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Parade

Subseries consists of scripts, scores, and parts, for incidental music that Phil Nimmons wrote for the CBC television program "Parade," a variety series that aired from 1959 to 1964.

Showtime

Subseries consists of scores and parts for incidental music that Phil Nimmons wrote for "Showtime," previously known as "Canadian General Electric Showtime" or "C.G.E. Showtime" or the "CGE Show".

Folio

Subseries consists of scripts, scores, and parts for plays that aired on the CBC television program "Folio." "Folio" ran from 1955 to 1959, succeeding "Scope" and preceding "Festival" as CBC's flagship program from television dramas and musical comedies.

Canada Series

Subseries consists of scores and parts for arrangements by Phil Nimmons for the 13-episode CBC radio program "Canada Series" with Morris Surdin.

CBC Stage 52

Subseries consists of scripts, scores, and parts for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio series Stage 52, which aired on Sunday nights. Phil Nimmons regularly wrote incidental music for radio plays broadcast on this program.

CBC Wednesday night

Subseries consists of scripts, scores, and parts for the weekly radio program "CBC Wednesday Night," later rebranded "CBC Wednesday Night" and finally "CBC Tuesday Night". Phil Nimmons regularly wrote incidental music for radio plays broadcast on this program.

Student recitals

Subseries consists of programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music during the 1984-1985 academic year. Volume also includes programs from Opera Excerpts concerts and recitals in the Thursday Afternoon Series.

Student recitals

Subseries consists of programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music during the 1977-1978 academic year. Volume also includes programs from select faculty ensemble and guest artist recitals.

Student recitals

Subseries consists of programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music during the 1978-1979 academic year. Volume also includes programs from select faculty ensemble and guest artist recitals.

Student recitals

Subseries contains programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music during the 1979-1980 academic year. Volume also includes programs from select faculty ensemble and guest artist recitals.

Student recitals

Subseries consists of programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music during the 1981-1982 academic year. Volume also includes programs from select faculty ensemble and guest artist recitals and lectures.

Student recitals

Subseries consists of programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music during the 1981-1982 academic year. Volume also includes programs from select faculty ensemble and guest artist recitals.

Student recitals

Subseries consists of programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music during the 1983-1984 academic year. Volume also includes programs from select faculty ensemble and guest artist recitals (listed at the start of the volume).

Student recitals

Subseries consists of programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music during the 1982-1983 academic year. Volume also includes programs from select faculty ensemble and guest artist recitals.

Annual Reports & Meeting Minutes

This subseries contains annual reports, final reports, and miscellaneous meeting minutes from Blissymbolics Communication Institute - Canada. The bulk of the material is from the earliest years of the Bliss Project when it took place at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, the then Ontario Crippled Children's Centre.

Books

This subseries includes books surrounding the topic of Blissymbols, Blissymbolics and other methods of augmentative and alternative communication which were not published by BCIC.

Communicating Together

This subseries contains volumes of Communicating Together, a quarterly magazine published between 1982 and 2001. The magazine shared the experiences and communication systems of non-speaking people with their families, communities and professionals who worked with them. Each issue had a guest editor and included articles written by individuals who used Blissymbolics. Throughout the years, the magazine was published by a variety of publishers across Southern Ontario, and was briefly hosted online in the early 2000s. Between 1991-2001 the magazine was published by Sharing to Learn, a now defunct organization which was created to publish the magazine.

Being Sexual: An Illustrated Series on Sexuality and Relationships

This subseries contains the published volumes of Being Sexual: An Illustrated Series on Sexuality and Relationships and “After You Tell” written by Susan E. Ludwig. Being Sexual was a 17 volume series published by the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada (SEICCAN) in 1993. The purpose of the publication was to provide clear sexuality education for young adults and adults with developmental disabilities, problems with speech, literary, learning or communication. The volumes are written in English alongside a Blissymbol translation. The Blissymbolics Communication institute provided the symbol translation for each volume.

There are 17 volumes total covering the following topics: Relationships, A Woman’s Body, A Man’s Body, Adolescence, Male Masturbation, Female Masturbation, Heterosexual Intercourse, Human Reproduction, Birth Control, Homosexuality, Sexuality and Physical Disability, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, AIDS, Sexual Self Advocacy, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality and Aging and the Being Sexual Teaching Manual. “After You Tell” is a book which describes what an individual should expect after an individual reports sexual abuse to the authorities. At the back of each volume there is a glossary of the Blissymbols used.

Sex Information and Education Council of Canada

Material regarding Vincent van Gogh

Subseries consists of photocopies of textual records created in the process of developing a film on Vincent Van Gogh, with which Nouwen was involved, including correspondence, grant applications, research notes, typescripts, film scripts, and film schedules relating to the development and execution of the project. Records are separated into the following 13 folders:

  • File 1: Van Gogh – Quotes I [1980-1981]
  • File 2: Van Gogh – Quotes II [1980]
  • File 3: Van Gogh – Quotes III [1980]
  • File 4: Van Gogh – Notes and correspondence I [1980-1984]
  • File 5: Van Gogh – Notes and correspondence II [1979-1980]
  • File 6: Van Gogh – Notes and correspondence III [1978-1979]
  • File 7: Van Gogh – Notes and correspondence IV [1978-1980]
  • File 8: Compassion – Henri Nouwen I Van Gogh, Hold [1980]
  • File 9: Compassion – Henri Nouwen II – Text for Recording [1980-1981]
  • File 10: Compassion – Henri Nouwen III – Text for Recording [1980-1981]
  • File 11: Compassion – Henri Nouwen IV – Text for Recording [1980]
  • File 12: Compassion – Henri Nouwen V – Text for recording July 21, 1980 [1980]
  • File 13: Compassion – Henri Nouwen VI [1978 or 1980]

Other recordings

Subseries consists of correspondence, contracts, notes, budgets, and other materials relating to other audio and audio-visual recordings and projects involving Esprit Orchestra:

  • CMC Centrediscs project (1984)
  • draft liner notes for Harry Somers' Chura-Churum [1985]
  • proposal for a CBC television production of Cortege by R. Murray Schafer (1988)
  • Alex Pauk's appearance on CJRT radio with Tom Fulton (November 11, 1993)
  • The Adjuster : music for the films of Atom Egoyan (rerecorded film orchestrations by Mychael Danna, recorded by Esprit Orchestra) (Varèse, 1996)
  • Ecstasy : a multimedia/video event based on Esprit's opening concert, October 2000
  • CD proposal from composer José Evangelista, which would include performances of his Cancionero and O Bali by Esprit Orchestra (August 2002).

Compact disc recordings

Subseries consists of correspondence, editing notes, draft liner notes, recording schedules, budgets, CD sales, and other documents relating to the production of Esprit Orchestra's CDs.

Subseries includes materials relating to the following recordings by Esprit Orchestra:
[1] Schafer, Pauk, Dusatko, Chan, Cherney (Toronto: CBC Records, 1991)

  • Recorded at Oasis Studios, Toronto.
  • Tracks: Dream rainbow dream thunder / R. Murray Schafer ; Echo Spirit Isle / Alex Pauk ; Traces of becoming / Tomas Dusatko ; Ecstasy / Chan Ka Nin ; Into the distant stillness / Brian Cherney.

[2] Iridescence (Toronto: CBC Records = Disques SRC, 1994)

  • Recorded in Toronto, March 12-13, 1992.
  • Tracks: Iridescence / Chris Paul Harman ; Cosmos / Alex Pauk ; Scorpius / R. Murray Schafer ; Town / Harry Freedman; Sparkskraps / Istvan Anhalt.

[3] Music for heaven and earth (Toronto: CBC Records, 1995).

  • Recorded at Studioasis, April 10-11, 1995.
  • Tracks: Nocturne : for chamber orchestra / Colin McPhee; Touchings : for percussion and orchestra / Harry Freedman ; Music for heaven and earth : for large orchestra / Alexina Louie ; Berceuse : For those who sleep before us, for flute and orchestra / Robert Aitken.

[4] Tabuh-Tabuhan (Toronto: CBC Records = Disques SRC, 1997)

  • Tracks: Symphony no. 2 / Colin McPhee ; Concerto for wind orchestra / Colin McPhee ; Transitions / Colin McPhee ; Tabuh-tabuhan / Colin McPhee ; Nocturne / Colin McPhee.

[5] Celebration (Toronto: CBC Records, 2000)

  • Recorded November 14 and 25, 1999 at Massey Hall, Toronto.
  • Tracks: Third piano concerto / Harry Somers ; Five songs for dark voice / Harry Somers ; Elegy, transformation, jubilation / Harry Somers.

[6] Music for a thousand autumns (Toronto: Centrediscs = Centredisques, 2002)

  • Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto.
  • Tracks: Music from night's edge / Alexina Louie ; Music for a thousand autumns / Alexina Louie ; Dénouement / Alexina Louie ; Demon gate / Alexina Louie.

[9] Letters from Mignon (Montreal: Atma, 2007)

  • Tracks: Letters from Mignon / R. Murray Schafer ; Thunder, perfect mind / R. Murray Schafer ; Minnelieder / R. Murray Schafer.

Music for films

Subseries consists of records relating to film music performed and recorded by Esprit Orchestra for Rhombus Media Inc., including correspondence, notes on recording sessions, and materials relating to premieres and gala events. Films include: Ravel (1987); For the Whales (1989); The Radical Romantic: John Weinzweig (1990); September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (1994); Ravel's Brain (2001); Perfect Pie (2002); Burnt Toast (2006); Silk (2007). Music by Alexina Louie and Alex Pauk.

Subseries also contains records relating to the Toothpaste interactive DVD (2001) from Bravo! New Style Arts Channel.

Radio broadcasts and concert recordings

Subseries consists of correspondence and contract agreements between Esprit Orchestra and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) for recording and radio broadcast of concerts by Esprit Orchestra. Subseries also includes notes and correspondence regarding a potential recording agreement with Naxos for Epsrit's "Rivka!" concert with Rivka Golani (February 4, 1995).

Press reviews, advertisements, news releases

Subseries consists of newspaper clippings of reviews of performances by Esprit Orchestra, as well as advertisements placed by Esprit Orchestra in newspapers and magazines for upcoming concerts, and copies of news releases from Esprit Orchestra announcing their concerts.

Programs, brochures, and flyers

Subseries consists of programs, brochures, and flyers from performances by Esprit Orchestra (originally Esprit Contemporain), including concerts that were part of their regular season, as well as performances in other concert series and festivals.

Marketing materials

Subseries consists of general marketing materials produced by Esprit Orchestra, including correspondence with advertisers, draft advertisements, materials relating to drafting the Esprit logo, profiles and general history of the orchestra, notes on developing an Esprit Orchestra website, and the Esprit Express newsletter (1989-1992).

Photographs

Subseries consists of photographs of educational events led by Esprit Orchestra, Esprit Orchestra in concert, and promotional photographs of musicians. In addition to promotional photographs of Esprit Orchestra and Alex Pauk, the subseries includes photographs of the following musicians and composers: Robert Aitken, John Burke (2), Francis Chan, Maureen Forrester, Chan Ka Nin Barbara Hannigan, John Hess, Scott Irvine, Rosemarie Landry, Tomas Dusatko, Joseph Macerollo (2), Marie-Danielle Parent, Jon Kimura Parker (3), Christina Petrowska, John Rea (2), Frederic Rzewski, Ryan C.W. Scott (2), Harry Somers, Norman Symonds, Andrew Tees, Jean-Guy Thibodeau, Gilles Tremblay, Owen Underhill.

Posters

Subseries consists of select posters for concerts by the Esprit Orchestra:

  • World Music Days (September 23-28 1984)
  • Les Evénements du Neuf (November 9, 1985 - April 11, 1986)
  • The Esprit Orchestra presents Steve Reich (February 1, [1987])
  • [Esprit Orchestra concert with world premiere of Ecstasy by Ka Nin Chan] (March 8, [1987])
  • 100% Brand New (January 30, 1994) (autographed by composers) (2 copies)
  • The Princess of the Stars (September 12-14, 1997)
  • La ciel et la terre : musique canadienne sacrée [part of International Gaudeamus Music Week, Amsterdam] (September 9, 1999)
  • Ravel's brain [April 4, 2001]
  • Hogtown goes Motown : a fundraiser for Esprit Orchestra (April 28, [2004])
  • Benefit screening and part for the launch of Burnt Toast (February 6, [2006])
  • Brand New and Pre-Loved (March 26, [2009])
  • Take the Dog Sled (November 15, 2009)
  • Penderecki plus! (January 29, 2010)
  • À l'aventure! (March 31, 2010)
  • Esprit Orchestra : bene fête three (May 14, 2012).

National and international tours

Subseries consists of records relating Esprit Orchestra's tours, including contracts with venues, correspondence, planning notes, promotional materials, reports to granting agencies, budgets, travel and concert schedules.

Tours include:
[2] Alex Pauk's participation in the International Music Festival, Moscow, May 15-24, 1984 (performance of his Legend of Raven).
[2] Potential tours to Buenos Aires, Argentina (October 1984) and Sofia, Bulagria (November 1984) following Alex Pauk's visit to Cuba
[3] Proposed tour in Europe (summer 1986) [unrealized]
[5] Performances with the Societe de Musique Contemporaine du Quebec for the Calgary Winter Olympics Art Festival and the subsequent tour (February 14-21, 1988; Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa)
[8] Exploring a potential Pacific Rim tour (1990-1991) [unrealized]
[9] Exploring a potential tour of Asia (1991-1992) [unrealized]
[11] Paris concert (October 1993)
[11] Kansas City, Mid-America Arts Alliance (MAAA) (March 1994)
[14] Winnipeg New Music Festival (October 1996)
[15] Western Canada tour (June 15-2, 1998)
[17] European tour (September 1999)
[19] Alex Pauk and Alexina Louie in delegation for the Governor General's State Visit to Germany (October 2001)
[22] Montreal Nouvelles Musiques (MNM) 2005 International Festival (March 2005)
[26] European Tour (April 2009)
[30] Montreal tour [Esprit Orchestra's bene fête tour, May 23, 2013]
[32] China tour (May-June, 2015).

Composer commission records

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

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

Creative sparks

Subseries consists of records, including correspondence, notes, rough stage plans, and rehearsal schedules, for the Esprit Orchestra educational programme "Creative Sparks". Creative Sparks provides hands-on performance and composition opportunities for students, who are mentored by composers. Their compositions are showcased in Esprit's New Wave Composers Festival each year.

Other educational events and activities

Subseries consists of records, including correspondence, notes, rough stage plans, and rehearsal schedules, for other educational events and activities led by Esprit Orchestra. Includes records pertaining to the Community Arts and Education Partnership, the New Music Coalition, and the New Music Collaborative.

Venue contracts and audience statistics

Subseries consists of correspondence, contracts, agreements, ticket sales, budgets, and box office settlements with theatres the Esprit Orchestra used for performances and recordings. Theatres include: Harbourfront Premiere Dance Theatre (1986); Jane Mallett Theatre at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Performing Arts (1986-2007); Roy Thomson Hall (1989-1992); Glenn Gould Studio (1993-1996); Royal Conservatory of Music (1995, 2011); Jackman Studio, Canadian Opera Company (1996); Elgin and Wintergarten Theatre (1998-2007); MacMillan Theatre, University of Toronto (2001-2002); Walter Carsen Centre for the National Ballet (2004-2006). Subseries also includes contracts with venues that Esprit Orchestra performed at when on tour in Quebec (1985) and Western Canada (1998).

Subseries also includes records relating to audience development, including Esprit Orchestra's participation in Cheapseats! (1997-2002), a new music pass to admit students to Toronto's new music concerts; summaries of audience statistics; results of an audience survey (1988-1990); reports on the Canada Council funded "Audience Development Programme" (1989-1990), which included the Towards a Living Art Programme, University Student Involvement Project, Coffee Chats, and After Concert Gatherings; student letters and reviews; audience statistics; and notes on audience development (2009).

Non-subscription performances and other events

Subseries consists of correspondence, notes, and other records relating to performances by Esprit Orchestra that were not part of their regular concert seasons. Events included "Coffee Chats" (1989-1991); performance of R. Murray Schafer's Patria V: The Crown of Ariadne (March 2, 1992); CBC broadcast of Patria V: The Crown of Ariadne (April 5, 1992); concert at the World Congress for Education and Communication on Environment and Development (ECO-ED) Gala (October 19, 1992); participation in the International Accordion Celebration (March 26 - April 4, 1993); Alex Pauk's conference presentation at "Partners in Change," the Association of Canadian Orchestras (ACO) and Orchestras Ontario (OO) National Conference (May 1996); concert at the Glenn Gould Studio with Richard Stolzman, clarinet (November 25, 1996); "Tender is the North," a Nordic Festival presented by Chamber Concerts Canada (June 1997); production of Schafer's Princess of the Stars (September 6-14, 1997); participation in project "introducing work of Dutch composers" (2000-2001; February-June, 2002); performance of Dream Play by Timothy Sullivan and The Summoning of Everyman by Charles Wilson, presented by Opera in Concert (OIC) (December 5, 2004); concert at Convocation Hall, McMaster University (November 4, 2005); and the Xenakis project (SoundaXis, June 1-11, 2006).

Towards a living art

Subseries consists of records relating to events and concerts for Esprit Orchestra's "Towards a Living Art" (TALA) education programme. Esprit introduced TALA in 1985 and included: in-class visits; open rehearsals; free and/or subsidized concert tickets; free student concerts; workshops and student performances and artist lectures and seminars.

Repertoire of the Esprit Orchestra

Subseries consists of materials relating to the selection of repertoire for Esprit Orchestra, including correspondence, and music rental materials. Subseries also includes a summary list of Esprit repertoire (current to November 2006), which lists repertoire by composers and includes each composer's nationality, work's duration, number of repeat performance by Esprit, and whether the performance was a world premiere, Esprit commission, Canadian premiere, and/or North American premiere. Subseries also includes a list of repertoire performed by Esprit at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts (1986-2009), listed by concert, and statistical information (1982-1998) regarding Esprit's repertoire.

Rehearsal schedules

Subseries consists of rehearsal schedules for Esprit Orchestra and guest artists, including rehearsal times and places, and dress rehearsals.

Musician contracts

Subseries consists of contracts, correspondence, and agreements with musicians and the Toronto Musicians' Association (TMA) for performances and recording sessions by Esprit Orchestra. Subseries includes contracts for regular orchestra members, guest artists, and agreements for collaborations with other groups, including the National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO), Les Événements du neuf, National Youth Orchestra, Association Musique Actuelle de Québec (AMAQ), Canadian Opera Company (COC), and Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ).

Subscription concerts

Subseries consists of correspondence, rehearsal schedules, lists of performers, lists of complimentary tickets, and other notes created in the planning of individual concerts in Esprit Orchestra's regular, subscription series.

Board of directors

Subseries consists of meeting agendas, minutes, reports from various other committees, and correspondence from the Board of Directors of Esprit Orchestra (initially named Esprit Contemporain). Subseries also includes drafts of of the Directors' Manual and By-Laws.

Executive committee

Subseries consists of meeting agendas and minutes for the Executive Committee of Esprit Orchestra. The Executive Committee was made up of the President, Past President, 2 Vice Presidents, Corporate Secretary, and Treasurer. The Committee was established (along with committees for Finance, Management and Strategic Planning, Fundraising, Marketing and Communications, Volunteer, Program, Education, and Nominating) in an amendment to Esprit Orchestra's By-Laws (1989).

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