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Other significant financial documents

Subseries consists of other significant financial documents and correspondence, including Esprit Orchestra's registration as a charitable organization, effective September 13, 1985, under the name "The Esprit Contemporain Orchestra/L'Orchestre Esprit Contemporain."

Music director

Subseries consists of the contents of two binders maintained by the music director of Esprit Orchestra Alex Pauk, which include: marketing materials, concert season press releases, profiles of the orchestra, lists of commissions and repertoire, a discography, information on the Towards a Living Art (TALA) program, tour information, notes and schedules for venues and rehearsals, budgets, special projects, and fundraising information. Subseries also includes copies of and notes for Pauk's Music Director reports (1987-1993) to the Board of Directors.

Communications committee

Subseries consists of minutes, notes, and a draft communications plan for the 2004-2005 concert season. The Communications Committee was established (along with the Executive Committee and committees for Finance, Management and Strategic Planning, Fundraising, Education, Volunteer, Program, and Nominating) in an amendment to Esprit Orchestra's By-Laws (1989).

Education committee

Subseries consists of copies of the Education Committee's reports to the Board of Directors, particularly as pertains to the Towards a Living Art (TALA) program. The Committee was established (along with the Executive Committee and committees for Finance, Management and Strategic Planning, Fundraising, Marketing and Communications, Volunteer, Program, and Nominating) in an amendment to Esprit Orchestra's By-Laws (1989).

Strategic planning committee

Subseries consists of correspondence, notes, three-year plans and draft mission and vision statements for Esprit Orchestra. The Strategic Planning Committee was established (along with the Executive Committee and committees for Finance, Education, Fundraising, Marketing and Communications, Volunteer, Program, and Nominating) in an amendment to Esprit Orchestra's By-Laws (1989).

Fundraising events

Subseries consists of records relating to fundraising events for and by Esprit Orchestra. Records include correspondence, ticket sale information, promotional materials, minutes and notes from the planning committee.

Fundraising events include: Sai Woo Fundraising Banquet (1988); Black Tie Bingo (1990-1994); Orford String Quartet fundraiser (February 22, 1991); Hard Times Barn Dance (1992); An evening with Jon Kimura Parker (May 6, 1994); A private evening of music with Ofra Harnoy (May 1995); Midsummer night's garden party (June 21, 1995); An evening with Richard Margison (April 1, 1996); Bravo! fundraisers (1997-1999); Hogg's Hollow fundraiser (1999); and Hogtown goes Motown (2005).

Year-end financial statements

Subseries consists of audited and unaudited year-end financial statements for Esprit Orchestra: 1986, 1988 (including financial statements for the Esprit Orchestra Olympic Tour), 1991-1993, 1994 (draft only), 1995 (fax copy, unaudited), 1996-2008, 2009 (draft only), 2011, 2012 (draft only), 2014 (draft only), 2019 (analysis of financial statement only).

Financial ledgers

Subseries consists of financial ledgers for Esprit Orchestra from the early years of the organization. Subseries also includes a sample set of musicians' cost sheets (anonymized) for the 2002-2003 concert season.

Marketing committee

Subseries consists of minutes and summaries from meetings of the Marketing Committee. The Committee was established (along with the Executive Committee and committees for Finance, Management and Strategic Planning, Fundraising, Fundraising, Volunteer, Program, and Nominating) in an amendment to Esprit Orchestra's By-Laws (1989).

Special events committee

Subseries consists of agendas, meetings minutes, and related correspondence for the Special Events Committee of the Esprit Orchestra.

Office management records

Subseries consists of administrative records pertaining to personnel, planning cycle for the fiscal year, and tenancy agreements regarding Esprit Orchestra's office space. Personnel records include job descriptions and related correspondence, and contracts for paid and volunteer positions within the Esprit Orchestra administration, including president, operations manager, special projects, general manager, music director and conductor, and executive director.

Budgets

Subseries consists of budgets for Esprit Orchestra's operations and concert seasons.

Reports to granting agencies

Subseries consists of reports to and correspondence with various funding agencies that supported the regular operations of Esprit Orchestra, in addition to various special projects, including education initiatives, composer commissions, recording projects, professional development activities, and marketing and outreach. Esprit Orchestra is financially supported by public sector sources, including the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, the Trillium Foundation, and the Toronto Arts Council; private sector foundations and donations from individuals and corporations; fundraising events; and revenue from performances, recordings, and broadcasts.

This subseries consists of files from the following funding agencies:

  • Canada Council, or Canada Arts Council (1983-2012)
  • Lieutenant Governor's Award (1992-2003)
  • Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto (1983-1998)
  • Ontario Arts Council (1984-2011)
  • Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture (1984, 1987-1989)
  • Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture, and Recreation (1992-1999)
  • Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications (1988-1992)
  • Ontario Trillium Foundation (2000-2012)
  • Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada or SOCAN (1990-2011)
  • Suncor (1983-1985, 1990-1994, 1997-1998, 2006-2008)
  • Toronto Arts Council (1986-2011).

Student recitals

Subseries consists of programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music (1986-1987). 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 programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music (1987-1988). 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 programs from student recitals at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music (1988-1989). 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.

Slides

This subseries contains slides depicting Blissymbol instructional materials, BCI history, and student and teacher photographs, as well as associated textual and object materials.

Non-English Correspondence

This subseries contains non-English correspondence pertaining to Blissymbols and includes attached material such as Blissymbol working documents, teaching materials, and children's stories in Blissymbols and German language

Non-English Children's Books

This subseries contains children's stories written in Blissymbols, some with translations in various non-English languages. Materials include professionally bound hardcover and softcover books, in addition to spiralbound and stapled booklets.

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).
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