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2020-2021 concert season

Series consists of programs and recordings of events hosted by the Faculty of Music during the 2020-2021 concert season including faculty, student, and guest artists as well as ongoing concert series and faculty ensembles. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, none of these events occurred in person to a live audience. Some were pre-recorded and others were live-streamed from one of the Faculty's two concert halls, Walter Hall and MacMillan Theatre.

U of T Opera spotlight on diversity

File consists of a program from the concert, rescheduled from March 26, 2021, which was curated by Korin Thomas-Smith.

Program:

  • Azan on a Toronto streetcar / Alex Sandoval (Elias Theocharidis, tenor ; Sandra Horst, piano)
  • Introduction (Korin Thomas-Smith
  • Don Giovanni. La ci darem la mano / W.A. Mozart (David Walsh, tenor ; Luke Noftall, baritone ; Andrea Grant, piano)
  • L'hiver attends beaucoup de moi. Ah, les murmures / Laurence Jobidon (Lindsay Conolly, mezzo-soprano ; Andrea Grant, piano)
  • L'amant anonyme. Ah! Quel trouble m'agite! /Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (Noelle Slaney, soprano ; Angelo Moretti, tenor ; Alex Matthews, baritone ; Andrea Grant, piano)
  • Cask of Amontillado. First scene / Julia Perry (Nicholas Higgs, baritone ; Andrea Grant, piano)
  • A Bayou legend. Now they will be coming to the tree / William Grant-Still (Melissa Danis, soprano ; Sandra horst, piano)
  • Troubled island. I dream a world / William Grant Still (Korin Thomas-Smith, baritone; Andrea Grant, piano)
  • Noli me tangere. Act 3, scene 2 / Felipe Padilla de Leon (Renee Fajardo, mezzo-soprano ; Danlie Rae Acebuque, baritone ; Andrea Grant, piano)
  • Ernestine. O, Clemagis / Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (Juliana Krajcovic, soprano ; Sandra Horst, piano)
  • Tearless. Excerpts / Robert Owens (Parker Clements, baritone ; Sandra Horst, piano)
  • Margaret Atwood Songs. Memory / Tania Leon (Sacha Smith, soprano ; Sandra Horst, piano)
  • Night / Florence Price (Alex Hetherington ; Andrea Grant piano)
  • Patience and Sarah. I want to live , I want to paint / Paula Kimper (Melissa Danis, soprano ; Alexandra Fee, mezzo-soprano ; Sandra Horst, piano)
  • Patience and Sarah. Finale / Paula Kimper (Heidi Duncan, soprano ; Alessia Vitali, mezzo-soprano ; Sandra Horst, piano)
  • I will lift up mine eyes. I will lift up mine eyes / Adolphus Hailstork (Elias Theocharidis, David Walsh, Angelo Moretti, tenors ; artists of U of T Opera ; Sandra Horst, piano).

Now and then : a celebration of the Broadway musical

File consists of a program from the concert, which featured singers from the Faculty of Music under the guidance of guest coach Beau Dixon. The concert was broadcast on the Faculty of Music YouTube channel.

Program:

  • Cabaret. Maybe this time / John Kander, Fred Ebb (Tiffanie Samuels, voice and piano)
  • Take a chance. Should I be sweet? / Vincent Youmans, B.G. De Sylva (Camille Labonte, voice ; Suzy Smith, piano)
  • Chess. Anthem / Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice (Alekzander Rosolowski, voice ; Tom King, piano)
  • The last five years. Climbing uphill / Jason Robert Brown (Megan O'Donnell, voice ; Hyejin Kwon, piano)
  • The light in the piazza. The beauty is / Adam Guettel, Craig Lucas (Abigail Sinclair, voice ; Benjamin Kersey, piano)
  • Dear Evan Hansen. Only us / Justin Paul, Benj Pasek (Anna Tanczak, Antos Blonski-Mendez, voice ; Jonah Nung, piano)
  • You're a good man Charlie Brown. Do you know something, Schroeder? / Clark Gesner (Sunny Sheffman, voice ; Tom King, piano)
  • Into the woods. Agony / Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine, arr. Battista, Guselle (Madeleine Battista, Olivia Guselle, voice ; Tom King, piano)
  • Dogfight. Pretty funny / Justin Paul, Benjk Pasek (Gabrielle Turgeon, voice ; Anna Louise-Turgeon, piano)
  • The last five years. A Summer in Ohio / Jason Robert Brown (Olivia Spahn-Vieira, voice ; Tom King, piano)
  • Waitress. She used to be mine / Sara Bareilles, Hugh Wheeler (Renee Fajardo)
  • Sweeney Todd. Green finch and linnet bird / Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler (Emily Rocha, voice ; Tom King, piano)
  • Thoroughly modern Millie. Not for the life of me / Jeanine Tesori, Dick Scanlan (Amelia Depiero, voice ; Tom King, piano)
  • Songs for a new world. I'm not afraid of anything / Jason Robert Brown (Kathleen Kovacs)
  • The sound of music. Maria / Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein (Leandra Dahm, Francesca Hauser, Sarah Mole, Anika Venkatesh ; Tom King, piano)
  • Dear Evan Hansen. Waving through a window / Justin Paul, Benj Pasek (Ana Isabella Castro, voice ; Tom King, piano)
  • The secret garden. Lily's eyes / Lucy Simon, Marsha Norman (Jamal al Titi, Rayleigh Becker, voice ; Tom King, piano).

Joyce El-Khoury : Riki Turofsky master class in voice

File consists of a program from a master class led by Joyce El-Khoury, the Riki Turofsky Master Class in Voice.

Program:

  • Rigoletto. Caro nome che il mio cor / G. Verdi (Heidi Duncan, soprano ; Sandra Horst, piano)
  • Don Pasquale. Bella siccome un angelo / G. Donizetti (Alex Mathews, baritone ; Andrea Grant, piano)
  • Cendrillon. Coeur sans amour / J. Massenet (Alessia Vitali, mezzo-soprano ; Sandra Horst, piano)
  • La rondine. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta / G. Puccini (Juliana Krajcovic, soprano ; Andrea Grant, piano)
  • Herodiade. Vision fugitive / J. Massenet (Danlie Rae Acebuque, baritone ; Sandra Horst, piano)
  • Ariadne auf Naxos. Lieben, hassen / R. Strauss (Nicholas Higgs, baritone ; Andrea Grant, piano).

Vocalis 3: Music to the Distanced Beloved

File consists of a program from a concert that featured master's and doctoral level singers.

Program:

  • Trois romances / Zoe de la Rue (Sinead White, soprano ; Rosemary Soenen, harp)
  • Zwei Gesange, op. 91 / Johannes Brahms (Nicole Percifield, mezzo-soprano ; Jacob Clewell, viola ; Vlad Soloviev, piano)
  • Deidamia. Ai Greci questa spada / Georg Friedrich Handel (Alexandra Delle Donne, soprano ; Lucy Warren, May Yu, violin ; Matthew Chan, viola ; Gretchen Lee, cello ; David Eliakis, piano)
  • Three songs / Frank Bridge (Simone Hogeveen, mezzo-soprano ; Jacob Clewell, viola ; Vlad Soloviev, piano)
  • Chansons de mon placard / Peter Tiefenbach (Rhian Merritt, soprano ; Eileen Walsh, clarinet ; Mary Castello, piano).

Vocalis 2 : Sing the body electric : Expanding your performance frontiers

File consists of a program from a concert that featured master's and doctoral level singers.

Program:

  • Glory denied. My darling Jim / Tom Cipullo (Vanessa Oude-Reimerink, soprano ; Suzy Smith, piano)
  • Anita, op. 41, no. 1 / Amy Beach (Grace Liang, soprano ; Jo Greenaway, piano)
  • The Summer wind, op. 14, no. 1 / Amy Beach (Grace Liang, soprano ; Jo Greenaway, piano)
  • The blackbird, op. 11, no. 3 / Amy Beach (Grace Liang, soprano ; Jo Greenaway, piano)
  • Mignon-Lieder. Kenns du das Land? ; So laßt mich scheinen / Hugo Wolf (Sinead White, soprano ; Suzy Smith, piano)
  • The telephone. Hello! Oh, Margaret, it's you / Gian Carlo Menotti (Alexandra Delle Donne, soprano ; Jo Greenaway, piano)
  • What can we poor females do? / Henry Purcell (Celine Cascanette, mezzo-soprano ; Suzy Smith, piano)
  • Fairest isle / Henry Purcell (Celine Cascanette, mezzo-soprano ; Suzy Smith, piano)
  • Bess of Bedlam / Henry Purcell (Celine Cascanette, mezzo-soprano ; Suzy Smith, piano).

Vocalis 1: What's new with you?

File consists of a program from a concert by master's and doctoral level singers, which was broadcast on the Faculty of Music YouTube channel.

Program:

  • Evocations / Harry Somers (Roanna Kitchen, soprano ; Jo Greenaway, piano)
  • Five Shakespeare songs. Music the comforter ; Titania's henchman ; Come buy! / Colin Eatock (Roanna Kitchen, soprano ; Trevor Chartrand, piano)
  • Where there's a wall. Grief poem / Ian Cusson (Stephanie McKay-Turgeon, soprano ; Jo Greenaway, piano)
  • The house of tomorrow / John Greer (Celine Cascanette, mezzo-soprano ; Suzy Smith, piano)
  • Ours. May's aria / John Estacio (Rhian Merritt, soprano ; Anna Han, piano)
  • Flight. Down you go / Jonathan Dove (Alexandra Delle Donne, soprano ; Jo Greenaway, piano)
  • Three songs / Matthew Emery (Grace Liang, soprano ; Jo Greenaway, piano)
  • Four lyrical moments / Norbert Palej (Nicole Percifield, mezzo-soprano ; Suzy Smith, piano).

Winners' recital : Jim and Charlotte Norcop prize in song and Gwendolyn Williams Koldofsky prize in accompanying

File consists of the pre-recorded performance.

Performers: Alex Hetherington, mezzo-soprano ; Dakota Scott-Digout, piano

Program:

  • O mistress mine / Ana Sokolovic
  • Gruß ; Møte ; Ich liebe dich ; Et Hab / Edvard Grieg
  • Irish poems for Maureen / Jean Coulthard
  • Atwood songs / Tania Leon
  • Selections from op. 27. Ruhe, meine Seele ; Heimliche Aufforderung ; Morgen! / Richard Strauss
  • I'll be seeing you / Sammy Fain.

Master class with Joyce DiDonata : historical performance and opera students

File consists of a recording of the master class, which was streamed on the Faculty of Music YouTube channel. Joyce DiDonata was a John R. Stratton Visitor in Music.

Program:

  • Werther. Werther! Qui m'aurait dit la place / J. Massenet (Lindsay Connolly, mezzo-soprano ; Sandra Horst, piano)
  • Turandot. Tu che di gel sei cinta / G. Puccini (Lauren Estey, soprano ; Ivan Jovanovic, piano)
  • La traviata. E strano...Ah! fors'e lui...Sempre libera / G. Verdi (Noelle Slaney, soprano ; Dr. Phi Roberts, piano)
  • Giulio Cesare. Piangero la sorte mia / G.F. Handel (Lindsay McIntyre, soprano ; Ivan Jovanovic, piano)
  • I puritani. Or dove fuggo io mai...Ah! per sempre io ti perdei! / V. Bellini (Parker Clements, baritone ; Sandra Horst, piano).

Celebrating our diversity : the road home

File consists of a program from the concert, presented by Voice Studies at the University of Toronto. The concert was broadcast online.

Program:

  • Linstead market / Traditional Jamaican mento song, arr. Anne Louise-Turgeon, inspired by Miss Lou (Gabrielle Turgeon, soprano ; Anne Louise-Turgeon, piano ; Corinne Turgeon, cello)
  • Ninveh / William Dnaiel (Janelle Yausif, soprano ; Narmina Efendiyeva, piano)
  • Pari Arakil / Aleqsey Heqimyan, Ashod Krashi (Taline Yeremian, mezzo-soprano ; Narmina Efendiyeva, piano)
  • Becha = Spring / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Aleksey Pleshcheyev (Dasha Tereschenko, soprano ; Narmina Efendiyeva, piano)
  • Drei jiddische Lieder, op. 53. Margaritkelech ; Mejdl in di Johren / Viktor Ullman (Carly Naimer, mezzo-soprano ; Narmina Efendiyeva, piano)
  • Marie / Ron Hynes (Megan O'Donnell, soprano ; Narmina Efendiyeva, piano)
  • Le Le Yaman / Komitas Vardapet (AlexaFrankian, soprano ; Narmina Efendiyeva, piano)
  • Steal away / Traditional African-American spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh (Ineza Mugisha, soprano ; Narmina Efendiyeva, piano)
  • Over the rainbow / Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg (William Salinas-Crosby, tenor ; Narmina Efendiyeva, piano).

Vocalini : a portrait of our graduating students

File consists of program from of the concert, which featured pre-recorded performances by 4th-year performance students in the Voice Studies program. The concert was streamed on YouTube.

Program:

  • Ariodante. Il primo ardor / G.F. Handel (Sunny Sheffman, soprano ; Suzy Smith, piano)
  • Peches de viellesse. Tirana alla spagnola / Gioachino Rossini (Emily Rocha, soprano ; Joy Lee, piano)
  • Seste romanze I. Non t'accostare all'urna / Giuseppe Verdi (Dayie Chung, soprano ; Hyefin Kwon, piano)
  • La fille du regiment. Chacun le sait / Gaetano Donizetti (Madelaine Battista, soprano ; Narmina Efendiyeva, piano)
  • S'il est un charmant gazon, S. 284, no. 1 / Franz Liszt (Elizabeth Legierski, soprano ; Dakota Scott-Digout, piano)
  • Psyche / Emile Paladilhe (Nathania Rose Chan, mezzo-soprano ; Jo Greenaway, piano)
  • Siete canciones populares. El Pano Moruno ; Nana / Manuel de Falla (Ana Isabella Castro, sprano ; Jo Greenaway, piano)
  • About here / Errollyn Wallen (Rosemonde Desjardins, soprano ; Stephen Shi, piano)
  • Vanessa. Must the winter come so soon? / Samuel Barber (Anika-France Forget, mezzo-soprano ; Trevor Chartrand, piano)
  • Miss. Wheatley's Garden. A Winter twilight / Rosephanye Powell (Amelia Depiero, soprano ; Suzy Smith, piano)
  • Love let the wind cry...How I adore thee / Undine Smith Moore (Olivia Spahn Vieira, soprano ; Futian Yao, piano).

Festival of song presents Songs of hope and comfort

File consists of a program from the concert, which featured pre-recorded performances by U of T Music Students, under the guidance of Steven Blier, guest coach and a John R. Stratton Visitor in Music. The concert was streamed on YouTube.

Program:

  • Six songs from a Shropshire lad. Loveliest of trees / George Butterworth, A.E. Housman (Dnate Mullin Santone, baritone ; Pascal Menke, piano)
  • Three Browning songs. The year's at the Spring / Amy Beach, Robert Browning (Alina Tigelman, soprano ; Bryn Blackwood, piano)
  • The house of life. Silent noon / Ralph Vaughan Williams, DanteGabriel Rossetti (Cameron Martin, baritone ; Joy Lee, piano
  • Reve d'amour, op. 5, no. 2 / Gabriel Faure, Victor Hugo (Chihiro Yasufuku, soprano ; Ryoko Hou, piano)
  • Du bist die Ruh, D. 776 / Franz Schubert, Friedrich Ruckert (Roanna Kitchen, soprano ; Gina Lee, piano)
  • Im Haine, D. 738 / Franz Schubert, Franz von Bruchmann (Anna Boyes, soprano ; Dakota-Scott Digout, piano)
  • The poet and the war. Dark lullaby / Norbert Palej, Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski (Amanda Singh, soprano ; Grace Shin, piano)
  • Soir d'hiver / Nadia Boulanger (Stephanie McKay-Turgeon, soprano ; Joy Lee, piano)
  • Genius child. To be somebody / Rick Ian Gordon, Langston Hughes (Rhian Merritt, soprano ; Anna Han, piano)
  • Six songs. Oh, you whom I often and silently come / James Rolfe, Walt Whitman (Francesca Hauser, mezzo-soprano ; Charlie Carrier, piano)
  • Natural selection. Joy alone (connection) / Jake Heggie, Gini Savage (Madelaine Battista, soprano ; Dakota Scott-Digout, piano)
  • Sure on this shining night, op. 13, no. 3 / Samuel Barber, James Agee (Ana-Isabella Castro, soprano ; Charlie Carrier, piano)
  • Die Liebende schreibt, op. 86, no. 3 / Felix Mendelssohn, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Rayna Crandlemire, soprano ; Joy Lee, piano)
  • Ariette, op. 1, no. 4 / Amy Beach, Percy Shelley (Grace Liang, soprano ; Ryoko Hou, piano)
  • Shadow of the blues. Litany / John Musto, Langston Hughes (Kristian Lo, baritone ; Vladimir Soloviev, piano)
  • The faces of love. I shall not live in vain / Jake Heggie, Emily Dickinson (Alexa Frankian, soprano ; Pascal Menke, piano)
  • Miss. Wheatley's garden. Songs for the people / Rosephanye Powell, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (Amelia Depiero, soprano ; Vladimir Soloviev, piano).

Collection of interviews with BIPOC musicians

  • OTUFM 65
  • Collection
  • 2020

Collection consists of 9 recorded interviews, both audio and video. The interviews were held by members of the design team for the exhibit Polyphony: Diversity in Music, and feature students and faculty from the University of Toronto Faculty of Music and musicians based in Ottawa, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; and Regina, Saskatchewan. Interviewers used questions to help the interviewers share their experiences with diversity in music. Questions included whether they identified with current categories in racial discourse (i.e. BIPOC), whether their culture or identity has impacted their opportunities, and what advice they would offer to emerging BIPOC musicians. Themes within the interviews cover a broad range of topics, including systemic discrimination, imposter syndrome, racism, identity, and music pedagogy.

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Interview with Andrew Balfour conducted by Hillary Chu

Item is a video recorded interview between Hillary Chu (interviewer, representative of FoMARA) and Andrew Balfour (interviewee). Andrew Balfour is a Cree composer, conductor, singer, and sound designer whose works include choral, instrumental, and orchestral music. As a result of the Sixties Scoop, Andrew was raised in a non-Indigenous family in Alberta. Today he is a highly sought-after composer known for fusing Classical music traditions with Indigenous texts and themes to highlight the unsettling sociopolitical pressures and commentary that have surrounded Indigenous peoples in Canada for many years. Andrew and Hillary's conversation covers topics including education, equitable access to opportunities, violence against Indigienous peoples, and systemic discrimination. Trigger warning: the interview includes discussion of Residential Schools, and mentions of addiction.

U of T Opera presents : A little night music

File consists of a program from the concert, which (unless otherwise indicated) took place in MacMillan Theatre.

Performers: Sandra Horst, conductor ; Russell Braun, narrator ; Michael Albano, Mario Pachevo, directors ; Andrea Grant, Vladimir Soloviev, piano ; Wesley McKenzie, set, lighting, and projection design ; Lisa Magill, costume design ; James Bolton, hair and makeup ; Christina Bell, producer ; Banana Camera (Ken Ng, Dave Kennedy), filming ; Kai Masaoka, audio technician ; Dave Kennedy, editing.

Program:

  • Al little night music. A weekend in the country / Stephen Sondheim (Alessia Vitali, Juliana Krajcovic, Parker Clements, Alexandra Fee, Melissa Danis, Alex Mathews, Lindsay Connolly, Angelo Moretti)
  • Cosi fan tutte. Soave sia il vento / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Heidi Duncan, Lindsay Connolly, Danlie Rae Acebuque)
  • Gianni Schicchi. O mio babbino caro / Giuseppe Puccini (Noelle Slaney ; filmed in St. John's Newfoundland ; Dr. Phil Roberts, piano ; Noelle Slaney, filming and editing)
  • Into the woods. It takes two / Stephen Sondheim (Sacha Smith, Nicholas Higgs ; filmed in Toronto and Lindsay, Ontario ; Sacha Smith and Nicholas Higgs, filming and editing)
  • Rigoletto. Bella figlia dell'amore / Giuseppe Verdi (Heidi Duncan, Alessia Vitali, Angelo Moretti, Alex Matthews)
  • Il barbiere di Siviglia. Zitti, zitti, piano, piano (Alex Hetherington, David Walsh, Danlie Rae Acebuque)
  • I pagliacci. Nedda/Silvio duet / R. Leoncavallo (Juliana Krajcovic, Parker Clements)
  • Company. Getting married today / Stephen Sondheim (Alex Hetherington, David Walsh, Angelo Moretti)
  • La boheme. Dunque e proprio finita!...Addio, dolce svegliare / Giuseppe Puccini (Melissa Danis, Sacha Smith, Elias Theocharidis, Luke Noftall ; filmed in Toronto and Woodbridge, Ontario, and Fredericton, New Brunswick ; Elias Theocharidis and Sacha Smith, editing)
  • Merrily we roll along. Our time / Stephen Sondheim (Danlie Rae Acebuque, Heidi Duncan, Renee Fajardo).

Interview with Andrew Adridge conducted by Rosemonde Desjardins

Item is a video recorded interview between Rosemonde Desjardins (interviewer, representative of FoMARA) and Andrew Adridge (interviewee). Andrew Adridge is a Guyanese-Canadian vocal performer, and a graduate from the University of Toronto opera program. He works as the Operations Associate for Opera.ca, and is the Co-Founder of Opera InReach, an initiative aimed at examining the civi impact of opera, creating an authentic Canadian identity for it, and engaging the next generation of performers with equitable and diverse digital programming and mentorship. Andrew and Rosemonde's conversation covers topics including tokenization and diversity, the arts, Black Lives Matter, and systemic discrimination.

Interview with Dr. Melissa Morgan conducted by Claire Latosinsky

Item is a video recorded interview between Claire Latosinsky (interviewer, representative of FoMARA) and Dr. Melissa Morgan (interviewee). Dr. Melissa Morgan is the Assistant Professor of Choral Music in the department of Media, Arts, and Performance at the University of Regina, where she conducts the Chamber Singers and Concert Choir, in addition to teaching courses in vocal diction and choral conducting. Previously, she was the Pfeifer Memorial Chair of Music at Luther College High School, and was founder and artistic director of the former community ensemble, Prairie Chamber Choir. Dr. Morgan holds a doctorate of Music Performance in Choral Conducting from the University of Toronto, and is also an Associate of the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music in piano, voice, and flute. Dr. Morgan and Claire's conversation covers topics including access to information, music pedagogy, and racism.

Interview with Dr. Farzaneh Hemmasi conducted by Claire Latosinsky

Item is a video recorded interview between Claire Latosinsky (interviewer, representative of FoMARA) and Dr. Farzaneh Hemmasi (interviewee). Dr. Farzaneh Hemmasi (in Persian orthography فرزانه حمصی ) is as Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include Iranian popular music, the politics of popular culture, and transnationality. Her book, Tehrangeles Dreaming: Intimacy and Imagination in Southern California’s Iranian Pop Music, published in April 2020, examines the postrevolutionary pop music of the Iranian diaspora in Los Angeles as a site of transnational identity creation. She holds a doctorate from Columbia University and has held fellowships with the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Humanities Forum and Columbia University’s Middle East Institute as well as its Institute of Social and Economic Policy and Research. In the summer of 2020, Prof. Hemmasi was co-chair of the Faculty of Music’s Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (AREDI) Workgroup. Dr. Hemmasi and Claire's conversation covers topics including performative diversity, tokenization, music pedagogy, and Black Lives Matter.

Interview with Tara Kannangara conducted by Hillary Chu

Item is a video recorded interview between Hillary Chu (interviewer, representative of FoMARA) and Tara Kannangara (interviewee). Tara Kannangara is a vocalist and instrumentalist known for her diverse sound. She is a Juno-nominated artist, and holds a degree in Jazz studies from the Unviersity of Toronto. Tara has performed across North America at venues including the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and New York City's Jazz Gallery. Tara is currently a sessional teacher at the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Music's Jazz program. Tara and Hillary's conversation covers topics including assimilation, gender disparity, music pedagogy, racial inequity, and systemic discrimination.

Interview with Leighton Harrell conducted by Hillary Chu

Item is a video recorded interview between Rosemonde Desjardins (interviewer, representative of FoMARA) and Leighton Harrell (interviewee). Leighton Harrell is a bassist and composer from Raleigh, North Carolina, currently attending the University of Toronto's Jazz Performance program. Leighton has held a biweekly residency at Poetry Jazz Cafe with his quartet since 2019. He has also performed at venues such as The Toronto Jazz Festival, the Kensington Market Jazz Festival, and Toronto Meridian Centre for the Arts. As a composer and artist, Leighton draws inspiration from hymns and spirituals, folk music, and various traditions of Black American Music. Leighton and Hillary's conversation covers topics including Black AMerican Music, colonialism, cultural appropriation, performative diversity, and music pedagogy.

Interview with Beverley McKiver conducted by Elizabeth Robinson

Item is a video recorded interview between Elizabeth Robinson (interviewer, representative of the U of T Music Library) and Beverley McKiver (interviewee). Beverley McKiver is a music teacher, composer, accompanist, and performer based in Ottawa, Ontario. Beverley's compositions have been performed at Native Earth Performing Arts, Jumblies Theatre, and Soundstreams. In 2020 she premiered a suite of piano solos representing the provincial and territorial emblems, which she composed as a result of a Digital Originals grant from the Canada Council. Beverley and Elizabeth's conversation covers topics including economic disparity, music pedagogy, and violence towards Indigenous communities. Trigger warning: this interview includes discussion of Residential Schools.

Graham Johnson : lecture on Franz Schubert : John R. Stratton visitor in music

File consists of a recording of the event, which included Johnson's lecture and voice and piano duos from the Faculty of Music. The event was broadcast on YouTube.

Performances:

  • Dass sie hier gewesen, D. 775 / Franz Schubert (Katy Clark, soprano and Joy Lee, piano)
  • Der Jüngling und der Tod, D. 545 / Franz Schubert (Katy Clark, soprano and Joy Lee, piano)
  • So laßt mich scheinen , D. 877-3 / Franz Schubert (Sinead White, soprano and Dakota Scott-Digout, piano)

Interview with Bruce A. Russell conducted by Elizabeth Robinson

Item is a video recorded interview between Elizabeth Robinson (interviewer, representative of the U of T Music Library) and Bruce A. Russell (interviewee). Bruce A. Russell, (aka Ibrahim El Mahboob) is a composer and self-taught pianist living and working in Toronto. He studied at York University with James Tenney and Phillip Werren, and has composed music for the Madawaska String Quartet, Modetn Times Stage Company, and McMaster dancers and choreographers Pan Johnson and Tracy Renee Stafford. Bruce is particularly interested in 20th and 21st century music, especially posminimalism, and music of the African diaspora, including notated and non-notated forms. Bruce and Elizabeth's conversation covers topics including tokenization, performative diversity, Black Lives Matter, racial politics, and police violence. Tigger warning: this interview includes discussion of discriminatory terminology used to classify Black people. The interview includes mentions of suicidal depression, mental health, and institutionalization.

Interview with Ricardo Ferro conducted by Rosemonde Desjardins

Item is a video recorded interview between Rosemonde Desjardins (interviewer, representative of FoMARA) and Ricardo Ferro (interviewee). Ricardo Ferro is a Venezuelan-Canadian composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Toronto, Ontario. As an emerging composer, Ricardo has written music for and worked with North American ensembles and performers such as the Calidore String Quartet, Oakville Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Younggun Kim. He has written award-winning music for film and theatre for the Sundeis Film Fastival in Boston and the National Theatre School Festival in Canada. In 2019, Ricarod co-founded the Green Room Sound Collective, a contemporary music organization dedicated to the creation and performance of new dramatic and multimedia works of music, and is currently their artistic director. Ricardo is currently pursuing a degree in composition at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Ricardo and Rosemonde's conversation covers topics including eurocentrism in music, music pedagogy, Black Lives Matter, and representation.

Master class with Lawrence Brownlee, tenor : bel canto master class

File consists of recordings from the master class led by Lawrence Brownlee, tenor, as the John R. Stratton Visitor in Music (October 6-8, 2020). Performances were recorded in Walter Hall and live-streamed on the Faculty of Music's YouTube channel.

Program:

  • La traviata. Lunge da lei...De' miei bollenti spiriti / Giuseppe Verdi (Elias Theocharidis, tenor ; Andrea Grant, piano)
  • Anna Bolena. Deh! non voler costringere / Gaetano Donizetti (Alex Hetherington, mezzo-soprano ; Andrea Grant, piano)
  • I Capuletti ed it Montecchi. Oh! quante volte / Vincenzo Bellini (Shantelle Przybylo, soprano ; Joy Lee, piano)
  • La fanciulla del West. Ch'ella mi creda / Giacomo Puccini (Burak Yaman, tenor ; Joy Lee, piano)
  • I Puritani. Ah! per sempre io ti perdei / Vincenzo Bellini (Alex Matthews, baritone ; Andrea Grant, piano)
  • Per pieta bell' idol mio / Vincenzo Bellini (Alexa Katarina Frankian, soprano ; Andrea Grant, piano).

Master class with Lawrence Brownlee, tenor : opera master class

File consists of recordings from the master class led by Lawrence Brownlee, tenor, as the John R. Stratton Visitor in Music (October 6-8, 2020). Performances were recorded in Walter Hall and live-streamed on the Faculty of Music's YouTube channel.

Performers: Sandra Horst, Andrea Grant, piano

Program:

  • Pagliacci. E fra quest'ansie / Leoncavallo (Parker Clements, baritone)
  • Cendrillon. Coeur sans amour / Massenet (Alexandra Fee, mezzo-soprano)
  • L'Elisir d'amore. Come Paride vezzoso / Donizetti (Luke Noftall, baritone)
  • La boheme. Donde lieta usci / Puccini (Melissa Dais, soprano)
  • Don Giovanni. Il mio tesoro / Mozart (Angelo Moretti, tenor)
  • L'Elisir d'amore. Prendi, per me sei libero / Donizetti (Heidi Duncan, soprano).

Master class with Lawrence Brownlee, tenor : art song master class

File consists of recordings and the program for master class led by Lawrence Brownlee, tenor, as the John R. Stratton Visitor in Music (October 6-8, 2020). Performances were recorded in Walter Hall and live-streamed on the Faculty of Music's YouTube channel.

Program:

  • On this island. Let the florid music praise / Benjamin Britten (Morgan Reid, soprano ; Vladimir Soloviev, piano)
  • Trois chansons de Bilitis. La chevelure / Claude Debussy (Lissy Meyerowitz, mezzo-soprano ; Dakota Scott-Digout, piano)
  • The hermit songs. St. Ita's vision / Samuel Barber (Leandra Dahm, soprano ; Dakota Scott-Digout, piano)
  • Ruckert Lieder. Liebst du um Schonheit / Gustav Mahler (Rianna Robinson, soprano ; Vladimir Soloviev, piano)
  • Brentano Lieder. Ich wollt' ein Strausslein binden / Richard Strauss (Maeve Palmer, soprano ; Vladimir Soloviev, piano)
  • The red, red heart. My mother's hands / John Greer (Anna Caroline Boyes, soprano ; Dakota Scott-Digout, piano)

Russell Braun and Carolyn Maule

File consists of a recording of the recital, which was part of the Summer Thursdays at Noon series, hosted by Korin Thomas-Smith, baritone and recent graduate of the Faculty of Music (MMus 2020). The series was streamed online over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Performers: Russell Braun, baritone ; Carolyn Maule, piano

Program:

  • Benedeit die sel'ge Mutter / Hugo Wolf
  • Chanson a boire / Maurice Ravel
  • Un Canadien errant / John Greer
  • Northern landscapes / Srul Irving Glick
  • Your eyes have told me / Geoffrey O'Hara.

Gryphon Trio

File consists of a recording of the recital, which was part of the Summer Thursdays at Noon series, hosted by Korin Thomas-Smith, baritone and recent graduate of the Faculty of Music (MMus 2020). The series was streamed online over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Performers: Gryphon Trio (Annalee Patipatanakoon ; Roman Borys ; Jamie Parker)

Program:

  • Piano trio no. 4 in E minor, op. 90 "Dumky" / Antonin Dvorak.

Leslie Newman

File consists of a recording of the recital, which was part of the Summer Thursdays at Noon series, hosted by Korin Thomas-Smith, baritone and recent graduate of the Faculty of Music (MMus 2020). The series was streamed online over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Performers: Leslie Newman, flute

Program:

  • Suite for flute and piano, op. 34. Movements I and IV / Charles-Marie Widor (with Peter Longworth, piano)
  • Partita in A minor for solo flute, BWV 1013. Corrente / Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Concerto no. 1 for flute and strings, op. 45. Con fuoco / Malcolm Arnold (with Manitoba Chamber Orchestra ; Simon Streatfeild, conductor)
  • Passacaglia for solo flute / Ernst von Dohnanyi
  • Thais. Meditation / Jules Massenet (with John Lenehan, piano).

Tariq Harb

File consists of a recording of the recital, which was part of the Summer Thursdays at Noon series, hosted by Korin Thomas-Smith, baritone and recent graduate of the Faculty of Music (MMus 2020). The series was streamed online over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Performers: Tariq Harb, guitar

Program:

  • Serenata Espanola / Joaquim Malats, arr. Francisco Tarrega
  • Toccata and fugue, BWV 565 / Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Lopes
  • Cadenza from Violin concerto, op. 61 / Ludwig van Beethoven, Fritz Kreisler, arr. Tariq Harb.

Jazz showcase featuring Mike Murley and Hannah Barstow

File consists of a recording and program for the recital, which was part of the Summer Thursdays at Noon series, hosted by Korin Thomas-Smith, baritone and recent graduate of the Faculty of Music (MMus 2020). The series was streamed online over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Performers: The North (Mike Murley, saxophone ; David Braid, piano ; Johnny Aman, bass ; Anders Mogensen, drums ; Percy Pursglove, trumpet, flugelhorn) ; Hannah Barstow Trio

Program:

  • Onmo (The North; recorded live at MillFactory NuVenue Studies, February 2019)
  • When you are here (Hannah Barstow Trio)
  • The split (The North; as played on February 16, 2016 at MillFactory Studios, Copenhagen; recorded by Boe Larsen; audio mix by Dixon Van Winkle)

Mansfield park / Jonathan Dove

File consists of a program for the University of Toronto Opera production of Mansfield Park by Jonathan Dove, libretto by Alasdair Middleton. The opera was scheduled for 4 performances (March 12-15) in MacMillan Theatre but the March 14 and 15 performances were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Performers: Sandra Horst, conductor ; Tim Albery, director ; Michelle Tracey, set design ; Lisa Magill, costume design ; Wesley McKenzie, lighting and video design ; John Sharpe, surtitles ; Kristin McCollum, stage manager ; Kate Carver, assistant conductor ; Mario Pacheco, assistant director ; Ardavan Taraporewala, assistant stage manager ; Brandon Tran, Benjamin Zsoldos, repetiteurs.

U of T 12tet

File contains a program and recordings from event. Recorded in Walter Hall

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

Program:

  • Sweet Dulcinea Blue / Kenny Wheeler, arr. Carter Brodkorb (Solos: Evan Dalling, Carter Brodkorb)
  • Eucalyptus Trees / Zsolt Kaltenecker, arr. Lucas Udvarnoky (Solos: Griff Vona, Harry Bartlett, Kaelin Murphy)
  • Upper Manhattan Medical Group / Billy Strayhorn, arr. Alexander Argatoff (Solos: David Hodgson, Kaelin Murphy, Keith Barstow)
  • Drip / Tigran Hamasyan, arr. Kaelin Murphy (Solo: David Hodgson)
  • Alone Together / Arthur Schwartz, arr. Jacob Slous (Solo: Jacob Chung)
  • Hopeful / Harry Bartlett (Solos: David Hodgson, Harry Bartlett, Kaelin Murphy)
  • Moon Rays / Horace Silver, arr. Nicholas Adema (Solos: Jacob Chung, Nicholas Adema)
  • All or Nothing at All / Arthur Altman, arr. Keith Barstow (Solos: David Hodgson, Keith Barstow)

Programs, posters, and other ephemera

Series consists of programs and posters from concerts held at Gallery 345, as well as thank you cards and notes from performers, and building plans for the gallery space and building (345 Souraren Ave., Toronto, Ontario). Series also includes a USB thumb drive (173 MB) with archived files from the Gallery 345 website, including performance announcements, program information, and performer biographies.

Michael Colgrass fonds

  • OTUFM 64
  • Fonds
  • 1949-2019

Fonds consists of the professional and personal records of composer Michael Colgrass. The collection includes manuscripts of his compositions; administrative and financial documents relating to commissions with orchestras, performers, and publishers; and materials generated from the performance of these compositions (including recordings, programs, reviews, and program notes). Other records relate to workshops that Colgrass led, particularly his Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) workshops and Colgrass' writings, including poetry, articles, manuscripts and notes for his books, and correspondence with friends and colleagues.

Colgrass, Michael

Biographical information and personal memorabilia

Series consists of miscellaneous memorabilia and biographical information pertaining to Michael Colgrass, including Ulla Colgrass' speech for the celebration of Michael Colgrass at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music (2019); biographies of Michael Colgrass and lists of his works and recordings; letters saved as "Ego boosters"; Michael Colgrass' first passport; a "Wanted" poster for Michael Colgrass; astrological charts for the Colgrass family; humorous drawings and writings; and a certificate for the "Michael Colgrass" star from the International Star Registry.

Series also includes videos from Colgrass' 85th birthday party (2017), obituaries, sympathy notes from friends and colleagues following his death, and videos from the Michael Colgrass Life Celebration Party held at Walter Hall, University of Toronto Faculty of Music (November 2019).

John Francis Johnstone collection

  • OTUFM 44
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1875] - 2013

Collection consists of reference materials relating to John Francis Johnstone's compositions for voice and piano, his family, and the performance of his songs after his death.

Johnstone, John Francis

Photographs

Series consists of professional portraits of Michael Colgrass, as well as photographs from workshops, concerts, and rehearsals, and family photographs. Series includes photographs of Colgrass in Stuttgart when he was a timpanist with the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra (1955-1956); from his time in Copenhagen for the performance of his Rhapsodic Fantasy by the Danish Radio Orchestra conducted by Tamas Vetö (1965); from his Fort Wayne Residency (1972); of his rehearsals with the Canadian Brass for Flashbacks (1979); from a production of Colgrass' "Something's gonna happen" at Duggan Jr. High School in Edmonton, Alberta (1982); from rehearsals of Chaconne with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis (1984); neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) workshops, particularly at the Dynamic Learning Center at NLPU in Santa Cruz, California (1987); workshop at University of New Mexico (1988); at Longmeadow High School and Springfield Public School in Massachusetts (1992); University of Manitoba workshop (1997); and Winona Drive School workshop (1999).

Recordings of workshops

Subseries consists of audio and video recordings of Michael Colgrass' workshops, including workshops at Ohio State University and the University of Florida; John Grinder hypnosis with Michel Colgrass in New York City (January 31, 1982); rehearsals with "The President's Own" United States Marine Band for The Winds of Nagual (April 21, 1986); Excellence in Performance workshops (March 7, 1987; July 12, 1988; July 1990; and July 13, 1992); composer's symposium at the University of New Mexico, including performances of Fantasy-Variations, Memento, and Flashbacks (1989); and videos of Michael Colgrass and Hartford Professor Glen Adsit teaching graphic notation.

Family records and correspondence

Series consists of copies of photographs and documents pertaining to Johnstone's family. Documents include correspondence between Mary F. Williamson and Helmut Kallmann of the National Library of Canada; a copy of the petition for divorce filed by Catherine (McGregor) Johnstone against her husband John Francis Johnstone, which was later withdrawn (January 8, 1979); a copy of an article in the Toronto Star (November 26, 1927) regarding Amelia Hart and her seven husbands (Johnstone was the fourth); a copy of a letter from Mary F. Williamson to Professor Carl Morey at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto regarding Johnstone and performances of his songs; a copy of Johnstone's obituary (February 25, 1913); and a copy of scanned portraits of Johnstone. The series also consists of electronic records, including scanned images from the Johnstone family photo album (ca. 1900).

Best wishes USA

File also includes a recording of Michael Colgrass' WNYC radio interview with Martin Bookspan.

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