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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.

Mother Nature

Sub-series consists of one episode of the television series Mother Nature. Produced by Ralph C. Ellis and Kip Spidell, with Stephen Ellis as Executive Producer. Mother Nature was made in association with TLC and CFCN Television. Series 1 ran for 14 episodes in 1992. A second series of 28 episodes ran in 1997.
Titles in the sub-series include:
Tales of the Hawk

Stephen Ellis

Wild Canada

Wild Canada (French title Images du Canada) premiered on the CBC on November 26, 1979. Running for eleven one-hour episodes and one 90-minute special, the program followed John and Janet Foster (of To The Wild Country) to different wilderness regions in Canada. Wild Canada was produced by Manitou Productions, in association with the CBC, by producers Ralph C. Ellis and Dan Gibson. Sub-series includes audio elements and promotional materials.

Sub-series includes the following titles:
Nahanni
Exploring Ontario
The Giant Tides of Fundy
Enchanted Islands
Sable and the South Shore
Athabasca Country
Winter Wilderness
Land of the Caribou
North to Labrador
Quebec, La Belle Province
Alberta’s Southern Rockies
North to the Top of the World

Stephen Ellis

Profiles of Nature

Sub-series contains material related to the Profiles of Nature television program, including promotional materials. Profiles of Nature ran for 104 half-hour and 84 one-hour episodes, as series and as specials, from 1984-2005. Produced independently by KEG Productions in association with CFCN-TV Calgary, it was pre-sold to Global TV (CFCN-TV Calgary), TVOntario, and multiple independent stations in Canada. It was sold to PBS in the United States through Ellis’ American distributor Devillier-Donegan Enterprises, and then to other international markets. Narrated by Neil Dainard.

Sub-series includes a file containing films related to filmmaker Patrick (Paddy) Carey, the subject of an episode of Profiles of Nature.

Sub-series also contains Modern Day Voyageurs, which provided source material for Man of the Wilderness.

Sub-series includes the following titles:

Series I (1984):
The Hooded Seal
The Loon
Mountain Goats
Grebes
Solitudes
The Grey Seals of Sable Island
Birds of the Arctic Tundra
Polar Bears
The Herring Gull
Bighorn Sheep
Life in a Pond
The Beaver
The Waterfowl Art of M. Reece
The Great Gray Owl
The Cougar
The Great Blue Heron
Imprinting
R. Hermes, Nature Cinematographer
The Marsh
The Vancouver Island Marmot
The Great Horned Owl
The Red-Throated Loon
Hummingbirds
The Greater Sandhill Crane
The Coot
Ron Parker, Wildlife Artist

Series II (1985):
The Woodland Moose
Bluebirds
The Harp Seal
Warblers
Grizzly Bears
The Muskox
The Common Eider
The Bison
The Bald Eagles
Elephant Seals
The Elk
The Grouse Family
The Black Bear
The Water Raiders
The White-Tailed Deer
Bird Island
Patagonia
Birds in the Winter
Ground Squirrels
The Canada Goose
Return of the Sea Otter
W&M Berlet, Nature Cinematographer
Galapagos
The World of Plants
(No material for episodes: The Red-Tailed Hawk or Woodpeckers).

Series III (1986):
The Trumpeter Swan
Animals with Antlers
Pelicans
Tree Squirrels
Rosate Spoonbill
World of Mountain
Orca & Manatee
Arctic Nursery
(No material for episodes: Growing with Nature; World of the Bog; The Pronghorn; The Wonder of Migration; or Hawks).

Series IV (1992):
(No material for episodes: At Home Underwater; Return of the Trumpeter; Captured on Canvas; In Search of the Howler Monkey; The Wood Duck; Penguins, Dolphins & Killer Whales; Predators of Hawk Cliff; Mountain Safari; Wildlife in the Backyard; A Brush with the Polar Bear; Inhabitants of a Hidden World; The Magic of Flight; or Experiencing Nature).

Series V (1994):
World of the Badlands
(No material for episodes: The Invisible Zoo; The Moose of Algonquin; The Magic of Wildlife Photography; The Day the Orcas Returned; Winged Predators of the Forest; The Rise and Fall of Minesing Swamp; Why do Animals Act that Way?; The World of the Cecropia Moth; Freshwater Jungle; Arctic Journeys; Rainforest of the Pacific Northwest; or Working for Wildlife).

Series VI (1994):
(No material for episodes: Rainforests of Southeast Asia; Seasons of the Deer; Microscopic Wilderness; The Butterfly Man; The Masked Bandit; Iceland - Coastal Wings; Arctic Sanctuary
Rattlesnake Sanctuary; Myvatn - Ecology of a Lake; Urban Wilderness; A Passion for Nature; The Big E; or Summer on the Treeline).

Specials I (1987):
Baby Animals
Animal Aliens
(No material for episodes: Camera in the Wilderness; In Search of the Hawk; or Nature in Close-Up).

Specials II (1990):
Baby Animals II
Unpredictable Prairie
From Pacific Rim to Serengeti
Spirit of the Wilderness
(No material for episodes: Wilderness Magic; Naturalist with a Camera; Bird Watcher's Paradise; Man of the Wilderness; or Around the Inland Sea).

Specials III (1991):
In Praise of Wolves
Emperor of the Eastern Woodlands
Poet of the Landscape
Journey to Brazoria
Polar Bridge
From Muleshoe to Galveston
North to the Arctic Tundra
A Hundred Years of Algonquin
(No material for episodes: Treasure of the Madera Canyon or A Passion for Canoes).

Specials IV (1993):
(No material for episode: Rediscovering the Natural World).

Specials V (1996):
(No material for episodes: Wilderness New Year; Snow White Killers of the Arctic; Crowned Heads of the Wilderness; or The Wonder of Baby Animals).

Specials VI (1997):
The Last Jungles in Africa
(No material for episodes: Gator; The Wild Pacific Northwest; Mysterious Marsh; Animals of the Rocky Mountains; Life on the Edge; Beauties and the Beastlies; Camouflage; Claws; Bear Attack; or The Magic of Baby Animals).

Specials VII (1999):
(No material for episodes: Vipers - Marvels of Evolution or Echoes of the Carolinian Forest).

Specials VIII (1999):
(No material for episodes: Fiery Phantom - The Red Fox; Deadly Spingsters - A Spider's World; Whitetail Deer - Woodland Survivors; Bear Attack - Encountering Grizzlies; Beluga - Spirit of the Deep; or Wolves of North America).

Specials IX (2000):
(No material for episodes: Secrets of the Everglades; Bear Attack - Polar Bears; Frogs - Leaping Wizards; The Arctic - No Place to Hide; Tiny Perfect Predators - Mantids and Dragonflies; Defensive Ends - The Porcupine and the Skunk; Beavers - Dam It All Anyway; Lizards!; Polars Bears - Life on the Field of Bones; or The Opportune Raccoon).

Specials X (2001):
(No material for episodes: Wasps - The Sting's the Thing; Black Bears - Trouble Bruin; Turtles - The Shell Game; Moose - The Moody Monarch; Meet the Weasels; Vultures - The Carrion Gang; The Grizzly Connection; A Mountain Goat's Story; or Coyote - The Wily Vagabond).

Specials XI (2003):
(No material for episodes: Beach Wars; Tales of the Tarantula; The Bear Necessities; Gobblers; Animal Impersonators; The Awesome Opossum; All-Terrain Deer; Warriors of the Yukon; or Purrfect Predators).

Specials XII (2005):
(No material for episodes: The Scorpion's Tale; The Fast and the Furriest; Badgers: Dishing the Dirt; Wild Superpowers; Ambush: Fast Food; or Marsupial Mayhem).

Stephen Ellis

Fishing In Northern Ontario

Sub-series consists of material related to Fishing In Northern Ontario, a sponsored film produced by KEG Productions for the Government of Ontario.

Stephen Ellis

The Baby Human

Sub-series consists of three episodes of the television program The Baby Human. Produced by Ellis Vision in association with Discovery Health Channel and Discovery Health Channel Canada, this six-episode series ran for two seasons from 2002-2003. Produced by Kip Spidell. Executive Producer Stephen Ellis.

Titles in the sub-series include:
To Feel
To Belong
To Relate

(No material for episodes: To Walk, To Think, or To Talk).

Stephen Ellis

The Man Who Loved Birds

Sub-series consists of material related to The Man Who Loved Birds, a one-hour special produced by KEG, in association with CFCN-TV Calgary, for TVO in 1986. This documentary follows cinematographer John Bax as he films birds of North and South America. Narrated by Neil Dainard.

Stephen Ellis

Adventures in Rainbow County

Sub-series consists of material related to the television program Adventures in Rainbow County. The series premiered on the CBC on September 20, 1970 and ran for 26 episodes. Starring Lois Maxwell, the program largely followed the adventures in Northern Ontario of her son Billy Williams (Stephen Cotter) and his Ojibway friend Pete Gawa (Buckley Petawabano). Filmed on-location in Whitefish Falls and on Birch Island, the series was produced by Manitou Productions in association with CBC and ABC Australia, with William Davidson as producer and Ralph C. Ellis as Executive Producer. The program filled a niche of “high-quality children’s programming” for domestic and international audiences.

Titles in the sub-series include:
La Chute
The Tower
The Frank Williams File
Skydiver
The Kid from Spanish Harlem
Panic in the Bush
Long Tough Race
The Town That Died
Eye of the Needle
Girl on a Tightrope
The Return of Eli Rocque
Roar of the Hornet
Lac du Diable
The Muskies Are Losing Their Teeth
Milk Run
Wall of Silence
Where the Rice Grows
The Birdwatchers
The Boy Who Loved Animals
Mystery at Whaleback Bay
Night Caller
Lake on Blue Mountain
Stolen Tugboat
The Hermit
Pursuit Along the Aux Sables
Dreamer's Rock

Stephen Ellis

World of Survival = Survival

Sub-series consists of nature documentaries produced for the Survival television series (1961-2001, UK) created by Aubrey Buxton.

Titles in the sub-series include:
A Breed Apart: The Wildlife Cameraman
Polar Bear
Seals: People of the Sea
The Legend of the Lightning Bird (Alan Root)
The Mysterious Journey (Richard and Julia Kemp)
Tumbler In The Sky

Stephen Ellis

Matt & Jenny

Sub-series consists of materials related to the television program Matt & Jenny (French title Les routes de l'amitié). The series premiered on Global on October 21, 1979 and ran for 26 half-hour episodes. Starring Derrick Jones, Megan Follows, Neil Dainard, and Duncan Regehr, the program followed two orphan children from Bristol traveling across Canada in 1850 searching for their uncle. Guest stars include: Sharon Acker, Michael Ansara, Henry Beckman, Victor Buono, Chief Dan George, Peter Graves, Noel Harrison, John Ireland, Dina Merrill, Cameron Mitchell, Barry Morse, Nehemiah Persoff, Julie Sommars, Linda Thorson, Richard Todd, Chris Wiggins, and Kennan Wynn. Matt and Jenny was produced by Manitou Productions in association with Polytel Films and the Global Television Network. William Davison was the producer, and Ralph C. Ellis was the executive producer. Episode directors include Joseph Scanlan, Rene Bonniere, Francis Chapman, and William Davidson. Sub-series includes sound elements, title elements, and promotional materials (including a “making of” featurette).

Sub-series includes the following titles:
Search for a New Home
Thunder & Lightning Birds
The Bellinis
The Long Return
Whirlwind Voice
Test for the Tanners
A Call to Arms
Devil's Gorge
The Mast
Fiddle Joe & the Devil Himself
The School Teacher
Barnabas Bletcher
Wolf Howl at Kennebec Cliff
Ceremony at Whispering Pines
Wilderness Photographer
Sport of Kings
Skiba the Bear
Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (Part 1)
Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (Part 2)
Frontier Justice
A Woman's Place
The Actress
Mystery of the Pikes
The Highlanders
Wagon Train West
The Ghost of Pocomoonshine Swamp

Stephen Ellis

Tales of the Unexpected

Sub-series consists of episodes of the television series Tales of the Unexpected (1979-1988, UK).

Titles in the sub-series include:
Fat Chance (1980, John Gorrie)
Back For Christmas (1980, Giles Foster)
The Best of Everything (1981, John Bruce)
Never Speak Ill of the Dead (1981, John Gorrie)

Stephen Ellis

Ingmar Bergman Features

Sub-series consists of material related to Ingmar Bergman films distributed by Ralph and Stephen Ellis. Material is predominantly release prints on 16mm, likely struck for television distribution, in dubbed and subtitled versions. See item-level description for further details.

Titles in the sub-series include:
A Lesson In Love (1954)
All These Women (1964)
Brink of Life (1958)
Dreams (1955)
Port of Call (1948)
Sawdust and Tinsel = The Naked Night (1953)
Secrets of Women (1952)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Summer Interlude = Illicit Interlude (1951)
Summer with Monika (1953)
The Devil’s Eye (1960)
The Magician (1958)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Silence (1963)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Three Strange Loves = Thirst (1949)
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
To Joy (1950)
Torment (1944)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Winter Light (1963

Stephen Ellis

Distribution Features

Sub-series consists of material related to various films distributed by Ralph and Stephen Ellis. Material is predominantly release prints on 16mm, likely struck for television distribution, in dubbed and subtitled versions. See item-level description for further details.

Titles in the sub-series include:
All Risks = This Is Lloyds (1961, Eric Fillilore, UK)
Black Orpheus (1959, Marcel Camus, Brazil, France, Italy)
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937, Louis King, USA)
Chimes at Midnight (1966, Orson Welles, Spain, Switzerland)
Colette (1972, Édouard Berne, France)
Fires on the Plain (1959, Kon Ichikawa, Japan)
Gate of Hell (1953, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japan)
Golem = Le Golem = The Man of Stone (1936, Julien Duvivier, Czechoslovakia)
Jules and Jim (1962, François Truffaut, France)
L’Avventura (1960, Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
M (1931, Fritz Lang, Germany)
Marcel Proust (1972, Édouard Berne, France)
Miss Julie (1951, Alf Sjöberg, Sweden)
My Home Is Copacabana (1965, Arne Sucksdorff, Sweden)
Rashomon (1950, Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
Salt of the Earth (1954, Herbert Biberman, USA)
The 400 Blows (1959, François Truffaut, France)
The Plough and the Stars (1937, John Ford, USA)
The Stranger Left No Card (1952, Wendy Toye, UK)
Three Cases of Murder (1955, David Eady, George More O'Ferrall, Wendy Toye, UK)
Ugetsu (1953, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
Witchcraft Through the Ages = Häxan (1968, Benjamin Christensen, Sweden)

Stephen Ellis

Sports Miniatures

Sub-series consists of materials related to a series of 26 five-minute short films on skiing, Sports Miniatures, produced by Gerald Kedey’s Motion Picture Centre and sold by KEG Productions. The series was KEG’s first television production. Dan Gibson filmed the series on skis. Features noted Canadian alpine skier Ernie McCulloch (1926-1987).

Titles in the sub-series include:
Mostly Experts
Magic of McCullough
Skiing In Orbit
The Slalom

Stephen Ellis

Thin Ice / Survival

Sub-series consists of material related to Thin Ice / Survival, a sponsored film produced by KEG Productions for the Government of Ontario.

Stephen Ellis

Laurence Olivier Presents: The Best Play of the Year 19--

Sub-series consists of material related to Laurence Olivier Presents: The Best Play of the Year 19--, a British television series produced by Granada Television presenting televised theatre (1976-1978).

Plays in the series include:
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1976, Robert Moore)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1977, Silvio Narizzano)

Stephen Ellis

Images of Galapagos

Sub-series consists of material related to Images of Galapagos, a documentary produced for the CBC in 1983. Produced by KEG in association with CFCN-TV Calgary. Cinematography and writing by John Wilson, with assistant Janet Jahoda Rogers. Features naturalist and photographer Tui De Roy Moore. Narrated by Laurie Waller.

Stephen Ellis

The Tube

Sub-series consists of an episode of The Tube, a British music television series produced by Tyne Tees Television (1982-1987). Features artists Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Paul McCartney.

Stephen Ellis

Wild Guess

Sub-series consists of production elements related to the program Wild Guess. A children’s game show based around animal trivia, Wild Guess was produced in 1988 and ran for two seasons of 26 half-hour episodes each. The program made extensive use of stock footage from Ellis productions.

Stephen Ellis

Dan Gibson’s Nature Family

Sub-series consists of material related to Dan Gibson’s Nature Family, a documentary produced for the CBC. It won Best Wildlife Film at the 1972 Canadian Film Awards. The same story was the basis of the 1977 theatrical film Wings of the Wilderness.

Stephen Ellis

Audubon Wildlife Theatre

Audubon Wildlife Theatre was produced in partnership with the National Audubon Society of the United States and the Canadian Audubon Society. Airing on CBC from 1968 to 1974, the series of 78 half-hour episodes was produced by Gerald S. Kedey and Dan Gibson. Ralph C. Ellis was the Executive Producer. The premiere episode, Land of the Loon, won the 1967 Canadian Film Award for Best Television Film. Narrated by Bert Devitt.

Episodes include:

Season 1 (1968-69):
Land of the Loon (Dan Gibson)
The Vanishing Sea (Robert Davison)
From the Mountains to the Sea (Wilf Gray)
River of Grass (Robert Hermes)
Wildlife Island (Dan Gibson)
Sea, Ice and Fire (Olin Sewall Pettingill)
They Live By The Water (Jack Carey)
Land of the Sea (Robert Hermes)
Scandinavian Saga (P.B. Johnson)
Wildlife Sanctuaries of India (Jack Carey)
Between the Tides (Robert Hermes)
Adventure High Arctic = The Lure of the Arctic (Edgar Jones)
Venezuelan Prairie (Robert Hermes)
These Things are Ours (Mary J. Dockeray and Walter Berlet)
Alberta Outdoors (Edgar Jones)
Nature’s Ways (William J. Jahoda)
Kenya and Uganda (Edgar Jones)
New England Saga (John D. Bulger)
The Living Wilderness (Walter Berlet)
Land of the Drowned River (Charles Stine)
Delta of the Orinoco (Violet E. Hermes)
Red Deer Valley (Edgar Jones)
Northwest to Alaska (Walter Bertlet)
The World of Bees (Jack Carey)
Waterfowl Wilderness (Dan Gibson)
Hawaii (Walter and Myrna Berlet)
Queen of the Cascades (Ty Hotchkiss)
This England (Chess Lyons)
Promise of Spring (Wilf Gray)
Down South Up the Nile (Bristol Foster)
Wildlands - Our Heritage (Dan Gibson)
Wildlife by Air (Herman Kitchen)
Living Jungle (Violet E. Hermes)
Where Eagles Swim (David Hancock)
Return to Pelican Island (Robert Davidson)
Soliloquy of a River (Robert Davidson)
Wildfowl Sanctuary (William H. Carrack)
A Day In The Desert (Chester Lyons)
Untamed Olympics (Walter Berlet)

Season 2 (1971):
Land of Oriskany
Spring Marsh (Walter Berlet)
Mexico, Land of Contrast (Chester Lyons)
Insect World (Walter Berlet)
Living Mountains = Nature’s Skyscrapers (Walter Berlet)
Beaver Pond (J.E. Swedenberg, C. Scott)
Costa Rica (Jack Carey)
Enduring Wilderness (Chess Lyons)
Sounds of Nature
Awareness for Tomorrow
River Run (Robert Davison)
The Coral World of Bermuda (William J. Jahoda)
Small World (Fran Hall)
Mule Deer Country (Robert Davison)
Around the Bay (George Regensburg)
World of Ants and Aphids (Fran Hall)
Africa’s Curious Naturalists (Bristol Foster)
The Rattlesnake King (J.E. Swedenberg, C. Scott)
High Country (Chess Lyons)
Color It Living (Don Gray)
Land of the Totem Pole (Bristol Foster)
Africa, Cornerstone for Survival (Bristol Foster)

Season 3 (1972):
Kangaroos and Koalas (Harold J. Pollock)
Wapiti (Walter Berlet)
Lands of Two Oceans
Water Birds of Australia (Harold J. Pollock)
Land of Igloolik
Lobster Country (William J. Jahoda)
Micronesia (W. Lukas)
Quebec Spring (Walter Berlet)
West Side Journey (Walter Berlet)
New England Wilderness (J.E. Swedenberg, C. Scott)
Quebec-Iran Adventure (Karl Himmer)
Reptiles - A Misunderstood Species (Norman Lightfoot)
Wanderings of a Naturalist (Gerald Pollock)
A Family in the Wilderness (Ulrich Ganz)
Nesting Time in Southern Ontario (John Bax)
Coyote Country (Robert Davison)
Bermuda: Land and Sea (William J. Jahoda)

In the 1990s, the series was re-released as Wildlife Theatre. At this time, 18 episodes were removed from circulation: A Day In The Desert, Africa, Cornerstone for Survival, Africa’s Curious Naturalists, Alberta Outdoors, Coyote Country, Down South Up the Nile, From the Mountains to the Sea, Kangaroos and Koalas, Kenya and Uganda, Promise of Spring, Quebec-Iran Adventure, Return to Pelican Island, River Run, Scandinavian Saga, Sounds of Nature, Wildfowl Sanctuary, Wildlife Island, and Wildlife Sanctuaries of India.

Stephen Ellis

Wildlife Cinema

Sub-series contains material related to Wildlife Cinema. A spin-off to Wildlife Theatre, the program ran from 1974-1975 on Global Television. Produced by KEG Productions in association with CFCN-TV Calgary and Global Television. Ralph C. Ellis was the executive producer. Narrated by Ron Grimster.

Sub-series includes audio-visual promotional materials and materials related to the following episodes:

Sea Lions of Valdes
Off Seasons
Penguins of Patagonia
400 Mile Nature Hike
Cormorants of Argentina
Ecology for the Family
Short Grass Prairie
Yellowstone
Footloose in Newfoundland
Land of the Albatross
Long Point Sanctuary
Anhinga Country
Galapagos Sea Bird Haven
A Day in the Glades
Animals in Armour
Giants of Alcedo
Backyard Safari
Brigantine Refuge
Twentieth Century Wilderness
Fernandina Legendary Isle
Land of the Outback
Eastside Journey
Guatemala
Kodiak Country
The Caretakers
Glaciers and Geysers

(No material for episodes: Birds That Never Fly or Down Under Wildlife).

Stephen Ellis

Ecology

Sub-series contains material related to the Ecology series. Material appears to be short films for the education market.

Sub-series includes material related to the following episodes:
Adaptive Radiation
Animals of Coral Reef
Birds Dressed Up For Spring
Coral Reef Ecology
Food Web
The Breeding Season
Wintering Birds

Stephen Ellis

To The Wild Country

Sub-series contains material related to To The Wild Country. The program premiered on the CBC on November 19, 1972 and ran to 1975. The series followed naturalists John and Janet Foster (both of whom provided cinematography) as they examined different wilderness regions in Canada, with an emphasis on the National Parks system. Sponsored by Canada Trust, the series of 10 one-hour episodes was produced by Gerald S. Kedey and Dan Gibson and was hosted and narrated by Lorne Greene. Ralph C. Ellis was the Executive Producer. Episodes had an audience of up to 2.5 million viewers. Return of the Giants won “Best Wildlife Film of the Year” at the 1973 Canadian Film Awards. Land of the Big Ice won best “Nature and Wildlife” film at the (cancelled) 1974 Canadian Film Awards. Original episode synopses from KEG Productions are available electronically.

Sub-series includes the following titles:
Kluane
Return of the Giants
The Other Newfoundland
A Wild Lens in Algonquin
Winter - A Way of Life
The Wild Pacific Shore
Land of the Big Ice
The Great Canadian Southwest
The Great Gulf - The St. Lawrence
Wild Corners of the Great Lakes

Stephen Ellis

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.

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