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Margaret Atwood Papers

Contains writing by Atwood, including essays, poetry and speeches. Accession also contains personal and miscellaneous materials
such as writing from other authors and awards. Accession includes correspondence to Atwood, letters and notes stored within books,
as well as publications featuring Atwood’s writing and interview transcripts.

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).

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.

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 : 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)

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)
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