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Joann AlhoCO-PRESIDENT

Maureen WillsCO-PRESIDENT

Cynthia HardingTREASURER

Laurel WellsBSO BOOK FAIR COMMITTEE PRESIDENT

DIRECTORS

Wynn AllenDerek BondTracy Bucholtz Joan GouldMichael MeadeStephen PorterMartin Smith

Joann AlhoWynn AllenDorothy BalsdonMary BerryDorothy CaskenetteDonelda GoodingJoan GouldCynthia HardingPatricia HexamerMonica HoneymanTessa Kane

Penny MacKenzieCathy SawyerRuth SnowdonLaurel Wells

HONORARY MEMBERS:

Anne MuldoonJeannette Seabourne

Philip SaraburaARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Aida SteenkistOFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

Samuel BissonPERSONNEL MANAGER/LIBRARIAN

Monica AdmiralVOLUNTEER

Ken BlackVOLUNTEER

Lloyd SymingtonVOLUNTEER

Anne & Andy PhilpotVOLUNTEERS

2018 | 2019 BSO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2018 | 2019 STAFF & VOLUNTEERS

2018 | 2019 BSO BOOK FAIR COMMITTEE


2018 | 2019 DONORS & SPONSORS

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DONOR ORGANIZATIONSBrant Community FoundationThe City of BrantfordStephen Smith & Dorothy Woltz FoundationSamuel W. Stedman FoundationBSO Book Fair CommitteeOntario Arts FoundationStrategic Charitable Giving FoundationTerry Stewart & Joan Stewart Butcher Family FundRoger & Edith Davis FoundationCanadian HeritageBrant Youth Symphony OrchestraOntario English Catholic Teachers AssociationFairview United Church

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PHILIP SARABURA CONDUCTOR

PIPES & STRINGSSATURDAY MAY 11, 2019

Serenade for String Orchestra n C Major, op. 28 Piotr Ilyitsch Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

1. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina - Allegro non troppo2. Walzer - Moderato. Tempo di Valse3. Élégie - Larghetto elegiaco4. Finale (Tema Russo) - Andante, Allegro con spirito

Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 28 Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934) 1. Allegro Maestoso

Organ Concerto No. 1 in F Major, op. 137 Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)

1. Maestoso2. Andante3. Con moto

Ian Sadler, Organ


IAN SADLER ORGAN

Ian Sadler began his musical training as a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England. He then won a Music Scholarship to The King’s School, Canterbury followed by the Organ Scholarship to Bristol University. During postgraduate study at London University, Ian held the Organ Scholarship at St. Paul’s Cathedral from 1978-80. In 1980 Ian played the organ in the movie, Chariots of Fire. He then moved to Canada following his appointments in Toronto as Director of Music at Grace Church-on-the-Hill and Choral Director at Upper Canada College.

Ian has since shared the concert platform accompanying many Canadian artists in concert including Maureen Forrester, Daniel Taylor, John McDermott, Michael Burgess, Measha Brueggergosman, Gary Relyea, Michael Schade, Daniel Lichti, Suzie LeBlanc and Jackie Richardson. Since 1980, he has collaborated with several Canadian orchestras and as a solo organist has worked with many International conductors including Michael Reason, David Hoyt, Chosei Komatsu, Nikki Goldschmidt, Robert Cooper, Simon Streatfeild, Brian Jackson, Peter Oundjian, John Rutter, Sir Andrew Davis and Sir David Willcocks. Ian has also commissioned and premièred many new choral, vocal and organ works from Canadian composers including Ruth Watson Henderson, Derek Holman, Robert Evans, Jeff Enns, Albert Greer and Denis Bédard.

Ian maintains a career as a choral conductor and organist. He has conducted the 100 voice Stratford Concert Choir since 1989 and is also Conductor of The Cathedral Singers of Ontario, which he founded in 1999. This choir sang at Chichester and Winchester Cathedrals in January 2018 and in July 2018 sang at Ely Cathedral for a week – its 28th UK visit.

In 2000, Ian was presented with a Juno award for a choral CD by his Burlington chamber choir, Pro Musica.

For his dedication to promoting the organ and Canadian music, both at home and abroad, The Royal Canadian College of Organists honoured Ian in 2007 with their highest award, ‘Fellowship of The Royal Canadian College of Organists’.

Ian has been the Director of Music at Toronto’s St. James’ Anglican Cathedral since 2016.


MUSICIANS

VIOLIN 1Leslie Dawn KnowlesCONCERTMASTERAlain BouvierXiao GrabkeRyan ShenElena Spanu

VIOLIN 2Helen HongPRINCIPALGeorge ClelandJimmy ZhangLinda Choi

VIOLAJonathan CraigPRINCIPALAnn ArminDavid Willms

CELLOAndras WeberPRINCIPALSamuel BissonTom Mueller

BASSBob Mills

HORNAustin HitchcockPRINCIPALCurtis Vander HydenJason Austin


PHILIP SARABURA is a highly accomplished musician with a great variety of interests. He is a conductor, violinist, and organist of distinguished stature, highly experienced in all three areas.

Growing up in Toronto, Philip was fortunate to attend, and graduate from, the renowned St. Michael’s Choir School. Being immersed in music every day for ten years laid the foundation for a life devoted to a highly successful career as a classical musician. He emerged from the Choir School a talented and promising violinist and organist.

While attending university in London, Ontario, Philip’s professional violin career was forming. In addition to becoming a regular fixture in Orchestra London’s violin sections, he was accepting numerous freelance engagements across southern Ontario. He was soon to continue with more intensive training and practical study, as well as maintaining a busy freelance schedule. Throughout the nineteen eighties, he participated in

professional training orchestras and master class programs, and in particular, spent a great deal of time at the Banff School of Fine Arts. There he was able to study and work with many of the world’s leading musicians, from which he emerged not only a highly regarded violinist, but a complete musician of deep knowledge and keen instincts.

In the later eighties, Philip made Hamilton, Ontario his home. His trio of performance skills was soon to become fully established.

Philip’s career as a violinist continued. In 1989 he became a full-time member of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he still holds.

He began his return to the organ when he was named Organist and Music Coordinator at St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church in Ancaster, Ontario. SInce then, Philip earned the highest professional certification available for organists in Canada, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Organists (FRCCO).

Philip’s distinguished career as a Conductor began with the McMaster University Choir when he was named the Choir’s Conductor and Music Director. In the sixteen years that followed, the Choir became an organization of great artistic distinction, singing a vast array of repertoire, with an ongoing relationship with Hamilton’s professional orchestra, the Hamilton Philharmonic. Accolades from music critics, professional musicians, and the general public constantly grew with the Choir’s artistic development under Philip’s direction, becoming known as the Choir that could “do it all”, and do it on a professional-quality level.

During his tenure with the McMaster Choir, Philip began to expand his conducting interest in the orchestral field. He conducted a number of Canadian orchestras, including the Hamilton Philharmonic, Orchestra London, Saskatoon Symphony, and the Canada Pops Orchestra.

In 2008, Philip was named the Music Director and Conductor of the Brantford Symphony Orchestra. The 2017-18 BSO season marked a decade of exciting performances and artistic excellence.


PHILIPSARABURA

ALAN COOKMAY 16, 2018

For many years Alan was a member of the Brantford Symphony Orchestra. His many roles included personnel manager, dedicated fundraiser and very talented cellist. He was a devoted and faithful member of Sydenham Heritage United Church, generously donating five beautiful stained-glass windows and a new organ in memory of his parents. Alan was the proud inaugural recipient in 2014 of a lifetime achievement award for outstanding volunteerism in Branford. He was instrumental in presenting live outreach recitals in elementary and secondary schools on behalf of the BSO.

VYRT SISSONJULY 19, 2018

Vyrt Sisson was a member of the Brantford Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors for over ten years, serving as Treasurer and fundraiser. Recently, he helped kick off an annual donor campaign on behalf of the BSO. He was involved in many organizations including the YMCA, Brant Waterways Foundation, Dr. James Hillier Foundation, Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Dufferin Players Theatre, Brantwood Residential Development Centre, Rotary Club, Gordon Cockshutt Foundation, Elsie Sanderson Foundation, Samuel W. Stedman Foundation, St. Andrew’s United Church, St. Joseph’s Lifecare Centre, Probus Club, and he was the founder of the Brant Community Foundation.

IN MEMORIAM


JOHN SAMUEL CANNING FEBRUARY 13, 2019

John was President of the Brantford Symphony Orchestra during the 1990’s. During a gala festival in April 1996, John hosted American youth symphony orchestras for a weekend of clinics culminating in the extraordinary concert lecture presentation made by Dick Hyman on the piano (The History of Jazz Piano from Ragtime to Avant-Garde). John was passionate about music, especially symphonic and jazz music. Under his leadership the BSO also presented a tribute to Robert Farnon which was very successful and included Peter Appleyard. John had an encyclopedic knowledge of music and must have regarded the internet/google as a blessing given that he always was well prepared with background and history of any musical topic which he would share with audiences.

STANLEY SAUNDERSJANUARY 25, 2019

Stanley Saunders was Conductor for the Brantford Symphony Orchestra from 1974-2001. Coming from a heritage of professional musicians, Stanley Saunders – conductor, violinist and clarinetist – although born to a musical tradition rooted in Europe, came to musical maturity in North America. A member of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, he later graduated to perform with the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio and Television Orchestras, the Independent Television Orchestra, Eurovision, as well as other major and European orchestras. Dr. Saunders’ conducting and performing career has spanned several continents and has appeared at many major international festivals. He has made national tours throughout the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Hollard, Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, Mexico, the United States and Canada as well as conducting some of the world’s leading soloists and ensembles.

IN MEMORIAM


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