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C.K. Bliss

This subseries contains materials relating to the legal case between Blissymbolics Communication International - Canada and Charles K. Bliss regarding the usage and licensing of Blissymbols.

Affiliate Agreements

This subseries includes copies of affiliate agreements and correspondence with affiliates of BCIC from across the globe. It includes organizations in the United States, Finland, France, Hungary, Australia and more.

Programs

Series consists of programs for concerts that Elizabeth Benson Guy performed in, attended, or collected the program from.

Teaching, conducting, composing, and performing records

Subseries contains records from Derek Holman's career in education, conducting, composition, and performance, including his time with the Bishop Strachan School, Canadian Children's Opera Chorus, Church of St. Simon the Apostle, Concord Singers, Croydon Bach Society, Croydon Parish Church, Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Royal School of Church Music, St. Thomas' Church Choir, University of London, and the University of Toronto. The subseries includes correspondence, photographs, contracts and agreements, assorted writings, lecture notes, and programs.

School records

Subseries contains records from Derek Holman's student years, including materials from his time at Truro School, Royal Academy of Music, and the University of London.

Awards and certificates

Subseries consists of certificates and related documents, including photographs and correspondence, for awards and degrees that Derek Holman received, including his Doctor of Music from the University of London, honorary Doctor of Sacred Letters from the University of Trinity College, Order of Canada, and Canadian citizenship.

Music by other composers

Subseries consists of music written by other composers and either collected by Derek Holman for reference purposes, or sent to Holman as a gift and/or for his feedback.

Sketches

Subseries consists of titled and untitled sketches for Derek Holman's compositions.

Juvenilia

Subseries consists of Derek Holman's earliest compositions, written when he was a child (up to age 16).

Student recitals

Subseries consists of a bound volume of programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music (1990-1991). Volume also includes programs from the Faculty's Thursday at Noon series, masterclasses, and other special events, lectures, seminars, and workshops.

Student recitals

Subseries consists of programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music (1989-1990). Volume also includes programs from the Thursday Noon Series, masterclasses, and other special events, lectures, seminars, workshops, and programs held at the Faculty of Music.

Student recitals

Subseries consists of a bound volume of programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music (1991-1992). Volume also includes programs from the Thursday Noon Series at the end.

Books of the Bible

Sub-series consists of typed and handwritten notes, organized by books of the Bible (Old Testament), detailing illuminations, illustrations, and other details of each book from various versions of the Bible that were examined. Many files also include a typed manuscript detailing the findings. Some files also include photocopies of reference material.

Research sites

Sub-series consists of type- and hand-written lists of Bibles held at various repositories, with detailed notes on bindings, illustrations, illuminations, and other elements.

General

Sub-series consists of general records relating to research for the Bible project. Records include correspondence, grant records, notebooks, articles by Brieger and others, and other research materials. The last file in the series consists of samples of the cards that were created for the project, which include photographs of illustrations. These cards have been retained only as a sample, in order to demonstrate the project’s methodology. The remainder of the cards are still with Dr. Paul. One oversized folder contains a large chart, that indexes features of each Bible edition.

Production planning documents

Subseries consists of records relating to opera productions, including correspondence, budgets, alterations to scripts and scores, rehearsal schedules, technical drawings, set and prop lists, programs, reviews, press releases, and performer agreements.

Productions included in the series are:

  • The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana (April 1947)
  • Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (December 1947)
  • Orfeo and Eurydice by Christoph Willibald Gluck (February 1948)
  • Opera excerpts (April 1948)
  • La Serva Padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (April 1948)
  • Rosalinda by Johann Strauss (May 1948)
  • Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (November 1948)
  • The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (December 1948)
  • La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini (May 1949)
  • Opera excerpts (March-April 1949)
  • Rigoletti by Giuseppe Verdi (February 1950)
  • Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (February 1950)
  • Opera excerpts (June 1952)
  • The Old Maid and the Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti (June 1952)
  • Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti (December 1955)
  • Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti (December 1956)
  • Amelia Goes to the Ball by Gian Carlo Menotti and Prima Donna by Arthur Benjamin (April 1959)
  • Cambiale di matrimonio by Gioachino Rossini, Gallantry by Douglas Moore, and Riders to the Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams (April 1960)
  • Maria Egiziaca by Ottorino Respighi (April 1961)
  • The World of the Moon by Giovanni Paisiello and A Dinner Engagement by Lennox Berkeley (April 1962)
  • Silent night by Nino Rota and Aria da Capo by Raymond Pannell (April 1963)
  • Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten (April 1964) [opening of MacMillan Theatre]
  • Angelique by Jacques Ibert and Le Pauvre Matelot by Darius Milhaud (April 1964)
  • Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti (December 1964)
  • The Secret Marriage by Domenico Cimarosa (February 1965)
  • Deirdre of Sorrows by Healey Willan (April 1965)
  • The Love for Three Oranges by Sergei Prokofiev (December 1965)
  • L'Oca del Cairo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti (January 1966)
  • Die Kluge by Carl Orff (February 1966)
  • The Portuguese Inn by Luigi Cherubini (March 1966)
  • The Wandering Scholar by Gustav Holst (March 1966)
  • Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (December 1966)
  • The Impressario by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 1967)
  • The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten (February 1967)
  • Dialogues des Carmelites by Francis Poulenc (April 1967)
  • Le Portrait de Manon by Jules Massenet (December 1967)
  • The Little Sweep by Benjamin Britten (December 1970)
  • The Magic of Opera : excerpts (March 1971)
  • The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky (December 1971) and The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (March 1972)
  • Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi (January 1973)
  • Opera excerpts (May 1973)
  • The Prisoner's Play by John Rea (May 1973)
  • Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell and Gianni Schicci by Giacomo Puccini (April 1974)
  • Opera excerpts (December 1974)
  • The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti (January 1975)
  • Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (April 1975)
  • The Crucible by Robert Ward (January-February 1976)
  • The Mines of Sulphur by Richard Rodney Bennett (April 1976)
  • Opera excerpts (May 1976)
  • The Four Ruffians by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (January 1977)
  • Katya Kabanova by Leoš Janáček (March 1977)
  • Opera excerpts (May 1977)
  • Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten (December 1977)
  • Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (March 1978)
  • Opera excerpts (May 1978)
  • The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten (December 1978)
  • Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach (March 1979)
  • Opera excerpts (May-June 1979)
  • L'Enfant Prodigue by Claude Debussy and Gianni Schicci by Giacomo Puccini (November 1979)
  • Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc (March 1980)
  • Opera excerpts (May 1980)
  • The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (November 1980)
  • Patience by Arthur Sullivan (March 1981)
  • Opera excerpts (May 1981)
  • La Perichole by Jacques Offenbach (November 1981)
  • Amelia Goes to the Ball by Gian Carlo Menotti and Riders to the Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams (March 1982)
  • Opera excerpts (May 1982)
  • Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (November 1982)
  • Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell and L'Heure Espagnole by Maurice Ravel (March 1983)
  • Opera excerpts (April-May 1983)
  • Maria Egiziaca by Ottorino Respighi and The Prima Donna by Arthur Benjamin (November 1983)
  • Sir John in Love by Ralph Vaughan Williams (March 1984)
  • Opera excerpts (April-May 1984)
  • The Crucible by Robert Ward (November 1984)
  • The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (March 1985)
  • Opera excerpts (April 1985)
  • Opera excerpts (November 1985)
  • Les Mamelles de Tiresias by Francis Poulenc and Gianni Schicci by Giacomo Puccini (March 1986)
  • Opera excerpts (April-May 1986)
  • Opera excerpts (November 1986)
  • The Goose from Cairo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Angelique by Jacques Ibert (March 1987)
  • Opera excerpts (April-May 1987)
  • Opera excerpts (November 1987)
  • The Marriage Contract by Gioachino Rossini and Riders to the Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams (March 1988)
  • Opera excerpts (May 1988)
  • Opera excerpts (November 1988)
  • Iolanthe by Arthur Sullivan (March 1989)
  • Opera excerpts (May 1989)
  • Opera excerpts (November 1989)
  • Patience by Arthur Sullivan (March 1990)
  • Opera excerpts (May 1990)
  • Opera excerpts (November 1990)
  • "French trilogy": L'Enfant Prodigue by Claude Debussy, Le portrait de Manon by Jules Massenet, and M. Choufleuri by Jacques Offenbach (February 1991)
  • Opera excerpts (March 1991)
  • Opera excerpts (April 1991)
  • The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (March 1992)
  • Opera excerpts (May 1992)
  • A Concert of Operatic Ensembles (December 1992)
  • Gianni Schicci by Giacomo Puccini and Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell (March 1993)
  • A Concert of Operatic Ensembles (November 1993)
  • Opera excerpts (April-May 1994)
  • A Concert of Operatic Ensembles (December 1994)
  • Iolanthe by Arthur Sullivan (March 1995)
  • Opera excerpts (April-May 1995)
  • A Concert of Operatic Ensembles (December 1995)
  • The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (March 1996)
  • Spring opera scenes (April-May 1996)
  • Opera scenes (November 1996)
  • 50th anniversary gala concert (December 1996)
  • L'Etoile by Emmanuel Chabrier (March 1997)
  • La finta giardiniera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (November 1997)
  • Gino Qulico reception (November 1997)
  • Operatic scenes by twentieth-century composers (February 1998)
  • Paul Bunyan by Benjamin Britten (March 1998)
  • The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill (November 1998)
  • Les Dialogues des Carmelites by Francis Poulenc (March 1999)
  • Operatic scenes by twentieth-century composers (February 2000)
  • La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini (March 2000)
  • The Last Duel by Gary Kulesha and Michael Patrick Albano (November 2000)
  • Prologue to Castor et Pollux by Jean-Philippe Rameau and L'Enfant et les Sortileges by Maurice Ravel (March 2001)
  • Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten (November 2001)
  • Bluebeard by Jacques Offenbach (March 2002)
  • Alcina by George Frideric Handel (November 2002)
  • Taptoo! by John Beckwith (March 2003)
  • Opera gala (October 2003)
  • Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (November 2003)
  • The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, realized by Benjamin Britten (March 2004)
  • Savitri by Gustav Holst and Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini (November 2004)
  • Semele by George Frideric Handel (March 2005)
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai (November 2005)
  • Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (March 2006)
  • Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II (November 2006)
  • The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten (March 2007).

Programs

Subseries consists of programs from productions by the Opera School, later named the Opera Department, and now known as the Opera Division.

Community partnerships and scholarships

Subseries consists of records pertaining to community partnerships and scholarships of the Opera School (later the Opera Department and now the Opera Division). Files include correspondence, programs, meeting minutes, newsletters, and lists of scholarship recipients.

Subseries includes files on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Opera Company (1948-1951); Canadian Opera Company (COC) (1977-1984); Canadian Opera Women's Committee (COWC), later the Canadian Opera Volunteer Committee (COVC) (1969-2006), which administered various scholarships, including the COWC Junior Scholarship and the Herman Geiger-Torel Scholarship; Canadian-Scottish Philharmonic Association (1982-1998); Halifax Opera Company (1946-1951); Harold A. Kopas Opera Scholarship (1985-1997); Josephine Harper Scholarship (1972-1975); Mary A. and John Yaremko Scholarship (1994-2003); Mozart Society (1988-1999); Oakville Guild Scholarship (1979-2004); Rotary Club of Toronto (Armour Heights) Scholarship (1975-1985); Scottish Opera (1987); Unitarian Church (1986-1995); Wagner Society (2003-2004); and the Women's Art Association of Canada, Luella McCleary Award (1982-1993).

General administrative records

Subseries consists of general administrative records for the Opera School (later the Opera Department, now the Opera Division), including correspondence, budgets, procedural documents, programming records, and theatre information.

Correspondence

Subseries consists of general correspondence and correspondence regarding teachers of the Opera School, later the Opera Department, and now the Opera Division. Correspondence relates to the operations of the Opera School, including budgets, hiring of teachers, particular productions, and the Opera School film project with the National Film Board. Subseries includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Other performance records

Subseries contains a certificate for Elizabeth Benson Guy's performance at Expo '67; her biography and repertoire list (April 1966); festival adjudicator's comments from her participation in the Kiwanis Music Festival (n.d.); and, a poster from a concert that she gave at Saint John High School on January 21, 1969.

Reviews and press notices

Series includes newspaper clippings of reviews and notices pertaining to Elizabeth Benson Guy, including a scrapbook compiled by Fred Guilldford of the Nova Scotia Opera Association (1948).

Thursday at noon series

Subseries consists of programs and recordings of concerts in the Thursday at Noon series. This series features faculty and guest artists in small ensemble chamber music and vocal or instrumental recitals. Traditionally, these events take place in Walter Hall at the Faculty of Music on Thursday afternoons.

Grant applications and correspondence

Subseries consists of correspondence and copies of New Music Concerts' applications and reports to granting agencies, including Metro Toronto, the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario Arts Council, and Canada Council. NMC applied for grants to support the operational costs of the performing arts organizations, including the costs of presenting their concert season and commissioning new compositions. Grant applications include budgets, artistic director's reports, financial statements, and proposals for concerts and events.

General correspondence

Subseries consists of correspondence between New Music Concerts (NMC), Coopers and Lybrand, and other parties regarding NMC's finances.

Financial ledgers

Subseries consists of the financial ledgers and bankers records for New Music Concerts, showing the organization's expenses and revenue from administrative and operational activities, as well as payments to composers, performers, and venues.

Fundraising correspondence and reports

Subseries consists of correspondence with and reports of donations received from private and corporate donors, separate from funding that New Music Concerts received from city, provincial, and national granting agencies.

Reviews and advertisements

Subseries contains reviews of concerts presented by New Music Concerts (NMC), advertisements for NMC, and press releases for events and performances.

CBC recording and broadcast contracts

Subseries consists of correspondence and contracts between New Music Concerts (NMC), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and Radio Canada International (RCI) regarding the recording and broadcast of NMC concerts.

Recordings

Subseries contains documents relating to the funding, production, release, and distribution of recordings by New Music Concerts, including: New Music Concerts (1990); Lutoslawski conducts Lutoslawksi (1998); Sixteen Dances by John Cage (CP2 Records, 2002), from a recording of a concert by the New Music Concerts Ensemble in Walter Hall, conducted by Paul Zukofsky (January 31, 1982); Vox Balaenae and Other Works (Naxos, 2006), featuring music by George Crumb; and 100th Anniversary Release (Naxos, 2008) of music by Elliott Carter.

Touring materials

Subseries contains documents from New Music Concerts tours, including their 1976 tour of Europe and their Northern Ontario and United States tour in 1980.

Season planning documents

Subseries contains general documents relating to each concert season of New Music Concerts, including ticket sales, programming suggestions, musicians' contracts, venue contracts, and orchestra rehearsal schedules.

Concerts and events

Subseries contains documents relating to individual concerts and events presented by New Music Concerts. Records include correspondence with performers, composers, venues, and other related individuals; contracts and agreements with musicians; rehearsal schedules; promotional photographs of musicians and composers; stage plots; and other notes.

Toronto New Music Alliance

Subseries consists of agendas, meeting minutes, correspondence, and other records relating to the Toronto Coalition of New Music Presenters (TCNMP) or Toronto New Music Alliance, a coalition of ensembles and performing arts organizations in Toronto dedicated to New Music. The coalition formed in 2001 following the closure of Massey Hall and the New Music Festival (NuMuFest) as a collective of 28 music ensembles, concert presenters, and other organizations dedicated to the creation and proliferation of new music in Toronto. Groups include New Music Concerts, Soundstreams Canada, soundaXis, Music Gallery, Esprit Orchestra, MusicWorks, Toca Loca, Les Amis, CONTACT Contemporary Music, the Canadian Music Centre, Arraymusic, the Ambient Ping, Continuum, Earshot! Concerts, Hannaford Street Silver Band, New Adventure in Sound Art, and others.

Other administrative records

Subseries consists of lease agreements for New Music Concerts' office spaces, an overview of office administrative duties, and a copy of the letters patent for "242636 Concerts" and "New Music Concerts".

Correspondence

Subseries contains correspondence with composers, performers, concert venues, music publishers, and performance licensing agencies.

Board meeting minutes

Subseries consists of meeting minutes, agendas, and related correspondence, budgets, and reports from and to the Board of Directors for New Music Concerts, including reports from the artistic director Robert Aitken.

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