The ORBit - December 2013, January 2014

the ORBit December 2013/January 2014

Newsletter of the Ottawa Region Branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association www.ormtaottawa.ca

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President's Message 1 Executive Committee 2 Jack Cook 3 ORMTA Student Membership Pilot Project 3 About the ORBit 4 Advertising Rates 4 January Meeting 5 Canada Music Week Recital 5 Branch Website Update 6 ORB Competitions 8 General Information 8 John Burge Workshop 9 Adult Students’ Events 10 Upcoming Concerts 11 Members’ Corner 11 Upcoming ORB Events 12

“O Canada!” November, what a month! As I type this message, I am in the throes of organizing all the wonderful events that celebrate the music of Canadian musicians, composers and performers. I never grow tired of singing our national anthem. What does it mean to you? To me it means opportunity, wonder and boundless beauty. Being a first generation Canadian, I am very proud of my parents for choosing to immigrate to this country and thus giving a life for me that ensured I could be whatever I wanted to be. Now I try to bestow those values on my 12 year old son and it’s a never ending life lesson. We have already had many events happen in our branch. Everyone is working so hard and I am very grateful to all the members of the team for being consummate professionals. Thanks to Katarina Jovic for running a very successful master class with David Jalbert at the University of Ottawa on November 10th. The Canada Music Week auditions were held that same day and thanks to my team of new member Danielle Jersak and the very experienced Beverley Heard for spending a few hours with me listening to some wonderful Canadian repertoire. As you read this, the 2013 Canada Music Week recital will just have wrapped up. It was a wonderful way to celebrate the music of this country! My quest for lifelong learning continued on November 11th thanks to another amazing Information Session. Thanks to host Paulette Price and clinician Jenny Regehr who recapped and put her own finesse on the previous Marc Durand workshop on pianistic foundations. It was wonderful to hear Jenny give her own experiences with teaching and with her work with Professor Durand. Speaking of Canadian wonders, I would like to take this opportunity to extend my condolences to the branch on the loss of Honorary Life Member Jack Cook. He was a pillar in our music commu-nity and has left a permanent mark on our branch. The council has been busy planning future events as well as the debut of our new website. I personally want to extend a HUGE SHOUT OUT to my Second Vice President Amy Boyes for her tireless work and dedication to building and designing a website that will meet the needs of our members, our students and continue to get the word out there that we are an organization that is moving ahead with the times. I also would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to Debra Grass who has been our email, website and telephone convener. Debra was always quick to respond to every-one’s queries and we will miss her on council. I would also like to welcome new member Sally Rowsell to council as our new Kiwanis Liason. She will be working to take over the position previously held by Diana McCarthy. Many thanks to Diana for her dedication to this portfolio. We are very lucky to have so many talented and dedicated members to help keep the branch moving in full swing….THANK YOU! As we approach the holidays, please take time to enjoy everything that is special about life. I plan to!! Yours in music….. Tania

President’s Message by Tania Granata

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Ottawa Region Branch Executive and Committee (2013-2014)

President Tania Granata 613-728-1195 [email protected] Past President Sandra Menard 613-834-3052 [email protected] First Vice-President Olivia Riddell 613-680-2996 [email protected] Second Vice-President Amy Boyes 613-302-8090 [email protected]

Treasurer Lori Lynn Penny 613-841-4429 [email protected] Secretary Ann Empey 613-592-1177 [email protected] Zone Representatives Ann Empey 613-592-1177 [email protected] Sandra Menard 613-834-3052 [email protected]

Adult Student Workshop, Master Class and Recital Ioulia Brechun 613-836-2757 [email protected]

Assistant Treasurer Kathleen Howard 613-258-9503 [email protected]

Canada Music Week Recital Tania Granata 613-728-1195 [email protected]

Competitions Kimberley Sundell 613-698-7338 [email protected]

Competitions Gala Jennie Smith 613-260-9171 [email protected]

Email/Telephone Amy Boyes 613-302-8090 [email protected] First Class Honours Recital Tania Granata 613-728-1195 [email protected]

First Class Honours Scholarships Sherry Lu 613-862-7221 [email protected]

Funding Cheryl McDonald 613-592-5649 [email protected]

Membership List Kimberley Sundell 613-698-7338 [email protected]

New Members Olivia Riddell 613-680-2996 [email protected]

Newsletter (the ORBit) Sue Jones (Editor) 613-523-5317 [email protected]

Amy Boyes (Ass't Editor) 613-302-8090 [email protected]

Notes Reporter Ann Empey 613-592-1177 [email protected]

Professional Development Amy Boyes 613-302-8090 [email protected]

Public Relations Andrea Cochrane 613-321-8516 [email protected]

Scholarships (First Class Honours) Sherry Lu 613-862-7221 [email protected]

Social Convenor Jennie Smith 613-260-9171 [email protected]

Univerisity Liaison Katarina Jovic 613-261-7681 [email protected]

Variety Show Susan Blyth-Schofield 613-226-4950 [email protected]

Videos/DVD Library Sherry Lu 613-862-7221 [email protected]

Website Amy Boyes 613-302-8090 [email protected]

Young Artist Recital Susan Blyth-Schofield 613-226-4950 [email protected]

Ex-Officio

Archives Ann Babin 613-830-8826 [email protected]

Canadian Music Showcase Liaison Ann Babin 613-830-8826 [email protected] Cards and Flowers Brenda Eisener 613-747-2220 [email protected]

Contemporary Showcase Liaison Tania Granata 613-728-1195 [email protected]

Festival Liaison Sally Rowsell 613-324-0343 [email protected]

Information Sharing Sessions Paulette Price 613-592-6686 [email protected]

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Jack Cook 1922-2013 ORMTA Honorary Life Member

by Amy Boyes, Assistant Editor

It was with great sadness that the music community of Ottawa said goodbye to Jack Cook. His life accomplishments paint a picture of man almost most larger than life. He was an RCMP officer, professional singer, music teacher, store owner, supporter and promoter of the arts, pilot, flying instructor, father, grand-father and great grandfather.

He is remembered fondly within the ORMTA commu-nity. Past-presidents Edith Orton and Gloria Jean Nagy recall Jack as "a gracious, gallant host, loved by all musicians who knew him" and a man with a "generous nature who will be missed." Jack’s Obituary may be read on the Ottawa Citizen's website Read his interview with Gloria Jean Nagy on Page 3 of the November 2012 issue of the ORBit http://issuu.com/ormtaorb/docs/newsletter_nov2012

ORMTA Student Membership Pilot Project by Kimberley Sundell, U of O Student Membership Liaison

Kimberley Sundell, Nicole Pachla, Lisa Szczepanski, Erin Dempsey, Grace Wong, Jillian Beacon and Ann Babin

An exciting new pilot project has just started in our Ottawa branch. After many years of discussion, the province has decided to open ORMTA membership to university students who are working towards their Bachelor of Music degrees. Not only is this a wonderful way to introduce future teachers to our organization, the students themselves get the important benefits of mem-bership. This year the project is starting off at the University of Ottawa School of Music. We are delighted to welcome

U of O students Nichole Pachla, Lisa Szczepanski, Erin Dempsey, Jillian Beacon and Grace Wong to ORMTA. Council members Kimberley Sundell and Ann Babin have bravely taken on designing and organizing this en-deavour, and we are so fortunate to have Prof. Gilles Comeau as our faculty advisor. We are very excited for the prospects of this project. Please be sure to welcome our new members at the Annual General Meeting in January.


About the ORBit

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April/May and June/July/August. All submissions for the February/March 2014 issue of the ORBit must be received by the editor on or before: January 10, 2014. Send submissions by e-mail to: [email protected] or by mail to: Sue Jones, Editor, the ORBit 259 Crocus Avenue Ottawa, ON K1H 6E7 Advertisements and announcements should either be plain text or fully formatted text. Plain-text sub-missions will be formatted by the editor. Fully for-matted submissions will be included exactly as sent. The only acceptable formats are: pdf, jpeg, or tiff. Formatted word processing documents may not preserve formatting and/or font information and will not be accepted. Type-written submissions are also acceptable. Submissions must be accompanied by written reprint permission where applicable. The products, services, and ideas expressed by the authors and advertisers in the ORBit are not necessarily those of the Ottawa Region Branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association.

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Canada Music Week Recital by Tania Granata, Convenor

President and Convenor Tania Granata (third row left) and Canada Music Week Recital participants Wow! What a night! Resurrection Lutheran Church was packed with supportive family and friends on Sunday, November 24th for the 2013 Canada Music Week recital. The crowd was dazzled by 46 young musicians ranging in age from 6 to 23 featuring a variety of instruments: voice, harp and piano. We even had a few original compositions by Ottawa composers, always a real treat. The finale was a mixed media presentation with piano and voice called “Permanent Imaginations”. It was a huge crowd pleaser! Thanks to Colin Mack, Adam Kubelka and Nathalie Chrétien.

I want thank all the volunteers who helped organize the students and reception, those who brought items for the reception and those who helped with the cleanup. I am so grateful for your help! All the participants received a certificate of participation and First Vice-President Olivia Riddell helped hand out the “Obama” cookies to all the performers. This has become a small tradition! Not to be left out, there were some music trivia games with Canadian-themed prizes for the audience members. All in all another successful ORMTA event!




ORB Young Artist and Student Competitions 2014

by Kimberley Sundell, Convenor

May 3rd and 4th 2014 Freiman Hall, Perez Building,

University of Ottawa

Adjudicators: Chris Foley (instrumental) Wanda Prochyshyn (vocal) Application Deadline: April 1, 2014 Application Forms: on our website soon or contact Kimberley Sundell Fees: $50 Zone Instrumental/Vocal $60 Provincial Instrumental/Vocal $70 Young Artist Information: Kimberley Sundell at 613-698-7338 or [email protected]

General Information Do you have a new address or phone number?

You can update this information on your personal profile on the provincial website – www.ormta.org – but you must continue to inform the branch as well. Contact President Tania Granata at 613-728-1195 or [email protected] or Kimberley Sundell at 613-698-7338 or [email protected]

If you are accepting new students, call the ORMTA Hotline at 613-226-6768 to have your name added to the list of Teachers Accepting New Students. Remember to update your Teacher Map placemarker on the ORB website.

If you would like a new subject added to your list of teaching subjects, contact Ron Spadafore, our Provincial Registrar, directly at 705-264-0978 or at [email protected] You may only add subjects that you are qualified to teach.

If you would like to change your membership status, contact President Tania Granata before March 1, 2014 in order to be billed at the new rate for next year.

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Adult Music Students’ Events for 2014 by Ioulia Brechun, Convenor

Saturday, March 1: Jenny Regehr Piano Workshop and Master Class Studio of Carol A. Wood, 3025 Linton Road, Ottawa

Jenny Regehr is well-known across Canada for her solo recitals, duo and chamber music performances and Lieder collaborations. She performs with many of Canada’s leading musicians in universities and concert series across the country. She has been heard regularly on national radio.

Ms. Regehr is a senior piano examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music Examinations. She has performed and taught at summer music festivals in Canada, the United States and Italy. More recently, her work has taken her to Asia where she was on an international panel of adjudicators at the prestigious Hong Kong schools music festival. The topic for the Workshop is: From Harpsichord to Piano “How the piano’s evolution is relevant to every piece we play today.”

A Piano Master Class will take place in the afternoon.

Saturday, March 8: Donna Klimoska Vocal Workshop and Master Class Studio of Carol A. Wood, 3025 Linton Road, Ottawa Donna Klimoska is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in voice and earned a Master's Degree in 1966. Besides concer-tizing widely, she began to teach in Quito, Ecuador, where she lived with her young family for a number of years. Her sojourn to Ecuador led to a musical collaboration with German classical guitarist Wolfgang Lendle. As a result of the musical partnership, a CD of beautiful Spanish songs with guitar accompaniment was recorded and is entitled “En las Puertas de Guápulo.”

On her return to North America and Ottawa, Donna pursued her career as a mezzo-soprano and voice teacher. She has performed mezzo roles in Quebec City and Ottawa, such as Berta in the Rossini’s The Barber of

Seville. Donna has frequently been heard on the CBC Program “Mélodie” and has toured with Glebe St. James United Church Choir as a soloist to Boston. Her Voice Studio is located in her Fifth Avenue home in the Glebe. In a morning Workshop, which Donna will offer, techniques of the Alexander Method and Tai Chi movement will be included in demonstration. Master Class participants will be models for the demonstration. In the afternoon Master Class, Donna will incorporate techniques which had been presented in the Workshop as well as working interpretively with the singers. Tania Granata will be at the piano.

Further Information: Observers are welcome to attend both the Piano

Workshop and Master Class as well as the Vocal Workshop and Master Class.

Both the Piano and Vocal Workshops and Master

Classes will be held at the Studio of Carol A. Wood, 3025 Linton Road, Ottawa.

Registration Forms along with short biographies

about the clinicians are on our website. If you have any questions, Conveners for the Adult

Students’ events are:

Ioulia Brechun, Piano Workshop and Master Class at [email protected] Carol A. Wood, Vocal Workshop and Master Class at [email protected]

Saturday, March 22: Recital City View United Church Performers who have participated in the Piano or Vocal Workshops and Master Classes are invited to perform their repertoire for their peers, teachers, family and friends in an all adult Recital. A reception will follow. Strategies learned in the Workshops and Master Classes will assist the performers in the performance of their music. Time TBA.

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♫ Upcoming Concerts ♫ (listed by date)

Sat. Dec. 7 – 2:00 pm. Arpa Nova harp ensemble presents a program of Christmas, Celtic, classical and popular selections, movie themes, spiritual songs and more. Six harps, guitar, fiddle, clarinet, bohdran and singer. Director: Hoda Nassim. Amica Retirement Residence in Westboro, 491 Richmond Road. Info: 613-728-9274. Admission: free. Everyone is welcome. Sat. Dec. 7 – 7:30 pm. Carleton University Choir presents: A Carleton Christmas. Program includes A Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas by Courtney, O Magnum Mysterium by Antognini, A Little Jazz Mass by Chilcott and more. Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave. (at Bank St.) Director: Marg Stubington. Tickets: $20 Adults, $15 Seniors, $10 Students. Info: 613-520-5770, 613-592-1991. Sat. Dec. 7 – 7:30 pm. The Glory of Christmas. Carols for the Christmas season with the Choirs of St. John the Evangelist, Woodroffe United Church and the Strings of St. John’s. Woodroffe United Church, 207 Woodroffe Avenue. Conductors: Gordon Johnston and Katarina Jovic. Tickets: $20 Adults ($17 advance), $15 Seniors/ Students. Info: 613-232-4500 or [email protected] or [email protected] Sat. Dec 7 – 7:30 pm. Ottawa pianists Ioulia Blinova and Ruby Jin present piano duet works by Mozart, Schubert, Rachmaninov and Ravel. Freiman Hall, University of Ottawa, 610 Cumberland Street. Admission by donation. Info: [email protected] or [email protected] Sun. Dec. 15 – 3:00 pm. Arpa Nova harp ensemble presents a program of Christmas, Celtic, classical and popular selections, movie themes, spiritual songs and more. Six harps, guitar, fiddle, clarinet, bohdran and singer. Director: Hoda Nassim. Duke of Devonshire Retirement Residence, 1095 Carling Ave. Info: 613-721-8809. Admission: free. Everyone is welcome. Sun. Dec. 15 – 7:30 pm. The Glory of Christmas. Carols for the Christmas season with the Choirs of St. John the Evangelist, Woodroffe United Church and the Strings of St. John’s. Church of St. John the Evangelist, Elgin Street at Somerset W. Conductors: Gordon Johnston and Katarina Jovic. Tickets: $20 Adults ($17 advance), $15 Seniors/Students. Info: 613-232-4500 or [email protected] or [email protected] ORMTA MEMBERS - Do you have an upcoming public recital or concert in which you are participating? Advertise FREE in this column.

Members’ Corner Condolences to ... the friends and family of Honorary Life Member

Jack Cook who passed away in November (see page 3).

Congratulations to ... Sally Rowsell, whose student Joshua Veber, won

the RCM gold medal (Gr. 7) for Atlantic Canada. Christine Couture who gave birth to her son in

November. Welcome to New Members ... Keegan Lazarus – Affiliate level 1: piano Yuanyuan Lu – Active: piano, rudiments

Are you accepting new students? Call the ORMTA Hotline

613-226-6768

OR

update your Teacher Map placemarker on our Ottawa Region

Branch website See Page 7 of this issue

to find out how.


UPCOMING ORB EVENTS 2013 - 2014 (December - March)

December 6 Application Deadline for First Class Honours Recital. Applications are available on the website. Contact: Tania Granata at [email protected] or 613-728-1195. 15 Application Deadline for the ORMTA First Class Honours Practical and Theory Scholarships. Contact: Sherry Lu at [email protected] or 613-862-7221. January 10 General Meeting. Coffee/tea at 9:15 am. Meeting at 9:30 am. Ottawa Mennonite Church at 1830 Kilborn

Ave, Ottawa. ORMTA used music sale. Contact: Jennie Smith at 613-260-9171 or [email protected] 10 Deadline for submissions to the February/March issue of the ORBit. Contact Sue Jones at

[email protected] or 613-523-5317. 12 Auditions for the First Class Honours Recital. 1:00 – 5:00 pm. City View United Church, 6 Epworth Ave.

Application deadline December 6. Contact: Tania Granata at [email protected] or 613-728-1195. 13 Application Deadline for Variety Show. Contact Susan Blyth-Schofield at [email protected] or

613-226-4950. 19 Piano Master Class with Stéphane Lemelin: 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Frieman Hall, Perez Building, University of

Ottawa, 610 Cumberland Street. Contact: Katarina Jovic at [email protected] Application deadline December 19. Application form can be found on our website.

26 Auditions for Variety Show from 6:15 pm. City View United Church, 6 Epworth Ave. Contact Susan Blyth-Schofield at [email protected] or 613-226-4950. February 2 First Class Honours Recitals. 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm. City View United Church, 6 Epworth Ave. Contact Tania Granata at [email protected] or 613-728-1195 6 John Burge Workshop. 9:00 am to noon. Glen Cairn United Church, 140 Abbeyhill Rd. Contact Amy Boyes [email protected] or 613-302-8090. 9 Variety Show. 7:00 pm. City View United Church, 6 Epworth Ave. Contact Susan Blyth-Schofield at [email protected] or 613-226-4950. March

1 Adult Student Piano Workshop and Master Class with Jenny Regehr. Studio of Carol Wood, 3025 Linton Road. Contact Ioulia Brechun at [email protected] or 613-836-2757.

8 Adult Student Vocal Workshop and Master Class with Donna Klimoska. Studio of Carol Wood, 3025 Linton

Road. Contact Carol Wood at [email protected] or 613-421-1033. 10 Deadline for submissions to the April/May issue of the ORBit. Contact Sue Jones at

[email protected] or 613-523-5317.

22 Adult Student Workshop and Master Class Recital. Time: TBA. City View United Church, 6 Epworth Ave. Contact Ioulia Brechun at [email protected] or 613-836-2757.

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