2012-2014 Report

2012–2014 Report

Presented by Health Arts Society

National Funder

PrefaceBMO Financial Group’s donation to the work of Health Arts Societies and Société pour les arts en milieux de santé provides a platform for an unprecedented programme in the history of Canadian arts. Never before has it been possible for so many isolated in care; people with disabilities and frail elders, to enjoy high quality music-making in a wide variety of genres. The singular achievement is in the establishment of the principle that frail elders, people who have contributed to the building of our country, must be included among audiences for live music.

This report describes the work of the societies during the period of participation to date of BMO Financial Group as National Funder of the programme. It also reviews the work of the societies from its foundation in 2006 and looks forward to the tenth anniversary of that founding, and beyond. The partnership with BMO Financial Group has, we trust, satisfied the Group’s expectations as partners in the programme. There remains a great deal to do to consolidate the programme

nationally but the foundations have been laid for building in each province by people who value the principles of the societies and bring local insight and expertise to their development.

BMO Financial Group’s contribution is of unprecedented scale and stands as a public reinforcement of the its values as a corporation and as a leader in Canadian social development.

Votre oeuvre me touche et suscite toute mon admiration / I was moved by this initiative which deserves all my admiration. – Yannick Nézet-Séguin

IntroductionHealth Arts Societies and Société pour les arts en milieux de santé are a Canada-wide group of registered charities bringing the joy and enrichment of first-class, professionally-performed music to people, particularly frail elders, isolated in care. The first of these societies, Health Arts Society, was founded in British Columbia in 2006.

The seven societies, serving audiences in all provinces are the following:

Health Arts Society (BC)Health Arts Society of AlbertaHealth Arts Society of ReginaHealth Arts Society of ManitobaHealth Arts Society of OntarioSociété pour les arts en milieux de santéHealth Arts Society of Atlantic Canada

Concerts in Care are 45-minute concerts performed by first-class professional musicians in institutional residences for people with chronic frailties, illnesses and disabilities. The societies address the imbalance between services provided to audiences able to access live music in the community and those isolated, often for the rest of their lives, in residential care.

Health Arts Societies stand by their purpose to inform Canadians of the importance of providing first-class music for people in care for all the reasons it is important to do so for other sectors of the community; from the youngest children to those elders who can attend events. There is a great deal of recent research demonstrating the value of music to people’s well-being. Knowing that music is integral to human experience we are now learning how the mind responds to it. Concerts in Care are therapeutic in the same way as music is therapeutic for everybody, and we also know that it’s especially valued and enriching when people are otherwise excluded from musical life; the remarkable responses to Concerts in Care exhibited by people with a range of frailties, including severe dementia, tell us so. It’s not surprising that something so ubiquitous in our lives should be missed when it’s absent – and quality is vital.

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Our PerformersConcerts in Care performers are chosen from the ranks of presenting organizations across the country and the community of freelance professional musicians, who are paid for their work, although the audiences also benefit from the artists’ goodwill. The distinctive innovations of Concerts in Care are its ambitious scale, regularity and professionalism.

Our AudienceElders and others entering care must leave their homes and possessions and give up their lives as autonomous individuals. They have often suffered

significant personal losses, including the deaths of a spouse and many of their circle of friends, and must reconcile themselves to declining health.

Concerts in Care helps to normalize their existence, bringing them the enrichment of fine music and respectful and vitalizing contact with performers.

The Work of Health Arts Societies and Société pour les arts en milieux de santéConcerts in Care brings music to people isolated in care for a fraction of the cost of delivery of equivalent programming to well and autonomous audiences.

A very substantial proportion of the societies’ revenues is paid to musicians and extremely efficient techniques for delivery and service of the concerts have been developed. Each society is a registered charity responding to specific conditions in each province. The administration and development functions of all of the societies are managed by a small core team.

Concerts in Care is a uniquely-scaled and efficient response to a significant human need of people isolated in care.

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Associate OrganizationsThe Associate Organizations support the objectives and values of Health Arts Societies and SAMS and provide cultural assets to the concert programme:

National Arts Centre OrchestraOpera Lyra OttawaOttawa Chamber Music FestivalKingston Musicians AssociationKingston SymphonyToronto Symphony OrchestraCanadian Opera CompanyUniversity of Toronto Faculty of MusicTafelmusikRegina Symphony OrchestraSaskatoon Symphony OrchestraEdmonton Symphony OrchestraVancouver Symphony OrchestraVancouver Opera AssociationUBC School of MusicJeunesses Musicales du CanadaOpéra de MontréalOpéra de QuébecOrchestre MétropolitainOrchestre Symphonique de QuébecViolons du Roy

Health Arts Societies/ SAMS AdministrationHealth Arts SocietiesDavid Lemon Founder, Artistic and Executive Director (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario)Raymond Aucoin General Manager (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Atlantic Canada)Karen Taylor Programme Administrator (BC)*Chris New Associate to the General Manager**Noreen Langdon Executive Director, Health Arts Society of Atlantic Canada*

SAMSCaroline Therien – General and Artistic Director

*quasi-volunteer **part-time

For Board Members and Honorary Patrons of all societies please go to www.healtharts.org and www.samsante.org


The Story to 2014• 7registeredcharitiesacrossCanada• morethan10,000concertsprovided

to audiences in care; residents, their families and staff

• morethan25,000artistengagements• anaudienceofover400,000• audiencemembercostperconcert:

approximately$17

Concerts delivered 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014* TOTALBritish Columbia 201 604 621 1,007 545 618 907 878 900 6,281Alberta 17 4 50 71Saskatchewan 136 29 50 215Manitoba 22 6 50 78Ontario 117 132 125 200 574Quebec 398 398 399 588 635 601 3,019Atlantic Canada 28 12 50 90North 5 2 3 10TOTAL 201 604 621 1,405 943 1,134 1,835 1,691 1,904 10,338

Audience served 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014* TOTALBritish Columbia 8,040 24,160 24,840 40,280 21,800 24,720 36,280 35,120 36,000 251,240Alberta 680 160 2,000 2,840Saskatchewan 5,440 1,160 2,000 8,600Manitoba 880 240 2,000 3,120Ontario 4,680 5,280 5,000 8,000 22,960Quebec 15,933 15,920 15,960 23,520 25,400 24,040 120,773Atlantic Canada 1,120 480 2,000 3,600North 200 80 120 400TOTAL 8,040 24,160 24,840 56,213 37,720 45,360 73,400 67,640 76,160 413,533

*projection

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Looking ahead to 20152015 is the 10th anniversary of the founding of the first Health Arts Society. Now we have an opportunity for all Health Arts Societies and SAMS to commemorate the inception of what is a cross-Canada programme, to reflect with some satisfaction on its achievements to date and to look forward to vigorously expanding Concerts in Care to become a normal part of Canadian cultural practices.

An important job is to reinforce community engagement in the programme while at the same time providing administration services that spread operating costs over several societies. Health Arts Society in BC and SAMS in Quebec are essentially autonomous, and Health Arts Society of Ontario and Health Arts Society of Atlantic Canada are moving in that direction. Boards of directors will be increasingly peopled with local members, and artistic direction will

devolve to their designates. The practice of establishing chapters in which performers, administrators and fundraisers work with local communities, is also gaining ground.

Collaborations between Health Arts Societies and its Associate Organizations normalize Concerts in Care as a project whose values are shared by organizations responsible in their communities for providing a wide range of programmes for audiences, and employment for musicians.

Funders who provide the material support of the work of Health Arts Societies/SAMS can take satisfaction in enabling the Societies to address audiences numbering hundreds of thousands and providing thousands of musician engagements. We look forward to partnering with them in the next stage of the Societies’ work to make Concerts in Care simply something we do in Canada.

In short, the message for 2015 is that a remarkable project is being built – and there is so much more work to do!

David LemonFounder, Concerts in Care


Kootenays Chapter Leader Nicola Everton.

Thank you so much! We had a wonderful afternoon with the musicians that you sent to perform for our residents on Monday afternoon! They were fabulous! Our residents really appreciated the quality of their music. They were so personable as well and really offered a great show! Beautiful! Thank you to the Health Arts Society and BMO.— Chris Mulat, Zion Park Manor, Surrey

Patricia Hammond, mezzo-sopranoDouglas Balfour, pianoSample programmeCan’t Help SingingHe Shall Feed His FlockO Thou that TellestOmbra Mai FuCaro Mio BenSe Tu m’amiLinden Lea A Soft Day Where Corals Lie Drink to me onlySalley GardensEarly One Morning Fair House of JoyO Men From the FieldsBlow the Wind SoutherlyThe Peat Fire FlameLet The Rest of the World Go By Did you ever see a dream walking? All I do is Dream of YouDon’t Fence Me In Till We Meet Again

Douglas BalfourPatricia Hammond

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Featured PerformersWe present a selection of performers and their programmes to represent the hundreds of first-rate artists who perform for Concerts in Care audiences.

One of the best things that we can provide. It is an amazing gift for the residents and everyone can’t believe how great this program is and the quality of the performance truly amazing and is so wonderful and beneficial to the residents.

ROXY Music & Film ConcertsPianist Douglas Balfour will make fifty ROXY Music & Film concert appearances 2012–2014. This is a popular programme of silent films of Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton, accompanied by special piano scores arranged by Raymond Aucoin and Douglas Balfour, and will be enjoyed by an audience of over 2,000.

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Featured Performers

Jane Coop, pianoSample programmeHaydn – Sonata in B flat MajorBeethoven – Sonata in E major, Op.14 No.1Chopin – 2 ImpromptusChopin – Scherzo, Op.54


I must say that these performances that continue to come to our facilities are absolutely fantastic. The talents are amazing and we are always treated to an original performance. The ‘tidbits’ of information the artists share with the audience regarding songs or an instrument is fascinating. We feel very fortunate to be part of this fabulous program. Thanks to everyone involved – especially the sponsors for making it possible.

Featured Performers

Red ChamberMei Han, zhengGuilian Liu, pipaZhimin Yu, ruanGeling Jiang, sanxian

Red Chamber takes its inspiration from the traditional Chinese “plucked string” repertoire that is seldom if ever heard in the West. Featuring only plucked strings, they create a unique sound while performing a repertoire that spans centuries, including transcriptions from the Tang Dynasty(618–907)tomoderncompositions.Red Chamber also explore other genres of plucked string music such as Bluegrass, jazz, and a host of other folk traditions.


You could hear a pin drop, amazing when our residents are usually restless and wandering in and out of any programs. Thank you so much for sharing these amazing performances with us. We look forward to more in the future. The impact was huge and so meaningful and rewarding for our residents. You brought really moments of joy to our residents.

Featured Performers

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BritishColumbia

Alberta

Saskatchewan Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

Newfoundlandand Labrador

NewBrunswick

Nova Scotia

P.E.I.

Manitoba

78 ConcertsDelivered

24 PerformersInvolved

195 PerformerEngagements

1 CommunityServed

Saskatchewan




15 CommunitiesServed

Alberta




6 CommunitiesServed

British Columbia

2,685 ConcertsDelivered


6,713 PerformerEngagements


Yukon, NWT and Nunavut




3 CommunitiesServed

BritishColumbia

Alberta

Saskatchewan Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

Newfoundlandand Labrador

NewBrunswick

Nova Scotia

P.E.I.

Ontario





Concerts in Care 2012–2014

Quebec





Atlantic Canada





National Total


1,361 PerformersInvolved



217,200 Audience Members

Manitoba




1 CommunityServed

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Beethoven, Bob and Borealis in BCThroughout 2013–2014 the distinguished pianist Robert Silverman and British Columbia’s principal string quartet, the Borealis String Quartet, will undertake 200 concerts across British Columbia. The programme will be centred on the incomparable works of Beethoven combined with a range of other attractive repertoire to provide audiences with an unusually high level of engagement and delight. This exceptional tour will reach an audience of over 8,000. This project is generously supported by the Vancouver Foundation, Odlum Brown and the Province of British Columbia.

Robert Silverman, pianoSample programmeBeethoven – Bagatalle No. 25 in A minor Für EliseBeethoven – Presto from Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2 Beethoven–PianoSonataNo.14inC#Minor,Op.27No.2MoonlightR. Silverman – Etude (in the style of Chopin)

Borealis String QuartetSample programmeBeethoven – String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 1351. Allegretto2. Vivace3. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo4. “Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß (The difficult decision).” Grave, ma

non troppo tratto (Muss es sein?/Must it be?) – Allegro (Es muss sein!/It must be!) – Grave, ma non troppo tratto – Allegro


Featured Performers

Mark McGregor, fluteKenneth Broadway, pianoSample programmeJ.S. Bach – Sonata in E-flat Major, BWV 1031Gounod/Bach – Ave MariaRichard Strauss – Various lieder (transcribed for flute and piano)Gabriel Fauré – SicilienneBizet/Borne – Carmen Fantasy


Kenneth BroadwayMark McGregor

Cecilia String QuartetMin-Jeong Koh, violinSarah Nematallah, violinCaitlin Boyle, violaRachel Desoer, cello

Sample programmeWebern – Langsamer SatzTchaikovsky – String Quartet No. 1 in D Major1. Moderato e semplice2. Andante cantabile3. Scherzo: Allegro non tanto e con fuoco4. Finale: Allegro giusto – Allegro vivace

Featured Performers

I haven’t heard the cello played so beautifully in years and years. Thank you so much for being here today!

It’s as if I’d been drinking Kool-Aid my whole life and someone just gave me a nice glass of wine.


Bryan Holt, celloLisa Tahara, pianoSample programmeMassenet – AndanteSchumann – TräumereiSchumann – Three Fantasy PiecesSaint-Saëns – The SwanMassenet – ÉlégieBach – Prélude from Suite No. 1Schumann – Adagio and AllegroFaure – Après un rêveRogers & Hammerstein – Some Enchanted EveningMassenet - MéditationYoung & Heyman – When I Fall in Love

Bryan Holt Lisa Tahara

Featured Performers

To have professional singers come and make their glorious music touches something very deep within. I thought today of a quote that I read some time ago. “The soul needs beauty, like the body needs bread”. You brought beauty to our lives here...and it moved many of us to tears.

Canadian Opera CompanyIleana Montalbetti, sopranoPeter McGillivray, baritoneAnne Larlee, piano

Canadian Opera Company is one of several “Associate Organizations” of the Concerts in Care programme. They include some of Canada’s most prominent music presenters who participate by sharing the values of the project and lending it their artistic resources.


Ileana Montalbetti

Peter McGillivray

Anne Larlee

Featured Performers

We had one of the largest crowds I have seen at the [home]. Besides lots of residents, there multiple generations of families as well. Families are actually planning their visits around when [Concerts in Care] are taking place. The performance...was amazing. You know it is working when you can get people up and dancing.


The Lady Larks

Sample programme“Tribute to The Andrews Sisters and the music of World War II”Boogie Woogie Bugle BoyDon’t Sit Under the Apple TreeBei mir bist du shein (Means that You’re Grand) I’ll Be With You (in Apple Blossom Time)Roll Out the Barrel

Rum and Coca-Cola Java Jive Tico TicoChoo Choo Ch’BoogieDon’t Get Around Much AnymoreThe Nearness of You

Featured Performers

I wanted to let you know that the UBC Ambassadors String Quartet on Saturday was amazing! We had quite a large responsive audience that day and the residents and staff really enjoyed the selections of music. The four ladies were very lovely, talented and interactive with our audience and it was greatly appreciated by all.

Concerts in Care UBC Ambassadors ProgrammeThe auditioned programme of 200 concerts from 2012 through 2014, co-funded by the University of British Columbia, brings to audiences in care young performers from the UBC School of Music who are destined to enter the professional music scene.


Featured Performers

The Spring 5 undertook sixteen concerts of classical woodwind quintet music at long-term care homes in the Interior of British Columbia in May 2009.

You gave me so much pleasure to hear you playing – the tears came in my eyes. You’re a sweetheart – a darling.

I always enjoy the concerts here, but I can’t tell you how overwhelmed I am by your particular performance today. Please come back!


Younggun Kim, piano Sample programmeSchumann/Liszt – WidmungSchumann/Liszt – ErlkönigPoulenc – Trois novelettes 1. Modéré sans lenteur 2. Très rapide et rythmé 3. Andantino tranquilloLiszt – Dante Sonata

Younggun Kim

Featured Performers

We are very pleased with the performance and the wonderful intention shared by the musicians. Residents who had been withdrawn appeared smiling and engaged. Thank you for the invaluable work that you offer our community.


Jeanne Lamon, violinChristina Mahler, celloSample programmeSenaillé – SonataDall’Abaco – SonataStradella – Sinfonia for violin and celloTelemann – Fantasia No. 1 for solo violinBach – Sonata in G major for violin and basso continuo, BWV 1021Traditional – Greensleeves

Christina MahlerJeanne Lamon

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Featured Performers

Ce concert les a fait voyager. La chanteuse a une voix magnifique et la pianiste a beaucoup de talent. Très bon concert! Les résidents ont adoré et certains employés souhaitaient que le concert se prolonge. Un résident très atteint de troubles cognitifs a même chantonné un air du concert.

Youkali Duo

Christina Tannous, sopranoDominic Boulianne, piano Sample programme

O. Strauss Je ne suis pas ce que l’on pense Je t’aime quand même

F. Lehar Je t’ai donné mon cœur

F. Lopez La Belle de Cadix

C. Velazquez Besame mucho

F. Poulenc Les Chemins de l’amour

E. Satie Je te veux

R. Hahn L’heure exquise

L. Mariano Mexico

A. Lara Granada

G. Gershwin Let’s call the whole thing off The Man I love

F. Lehar Meine Lippen

Monnot/Piaf Hymne à l’amour

Christina Tannous, soprano and Dominic Boulianne, piano

Funding Partners

Health Arts Society is an established registered charity which has operated on a sustainable model, without deficit, for nearly seven years. Contributors to the Concerts in Care programme of Health Arts Society, other than health authorities and individual homes, include:

National Funder:

Corporate Donors:

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Atma ClassiqueCroisières AML MontréalHope Family WinesLes Vergers de la CollineScenaStrom spa nordique

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Foundations:

Government:

BC Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the ArtsBC Ministry of Healthy Living and SportBC Gaming CommissionCentral Kootenay Regional DistrictCity of Kamloops

Kaslo & District Community Forest SocietyRegional District of East KootenayRegional District of Kootenay BoundaryTown of GoldenVillage of New Denver

Carter Deux-Mille FoundationDelta Community FoundationKaatza FoundationKamloops FoundationKMC FoundationMartha Lou Henley Charitable FoundationMichael O’Brian Foundation for the Arts

Osprey Community FoundationRix Family FoundationSchein FoundationStollery Charitable FoundationThomas FoundationZLC Foundation

Health Care Foundations:

Health Authorities:

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Delta Hospital Auxiliary SocietyFriends of Nelson Elders in CareNew Denver Hospital AuxiliaryPeace Arch Hospital and Community Health

Foundation

Queen’s Park Healthcare FoundationRevelstoke District Health FoundationSouth Okanagan Similkameen Medical FoundationSouth Cariboo Health FoundationTrail Hospital Doctors’ Association

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Institutions:

Individual Donors and Service Organizations:

Concours Musical International de MontréalCastlegar Arts CouncilColumbia Valley Arts CouncilCommunity Arts Council of Creston

DUCEPPEMusée d’art contemporain de MontréalNelson & District Arts CouncilTrail & District Arts Council

Frances Mastrandrea TrustKimberley ElksKnights of Columbus (Kimberley)

Mark Creek Lions ClubA generous contribution in memory of Elda NardelliMany generous individual donors

After performing at George Derby Centre, Burnaby, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Honorary Patron of Health Arts Society Bramwell Tovey meets Phil Peterson, brother of the great Canadian pianist, the late Oscar Peterson, April 26, 2012 (iPhoto – staff)

For more details of the work and contributions that build the societies ongoing, please visit www.healtharts.org and www.samsante.org

Pour plus d i̓nformation, visitez les sites suivants : www.healtharts.org et www.samsante.org

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