Roger Bergs, piano ; Nanami Hasegawa, oboe ; Rebecca Sajo, clarinet ; Christy Havens, bassoon ; Scott Wevers, horn ; Michael Pallett, violin ; Jacquelin Seo, vilin ; Charlene Yeh, viola ; Marion Arthur, cello ; Elke Mau, bass ; mireille Lebel, voice ; Sara Hahn, flute, piccolo ; Rebecca Sajo, clarinet, bass clarinet ; Aidan Pendleton, violin, vial ; Michael Olsen, cello ; Kristin Mueller, piano

Program:

  • Quatre poemes de Max Jacob / Francis Poulenc
  • In distance / Tan Dun
  • Eight instrumental miniatures for 15 players / Igor Stravinsky
  • Forward flock of Jesus / Charles Ives
  • Per nove strumenti / Wilhelm Killmayer
  • Pierrot Lunaire. Selections / Arnold Schoenberg.

Faculty artist series : new music festival : concert 2

File consists of a recording of the concert.

Performers: Scott St. John, violin ; Tanya Gerl, violin ; Sarah Fraser, violin ; Pamela Marks, violin ; Ann Amin, viola ; Janusz Barowiec, violoncello ; Anita Walsh, violin ; Aidan Pendleton, viola ; Simon Fryer, violoncello ; Christine Haldane, soprano ; Yifan Shi, piano ; Anita Walsh, violin ; Peter Stoll, clarinet ; Lake Potter, horn ; Scott St. John, violin ; Anita Walsh, violin ; Aidan Pendleton, viola ; Simon Fryer, violoncello ; Gary Kulesha, conductor.

Program:

  • Duet / John Weinzweig
  • String quartet no. 1 / Brad Stark
  • String quartet no. 1 : state of emergency / David Ogborn
  • Dr. Faustus / Larysa Kuzmenko
  • A farewell for string quartet / Joanne Bender
  • Duet for clarinet and horn / Brian Harman
  • Three significant landscapes for string quartet / Andrew Staniland
  • String quartet no. 3 / Chan Ka Nin.

Faculty artist series : new music festival : concert 3

File consists of a recording of the concert.

Performers: Lake Potter, horn ; Maria Gacesa, clarinet ; Peter Stoll, clarinet ; Dylan W. Benson, marimba ; Mireille Lebel, Grusha ; Michael Dobkin, guitar ; Michael Gambacurta, percussion ; Dennis Patrick, piano ; Diane Aitken, flute ; Clare Scholtz, oboe ; Nadina Jackson, bassoon ; Tori Lindsay, violin ; Nadia Klein, violoncello ; Alice Wong, piano ; Lynn Kuo, violin ; Rafael Hoekman, violoncello ; Greg Williams, clarinet ; Rachelle Risling, piano ; Charles Fowler, tenor ; Robert Kortgaard, piano ; The Canadian Bras, (Jens Lindemann, trumpet ; Ryan Anthony, trumpet ; Jeff Nelson, French Horn ; Gene Watts, trombone ; Chuck Daellenbach, tuba) ; Gary Kulesha, piano ; Beverley Johnston, marimba.

Program:

  • Postlude / Scott Good
  • Threshold, for clarinet and tame / Luisiana Lukman
  • Melisma / Christos Hatzis
  • De profundis for solo marimba / Roger Bergs
  • Trio for violin, cello and piano / Gavan Quinn
  • Four songs from Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle / Dennis Patrick
  • Woodwind Quintet / David Litke
  • Illumination / Richard Mascall
  • From Nostalgia to madness / Abigail Richardson
  • Jazz music for brass quintet, piano and percussion / Gary Kulesha.

Faculty artist series : new music festival : concert 1

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Danny Tones ; Michael Gambacurta ; Dave Mayer ; Colin Webster ; Rebecca Sajo ; Charlene Jack ; Julia Cleveland, percussionists ; Michael Pallett, conductor ; Scott St. John, violin ; Cladine Guidoin, viola ; John Roney, piano ; Fanny Tang, viola ; Brad Stark, piano ; Allison Hayners, horn ; Crystal Brown, trombone ; Michael Medeiros, tuba ; Maria Aimoniotis, voice ; Christina Parvu, piano ; Elizabeth Janzen, flute ; Rebecca Sayo, clarinet ; Aidan Pendleton, violin ; Michael Olsen, violoncello ; Kristen Mueller, piano ; Gary Kulesha, conductor.

Program:

  • Isaiah yes I can / Michael Pallett
  • Romance and tango / Lothar Klein
  • Humoresque / Alex Eddington
  • Three pieces for viola and piano / Yuko Okunuki
  • "run, David, the ocean is growing (and will drink us)"/ Chris Mayo
  • The last ballade / Constantinos Caravassilis
  • Habenera / Jacquelin Seo.

The last duel

File consists of a program and recording of a production of The Last Duel by Gary Kulesha, libretto by Michael Patrick Albano.

Performers: Raffi Armenian, conductor ; Michael Patrick Albano, director ; Fred Perruzza, stage design ; Diane McCann-Davis, costume design ; Allison Grant, choreographer ; Sandra Horst, assistant conductor ; David Ambrose, Anja Nicldich, assistant directors ; Emily Hamper, Andrea Grant, John Hess, musical preparation ; members of the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus (Ann Cooper Gay, director).

A concert of electroacoustic music from the EMS : Faculty of Music, University of Toronto

File consists of a program and recording of the concert with Dylan Benson, marimba and Scott St. John, violin.

Program:

  • The Young Line / Guy Obrecht
  • Contraposition / Abigail Richardson
  • Mlado Monme / Katarina Curcin
  • Duo de concert for two saxophones and tape / Christopher Whitney
  • Angels for marimba and tape / Gary Kulesha
  • An ounce of perception / Peter Olsen
  • Theshold for clarinet and tape / Lusiana Lukman
  • Six Species of Movement. Open ; Play Lizst ; Flowing ; Merge ; Process ; Rusty Wind / Guy Obrecht
  • Silhouette for violin and tape / Craig Galbraith.

Big noise

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

Program:

  • Overture on Hebrew themes (1919) / Sergei Prokofiev (Carlos Melendez, clarinet ; Galiano Quartet (Sarah Pratt, Shane Kim, violins ; Jeewon Kim, viola ; Jenny Yoon, cello) ; Gary Kulesha, piano)
  • Hymns no. 2 and no. 4 / Alfred Schnittke (Matt Swoboda, cello ; Brian Baty, bass ; Amber Hill, bassoon ; Luis Manuel Garcia, harpsichord ; Cecile Denis, harp ; Michael Gambacurta, timpani ; Charlene Jacks, bells)
  • Songs Probable and Improbable / Jasper Rooper (Angela Brubacher and Maria Knight, sopranos ; Elizabeth Janzen, piccolo ; Michael Gambacurta, percussion ; Gary Kulesha, piano)
  • Country Band March / Charles Ives (Elizabeth Janzen, flute and piccolo ; Carlos Melendez, clarinet ; Wallace Halladay, alto saxophone ; Donovan Fuller, trumpet ; Alex Eddington and Chris Richardson, trombones ; Aidan Pendleton, Katerina Kim, Michael Pallett, Kate Unrau, violins ; Michael Olsen, Monika Kulkowska, cellos ; Brian Baty, bass ; John Roney, piano ; Michael Gambacurta, percussion ; Gary Kulesha, piano)
  • Octet / Galina Ustvolskaya (John Roney, piano ; Rob D'Orante, Lief Mosbaugh, oboes ; Aidan Pendleton, Katerina Kim, Michael Pallett, Kate Unrau, violin ; Michael Gambacurta, timpani ; Gary Kulesha, conductor)
  • Kammermusik no. 1, op. 24 (1922) / Paul Hindemith (Elizabeth Janzen, flute, piccolo ; Carlos Melendez, clarinet ; Amber Hill, bassoon ; Donovan Fuller, trumpet ; David Carovillano, accordion ; Michael Gambacurta, percussion ; John Roney, piano ; Aidan Pendleton, Michael Pallett, violins ; Jeewon Kim, viola ; Michael Olsen, cello ; Brian Baty, bass ; Gary Kulesha, conductor).

New music festival : concert 2 and symposium on post modernism and beyond

File consists of a recording of the concert, which was part of the New Music Festival.

Performers: Vincent Ho, piano ; Scott St. John, violin; Simon Fryer, cello; Lydia Wong, piano ; Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin; Scott Sr John, viola; Roman Boots, cello ; Composers choir; Petar Dundjerski, conductor ; Susan Hoeppner, flute; Rob D'Orante, oboe; Peter Stoll, clarinet ; Nadina Jackson, bassoon ; Joan Watson, horn ; Ilya Poletaei piano ; Max Christie, clarinet; William Aide, piano ; Jens Lindemann, trumpet; Scott St. John, violin; Max Mandel, viola; Shauna Rolston, cello; John Kruspe, piano.
Symposium Panel: Christos Hatzis, John Beckwith, Chris Paul Harman, Paul Steenhuisen ; Chaired by Professor Gustav Ciamaga.

Program:

  • Three Scenes of Childhood. 1. Playtime 2. An Afternoon Nap 3. The Tantrum / Vincent Ho
  • Trio / David Litke
  • String Trio / Gary Kulesha
  • Kantata "Stabat Mater". Quam tristis / Katarina Curcin
  • Sextet / Roger Bergs
  • Special Presentation by the Martin Hunter Foundation
  • Dance, Improvisation and Song / John Hawkins
  • Blue Continuum / John Beckwith.
  • Symposium

Thursday noon series : music of a life so far

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall by Simon Fryer, cello and Lydia Wong, piano.

Program:

  • "...and dark time flowed by her like a river..." (1995) / Gary Kulesha
  • "A Dream within a Dream" (1993) / Larysa Kuzmenko
  • "Kottos" (1977) / Iannis Xenakis
  • "A Short Odyssey" (1996) / Ronald Royer.

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:

  • Septuor / Charles Koechlin
  • Toys / Carl Ruggles
  • Plesnl Kurplowskie. Excerpts / Karol Szymanowski
  • Septet / Conlon Nancarrow
  • Five songs / George Anthell
  • Elegy, op. 45, no. 1 / Nicolai Medtner
  • Octandre / Edgard Varese
  • Cinq melodies / Federico Mompou
  • Four songs / Hanns Eisler.

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:

  • Concertantes / Harald Genzmer
  • Saudade no. 3 / Roland Dyens
  • Trois poemes / Andre Jolivet
  • Capriccio / Krzysztof Penderecki
  • Nocturne / Murray Adaskin
  • Nonet / Walter Piston
  • Sonata for alto saxophone and piano / Edison Denisov.

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).

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:

  • The August collection : 24 preludes for piano / Walter Buczynski
  • The years were 1946-1951 : songs for baritone and piano / Walter Buczynski (Walter Buczynski, piano ; Bruce Kelly, baritone).

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:

  • An old song of the sun adn the moon ; The fear of loneliness / Paul Pedersen (Barbara Hannigan, soprano ; Nancy Wood, flute ; Christina Petrowska, piano)
  • Synthetic trios / John Beckwith (Barbara Hannigan, soprano ; Ameene Shishakly, clarinet ; Christina Petrowska, piano)
  • Nightcrawl / Dennis Patrick
  • Viola sonata / Sasha Rapoport (Kathy Rapoport, viola ; Elizabeth Acker, piano) (world premiere)
  • Ash roses / Derek Holman (Barbara Hannigan, soprano ; Che Anne Loewen, piano).
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