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that Banff “became more and more professional and artistic,” Tom says. It’s no secret he has long been opposed to institu- tionalized learning for artists whom he says move from “one box to another box” in the pursuit of marks or degrees. Isobel admits Tom has always been a bit of a rebel. “I agreed with his ideas,” she says. “If you’re always grap- pling with [bureaucracy], then you have to do it another way.” “Banff is unique,” says Tom. Banff presents its musicians with an opportunity to really explore, and discover themselves. And the mirrors in every studio and rehearsal space are an important part of the Banff experience. “The mirror lets you test yourself,” explains Tom. “The artists are in search of who they see in the mirror,” he says. “It’s their biggest asset, but it’s also their biggest threat.” What are the Rolston’s departing thoughts? “I hope that the philosophy stays the same; to support musicians at an important time in their careers,” says Isobel. “I will not be on guard for the future, we’re going to have to let it fly freely,” answers Tom. “But the central core of what we do I hope will never change.” “I will not be on guard for the future, we’re going to have to let it fly freely.” TOM ROLSTON Inside See inside for details on A Tribute to Isobel & Tom Rolston July 9 – 11, 2004. Message from the Artistic Directors Edmonton Symphony’s David Hoyt Banff Centre Recording wins JUNO Award Music Makers Fall & Winter Residency 2004 Upcoming Events Violin & Bow Repair and Restoration Lord of the Rings Soundtrack A Tribute to Isobel & Tom Rolston Banff Summer Arts Festival CCRMA@Banff Summer Workshops Summer 2004 Music & Sound Programs The Years in Review Alumni News In Memoriam The Rolstons Celebrate Four Decades of Music at The Banff Centre If walls could talk, Isobel Moore Rolston’s office would tell the stories of hundreds of musicians whose lives were forever changed in these mountains. A myriad of pictures – from candid snapshots to glossy publicity stills, including portraits of legendary performers and up-and-coming talent – poster three walls in her office at the foot of Tunnel Mountain. It’s an impressive array of Canadian and international talent. “It’s very gratifying when they keep in touch,” says Isobel looking at the image-laden walls and the hand-written cards on her desk from past participants and faculty. Each picture conjures up memories. It all started in 1965 when then director of the Banff School of Fine Arts, Senator Donald Cameron, invited Tom to teach at the school. The year before, Tom had worked at a summer music school run by the provincial government at the Banff Elementary School. Over the years, Tom began shaping summer music programs at The Banff Centre, gradually expanding and raising the quality of what was being done so 2004 Edition The newsletter for alumni & friends of Music & Sound at The Banff Centre Notes Music & Sound Music & Sound Winter Residency 2004 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 14 Notes

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that Banff “became more and more professional and artistic,”Tom says. It’s no secret he has long been opposed to institu-tionalized learning for artists whom he says move from “onebox to another box” in the pursuit of marks or degrees. Isobeladmits Tom has always been a bit of a rebel. “I agreed with his

ideas,” she says. “If you’re always grap-pling with [bureaucracy], then you have todo it another way.”

“Banff is unique,” says Tom. Banff presentsits musicians with an opportunity to reallyexplore, and discover themselves. Andthe mirrors in every studio and rehearsalspace are an important part of the Banffexperience. “The mirror lets you testyourself,” explains Tom. “The artists arein search of who they see in the mirror,”he says. “It’s their biggest asset, but it’salso their biggest threat.”

What are the Rolston’s departing thoughts?

“I hope that the philosophy stays the same;to support musicians at an importanttime in their careers,” says Isobel.

“I will not be on guard for the future, we’re going to have tolet it fly freely,” answers Tom. “But the central core of what wedo I hope will never change.”

“I will not beon guard for thefuture,we’regoing tohave to let it flyfreely.”

TOM ROLSTON

Inside

See inside for details onA Tribute to Isobel & Tom Rolston

July 9 – 11,2004.

• Message from the Artistic Directors• Edmonton Symphony’s David Hoyt

• Banff Centre Recording wins JUNO Award• Music Makers• Fall & Winter Residency 2004

• Upcoming Events• Violin & Bow Repair and Restoration • Lord of the Rings Soundtrack

• A Tribute to Isobel & Tom Rolston

• Banff Summer Arts Festival

• CCRMA@Banff Summer Workshops• Summer 2004 Music & Sound Programs

• The Years in Review

• Alumni News

• In Memoriam

The Rolstons Celebrate Four Decades of Music at The Banff Centre If walls could talk, Isobel Moore Rolston’s office would tell thestories of hundreds of musicians whose lives were foreverchanged in these mountains. A myriad of pictures – fromcandid snapshots to glossy publicity stills, including portraitsof legendary performers and up-and-coming talent – posterthree walls in her office at the foot of Tunnel Mountain. It’s animpressive array of Canadian and international talent. “It’s verygratifying when they keep in touch,” says Isobel looking at theimage-laden walls and the hand-written cards on her deskfrom past participants and faculty. Each picture conjures upmemories.

It all started in 1965 when then director of the Banff School ofFine Arts, Senator Donald Cameron, invited Tom to teach atthe school. The year before, Tom had worked at a summermusic school run by the provincial government at the BanffElementary School. Over the years, Tom began shapingsummer music programs at The Banff Centre, graduallyexpanding and raising the quality of what was being done so

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The GryphonTrio’s CanadianPremieres, whichwas dedicated toIsobel and TomRolston, recentlywon ClassicalAlbum of the Yearat the 2004 JUNOAwards. Thealbum wasrecorded in June2002 in the

Rolston Recital Hall and was produced and engineered byTheresa Leonard, director of audio for Music & Sound. Theassistant engineer was Mireille Faure, with digital editing byFaure and David Houston. The recording features Canadianworks commissioned for the Gryphon Trio including Give MePhoenix Wings to Fly by Kelly-Marie Murphy; and the masksevoke… by Chan Ka Nin; Trio no.2 by Gary Kulesha; and OldPhotographs by Christos Hatzis.

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This fall and winter, we saw both new and familiar faces in theMusic & Sound building and on the concert stages. Althoughthese musicians, composers, singers, and audio engineerscome to Banff from many different parts of the world topursue a tremendous variety of musical interests, one commonelement creates an immediate bond between them. “TheBanff Experience,” as it has been named over the years, has away of uniting artists over instruments, countries, and genera-tions. We often hear of Banff alumni meeting each other forthe first time outside of The Banff Centre and making aninstant connection through a common network of colleaguesand friends who were in Banff during their stay. Participants inthe Fall 2003 Residency had this to say about their “BanffExperience”:

Each year, the“Music Makers”develop, create,and produce aneducationalmusic program,then hit the roadwith their props,instruments, andstage manager,travelling to elementaryschools in ruralAlberta. TheMusic Makerstour was launched10 years ago asan outreach

program to enhance the quality of musical experiences insmaller communities and to develop future audiences ofyoung people. This year’s production, The Magic Radio, usedtime travel to introduce children to different musical genresand traditions. "These presentations offer children the excite-ment of musical exploration and introduce the idea that withimagination, and a few basic materials, we can all explore andcreate music," says Isobel Rolston. Scholarship support for theMusic Makers program is generously provided by ENMAX.

We are pleased to welcome David Hoyt,artistic director and resident conductorof the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra,as artistic director of Music & Sound. Inmaking the announcement, JoanneMorrow, senior vice-presidentProgramming at The Banff Centre, citedHoyt’s outstanding musicianship, hislongstanding dedication to music edu-cation, and his 30-year involvement withBanff Centre programs.

"We are confident David Hoyt will buildupon the proud musical legacy of theRolstons and their 40 years of leader-ship here at the Centre," says Morrow.Hoyt joins Music & Sound this spring.The Rolstons will officially retire inSeptember, although Isobel will overseeone more Fall & Winter program, allowing

a smooth transition to Hoyt’s leadership.

"I am thrilled to be asked to head theBanff Centre programs," says Hoyt."The number and quality of theCanadian and international musicians Ihave had the good fortune to work with

Message from the Artistic Directors Fall & Winter Residency 2004Banff Centre Recording wins JUNO Award

Music Makers

Edmonton Symphony’s David Hoyt Appointed as Artistic Director

Dear Friends,

It has been so long since we have beenreunited by our alumni newsletter, so weare thrilled that now we will catch upwith all of you and add to the wonderful memories we already have.

We are so grateful to all of you whoresponded to the questionnaire sentout in the fall of 2003 and special thanksfor all of the personal messages.

This newsletter will not only bring youup to date with our Music & Soundactivities over the past five years but willre-connect you with your colleaguesinternationally.

Our warmest greetings to all of you,

Isobel and Tom

Isobel Moore Rolston, artistic director/executive producer & Thomas Rolston,

director of summer programs

David Hoyt joined Music & Sound as artistic director April 1, 2004.

“It has been a privilege to be in suchan inspiringplace for such a duration of time – for me it was what was needed.”

CHRIS DONISON

“The bonds I have madeand the musical experiencesthat I haveshared withother artistshave beenequal to noother experience in my life – it has beeninvaluable.”

MEGAN HODGE

“The BanffCentre hasalways given me a renewed outlook on lifewhether it be personal orprofessional.It’s a place toretreat, renew,rework, refocus, andredevelop.”

VANESSA LEE

Fall residency participants

The 2004 Music Makers are: Jonas Thompson (St. Albert), composition and saxophone;

Vanessa May-lok Lee (Victoria), piano; NicholasJacques (Edmonton), percussion; and Graham Flett

(Toronto), composition, piano, and guitar.

Gryphon Trio

at the Centre speaks to its reputationaround the world."

David Hoyt has held the position ofprincipal horn with the EdmontonSymphony since 1976, becoming assis-tant conductor in 1985, and artisticdirector and resident conductor in 2002.During his career, he has appeared withalmost every orchestra in Canadaincluding as guest conductor with theVancouver Symphony, WinnipegSymphony, Symphony Nova Scotia,Orchestra London, the SaskatoonSymphony, and the Calgary Philharmonic.Hoyt is also artistic director of theJasper Festival of Music and Wine, andartistic founder of the Enbridge SymphonyUnder the Sky Festival. Hoyt holds anHonours Degree in Musicology from theUniversity of Alberta.

We have a complete listing of upcoming events,

programs, application deadlines, and online

registration for all Banff Centre programs.

www.banffcentre.ca Have you visited our website lately?

Program information, faculty biographies, photos, and other information for upcoming summer programs are online. Informationon the 2005 Summer Programs, and 2005/06 Fall & Winter Residencieswill be available online in November 2004.

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BISQC IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY

Banff International String Quartet CompetitionAugust 31 – September 5, 2004

Stewart Grant, composer of the Pièce de concert, has finishedhis masterpiece, music fans are buying their tickets, and theannouncement of the ten quartets will soon be made … thismust mean the 8th Banff International String QuartetCompetition (BISQC) will soon be here!

Special thanks to the preliminary jury of Martin Beaver, KeithHarvey, and Jean Sulem, who selected the ten quartets whowill come to Banff for the competition this summer. The 2004 competition jury will be Andrew Dawes, Levon Chilingirian,Sadao Harada, Doris Lederer, Philippe Muller, Barry Shiffman,and Sung-Won Yang. With the retirement of Brian Harris, wewelcome John Largess, violist with the Miró Quartet (winnersof the 1998 BISQC) as our resident lecturer for the morningcoffee lectures. We are very fortunate to have such a presti-gious group of musicians involved in the competition onceagain in 2004!

Audience packages are on sale for the entire week and thefinals weekend, with early bird prices until May 14. Singleevent tickets, and passport tickets for the entire competition,are also on sale.

Limited accommodation is available at The Banff Centre’s Professional

Development Centre. Please call 1.800.884.7574 and mention “The Rolston

Tribute” for rates and availability. Guests are requested to make their own

travel and accommodation arrangements. Please RSVP by May 14, 2004,

by return card (cut out below) to: Music & Sound, Box 1020, Banff, AB,

Canada, T1L 1H5 or by e-mail to [email protected]

In recognition of Isobel and Tom Rolston’s outstanding contribution to Music &

Sound at The Banff Centre, an endowment will be created in their name.

The proceeds from the Isobel and Thomas Rolston Fellowships in Music willenable gifted musicians to take part in Banff Centre Music & Sound programsas participants, faculty, composers, conductors, or special guests. Rolston Fellowswill be selected on an annual basis by Music & Sound in consultation withfaculty and staff. Your donation to the Isobel and Thomas Rolston Fellowshipsin Music fund will ensure that Music & Sound at The Banff Centre continues tooffer the “Banff experience” to worthy musicians for years to come.

Thursday, July 8 ~ Welcome Reception and Concert

Friday, July 9 ~ Noon Concert, Afternoon Video Presentations

~ Banff Summer Arts Festival Kick-off, followed by outdoor party

Saturday, July 10 ~ BBQ Lunch

~ Rolston Tribute and Gala Alumni Concert

Sunday, July 11 ~ Brunch at the Rolstons’ home

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Upcoming Events

Tickets and Passports Now On Sale

Single Tickets: Preliminary Rounds: $15 Adult, $12 Student/Senior (Each Concert)

Finals & Awards: $35 Adult, $28 Student / Senior

Passport Tickets: $175Includes reserved seating to all 14 performances and an invitation to special lectures and events.

www.banffcentre.ca/bisqc (403) 762-6301 or 1-800-413-8368

AUGUST 31 TO SEPTEMBER 5, 2004

www.banffcentre.ca/bisqc

Please join us in

Music & Sound, in collaboration withThe Sound Post Inc. (Toronto), will offerthree intensive workshops on violin andbow repair and restoration this summer.The Banff workshops will be led byinternationally recognized mastermaker-restorers Horacio Piñeiro, WilliamSalchow, Jonathan Woolston, QuentinPlayfair, and David Tamblyn.

Program topics will include: Workshop 1 (August 9–13): Optimal violin set-upWorkshop 2 (August 16–20): Violin neck graft Workshop 3 (August 23–27): Bow repair and restoration

Violin & Bow Repair and Restoration WorkshopsAugust 9 – 27, 2004

A T R I B U T E T O I S O B E L A N D T O M R O L S T O N

Name: _______________________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________________

E-mail: ________________________________________________ Town:_______________________ Country: _______________________

Year(s) at The Banff Centre: ____________

Please reserve ______ tribute packages for me at $89/package.

Package includes meals from dinner July 8 through brunch July 11, tickets to concerts, receptions, and special events as indicated on the invitation.

I do not want the full tribute package, but will attend the following functions (please indicate number of tickets):

July 8 Welcome Reception and Concert ______ (tickets $15)

July 9 Noon Concert ______ (free) v Evening Banff Summer Arts Festival Kick-off ______ (tickets $20)

July 10 BBQ Lunch ______ (tickets $10) v Rolston Tribute and Gala Alumni Concert ______ (tickets $20)

July 11 Brunch ______ (tickets $10)

Unfortunately, I am unable to attend ______

I would like to contribute to the Isobel and Thomas Rolston Fellowships in Music fund with a donation of:

q solo $ 60 q duo $100 q quartet $250 q ensemble $500 q orchestra $1,000 I prefer to give __________

q Please charge my credit card for the full amount: ___Visa ___ Mastercard ___ American Express

Card Number___________________________________________________ Expiry ______________________

Date ________________ Signature ___________________________________________________________

q I prefer to send a cheque. (Please make payable to The Banff Centre).

A T R I B U T E T O I S O B E L A N D T O M R O L S T O N

Two former Music & Sound audio asso-ciates, Marie Ebbing and Mark Willsher,both worked on the acclaimed sound-track for The Lord of the Rings: Returnof the King, which recently won aGolden Globe for Best Original Scoreand an Oscar for Best Music Score.Composer Howard Shore thanked Markfrom the stage in receiving both awards.

Lord of the RingsSoundtrack has Music & SoundConnection

A T R I B U T E T O I S O B E L & T O M R O L S T O N

J U LY 9 ~ 1 1 , 2 0 0 4

PLEASE JOIN US this summer in a celebration of Isobel &Tom Rolston’s outstanding contribution to Music & Sound atThe Banff Centre.

Please use the other side of this card to tell us about your memories of Banff and the Rolstons.

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Coming this summer:

• Mozart’s immortal comic masterpiece, The Marriage OfFigaro, with full orchestra.

• Alumni concert series as part of a summer long tribute to Tom and Isobel featuring the return visit of many distinguishedBanff alumni.

• A special Banff Festival Orchestra concert, featuring world-renowned composer Krzysztof Penderecki conducting thefirst Banff performance of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, andhis own Concerto Grosso with cellists Shauna Rolston,Rachael Mercer, and Raphael Hoeckman. The program alsoincludes Penderecki’s violin sonata performed by ErikaRaum with pianist Lydia Wong.

• The world premiere of Constantinople, a multimedia show, bound for the 2004 Olympics with Banff alumni, The Gryphon Trio.

• Festival Dance and Young Dancers in Performance.

• A saucy G & S Cabaret (Gilbert & Sullivan, who else?)

www.banffcentre.ca/bsaf(403) 762-6301 or 1-800-413-8368

Music & Sound and Stanford University welcome the Centrefor Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, CCRMA (pronounced “karma”) to Banff this summer for six intensive programs where top educators and researchers from the fieldsof music, engineering, and computer science will present sixprograms in audio and music technology.

The CCRMA Summer Workshops have been held at StanfordUniversity since 1979 in the building known in the StanfordCommunity as “The Knoll.” The Knoll will undergo major renovations this summer, and because of a long-standing relationship with the Music & Sound department at The BanffCentre, Chris Chafe, director of CCRMA at Stanford University,proposed the idea of a collaboration between the two organizationsto create the CCRMA@Banff Summer Workshops for thesummer of 2004.

For more information or to register, visitwww.banffcentre.ca/ccrma

Banff Summer Arts FestivalJuly 9 to August 14, 2004

CCRMA@Banff Summer WorkshopsJuly 5 – August 27, 2004

2003 Banff Summer Arts Festival Kick-off

The 2004 programs in Banff are:

• Physical Interaction Design for Music (July 5 – July 16)

• Haptic Musical Devices (July 19–23)

• Digital Signal Processing (DSP) I: Spectral and PhysicalModels (July 26 – August 6)

• Perceptual Audio Coding (August 9–13)

• Digital Signal Processing (DSP) II: Digital Audio Effects(August 16–27)

• ANET: High Quality Audio over Networks Summit (August 20–22)

The Hugh Fraser Jazz OrchestraWorkshop May 12 – May 22 with Hugh Fraser, Kenny Wheeler,Michael Herriott, Kent Sangster

The Banff International Workshop inJazz and Creative Music May 24 – June 12 with Dave Douglas, Mark Feldman, BillFrisell, George Lewis, Jason Moran,Mike Murley, Sam Rivers, Brad Turner,James Genus, André Lachance,Clarence Penn, Dylan van der Schyff

Summer 2004 Music & Sound Programs

Concert and Opera OrchestraResidencyJuly 26 – August 15

International Keyboard Festival July 26 – August 13 with Marc Durand, Kevin Fitz-Gerald,Julian Martin, Michael Massey

Collaborative pianists are:George Brough, Michael Massey, Elizabeth Sawyer-Parisot,Janet Scott-Hoyt, Janice Waite-Thompson, Lydia Wong

Musicians at large are:Gary Kulesha, Jens Lindemann, Edgar Meyer, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alain Trudel

Summer Audio Engineering WorkStudy ProgramMay 3 – September 6

Chamber MusicJune 14 – July 2 with Bernadene Blaha, Andrew Dawes,Laurence Lesser

Summer Short-Term CareerDevelopment ResidenciesJune 14 – August 13

Master ClassesJuly 5 – 23with Lise Daoust, Richard Killmer, Fan Lei, Stéphane Lévesque, Aldo Parisot, Shauna Rolston, Erika Raum, Sylvia Rosenberg, Scott St.John, Karen Tuttle

Name

Year(s) at The Banff Centre:

Please tell us about your memories of Banff and the Rolstons.

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Daedalus Quartet Wins 7th Banff International String Quartet CompetitionAugust 28 – September 2, 2001

The U.S. based Daedalus Quartet took top honors at the 7thBISQC, winning the overall competition, as well as the Piècede concert Prize for John Estacio’s Test Run, and the SzékelyPrize for the best performance of a Beethoven string quartet.In less than three years since winning the 2001 BISQC, theDaedalus Quartet, consisting of brother and sister violinistsKyu-Young Kim and Min-Young Kim who alternate on firstviolin, violist Jessica Thompson, and cellist Raman Ramakirshnan,has became one of America’s outstanding young string quartets.The BISQC Winner’s Tour, arranged by Music & Sound aspart of their first place prize, took the quartet coast-to-coastin Canada and also to Tokyo, Japan, through a partnershipbetween The Banff Centre and the Triton Arts Network. Whenthe quartet was asked to summarize their Banff experience,Min had only two short sentences: “Wonderful. Such a stunning place and such great support and atmosphere.”

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The Years in ReviewIn addition to our ongoing programs, Music & Sound has played host to atleast one special event each year. Highlights from past years include:

Millennium Celebration July 14–15, 2000

Renowned composers KrzysztofPenderecki and Imant Raminsh were inBanff to premiere three new worksduring two incredible concerts. These“Nights of Premieres” featured theNorth American premiere of Penderecki’sinstrumental Sextett; his Canadian premiere of Credo, a mammoth workscored for five soloists, girls choir, mixedchoir, and orchestra; and Raminsh’sworld premiere of his choral pieceRecordare.

Approximately 250 national and international visiting and resident musicians came together to

collaborate in this tremendous musical event!

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International Double Reed Society 31st Annual ConferenceAugust 6–20, 2002

Hundreds of double reed players met in Banff in August 2002for the annual meeting of the International Double Reed Society(IDRS). Over a year of preparation lead up to the conference,which was a delight for all involved. “I am amazed how eachIDRS conference continues to meet and exceed expectations.This is not an easy task given the outstanding IDRS conferencesin past years. Our thanks go out to our hosts and the wonderfulstaff at Banff for their exceptional work and a conference full ofexciting performances, exceptional scenic beauty, great food, andaccommodation.” IDRS President, Terry B. Ewell.

2002

Dave Douglas New Director of JazzNovember 2002

Jazz at Banff moved into a new era with the appointment ofNew York’s Dave Douglas as director of The Banff InternationalWorkshop in Jazz and Creative Music. Douglas, who wasnamed "Trumpeter and Composer of the Year" in 2002 by the50th Annual Critics Poll in Downbeat Magazine, is taking thejazz workshop in a new direction with a focus on facilitatingthe creation of original music. "I am proud and honoured tobe part of the workshop at The Banff Centre, following thelegacy of other great musicians who’ve been here.”

24th Audio Engineering Society (AES)International ConferenceMultichannel Audio: The New RealityJune 26–28, 2003

Over 180 audio engineers from aroundthe world came to The Banff Centre inJune 2003 to share the latest develop-ments in multichannel surround audio.Together with a hard-working committee,Theresa Leonard, The Banff Centre’sdirector of audio and chair of the conference, created a program that waspacked from morning until night withtechnical papers, seminars, demonstra-tions, and panel discussions.

2003

The quartet returned to Banff during the summer of 2003 to record a CD and to perform for

Banff audiences one more time.

New Canadian Opera: FilumenaAugust 6–10, 2003

The new Canadian opera Filumena, composed by Banff alumniJohn Estacio with libretto by artistic director of Theatre Arts,John Murrell, was a centrepiece of the 2003 Banff SummerArts Festival. Maestro Bramwell Tovey conducted the BanffFestival Orchestra, which featured musicians from the Music &Sound summer programs. Following the overwhelming success of Filumena, The Banff Centre and Calgary Opera arepartnering to co-commission another new Canadian opera bythe creative duo. Frobisher (working title) is scheduled to premiere during the 2006 Banff Summer Arts Festival.

Jean Coulthard Piano RestorationAugust 2003

After over 500 hours of manual restorations completed in ourpiano workshop, head piano technician Denis Brassard trans-formed our oldest piano into our newest. The grand piano wasdonated to The Banff Centre in 1999 by the daughter ofCanadian composer Jean Coulthard (1908 - 2000). After decadesof use by Coulthard, the piano came to Denis’s workshop inneed of a complete restoration. Denis unveiled the restoredCoulthard piano on August 7, 2003, at a special concert duringthe Banff Summer Arts Festival. The piano now resides in theBentley Chamber Music Studio.

Head piano technician Denis Brassard.

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Anne-Katherine Coope is a freelance clarinetist in Vancouver, performing frequentlywith the Vancouver Symphony and theVancouver New Music Ensemble. She is alsoa new member of acclaimed Vancouverensemble Standing Wave and a foundingmember of the Ad Mare Wind Quintet.

Pianist François Daudet first came to Banff in1991 and returned in 1997 with the Trio desIscles as a visiting artist and to make arecording of Canadian music. The disc, onthe CMC Centredisc label, was part of aCanada- France partnership and includes triosby Banff alumni Brent Lee, AndrewMacDonald, and Chan Ka Nin. In betweenBanff visits, the trio won the Glory of Mozartmusic competition in Toronto and went on tobe laureates of the Trapani (1991) and Graz(1992) competitions. Since 2001 François hasperformed in a new trio with violinist GuillamePlays and cellist David Louwerse, as well as ina duo with violinist Marie-Annick Nicolas. Hehas recorded several CDs and has beenbroadcast on radio (France Musique) and ontelevision.

Mario Donnoli is assistant concertmaster inthe Filarmonia Veneta (Italy) and is regularlyinvited to perform with the RAI NationalOrchestra, the Teatro Comunale di Bologna,the Chamber Orchestra of Padova, and otherorchestras. He founded the Poquartet, astring quartet with many engagementsaround Europe.

As a participant in one of the earliest “wintercycles,” flutist Amy Doolittle had a chanceto do everything – playing in the pit for musi-cal theatre productions, touring the Yukon,and experiencing the “tension” of the 1stBanff International String Quartet Competition(1983). Amy is still a professional flutist but isalso an arts administrator with three non-profit organizations, as well as a partner withher husband in Metalgenisis – a visual arts/metal sculpting business specializing inKinetic sound sculptures.

Emily Doolittle is a doctoral candidate atPrinceton University. She was composer-in-residence with the Oregon East Symphony in2002-03 and at Scotia Festival in 2001. Emilyhas received commissions from the New YorkYouth Symphony Ensemble, Contemporainde Montréal, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra,Entropy, and the Oregon East Symphony.

Percussionist/composer Mark Duggan is afounding member of Evergreen ClubContemporary Gamelan (Toronto) and has performed with the EnsembleIntercontemporain and the Phillip GlassEnsemble. Mark received a Master of FineArts from the California Institute of the Arts,and has received two JUNO and ECMA nom-inations for recordings of his compositions.

Marie Ebbing recently completed a contractposition as a music editor for Return of theKing (final movie in The Lord of the Ringstrilogy), which took her to both New Zealandand Abbey Road Studios in London. Marieworked with alumnus Mark Willsher on thefilm which won numerous awards (see sepa-rate article). During the summer months,Marie works at the Tanglewood Music Festival,summer home for The Boston Symphony.

Pianist Terry Eder Kaufman is living in NewYork where she will give her New York debutat Weill Recital Hall on May 15, 2004 underthe auspices of Artist International Presentations.Terry has a second career as a litigationlawyer but hopes to return to music full-timewhen her 8 year old daughter is a little older.

Nigel Edmonton-Boehm is assistant principal cellist in the Red Deer Symphonyand teaching assistant at Mt. Royal CollegeAcademy in Calgary. In addition to his free-lance cello work, Nigel is also manager/dealer with Wilder & Davis Luthiers and is incharge of the Canmore/Banff district.

La Soave Melodia (Anders Ericson, KatarinaHubold, Anna Petrini and Lode Van denEynde) has performed often in Sweden sinceleaving Banff and has also participated in theInnsbroches Festwochen für alte Musik inAustria during summer 2003. Anders wrotean extra note to tell us that he is also playingthe orbo (large lute) in several groups inStockholm and with several singers. Thissummer he will perform in a contemporaryopera project on baroque instruments inSweden’s famous Drottingholm Theatre.

Eva Fahlen works as solo violist and in aSwedish chamber orchestra. She also plays invarious chamber ensembles and has recentlystarted her own company which producesmusic festivals.

Emma Ferrand is a freelance cellist, memberof the Deakin Piano Trio, Deakin ChamberPlayers, and professor at the Royal NorthernCollege in Manchester. When reflecting onher time at Banff, Emma muses “where elsewould I encounter an unexpectedly airborneharp which improvises in response to myvoice?” Anyone who has been in the Music &Sound Building since Garnet Willis’ Kinetofluxwas unveiled will know of what Emma speaks!

Margaret Gay is a freelance cellist in theToronto area, performing with the TorontoSymphony, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra,the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and otherensembles. She is also the artistic director ofthe Gallery Players of Niagara, an organizationthat presents chamber music.

Tim Gill and Joely Koos are thrilled toannounce the birth of their second child,Doraly Leah on April 21, 2003. BetweenDoraly and Theo, their older son, theymanage to continue their busy musical lives.In addition to being principal cellist of theRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra and performingwith the London Sinfonietta, Tim fits in chambermusic and solo engagements. Joely also actsas freelance cellist. Tim says he is “constantlyamazed at how she manages to play sobeautifully and do all the other things she does.”

Richard Herriott is company pianist with theNorthern Ballet Theatre (U.K.) and has madenumerous recordings including one titledBanff Nights. Along with his wife, oboist andBanff alumna Elizabeth Kenwood, theKenwood-Herriott Duo has toured Europe,Southwest Asia, and has an upcoming tour toUkraine in 2004. In addition to the duo,Elizabeth is principal oboe of the LeedsSymphony Orchestra.

Pianist John Hess is professor of Canada’sonly master’s program in Collaborative Pianoat the University of Western Ontario. Thispast season he performed with tenor andBanff alumnus Ben Heppner in recitals inToronto and Vancouver. John is also active inmusic theatre and, along with his wife conduc-tor/ cellist Dairine Ni Mheadhra who is alsoa Banff alumna, founded the Queen ofPuddings Music Theatre Co. in Toronto.

David Houston is an audio engineer withCBC in Toronto. One of David’s recordingsfrom Banff was a finalist in the ClassicalSurround Category at the 2003 AES NewYork conference.

Katherine Hubley has been principal 2ndviolinist in the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphonysince 1984 and is also a member of theCanadian Chamber Ensemble. Katherine alsoteaches private lessons and master classes inKitchener-Waterloo.

Violinist Johannes Jansonius has been withthe Orchestre Symphonique de Montrealsince 1987 and the Molinari String Quartetsince 1997.

After leaving Banff, violinist Myles Jordanmoved directly to New York where he earnedtwo degrees at Juilliard. In 1985, he movedto Philadelphia where he earned his DMAand founded the Da Ponte String Quartet.For the past eight years the quartet has beenin residence in rural Maine as part of theNational Endowment for the Arts andChamber Music America’s jointly-sponsoredRural Residencies Initiative.

Ahmed Abou-Zahra and Nora Emody form the Horus Piano Duo. After winning firstprize in the Zinetti International ChamberMusic Competition (Italy) in May 2003, theduo had a very busy season with concerts inHungary, Austria, Germany, Mexico, and aLondon debut with András Schiff. They weresoloists with the Mexico State SymphonyOrchestra in September 2003 and theGuangzhou Symphony (China) in November2003 in one of China’s most important con-cert halls. Ahmed and Nora returned to Banffin 2001 to prepare for the Murray DranoffInternational Two Piano Competition wherethey received fourth prize.

Colleen Athparia will soon be releasing herfourth solo piano CD featuring contemporarywork of Alberta composers. She has taughtat universities in Taiwan and Mexico, and hasperformed recitals in Canada, South-EastAsia, Mexico, and Israel.

Jeremy Berkman is principal trombonist withVancouver Opera, co-artistic director of theTurning Point Ensemble, and member of aTouch of Brass and the Peggy Lee Band.Jeremy had many positive comments abouthis time at Banff, but most importantly, in hisopinion, was that he met his future wife(Sheila MacDonald) that winter!

Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann moved toCalgary in 1999 and have since becomeactively involved in the Western Canadianmusic scene. They have performed with theLethbridge and Red Deer Symphonies, aswell as the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.They have been laureates of several pianoduo competitions and have been broadcastin Germany, the U.S.A., and by the CanadianBroadcast Corporation (CBC).

Heidemarie Berliz is back performing andteaching the violin in Graz, Austria after alengthy rehabilitation for a torn finger tendonsustained while at Banff. Heidemarie writesthat “Banff has enriched my life – there areno days when I don’t think of Banff and itsunique spirit – the beautiful landscapes andwonderful, warm-hearted people.”

After leaving Banff, Isabel Blomme graduatedfrom the Stockholm Conservatory with achamber music diploma and then performedwith the Royal Opera in Stockholm on a yearand a half contract. During this period, Isabelalso worked as a stand-in for the Indra Quartet– who are also Banff alumni.

Nicholas Bone has been first and solo violist of the Orchestre National de Francesince 1992 and first/solo violist of the ChamberOrchestra of Europe since 1999. He is also amember of the Kandinsky Quartet and hastaught at the CNSM de Paris and the CNRRueil Malmaison.

Marie (Boettcher) Kogge spent some timeafter Banff in the Orchestre Philharmoniquede Strasbourg before returning to Berlinwhere she and her husband opened a work-shop for violin repair and restoration. In 2000she founded the ensemble Incendo (stringquartet and piano) which performs 20 to 25concerts per year in various instrumentalcombinations.

Pianist Marc Bourdeau is director of theLiederkreis series in Montreal and continues toconcertize in Canada, U.S.A., Europe, SouthAmerica, and the Far East. He has been featured in discs for Marquis Classics andAtune, and has been a visiting guest professorin Switzerland and the U.K.

Although Margaret Bunkall (now St. Cyr)was last at The Banff Centre over 20 yearsago, she has made a point of keeping intouch. Margaret continues to play horn in herlocal orchestra in Duncan, B.C. and teacheselementary school music on a part-time basis.Margaret and her husband André have twochildren ages 9 and 7.

David Carlisle and Adrienne Park now livein Oxford, Mississippi and commute to per-form with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra,Adrienne as principal pianist, and David assubstitute timpanist and percussion. Both arealso on the faculty at the University ofMississippi and teach privately. David notesthat his experience with The Banff EclecticCompany (Music Makers 1994) has come inhandy when teaching music appreciationclasses!

Audio engineer, composer, and cellist ChrisChafe is director of the Centre for ComputerResearch in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA),and professor of Music at Stanford University.His sound installations have appeared atSFMOMA, San José Museum of Art, and theUniversity of California at Berkeley. He hasworked on soundtracks for numerous filmsand his compositions have been recorded onCentour Records. Chris will be back in Banffsoon overseeing the 2004 CCRMA SummerWorkshops, which will be held at The BanffCentre.

Olivier Chauzu teaches piano at the BayonneConservatory in France and is very active as asoloist and chamber musician. He has per-formed concertos with many orchestras andgiven numerous recitals. He will be recordingAlbeniz’s Iberia in the near future and hasrecorded three CDs with the Trio des Aulnes.Olivier sums up his Banff experience as“freedom, artist’s life, dream, opposite of reallife.”

Caroline Clipsham credits her several atten-dances at The Banff Centre with helping fulfill her dream of becoming a concertpianist. Caroline has made numerous recordingsin Stockholm, and with ORF – AustrianNational Radio. As a soloist, and with cellistOrfeao Mondozzi, she has performed atWigmore Hall, London, in Bratislavia, andVienna.

In January 2003 The ConTempo StringQuartet were appointed Galway’s (Ireland)first Ensemble-in-Residence – a unique part-nership between the National University ofIreland, the City of Galway, the Arts Councilof Galway, and TG4 (National Gaelic TV).Prior to this appointment they were ChamberMusic Fellows and Quartet-in-Residence atthe Royal Academy of Music in London. Thequartet has won 13 international prizes atcompetitions including first prizes in theValentino Bucchi Competition in Rome andDie Grosser Förderpriese in Munich; andthird and audience prizes at the 2000 LondonInternational String Quartet Competition. In1999 the quartet also won the RomanianMusical Critics Union Prize for ensemble ofthe year.

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Alumni NewsIt was wonderful to hear from so many of our alumni during our fall 2003 survey. Wereceived over 500 responses, with far too much news to print in this issue of Music &Sound Notes. The information below is a sampling of news from past fall and wintermusic and audio residents. Apologies to those we have missed. Be assured that weare very interested in what you are up to and hope to print more updates in futurenewsletters.

Please continue to send your news –we love to hear from you:

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The members of Quatour Diastema are pro-fessors of saxophone at conservatories inFrance: Phillipe Lecocq at Toulouse; PhillipeBraquart at Montpellier and assistant atCNSM de Paris; Eric Devallon at Bayonneand the Conservatoire Supérieur de SanSebastian (Spain); and Christophe Bois atBourges. The quartet has won several prizesin chamber music competitions, have recordedfive CDs, and have many other recording andconcert projects on the go. The quartetreturned to Banff in 1997 as visiting artists inthe fall residency.

Shortly after leaving Banff, Rob Rapleyreceived one of five national fellowships fromthe CCB/PBS Producers Academy. Sincethen, he has worked on and co-producednumerous series with PBS.

Mark Rudoff is a professor of music atBrandon University teaching cello, orchestra,chamber music, and music history. He alsoconducts the Winnipeg Youth Symphony,teaches at the Quartet Program, and “alongthe way picked up a law degree” at theUniversity of Saskatchewan.

Laura Schlessinger is cellist of the piano trioMusic Mosaic, which she founded in 1984while at The Banff Centre. She is also amember of New Works Calgary, the KensingtonSinfonia, and Music by Belissima! – a trio withalumnae Suzanne Ruberg-Gordon (piano) andmezzo-soprano Nan Hughes.

Doug Schmidt is composer-in-residence withthe Victoria Symphony Orchestra and regularlyperforms with his tango band Tango Paradiso.

Rob Selmanovic is a CBC recording engineerin Toronto, where he works on Jazz Beat, TheVinyl Café, Definitely Not the Opera, and InPerformance.

Claudine and Patricia Siffert perform as apiano duo and were recently invited by YuvalAdmony and Tami Kanazawa to perform intheir first piano duo festival in Israel, wherethey will also perform with the Israel ChamberOrchestra. Patricia is also active as a soloistand teaches at the Institut Jacques-Daluose.

Composer Claude Schryer has been coordinator of the Inter-Arts Office at TheCanada Council for the Arts (Ottawa) since1999. He continues to have his music performed “here and there” but between hiswork with the Canada Council and lookingafter his two children, there is little time leftover!

Scrap Arts Music has enjoyed numerousyears of successful touring and continuedinterest in their music since leaving Banff.They were a 2002 West Coast Music Awardnominee for “Best Live Performance” andhave won numerous Canada Council for theArts awards. Scrap Arts Music was in Banff inMay 2001 to record their CD Phon and to bethe subjects of the Bravo! Television film pro-duction Plasmatron, which was subsequentlynominated for Best Music Video in the 2002Ampia Awards. Justine and Greg were backagain in the Leighton Studios during thesummer of 2003, working on a commissionfrom the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestrawhich resulted in a highly acclaimed January2004 performance.

Karolina Sjoholm and the Indra Quartetstudied in Stockholm for two years after leav-ing Banff, and are now concertizing inSweden and at festivals abroad. In addition todreaming about Banff, they still dream about“making our living only from concerts withthe quartet!”

Since leaving Banff, Van Steifel has earnedhis MM in guitar performance at Yale and hisPhD in music composition at PrincetonUniversity. Active as a composer, performer,and instrument builder, he plays, composesfor, and builds computer interfaces for elec-tric guitar. Van lives in Montreal where heteaches analysis of 19th and 20th centurymusic at McGill.

Mick Sterling has just been appointedsolo/principal cellist of the NetherlandsRadio Philharmonic Orchestra. Prior to this,he was a freelance musician in London andaround Europe working with the BrindisiString Quartet, the Raphael Ensemble,Ensemble Modern-Frankfurt, the European,English, and Scottish Chamber Orchestras.He also made guest principal cello appear-ances with numerous orchestras including theLondon Symphony Orchestra, PhilharmoniaOrchestra, Royal Philhamonica Orchestra,and Hallé Orchestra.

Julia Stewart was violinist with the EnglishNational Opera from 1992-2000. She nowfreelances in London and is a member of a“light music” string quartet, which has per-formed for many dignitaries including NelsonMandela and Bill Clinton. Julia and husbandRichard have two beautiful children, Archie (6months) and Isabella (3 years).

Rod Thomas Squance has been teaching per-cussion at the University of Calgary for thepast three years – something he attributes tothe level of musical maturity he gained whileat Banff. Rod was a member of the BanffFestival Orchestra during the 2003 BanffCentre production of Filumena.

Gabor Takacs-Nagy came to Banff with theTakacs Quartet to study the Bartok Quartetswith Zoltan Székely in the spring of 1981.“Simply this was the happiest and most constructive three months of my life. I hopeevery young musician feels this once in theirlife.” Gabor was 1st violinist of the quartetuntil 1992 and is now professor of chambermusic at the Conservatory of Geneva inSwitzerland.

Candida Thompson is concertmistress of theNetherlands Symphony Orchestra and artisticdirector of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

Susan Tomes is pianist with the Florestan Trio,as well as pursuing solo and other chambermusic opportunities. Hyperion Records hasjust released a recording of the three Mozartpiano concertos performed by Susan with theGaudier Ensemble. In addition, writing aboutmusic has become an important part of Susan’slife. She contributes articles about her per-forming experience to The Guardian and TheFinancial Times, and her book Beyond theNotes – Journies with Chamber Music will bepublished by Boydell and Brewer in April 2004.

Toan Van Ngo is professor of classical guitarat the Hanoi University of Education – thebiggest university in Vietnam.

David Vayo is professor and head of thecomposition department, and coordinator ofnew music at Illinois Wesleyan University. Hewas the recipient of a Guggenheim fellow-ship in 2001 and in that same year, his musicwas programmed on World Music Days(International Society for ContemporaryMusic) in Yokohama, Japan. He was aKoussevitzky Foundation commissar in 1997(for the Orkest de Volharding ensemble,Amsterdam), and is currently working on acommission for the National Association ofCollege Wind and Percussion Instructors.

Michael Veit is principal cellist in the orchestraof the Staatstheater Darmstadt, and organizesand performs chamber music with variousgroups in Germany.

James Wallenberg is entering his 26thseason with the Toronto Symphony Orchestraand is a chamber musician in the Toronto area.

After eleven years as co-principal cellist inthe Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville,Gregory Walmsley returned to England toplay in the London Philharmonic. In addition toperforming concertos, recitals, and chambermusic, Gregory performed on the Oscar winning soundtrack from The Lord of theRings.

Stefan Kammer has been principal bass withthe Orchester des Staatstheatres Darmstadtsince 2000. He has also performed in theGewandhaus Leipzig, the OsnabrückerSinfonie Orchester, and the PhilharmonischesStaatsorchester Bremen.

Herve N’Kaoua is professor of piano at theBordeaux Conservatory in addition to per-forming and giving master classes in France,Spain, England, the U.S.A., and Russia.

Australian composer Peter Knight hasrecently released an album of his compositionswritten in collaboration with Dung Nyugen.Along with other projects, Peter is working ona suite for brass ensemble – a commissionfrom the Australia Council.

Trombonist James Lebens was recentlyappointed professor of brass instruments atl’Université Laval in Quebec City – Canada’soldest and largest francophone university.

Composer Ellen Lindquist has just startedher PhD at the State University of New Yorkat Stony Brook. Recent performances of herwork include the Gregg Smith Singers’Manhattan performance of I Dreamed aDream for SATB chorus, violin and piano;Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky byBanff alumni Trent Petrunia in Toronto; andNakoda for alto flute at the New Jersey CityUniversity Women Composers Showcase.Both Nakoda and Scorned… were written inBanff.

Percussionist Malcolm Lim is teaching at theUniversity of Lethbridge, AugustanaUniversity, and Red Deer College MusicConservatory – all in Alberta.

Ramona Luengen is the conductor/directorof the Phoenix Chamber Choir. The choirrecently released a two-CD set with live per-formances from concerts in Luxembourg andGermany last season. The Phoenix ChamberChoir was an integral part of the MillenniumCelebration in Banff during the summer of2000 when choirs gathered on the Eric Harviestage to perform the music of Imant Raminshand Krzysztof Penderecki. Ramona continues tobe active as a composer and was recentlycommissioned by Vancouver Opera to writea 45-minute opera for young audiences,which will tour Vancouver area schools in 2005.

Philip Lurie is living in Israel where he isaccompanist with the Israel Kibbutz Choirand the Philharmonia Singers. He is also afreelance accompanist and continuo playerfor the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra and HaifaSymphony Orchestra.

Joan Macdonald is assistant concertmasterwith the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra anda member of the Vetta Chamber MusicEnsemble. She has also appeared as soloistwith the V.S.O. and as guest concertmasterwith the CBC Radio Orchestra.

Marie-Christine Marella (piano) andChristophe Oudin (cello) have bothreceived their “certificat d’aptitude” allowingthem to teach in state conservatories. Marieand Christophe have busy concert schedulesas soloists, as a duo, and also with their trio.

Robert McCosh has been a member of theCalgary Philharmonic Orchestra since 2000and became principal horn in 2003. Prior tomoving to Calgary, Robert was principal hornof Symphony Nova Scotia (1990–2000) and amember of the York Winds. Robert was amember of the Banff Festival Orchestraduring the 2003 Banff Summer Arts Festivalwhich included the Banff Centre productionof Filumena.

Andrew MacDonald’s compositions continue to be performed and recorded allover North America – often by Banff Centrealumni! In 1995 Andrew won a JUNO awardfor Best Classical Composition for his violinconcerto, which was first workshopped atThe Banff Centre in 1991 by violinist DavidStewart. In 1997 Andrew returned to Banff towork with the Trio des Iscles on a recordingof his first piano trio In the Eagles Eye, whichsaw many subsequent performances. Andrewrecorded three CDs in 2003 – Duo Concertante(Nancy Dahn and Tim Steeves) recordedSonata No. 2: The Phoenix for ATMA; EricaGoodman and Evergreen Club ContemporaryGamelan recorded his harp concerto TheEleusinian Mysteries for ARTIFACT records;and Jasper Wood and Audrey Andristrecorded numerous works on a Centrediscrecording.

Michelle McTeague was cellist with theNashville, Tennessee Symphony Orchestrafrom 1982-2001. During this period she per-formed in various chamber ensembles and asback-up cellist in numerous recordings.

Jenny Mitchell recently graduated with herdoctorate in piano performance from SUNY,Stony Brook, which was a direct result of con-nections made at The Banff Centre. Jenny isa member of the NUBOH Chamber Players,Essence – a flute and piano duo, and facultymember at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.

Pianist Dan Moran is enrolled in the DMAprogram at the University of Montreal. Danwas a laureate at the 1998 and 2003 WilliamKapell Piano Competitions, and has been on

concert tours of Japan and Spain. Dan hasperformed on numerous recordings for localand national CBC radio, most recently inCalgary as part of the Alberta in Concertseries. Dan and alumna Maneli Pirzadehwere in Banff in March of 2004 recording ademo tape of piano music for use byAcadémie Musique Plus Inc, their new management.

Miles Newman has been principal trumpetwith the Regina Symphony Orchestra since1991. He also performs with the ReginaSymphony Chamber Players and is head ofwinds at the University of Regina Conservatoryof Performing Arts.

Elenid Owen is still playing and travelingwidely with the Ludwig Quartet. In 1999 thequartet won the MIDEM, Cannes ClassicalAward for its recording of the Franck pianoquintet and the Chausson quartet. The quartetis very interested in collaborating with otherartists, and as such have worked and per-formed with actors, dancers, and mimeartists.

Douglas Pullen and Wendy Tooke came toBanff in the fall of 1994 to record a CD withtheir saxophone quartet. They have sincedown-sized and have created Bach toBeatles – a musical presentations that hasbeen heard in over 2,200 schools acrossCanada and the U.S.A. Wendy and Doug areboth active as soloists and are artists/cliniciansfor Selmer U.S.A.

Composer and oboist Katherine Pluygers isdirector of the London New Wind Festival,which promotes contemporary wind music.Since leaving Banff, she has received hermaster’s degree from the University ofLondon and has also been on solo oboetours in the U.S.A., Hong Kong, and India.

Katalin Pocs’ compositions have been per-formed, published, and recorded in bothHungary and the U.S.A. Recent compositionsinclude Études for Clarinet (Accord PublishingHouse), Ballade for Harp (recorded byBloomington harpist Ensebet Gsal), II StringQuartet (2002), and a violin concerto (2001).

Pianist Brigitte Poulin is an active soloist,chamber musician, and vocal accompanist inthe Montreal area. Brigitte specializes in newmusic, and in 2002/03 took John Cage’sSonatas and Interludes, as well as a programby Montreal composers on a tour of Canadaand the United States. She has performed fornumerous contemporary music festivals inEurope, Canada, and the U.S.A., and hasrecorded for Montreal labels SNE, Fonovox,and Amberola.

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The life, spirit, andmusicianship ofZoltán Székely iscaptured inClaude Kenneson’sSzékely and Bartók– The Story of aFriendship(Amadeus Press).Claude researchedand wrote this

book at Banff spending innumerable hourswith Mr. Székely in his final years. We areforever indebted to Claude for documentingthe life of this remarkable man. Mr. Székelybecame artist-in-residence at The BanffCentre in 1973 where he lived until his deathon October 3, 2001. The New ZealandString Quartet had been coming to Banfffor numerous years to study with Mr. Székely,and was the quartet chosen by Tom Rolstonto give the world premiere of Székely’sString Quartet Op. 4 (1937) – a work whichhad been recently discovered in a pile ofmusic in Mr. Székely’s room. This they did,just days before Mr. Szekely’s 96th birthday,on December 4, 1999, in Rolston RecitalHall in Banff. It was only fitting that theywere in Banff just days after his death andcould perform his quartet once again in hismemorial concert on October 26, 2001, inRolston Recital Hall.

Stephen Maxym’sBanff years werecelebrated in amemorial concerton July 15, 2003.The concert,planned and produced byStephen’s studentand protégéStéphane Levesque,

took place on the day Music & Sound traditionally held Stephen’s annual birthdayparty. Stephen passed away shortly afterattending the 30th International DoubleReed Society Conference, held in Banff inAugust 2002. Both Stephen and his belovedwife Lucy were able to attend that wonder-ful event, and Stephen was able to seemany of his old friends and colleagues,and tell many stories and jokes(!) while hewas in Banff for the last time.

Robin Woodcame to Banff invarious capacitiesover the years. Hewas first invited toBanff in 1979 as acoach in the PianoChamber Musicprogram, thenlater as faculty inthe Piano Literature

and Pedagogy class, the Special Programfor Young Musicians, and finally in 2001 asfaculty in the keyboard festival. His wifeWinifred often joined him in Banff andalso taught in the Piano Literature andPedagogy class and the Special Programfor Young Musicians. The Wood’s wereextremely active in the music life of BritishColumbia, and especially Victoria, wherethey spent over half a lifetime teaching atthe University of Victoria and at theVictoria Conservatory. The night beforeRobin’s death the Lt.-Governor of BritishColumbia, Iona Campagnolo, presentedlifetime achievement awards to bothRobin and Winifred for their many years ofservice and support to the province’smusical community.

Lorand Fenyvestaught his firstmaster class at thethen Banff Schoolof Fine Arts in July1972. He returnedto Banff every yearthereafter, as acoach in theAcademy ofChamber Music

and the Canadian Chamber Orchestra(CCO), as faculty in the violin master class,or as visiting artist in the fall and winterprogram. Mr. Fenyves was also on the preliminary jury of the first six BanffInternational String Quartet Competitions(BISQC), and a member of the competitionjury for the 7th BISQC in 2001. Mr. Fenyveswas an active performer into his 80s. In his80th year, he performed Beethoven’s ViolinConcerto in The Banff Centre’s MargaretGreenham Theatre with Tom Rolston conducting; and in his 82nd year, he performed the Bartok Concerto with theUniversity of Toronto Symphony Orchestra,both to the highest acclaim. On July 10,

2003 Mr. Fenyves performed Bach’s SonataNo.3 with harpsichordist George Broughin Rolston Recital Hall. This was a signifi-cant performance, as it was a celebrationof the 85th birthdays of both of these distinguished faculty members. Birthdaycake was served after the performanceand a rousing round of Happy Birthdaywas sung in four-part harmony. It is withsadness, but also with happy memories,that we begin to make plans for a summer2004 tribute to Mr. Fenyves.

“I think that I was so lucky to have beengiven this profession. If you said, ‘Here’s$10 million. What would you do?’ I’ll tellyou what I’d do: exactly the same as I didyesterday. It’s very simple.”

LORAND FENYVES

“The teachers [at other music schools] aregoing to raise every last student tobecome a soloist. And they will explicitlyask that [their students] never play belowmezzo-forte. Now the funny thing aboutMr. Fenyves, is that he’d never ask you toplay louder. He’s going to ask you to playwith an appropriate sound. The dynamic is irrelevant: It’s the character, the colour that matter. [As a teacher], he is irreplaceable.”

ERIKA RAUM

We feel so privileged to have spent timewith all of these amazing people andmusicians.They will all be missed butnever forgotten.

In addition to the demands of being a newmom, Samantha Whelan has managed tocontinue her work as artistic director ofStoryFair Productions where she writes andperforms music for young audiences. Samhas produced one CD, Rocky Mountain FairyTales (with illustrations by Music & Sound’sreal resident artist Lynne Huras) and, alongwith the Northern Lights Brass Quintet, wasfeatured in Calgary’s Young Writers Conferencein April 2003, where she was asked to be thekeynote speaker.

Composer and sound artist John Wynne’srecent work moves in several directions.Currently engaged in a series of “sonic portraits,” John has traveled to the KalahariDesert to research and record some of thedisappearing “click languages” of the Khoi-San peoples. Other interesting projectsincluded the design of an auditory warningfor installations. His first work for electronicalarms and reminders was for the LYD/Galleriin Copenhagen’s Town Hall Square, using 25speakers hidden under the paving stones.The Sound of Sirens was later banned by thecity council, which claimed that members ofthe public were “frightened and confused.”John is doing his PhD at Goldsmiths Collegein London where he is senior lecturer inSound Arts at the London Institute’s LCCSchool of Media.

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Sam Baron firstcame to Banff inthe summer of 1985and continued tolead the flutemaster classthrough thesummer of 1996.The concert onJuly 9, 1997, wasdedicated to Sam,

and in the concert program Isobel andTom wrote that “Sam was a sterling musician – and equally important were hisqualities as a human being. Sam wasbeloved by his colleagues and students,and will be sorely missed. Tonight he wouldhave been performing Bach’s FourthBrandenburg Concerto.”

György Sebök’spiano master classmarked the begin-ning of the summermusic programfrom 1973 to 1996.His solo pianoconcert in the EricHarvie Theatreopened theSummer ArtsFestival and was

sold out year after year. No one who participated in, or had the opportunity to

sit in on one of his classes (always held inStudio 24 in the DCH South West MusicWing), or listen to one of his concerts willever forget his quiet manner and brilliant musicianship. The audience at the July 27,2000, concert, dedicated to Mr. Sebök, was treated to the film György Sebök: Une Leçon de Musique (directed and produced by Etienne Blanchon), whichcaptured the essence of Mr. Sebök. Thisfilm will be shown again in 2004 as part ofthe Rolston Tribute weekend.

Marek Jablonski:The Banff Years –1975–1998 – acompilation CD ofMarek Jablonski’sfinest Banff per-formances wasproduced in 2000at The BanffCentre. Isobel andTom Rolston,

Theresa Leonard, and other Music & Soundstaff were involved in making the difficultdecisions about which selections toinclude on the CD. In listening to thearchival tapes, Isobel said she rememberedalmost every note Marek played. Proceedsfrom the sale of the CD continue to bedirected towards the Marek JablonksiPiano Endowment, enabling giftedpianists to participate in our programs.

In Memoriam

Samuel Baron (1925 – 1997)

György Sebök (1922 – 1999)

Marek Jablonski (1939 – 1999)

Zoltán Székely (1903 – 2001)

Stephen Maxym (1915 – 2002)

Robin Wood (1924 – 2004)

Lorand Fenyves (1918 – 2004)

We note with sadness the passing of our cherished friends and faculty.

The lives of each of these special individuals have been celebrated over the years at Banff in various ways. Not one day passes without our thinking of them, and thecontribution they made to each of us and to music at Banff.

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