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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".

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.

Tape collection

Series consists of electronic music compositions created at the University of Toronto Electronic Music Studio (UTEMS) and copies of tapes made at other electronic music studios around the world. The series includes the two original card-catalogue indices for the tape collection, organized by tape number and by composer.

Among the tapes that originated at UTEMS are compositions by faculty and students from the Faculty of Music, independent composers who were granted access to the studio, and compositions created by visiting artists, scholars, and composers. Composers at UTEMS included Robert Aitken, John Beckwith, Brian Cherney, Gustav Ciamaga, Richard Henninger, David Jaeger, Larry Lake, John Mills-Cockell, James Montgomery, Harvey Olnick, Dennis Patrick, Myron Schaeffer, David Williams, and many others. Composers from other studios include Milton Babbitt, Henk Badings, Luciano Berio, Hugh Le Caine, Douglas Lilburn, Pierre Schaeffer, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Vladimir Ussachevsky.

In addition to tapes created at UTEMS, the collections includes compositions created at the following studios, listed alphabetically:

University of Toronto Electronic Music Studio tape collection

  • OTUFM 54
  • Collection
  • 1949-1988, predominant 1959-1979

Collection consists of electronic music compositions created at the University of Toronto Electronic Music Studio (UTEMS) and copies of tapes made at other electronic music studios around the world. The collection includes the two original card-catalogue indices for the tape collection, organized by tape number and by composer, and accompanying reports and manuals used in the studio.

University of Toronto. Electronic Music Studio

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.

Awards and honours

Series consists of materials relating to awards and honours received by Greta Kraus, including the Toronto Arts Award (1990), the Order of Ontario (1991), and the Order of Canada (1993). Materials include correspondence, programs, newspaper clippings and other press releases, and photographs. The series also includes two VHS tapes with recordings of the Order of Ontario ceremony (May 8, 1991) and the Toronto Arts Awards (August 15, 1990).

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.

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

Greta Kraus fonds

  • OTUFM 59
  • Fonds
  • 1898-2006, predominant 1938-1997

Fonds consists of the personal and professional papers of Greta Kraus, including correspondence, photographs, programs, and some materials relating to the Kraus family.

Kraus, Greta

Save the Children benefit concert : The Mercer-Lee Duo

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 in support of Save the Children.

Performers: Rachel Mercer, cello ; Vanessa May-lok Lee, piano.

Program:

  • Suite populaire espanole / Manuel de Falla
  • Sonata no. 1 in A major, op. 13 / Gabriel Fauré
  • Après un rêve / Gabriel Fauré
  • Nearly waltz, op. 98 ; Elegy, op. 96 ; Burlesque, op. 97 / Nikolai Kapustin
  • Le Grand tango / Astor Piazzolla.

Continuum : Raw CD release

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 for the CD release of Raw (Centrediscs) featuring the music of James Rolfe, performed by Carla Huhtanen, soprano with the Continuum ensemble (Jennifer Waring, artistic director ; Anne Thompson, flute ; Max Christie, clarinet ; Carol Fujino, violin ; Paul Widner, cello ; Laurent Philippe, piano ; Ryan Scott, percussion).

Program:

  • Revenge! Revenge!! Revenge!!!
  • raW
  • Drop
  • Squeeze
  • Freddy's dead
  • Devilled swan.

Music from the courts of 18th century Europe

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345.

Performers: Louella Alatiit, violin ; Emma Elkinson, traverso ; Justin Haynes, viola da gamba ; Borys Medicky, harpsichord.

Program:

  • Paris Quartet no. 6 / Georg Philip Telemann
  • Duo for flute and violin / C.P.E. Bach
  • Sonata no. 6, op. 12 / Louis-Gabriel Guillemain
  • Trio sonata, Wq 144 / Carl Philip Emanuel Bach.

Misterioso! : The music of Thelonius Monk

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 featuring the Ugly Beauties Trio (Marilyn Lerner, piano ; Matt Brubeck, cello ; Nick Fraser, drums) with Jane Bunnette, flute and saxophone. They performed the music of Thelonius Monk.

The Art of the piano : Stephen Clarke

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 by Array Ensemble pianist Stephen Clarke.

Program:

  • Suite no. 5 "Il Circo" / Giacinto Scelsi
  • Two piano pieces. In the hothouse ; Toccata / Kaikhorsru Shapurji Sorabji
  • Fifth piano sonata, op. 106 "settle your dust, this is the primal identity / Horatiu Radulescu
  • Hispania "triptyque pour piano" / Giacinto Scelsi.

The Annex String Quartet

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 by the Annex String Quartet.

Program:

  • Anhos verdes / Osvaldo Golijov
  • Sunrise of the planetary dream collector / Terry Riley
  • String Quartet no. 2 in A minor / Johannes Brahms
  • Who do you think you are? / Danny Seidenberg [encore].

Duo Les amis

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 by Ivan Novinc, violin and Srdjan F. Caldarovic, piano.

Program:

  • Povero Tomin, elegija for violin and piano, op. 1 / B. Bersa
  • Sonata for piano and violin in A major, op. 100 / J. Brahms
  • Sonata for violin and piano in D major, op. 26 / D. Pejačević
  • Hungarian dance no. 10 / J. Brahms.

Spinning out of nothingness

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 of the debut concert of the Buchbinder Trio.

Performers: David Buchbiner, trumpet ; Dave Restivo, piano ; Sienna Dahlen, voice.

The Art of the piano : Massimiliano Valenti

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 by Massimiliano Valenti, piano.

Program:

  • 10 Children songs, nos. 1-8, 12, 18 / Chick Corea
  • Sonata op. 22, no. 1 / Alberto Ginastera
  • Six dances for piano / Komitas Vardapet
  • Sonata-fantasia, quasi jazz / Massimiliano Valenti.

Gypsy music

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345.

Performers: Lynn Kuo, violin ; Rachel Mercer, cello ; Marianna Humetska, piano

Program:

  • Chant / Ana Sokolovic
  • Gypsies / Katarina Curcin
  • Fantaisie bohémienne / Michael Pepa.

The Art of the piano : Joel Hastings

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 by Joel Hastings, piano.

Program:

  • Your touch / Carter Pann
  • Piano sonata no. 1 / Carl Vine
  • Sonata in B-flat major, op. 106 "Hammerklavier" / Ludwig van Beethoven.

Trio sTREga

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 by Katarzyna (Kasia) Marczak, clarinet; Erika Crinó, piano; and Ewa Sas, violin.

Program:

  • Trio for clarinet, violin, and pianoforte / Aram Khachaturian
  • Violin sonata, K. 301 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Clarinet sonata, op. 120, no. 1 / Johannes Brahms
  • Piano sonata, op. 90 / Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Contrasts for clarinet, violin, and piano forte / Bela Bartok.

Trio Fibonacci

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 by Trio Fibonacci (Julie-Anne Derome, violin ; Gabriel Prynn, cello ; Stephanie Chua, piano).

Program:

  • Far from shore / Linda Catlin Smith (Toronto premiere)
  • diver(s) / Juliet Kiri Palmer
  • Piano trio / Jonathan Harvey
  • Trio no. 3 / Mauricio Kagel (Toronto premiere).

Manifesto! Trio '86

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 by Trio '86 (Jennifer Thiessen, viola ; Marc Wieser, piano ; Krista Martynes, clarinet).

Songs of faith and doubt

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 featuring Iris Krizmanic and Nicholas Nanos.

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