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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 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.

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 santé

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 Audienceconcerts in care performers are chosen felders 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 societies’ revenues is paid to musicians and extremely efficient techniques for delivery and service of the concerts has 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 of ontario and provide cultural assets to the concert programme:

national arts centre orchestraopera lyra ottawaottawa chamber Music Festivalkingston Musicians associationkingston symphonytoronto symphony orchestrauniversity 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• morethan10,000concertswillbe

provided 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 now a cross-canada programme, 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!


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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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. douglas Balfour

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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



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.



Featured Performers

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BritishColumbia

Alberta

Saskatchewan Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

Newfoundlandand Labrador

NewBrunswick

Nova ScotiaManitoba

78 concertsdelivered

24 Performersinvolved

195 Performerengagements

1 communitiesserved

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

Ontario





Concerts in Care Coast-to-Coast 2012–2014

Quebec

1,824 concertsdelivered




Atlantic Canada





Manitoba




1 communitiesserved

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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.

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



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


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 and participate by sharing the values of the project and it their lending artistic resources.


ileana Montalbetti

Peter McGillivray

anne larlee

Featured Performers



The Lady LarksSample 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

Sample programme“From Tin Pan Alley”always alexander’ ragtime BandBlue skies cheek to cheek Puttin’ on the ritz sisters What’ll i do anything Goesits de-lovelyJust one of those thingsi Got rhythm summertime

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Concerts in Care UBC Ambassadors Programmethis auditioned programme brings to concerts in care audiences young performers from the school of Music at the university of British columbia who are destined to enter the professional music scene. the project, co-funded by uBc, will deliver 200 concerts from 2012 through 2014 and reach an audience of over 8,000.


Featured Performers



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



Jeanne Lamon, violinChristina Mahler, celloSample programmetBa

christina MahlerJeanne lamon

Featured Performers

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 Contributor:

Corporate Funders:

Golden life Management

Government:Bc Ministry of tourism, culture and the artsBc Ministry of healthy living and sportBc Gaming commissioncentral kootenay regional districtcity of kamloopsregional district of east kootenayregional district of kootenay Boundarytown of Goldenvillage of new denver

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Foundations:carter deux-Mille Foundationdelta community Foundationkamloops FoundationkMc FoundationMartha lou henley charitable FoundationMichael o’Brian Foundation for the artsosprey community Foundationrix Family Foundationschein Foundationstollery charitable Foundationthomas Foundation

Health Care Foundations:

delta hospital auxiliary societynew denver hospital auxiliaryPeace arch hospital and community health FoundationQueen’s Park healthcare Foundationrevelstoke district health Foundationsouth okanagan similkameen Medical Foundationsouth cariboo health Foundationtrail hospital doctors’ association

Institutions:castlegar arts councilcolumbia valley arts councilcommunity arts council of crestonnelson & district arts counciltrail & district arts counciluniversity of British columbia school of Music

Individual donors and service providers:

Frances Mastrandrea trustkimberley elksknights of columbus (kimberley)Mark creek lions cluba generous contribution in memory of elda nardelliindividual donors

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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Front and Back cover Photos By yukiko onley

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