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John Beckwith fonds

  • OTUFM 10
  • Fonds
  • 1888-2024, 1936-2022 predominant

Fonds consists of records created and collected by John Beckwith during his career as a composer, writer, music critic, radio broadcaster, administrator, educator, and performer. Records include sketches, drafts, and manuscripts of his compositions and arrangements, as well as programs, posters, reviews, correspondence, recordings, and other materials from premieres and other performances of his works.

Fonds also includes records relating to Beckwith's work as a radio commentator and script writer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC); music critic for the Toronto Star; professor and dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Music; and writer of numerous lectures, articles, and books.

Beckwith, John

New Music Concerts fonds

  • OTUFM 19
  • Fonds
  • 1971-2020

Fonds consists of the administrative records of New Music Concerts (NMC), from its first concert in 1972 to 2020. Records consist of administrative and financial records, including correspondence with composers, performers, and concert venues, budgets, grant applications, and board meeting minutes; concert planning documents, including touring records; and promotion and publicity documents, including programs, brochures, posters, reviews, advertisements, and press releases. The fonds also includes select audio and video recordings of NMC concerts.

New Music Concerts

Out : a video opera / Alain Thibault

Item is a recording of the video opera Out by Alain Thibault, with video by Miguel Raymond. The recording is likely from world premiere at the New Music Concerts production on September 20, 1987 with Pauline Vaillancourt, soprano; Robert M. Leroux, MIDI percussion; and René Masino, MIDI saxophone.

Ron Collier fonds

  • OTUFM 35
  • Fonds
  • 1929-2004

Fonds consists of records created during Ron Collier's career as a performer, composer, arranger, teacher, and band leader. The fonds includes manuscripts of Collier's arrangements and original compositions; correspondence with musicians; photographs; lecture notes from his career at Humber College in Toronto, Ontario; and records from his collaborations with Duke Ellington. Fonds also contains audio and video recordings of performances and lectures.

Collier, Ron

Audio and video recordings

Series consists of audio and video recordings of performances by Ron Collier and of compositions and arrangements by Collier. The series includes audio cassettes from the Duke Ellington Society that were issued to its members; audio recordings of Collier's lectures on Ellington at Humber College (1980s); performances by the Ron Collier Quintet and the Ron Collier Tentet; and records from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio transcription service of performances by Collier, his groups, and his compositions and arrangements.

The Canadian all star jazz show

File is a video recording of the first Canadian All Star Jazz Show, presented by Timex, with host Fred Davis, and featuring Oscar Peterson, Anne Marie Moss, Georgie Auld, Trump Davidson, Bert Niosi, Phil Nimmons, Pat Riccio, Mike White, Jack Kane, Peter Appleyard, Ron Collier, Phyllis Marshall, Jimmy Coxson, Jerry Toth, Roy Smith, and Ed Karam.

Audio and video recordings

Series consists of audio and video recordings of the Leslie Bell Singers; radio programs hosted and/or scripted by Leslie Bell; and radio programs where Leslie Bell made guest appearances. Series also includes some informal, candid recordings of the Leslie Bell Singers' reunions and Bell family gatherings.

The Leslie Bell Singers were featured on "Your Host - C.G.E. [Canadian General Electric]" [1949-1952] on CBC radio and on C.G.E. Showtime (1952-1959) on the CBC Television Network. They also performed regularly at the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) Bandshell, and Leslie Bell played their music on his own CBC radio shows. Bell was a commentator for CBC and CFRB radio and appeared regularly on "Assignment" (hosted by Bill McNeil and Maria Barrett) and his own show "Speaking of Music".

Derek Holman fonds

  • OTUFM 49
  • Fonds
  • 1933-2016

Fonds consists of the compositions, recordings, and papers of Derek Holman, a former professor at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. The fonds contains manuscript scores and parts by Derek Holman, including original compositions, arrangements and realizations, juvenilia, and sketch materials; audio and video recordings of Holman’s compositions and performances; papers and photographs from Holman’s work with various choirs and churches (including at the University of London, University of Toronto, University of Trinity College, Bishop-Strachan, Royal School of Church Music, St. Simon’s, Concord Singers, Croydon Bach Society, Grace Church-on-the-Hill, and the Canadian Children’s Opera Company); and, Holman’s personal papers, including awards, certificates, degrees, and notebooks.

Holman, Derek

Recordings

Series consists of audio and video recordings of performances by Derek Holman and the choirs that he conducted (including the Choir of Grace Church-on-the-hill, Church of St. Simon the Apostle, and the Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus), and recordings of performances of Derek Holman’s compositions.

Music Library collection of faculty events

  • OTUFM 51
  • Collection
  • 1946-present, 1965-present predominant

Collection consists of recordings and programs of performances by by faculty members, students, student ensembles, and guest artists, at one of the Faculty of Music theatres (Walter Hall and MacMillan Theatre), and at other University venues.

University of Toronto. Faculty of Music

2019-2020 concert season

Series consists of programs and recordings of events hosted by the Faculty of Music during the 2019-2020 concert season including faculty, student, and guest artists as well as ongoing concert series and faculty ensembles. In-person concerts at the Faculty of Music ended on March 13, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Faculty ensembles

Subseries consists of programs and recordings of performances by ensembles in the Faculty of Music, including the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Uri Mayer ; Wind Ensemble, conducted by Gillian MacKay ; Wind Symphony, conducted by Jeff Reynolds ; Contemporary Music Ensemble, conducted by Wallace Halladay ; MacMillan Singers, conducted by David Fallis ; Chamber Choir, conducted by Lori-Anne Dolloff ; Soprano/Alto Chorus, conducted by Elaine Choi ; Tenor/Bass Choir, conducted by Mark Ramsay ; and Guitar Orchestra, conducted by Jeffrey McFadden.

[Brass Choir]

File consists of a recording of an event that took place in Walter Hall. Program not available.

Performers: Brass Choir ; Gillian MacKay, conductor

Program:

  • Strauss
  • Rautavaara 1
  • Rautavaara 2
  • Lauridsen
  • Nunes
  • Wagner
  • Mussorgsky Howarth.

University of Toronto contemporary music ensemble : Frankenstein!!

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

Performers: U of T Contemporary Music Ensemble: Frankenstein!! ; Wallace Halladay, director ; with the U of T Saxophone Ensemble and U of T Percussion Ensemble ; and soloists Maeve Palmer, soprano and Parker Clements, baritone

Program:

  • In Erwartung / Sofia Gubaidulina (Lorenzo Guggenheim, conductor with members of the U of T Saxophone and Percussion Ensembles)
  • Closet full of demons / Robert Paterson (Lorenzo Guggenheim, conductor)
  • Mysteries of the macabre / György Ligeti (Maeve Palmer, soprano)
  • Frankenstein!! / H. K. (Heinz Karl) Gruber (with soloist Parker Clements, baritone)

Woodwind chamber ensembles

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

Performers: Woodwind Chamber Ensembles ; Eric Hall, director

Program:

  • Trios, piano, flute, oboe / Madeleine Dring (Deco Trio)
  • Petite suite, flute, bassoon (Bread and Butter Duo)
  • Trios concertants, op. 61. No. 6 / François Devienne (Truffle Trio Delight)
  • Divertimenti, K. 439b. No. 4 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Olivia Van Alebeek and Annette (Hui-Ting) Yeh, clarinets ; Steve Seo, bass clarinet)
  • Trios, flute, violin, cello, op. 32, F major. Allegro / Kaspar Kummer (Lisa Han, flute; Mimmy Hsu, clarinet; Ryan Ghassemi, bassoon)
  • Miniature quartet / Norman Forber Kay (O No No Obo Quartet)
  • Quintet, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, G minor. Allegro con moto / Paul Taffanel (The Quintalicious Winds)
  • Shanties / Malcolm Arnold (Quintakis)
  • Quintets, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, op. 88. No. 2. Lento ; Poco andante / Anton Reicha (The Wiggles)
  • Aires tropicales. Alborada ; Son ; Habanera ; Vals venezolano ; Dizzyness ; Contradanza / Paquito D'Rivera (Tuesday Room Quintet)

Brass chamber concert

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

Performers: Jeffrey Reynolds, director

Program:

  • Quintets, cornets (2), alto horn, baritone, tuba, no. 2, op. 6, E-flat major. Allegro risoluto / Victor Ewald (Malcolm Horava, Declan Scott, Trumpets; Paolo Rosselli, Horn; Nathaniel Jenkins, Trombone; Tony Luo, Tuba; Vanessa Fralick, coach)
  • Laudes. Reveille / Jan Bach (Malcolm Horava, Declan Scott, Trumpets; Paolo Rosselli, Horn; Nathaniel Jenkins, Trombone; Tony Luo, Tuba; Vanessa Fralick, coach)
  • Suite in F major. Chasse / Eugene Bozza (Noah Hawryluck, David Hunter, Zoë Leblanc, Joanne Yin, Horns; Audrey Good, coach)
  • Suite in F major. Chanson ancienne / Eugene Bozza (Noah Hawryluck, David Hunter, Zoë Leblanc, Joanne Yin, Horns; Audrey Good, coach)
  • Péri. Fanfare / Paul Dukas (Daniel Barak, Freddy Abu Sido, Trumpets; Catherine Wang, Horn; Ben Storm, Trombone; Mike Liu, Tuba; Jim Spragg, coach)
  • Suite from the Monteregian Hills. Marche / Morley Calvert (Daniel Barak, Freddy Abu Sido, Trumpets; Catherine Wang, Horn; Ben Storm, Trombone; Mike Liu, Tuba; Jim Spragg, coach)
  • Suite from the Monteregian Hills. Chanson Melancolique / Morley Calvert (Daniel Barak, Freddy Abu Sido, Trumpets; Catherine Wang, Horn; Ben Storm, Trombone; Mike Liu, Tuba; Jim Spragg, coach)
  • Suite from the Monteregian Hills. Valse Ridicule / Morley Calvert (Daniel Barak, Freddy Abu Sido, Trumpets; Catherine Wang, Horn; Ben Storm, Trombone; Mike Liu, Tuba; Jim Spragg, coach)
  • Suite from the Monteregian Hills. Danse Villageoise / Morley Calvert (Daniel Barak, Freddy Abu Sido, Trumpets; Catherine Wang, Horn; Ben Storm, Trombone; Mike Liu, Tuba; Jim Spragg, coach)
  • Quintet no. 2 / B.M. Jacobowitz (Boris Chung, Samantha Dale, Trumpets; Gabe Conquer, Horn; Grace Hamilton, Trombone; Abby Erwied, Bass Trombone; Sal Fratia, coach)
  • Preludes, piano, book 1. Fille aux cheveux de lin; arr. / Claude Debussy, arr. Gary Kulesha (Boris Chung, Samantha Dale, Trumpets; Gabe Conquer, Horn; Grace Hamilton, Trombone; Abby Erwied, Bass Trombone; Sal Fratia, coach)
  • Quintets, trumpets (2), horn, trombone, tuba, no. 1 / Lewis M. Miller (Boris Chung, Samantha Dale, Trumpets; Gabe Conquer, Horn; Grace Hamilton, Trombone; Abby Erwied, Bass Trombone; Sal Fratia, coach)
  • Scherzo, trumpets (2), horn, trombone, tuba / John Cheetham (Alexis Dill, Adrian Rogers, Trumpets; William Kowalenko, Trombone; Dia Tam, Horn; Bien Carandang, Bass Trombone; David Pell, coach)
  • Have Yourself A Merry Christmas / Alastair Kay (Alexis Dill, Adrian Rogers, Trumpets; William Kowalenko, Trombone; Dia Tam, Horn; Bien Carandang, Bass Trombone; David Pell, coach)
  • Trios, piano, violin, cello, H. XV, 25, G major. Rondo all'ongarese; arr. / Josef Haydn (Alexis Dill, Adrian Rogers, Trumpets; William Kowalenko, Trombone; Dia Tam, Horn; Bien Carandang, Bass Trombone; David Pell, coach)
  • Just A Closer Walk / Traditional, arr. Don Gillis (Bailey Underwood-Doe, Nicholas Stevenson, Trumpets; Sophie Shah, Horn; Jasmine Fok, Trombone; Paul Nemec, Tuba; John Jasavala, coach)
  • Irish Tune from County Derry / Percy Aldridge Grainger (Bailey Underwood-Doe, Nicholas Stevenson, Trumpets; Sophie Shah, Horn; Jasmine Fok, Trombone; Paul Nemec, Tuba; John Jasavala, coach)
  • Bridal rose / Calixa Lavallée, arr. Howard Cable (Bailey Underwood-Doe, Nicholas Stevenson, Trumpets; Sophie Shah, Horn; Jasmine Fok, Trombone; Paul Nemec, Tuba; John Jasavala, coach)
  • Quartets, horns, op. 35. Nocturne / Nikolay Tcherepnin (The West Coasties: Anna Ding, Calvin Krueger, Kevin Li, Shin Wang, Horns; Chris Gongos, coach)
  • Quartets, horns, op. 35. Ancienne chanson allemande / Nikolay Tcherepnin (The West Coasties: Anna Ding, Calvin Krueger, Kevin Li, Shin Wang, Horns; Chris Gongos, coach)
  • Quartets, horns, op. 35. Chasse / Nikolay Tcherepnin (The West Coasties: Anna Ding, Calvin Krueger, Kevin Li, Shin Wang, Horns; Chris Gongos, coach)
  • Fripperies. No. 4 / Lowell E. Shaw (The West Coasties: Anna Ding, Calvin Krueger, Kevin Li, Shin Wang, Horns; Chris Gongos, coach)
  • Morning Song / Scott Irvine (Katherine Moffatt, Charlie Watson, Trumpets; Simon Au-Young, Horn; Jack Gagner, Trombone; Ben Whitby, Tuba; Anita McAllister, coach)
  • Puttin' on the Ritz / Irving Berlin. arr. Stephen Roberts (Katherine Moffatt, Charlie Watson, Trumpets; Simon Au-Young, Horn; Jack Gagner, Trombone; Ben Whitby, Tuba; Anita McAllister, coach)

World music ensembles

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

Program:

  • Renshu Daiko / Seiichi Tanaka (Japanese Taiko Ensemble ; Gary Kiyoshi Nagata, director)
  • Iwai / Kiyoshi Nagata (Japanese Taiko Ensemble ; Gary Kiyoshi Nagata, director)
  • Fuyu no Michi (Winter Road) / Shuichi Hidano (Japanese Taiko Ensemble ; Gary Kiyoshi Nagata, director)
  • Ogi Matsuri Daiko / Yoshikazu Fujimoto (Japanese Taiko Ensemble ; Gary Kiyoshi Nagata, director)
  • Nigun L’chu N’ran’na ... Odessa Bulgar no. 3/Bulgar ala Naftule (University of Toronto Klezmer Ensemble ; Brian Katz, director)
  • Umru Mayne (Esther-Ruth Teel, voice ; University of Toronto Klezmer Ensemble ; Brian Katz, director)
  • Der Ziser Bulgar (University of Toronto Klezmer Ensemble ; Brian Katz, director)
  • Dem Trisker Rebn’s Khosid ... Bassarabian Zhok (Kayla Falkenholt, harp ; University of Toronto Klezmer Ensemble ; Brian Katz, director)
  • A Yor Nokh Der Khosene (Sinem Arslan, voice; Emily Ninavaie, voice ; University of Toronto Klezmer Ensemble ; Brian Katz, director)
  • Expect The Great (Gospel Choir ; Darren Hamilton, director)
  • Wade In The Water (Soloist: Ismene Papadopoulou ; Gospel Choir ; Darren Hamilton, director)
  • Faith (Soloists: George Kobty and Vannessa Gadoutsis ; Gospel Choir ; Darren Hamilton, director)
  • Can’t Give Up Now (Soloists: Briana Lee, Anna Chung and Phoebe Wong ; Gospel Choir ; Darren Hamilton, director)
  • Better (Gospel Choir ; Darren Hamilton, director)

John R. Stratton visitor in music with Eric Owens, bass-baritone

File consists of a program and recording of an event that took place in Walter Hall.

Program:

  • Rinaldo. Sibillar gli angui d'Aletto / Handel ; Champion. What makes a man / Blanchard (Korin Thomas-Smith ; Brandon Tran, piano)
  • Rigoletto. Caro nome / Verdi ; Soir, op. 83, no. 2 / Faure (Kathryn Johnston ; Dakota Scott-Digout, piano)
  • La traviata. De' miei bollenti spiriti / Verdi ; The turn of the screw / Britten (River Guard ; Benjamin Zsoldos, piano)
  • Meine liebe ist grun / Brahms ; Don Giovanni. Batti, batti o bel Masetto / Mozart (Emily Rocha ; Kevin Stolz, piano)
  • Pikovaya Dama. Ya vas lyublyu / Tchaikovsky ; L'elisir d'amore. Come Paride vezzoso / Donizetti (Adam Kuiack ; Brandon Tran, piano)
  • Postcard from Morocco. Hand mirror aria / Argento ; Selige Nacht / Marx (Katy Clark ; Helen Becque, piano).

New Music Concerts : Kasemets@100

File consists of a recording of an event that took place in Walter Hall. The concert was co-sponsored by New Music Concerts and the University of Toronto. Program not available.

Performers: Ensemble U., Talinn, Estonia ; Stephen Clarke, piano

Program:

  • Tu es Petrus / Giovanni Palestrina
  • Kasemets 1
  • Kasemets 2
  • Mart-Matis Lill
  • Tatjana Kozlova Johannes
  • Kasemets 3
  • Kasemets 4.

Boyanna Toyich inaugural memorial concert

File consists of a recording of an event that took place in Walter Hall. Program not available.

Program:

  • Welcome / Lilian Toyich
  • Paulin Scholtz Bach
  • Petkovski
  • Sibelius Bach
  • Remarks / Don McLean
  • Mozart (Ostrowski Ward)
  • Brahms (Landry)
  • Beethoven (Moon)
  • Lizt (Fulsom)
  • Faber (Woloszczek Ke)
  • Palmer (Woloszczuk Ke)
  • Remarks / Walter
  • Faure (Paulin Forget Philcox)
  • Faure (Paulin Wong)
  • Scelci (Clarke)
  • Rossini (Ke Agostino Lee)
  • Closing / Lilian Toyich.

Calidore String Quartet

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Program:

  • Dean's Welcome
  • Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 10, op. 74, E-flat major. Poco adagio / Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 10, op. 74, E-flat major. Adagio ma non troppo / Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 10, op. 74, E-flat major. Presto / Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 10, op. 74, E-flat major. Allegretto con variazioni / Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 2, op. 18, no. 2, G major. Allegro / Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 2, op. 18, no. 2, G major. Adagio cantabile / Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 2, op. 18, no. 2, G major. Scherzo / Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 2, op. 18, no. 2, G major. Allegro molto, quasi presto / Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 12, op. 127, E-flat major. Maestoso / Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 12, op. 127, E-flat major. Adagio / Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 12, op. 127, E-flat major. Scherzando vivace / Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 12, op. 127, E-flat major. Finale / Ludwig van Beethoven

Jonathan Crow, violin and Joseph Johnson, cello

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Jonathan Crow, violin ; Joseph Johnson, cello

Program:

  • Duets, violin, cello, op. 39. Prelude / Reinhold Glière
  • Duets, violin, cello, op. 39. Gavotte / Reinhold Glière
  • Duets, violin, cello, op. 39. Etude / Reinhold Glière
  • Duets, violin, cello, op. 39. Scherzo / Reinhold Glière
  • The current and those who ride it / Alice Hong
  • Sonatas, violin, cello. Allegro / Maurice Ravel
  • Sonatas, violin, cello. Très vif / Maurice Ravel
  • Sonatas, violin, cello. Lent / Maurice Ravel
  • Sonatas, violin, cello. Vif, avec entrain / Maurice Ravel
  • Duet, violin, cello, op. 7. Allegro serioso, non troppo / Zoltán Kodály
  • Duet, violin, cello, op. 7. Adagio - Andante / Zoltán Kodály
  • Duet, violin, cello, op. 7. Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento - Presto / Zoltán Kodály
  • [Passacaglia, violin, viola, G minor / Johan Halvorsen (after G.F. Handel's Keyboard Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432: VI. Passacaille)]

Applebaum lecture : James K. Wright

File consists of a program and recording of an event that took place in Walter Hall. Lecture by James K. Wright, Professor of Music at Carleton University and the Louis Applebaum Distinguished Visitor in Film Composition. Wright's lecture was titled "They shot, he scored : Eldon Rathburn and the legacy of the National Film Board."

Jazz

Subseries consists of programs and recordings of concerts by the Faculty of Music's jazz ensembles.

University of Toronto 12tet

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

Performers: U of T 12tet ; Terry Promane, musical director

Program:

  • Crooked Creek / Jon Cowherd, arr. Mike Rajna (Solos: Harry Bartlett, Kaelin Murphy, Griff Vona)
  • Phor / Terry Promane (Solos: Kaelin Murphy, Nicholas Adema)
  • Friend / Harry Bartlett (Solo: Harry Bartlett)
  • September Song / Kurt Weill, arr. Terry Promane (Solo: David Hodgson)
  • Lucy From Afar / Renee Rosnes, arr. Terry Promane (Solos: Carter Brodkorb, Jacob Chung)
  • Deep Purple / Peter DeRose, arr. Alex Manoukas (Solos: Alex Manoukas, Evan Dalling, Nathaniel Jenkins)
  • Ayo / Mike Mitchell, arr. Kaelin Murphy (Solo: David Hodgson)
  • Tones for Joan’s Bones / Chick Corea, arr. Carter Brodkorb (Solos: Jacob Chung, Carter Brodkorb)
  • [Encore: The Garden / Brad Mehldau arr. Kaelin Murphy (Solo: Kaelin Murphy)]

University of Toronto jazz orchestra and Hart House jazz ensemble

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

Performers: UTJO (University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra) and Hart House Jazz Ensemble ; Gordon Foote, director and Ernesto Cervini, conductor

Program:

  • Switch in Time / Sammy Nestico
  • A View from the Side / Bill Holman
  • Things Are Getting Better / Adderley, Previn, arr. Rob McConnell
  • Just Friends / Davies, Klenner, Lewis, arr. Bill Holman
  • To You / Thad Jones
  • Wind Machine / Sammy Nestico
  • Old Milestones / John Lewis, arr. Christian Overton
  • Ward Lock / Chris Donnelly, arr. Spencer Krips
  • My Lament / Maria Schneider
  • Mean to Me / Ahlert, Turk
  • Oclupaca / Duke Ellington
  • September in the Rain / Henry Warren, arr. Geoff Claridge
  • Ain’t That a Kick in the Head / Jimmy Van Heusen
  • Nighthawks / Oded Lev-Ari
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