IN THE EVENT OF TRUE HAPPINESS

Monday, October 24, 2016 7pm, Heliconian Hall

IN THET H E M I N D

S I L V E R A N G E L

T H E B E A T S

A G I N G

OF TRUE L O G O S

IN THEI N T H E T E M P L E O F W A Y C O O L

HAPPINESSN O L O I T E R I N G I N T H E M U S E U M

S I L V E R A N G E L

T H E B E A T S

W H E N T H E C I R C U S L E A V E S T O W N

Monday, October 24, 2016 7pm, Heliconian Hall

N O L O I T E R I N G I N T H E M U S E U M

F R O M T H E C R O T C H O F T H E I N V I S I B L E W O R L D

HAPPINESSHAPPINESSN O L O I T E R I N G I N T H E M U S E U M

N O L O I T E R I N G I N T H E M U S E U M

Y O U K N O W W H A T W E N E E D ?

OF TRUE HAPPINESS

O H C A P T A I N M Y C A P T A I N

EVENT W E A R E W A I T I N G

EVENT OF TRUE

W H A T I ’ V E S E E N

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Harry Posner ninja poet

Constantine Caravassilis composer and conductor

Nadina Mackie Jackson

solo bassoon

VIOLINS

Rebecca MacLeod

Bijan Sepanji

Steve Sang Koh

Brenna Hardy-Kavanagh

Amy Spurr

Charna Matsushige

Jennifer Murphy

Alice Hong

VIOLAS

Rory McLeod

Alex McLeod

CELLI

Bryan Lu

Amahl Arulanandam

BASSI

Joe Phillips

Theo Chan

The Mind

In the Temple of Way Cool

The Beats

You Know What We Need?

When the Circus Leaves Town

Oh Captain My Captain

i n t e r m i s s i o n

Silver Angel by Constantine Caravassilis solo bassoon and orchestra

I.PrayerAmongtheRuins

II.ANewDawn

i n t e r m i s s i o n

In the Event of True Happiness

We Are Waiting

No Loitering in the Museum

Aging

From the Crotch of the Invisible World

What I’ve Seen

Logos

SilverAngel was commissioned by the Ontario Arts Council.

Harry Posner’s books & CD will be available for sale at tonight’s concert and online at www.posnerbooks.com

Nadina’s discography available for purchase at www.nadinamackiejackson.com

SilverAngelis a two-movement concerto for solo bassoon and string orchestra and was commissioned by the Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra (Ottawa) and Canada’s premiere bassoonist, Nadina Mackie Jackson. The project was initiated by conductor Kevin Mallon and was generously supported with a Commissioning Grant by the Ontario Arts Council.

The title refers to Archangel Gabriel, an important figure featured in both the Old and New Testaments, who is also very prominent in the Islamic tradition (referred to as Jibra’il). Both in Christianity and in Islam, Gabriel has the role of the messen-ger to various prophets and to specific people.

As the bassoonist embodies the role of the messenger in the concerto, ‘silver’ refers to one of the extraordinary concert outfits of Ms. Jackson, one of the ele-ments that this singular artist is known for in Canada and abroad, apart from her exceptional merits as an instrumentalist.

The first movement, subtitledPrayerAmongtheRuins, is a requiem to the people that have lost their lives during the catastrophic events that took place in 2014-2015 in the Middle East. It was composed while members of the ISIS were be-heading people and destroying a number of ancient ruins, including the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud.

While reports of the violent events where coming in, my late grandmother’s health started to deteriorate rapidly, bringing a number of her stories related to the Nazi occupation in Greece to the surface. The more recent events as well as my grandmother’s memoirs are paralleled in the movement with the requiem be-ing interrupted by the voice of the Archangel which introduces us to sounds from the Eastern Mediterranean, Asia Minor and Middle Eastern regions, signaling to a desideratum for peace among all nations and peoples. Tragedy dominates, how-ever, with the orchestra interrupting the voice of the Archangel with a number of tragic and violent passages.

ANewDawnserves as a contrasting second movement, and the message of hope permeates. This movement was completed the day that my grandmother’s death was announced, and uses the melody from one of her own songs that she sung to her grandchildren. In an attempt to celebrate a long life of a very positive, energet-ic and cheerful person, I turned my grandmother’s melody to a Manheim rocket and used a number of western musical elements including baroque, jazz and a touch of tango, all of which culminate to a joyful dance, just as she would have liked it. A number of sarcastic entrances from the bassoon are in place to lighten the atmosphere created by the first movement. Just before this big feast comes to an end, we are reminded of the struggles of the past through a deeply-felt lament-ing section that is reminiscent of ecclesiastical music from the Byzantine era.

SilverAngel is dedicated to the loving memory of Maria Caravassilis (1920-2015).

Constantine Caravassilis, Toronto, May 2015

HARRY POSNER is a poet, au-thor and editor from Caledon, Ontario, whose love of writing evolved in a natural progres-sion from short stories to chil-dren’s picture books to poetry, novels and spoken word perfor-mance. He is a member of the spoken word/percussion duo known as The Rubber Brothers, and is also a member of the Words Aloud Poetry Collective, as well as the Headwaters Writers Guild, Writers Ink Alton, and an associate member of the League of Canadian Poets. As well as teaching cre-ative writing to at-risk youth, Harry is the author of three novels (Charivari, ASoftnessintheEyes, TheAurochUnbound), a book of poetry (Wordbirds), a book of flash fiction stories (Lit-

tleExits), and a workbook for new writers (TheConsciousScribe:100ExercisesfortheDevelopingWriter). This year he released a poetry CD of his collected spoken word poems, InTheEventofTrueHappiness (books and CDs available at www.posnerbooks.com). Harry helped to found the Collingwood Literary Festival, and is co-con-spirator along with Anthony Carnovale in Story451, a literary cyclotron whose mandate is to promote community through storytelling and creative writing. His favourite quote: “Truth is a pathless land.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti. And yes, he is a ninja (but don’t spread it around – it’ll blow his cover as a bald, mild mannered poet).

The evocative music of CONSTANTINE CARAVASSILIS is intimately connected to his Hellenic roots, often drawing inspiration from ancient Greek mythology and Byzantine chant. Born in Toronto to a family of musicians, Constantine was raised on Samos Island, Greece, birthplace of the 6th century bc mathematician and philosopher, Pythagoras. Taking his first violin lesson at age six, he soon switched to the piano and then founded his own orchestra and choir at age 15, giving annual concerts at the local lyceum. Constantine is an active pianist and conductor based in Toronto, his home since his late teens. He has conducted the gamUT chamber orchestra at the Uni-versity of Toronto, Opera5, and Concert:Nova. He has enjoyed international expo-sure through more than 350 performances of his music in more than 20 countries in venues including Carnegie Hall (New York), Jordan Hall (Boston), Southam Hall

(Ottawa), Bunka Kaikan Hall (Tokyo), Alte Oper (Frankfurt), Round Tower (Copen-hagen), Smolensk Philharmonic Hall (Russia) and the Athens Concert Hall. His music has been performed by the Camerata Orchestra in Athens, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the North Shore in Vancouver, the ocfamus orchestra (Mexico), the Composer’s Orchestra in Toronto, L’Orches-tre de la Francophonie in Ottawa, the LesAmis Ensemble, the Penderecki String Quartet (Canada), the Caravassilis String Quartet (France), the Cromano String Quartet (Mexico), Duo Volando, the University of Toronto and the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestras, the gamUT ensemble and the Gryphon Trio. In 2013, the Canadian Music Centre released Constantine’s first double cd album Visions, performed by pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico. Additionally, his music has been broadcast and streamed by bbc3 in Britain, cbc Radio in Canada, cnn Turk in Turkey, tdk Radio in Japan, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, and National Radio of Mexico. wqxr in New York has broadcast Constantine’s music more than 60 times in the past two years. His music has been featured in many prestigious festivals across the world, including the Zagreb Biennale and the Ottawa International Music Festival. Constantine has received many international awards including the Karen Kieser Prize in Canadian Music and the Harry Freedman Recording Award. He has held composition residencies with the London Song Festival (uk), the Open

Strings Festival (Denmark), the Contemporary Opera Lab (Winnipeg). He has been Composer-in-Residence at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Mon-terrey, Mexico, and Visiting Artist in Composition with the Faculty of Music, Univer-sity of Nuevo Leon. Constantine is affected by a rare case of synaesthesia and his works influenced by this condition are regarded by critics and audiences

alike as contemporary masterpieces. He has delivered lectures on the condition at a number of institutions including Nuevo Leon University, the American Syn-aesthesia Association, the Universities of Calgary, Toronto, York and Manitoba, ocad University, and the Ontario Art Gallery. Upcoming projects include a new orchestral work commissioned by the Academica Orchestra in Athens, and two new song cycles commissioned by early music singer Josee Vailancourt and countertenor Michael Maniaci. Slated for pre-miere in 2017-18 is also a new extended work commissioned by Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko. His catalogue of works is published and handled exclusively by Pythagorean Editions.

‘squeezed from wood’ (2016) by Lucas Oickle for solo bassoon and full orchestra, commissioned by Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra

August 27, 2016, St John’s Anglican, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia with Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra led by Dinuk Wijeratne

August 28, 2016, deCoste Centre, Pictou, Nova Scotia with Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra led by Dinuk Wijeratne

August 28, 2016, Halifax, St Matthews United Church, Nova Scotia with Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra led by Dinuk Wijeratne

Silver Angel (2015) by Constantine Caravassilis for solo bassoon and string orchestra, commissioned by Ontario Arts Council and Thirteen Strings (Ottawa)

June 12, 2015, St Andrews, led by Kevin Mallon

October 24, 2015, Heliconian Hall, Toronto, led by Constantine Caravassilis

Apollo X (2013) by Paul Frehner, for solo bassoon, string orchestra and percussion, commissioned by Ontario Arts Council & Orchestra London

November 21, 2013, Hyatt Hotel Ballroom,Symphony fundraiser gala, first movement only, Orchestra London led by Alain Trudel

February 5, 2016, Centre for Social Innovation, world premiere, group of twenty-seven chamber orchestra led by Eric Paetkau

Sicilian Proverbs (2013) by Michael Occhipinti for trumpet, bassoon & string orchestra with percussion and electric guitar, commissioned by Nadina Mackie Jackson

April 25, 2014 , Bloor Street United Church, group of twenty-seven chamber orchestra led by Eric Paetkau

Thirteen Seconds by Michael Occhipinti for trumpet, bassoon & string orchestra with percussion and electric guitar, gift of composer

April 25, 2014, Bloor Street United Church, group of twenty-seven chamber orchestra led by Eric Paetkau

Nightfall, Opus 27 (2009) by Mathieu Lussier for trumpet, bassoon, harp and wind ensemble, commissioned by the American Wind Symphony

November 23, 2009, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU Wind Ensemble led by Michael Purves-Smith

Fort Coligny (2014) by Mathieu Lussier for trumpet, bassoon & orchestra

February 16, 2014, Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts, Orchestra Toronto led by Kevin Mallon

man will only grieve if he believes the sun stands still (from Bassoon Concerto No. 2) (2010) by Glenn Buhr (also exists in a version for corno da caccia & bassoon)

November 9, 2012, Grace Church-on-the Hill, group of twenty-seven led by Eric Paetkau

NADINA MACKIE JACKSON loves collaboration with other musicians – both performers and composers. In fact, more new solo and chamber music has been commissioned/created for her than any other blue-haired bassoonist in the histo-ry of the world. You may have noticed that Nadina is presenting her “bio” in each of these Bassoon Out Loud programmes in different formats, to highlight differ-ent aspects of her career. Here is a partial list of works with orchestra created for Nadina, with premieres and subsequent performances.

Concerto by Adam Scime (2010) for amplified bassoon, electronics and chamber ensemble

Fall 2010, Walter Hall, University of Toronto New Music Ensemble, led by Constantine Caravassilis

Oddbird Concerto (2011) by Mathieu Lussier for bassoon, string orchestra and percussion

November 15, 2013, Trinity St-Paul, Toronto, group of twenty-seven chamber orchestra led by Eric Paetkau

Carnets de Voyages (2007) by Alain Trudel, double concerto for trumpet & bassoon with string orchestra and percussion, commissioned by CBC

February 8, 2008, Glenn Gould Studio, CBC, Toronto Chamber Orchestra led by Alain Trudel

Le Dernier Chant d’Ophélie (2008) by Mathieu Lussier for bassoon & string orchestra

February 2008, Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto Chamber Orchestra, led by Alain Trudel (repeat performances May 21, 2016, Toronto; May 23, 2016, Drayton;

June 4, 5 & 6, 2016, Eugene, Oregon; September 25, 2016, Toronto)

Spring Lullaby (2007) by Mathieu Lussier for bassoon & string orchestra

2010, Ayr, Ontario, Grand River Baroque Festival Orchestra led by Eric Paetkau (also exists in a version for corno da caccia & bassoon)

Bassango by Mathieu Lussier for bassoon & string orchestra

February 2, 2014, Brampton, Rose Orchestra led by David Warrak, Amati Saskatoon at Convocation Hall

August 27, 2014, Hattiesburg, Mississippi in Marsh Auditorium of the University of Southern Mississippi

August 30, 2014, Harris Hall at the University of Memphis

August, 2009, Just Plain Folks music awards, Wildhorse Saloon, Nashville

Bacchanale by Mathieu Lussier for trumpet & bassoon with string orchestra

2007, Ayr, Ontario, Grand River Baroque Festival

2007, Fredonia, New York, State University of New York at Fredonia

2012 , Saskatoon, Amati Strings

Double Concerto by Mathieu Lussier for trumpet & bassoon with string orchestra

2007 Grand River Baroque Festival led by Kevin Mallon

2010 Grand River Baroque Festival, led by Mattieu Lussier

2014, Okanagan Symphony Orchestra led by Rosemary Thomson

April 4, 2014, Kelowna Community Theatre, Kelowna, BC

April 5, 2014, Cleland Community Theatre, Penticton, BC

April 6, 2016, Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre, Vernon, BC

Violinist REBECCA MacLEOD has appeared as soloist with the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the the Arts and Letters Club and the Heliconian Club in Toronto, Carnegie Mellon Baroque Ensemble, the Valhalla Fine Arts Series, Cornell University, the Symphony of the Kootenays and in recital at the Festival de Febrero, Ajijic, Mexico. Rebecca has received a British Columbia Art’s Council Scholarship, a Koerner Foundation Scholarship and the Harold Carter Memorial Fellowship. From 2008 to 2011 she was awarded the use of a 1717 Stradivarius Violin and the prestigious

Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Schol-arship by the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music. Currently an artist-member of Pocket Concerts, Rebecca was a winner of the Galimir Prize in Chamber Music at the University of Toronto and prizewinner in the Glenn Gould School Chamber Music Compe-tition. Her harp and violin ensemble, Duo 51, recently completed a tour of Southern B.C., appearing in recitals for the American Harp Society, St. Stephen’s-in-the-Field Church, the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre and Christ Church Deer Park. Rebecca holds a Master’s of Music degree at The University of Toronto where she studied with Jonathan Crow. She holds a bfa at Carnegie Mellon University and Artist Diploma from The Glenn Gould School at

The Royal Conservatory of Music. Previous teachers include Paul Kantor, Barry Shiffman, Andres Cardenes and Bill van der Sloot. Rebecca has performed with the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Orchestra London, the Niagara Symphony, and the Brott Festival Orchestra along with many international music festivals including the National Academy Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, the Toronto Summer Music Festival, the Luminato Festival, the Domaine Forget Chamber Session, the St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar, the Aspen Music Festival and School, the International Music Academy Plzen, Czech Republic, the National Arts Centre’s Young Artists Programme, the Morningside Music Bridge in Calgary, and the Meadowmount School of Music. Rebecca has been featured performing on hgtv Extreme Homes and per-formed with The Arkells and the National Academy Orchestra at the 2015 Juno Awards and has performed with acclaimed electric violinist Tracy Silverman.

Born in Tehran, BIJAN SEPANJI is a multi-faceted performer and educator based in Toronto. A member of the Ton Beau String Quartet, he regularly performs new compositions by up-and-coming composers as well as standards from the classical repertoire. This past season Bijan performed a number of concerts with tbsq in Toronto including at the Music Garden, Hart House Great Hall, the Alliance Française, University of Toronto and University of Guelph. Together, they have collaborated with Spectrum Music, Iranian Composers of Toronto (icot) and other

composers such as William Rowson and Alex Goodman. Trained at Indiana and McGill universities, Bijan has had the opportu-nity to work with artists such as James Campbell, Mark Kaplan, Mimi Zweig, Jorja Fleezanis, Miriam Fried, Jonathan Crow and many others. His orchestral experience includes performances with Indianapolis and Kitchener-Waterloo and Thunder Bay symphonies, Hamilton Philharmonic, To-ronto Concert Orchestra and the National Academy Orchestra in Hamilton. Bijan is a member of Sistema To-ronto, a program aimed at bringing at-risk

youth into a safe and positive community by means of orchestral music, choir and Pachanga (Cuban drumming).

STEVE SANG KOH is currently the Palmason Graduate Fellow in Violin, and the teaching assistant to professor Annalee Patipatanakoon at the University of Toronto. A passionate performer and teacher, Steve is currently pursuing a

Doctoral of Musical Arts degree in the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto. He received his Bachelor of Arts at Rice University in Houston, Texas. After finishing his Bachelor’s degree, Steve continued his studies and received his Master’s in String Performance and Peda-gogy at Northwestern University. Steve has studied with the members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Paris Radio Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. His teachers have included Yehonatan Berick, Clara Jumi Kang, Svetlin Roussev, Joel Smirnoff, Koichiro Harada, Gerardo Ribeiro, Kathleen Winkler, Helen Hwaya Kim, Irina Mure-sanu, and Krzysztof Wegrzyn. He has performed in solo and chamber music masterclasses for Cyrus Forough of Carnegie Mellon University, Paul Kantor of the Shep-herd School of Music, Shmuel Ashkenasi of the Curtis Institute of Music, Hiroko Yajima of Mannes School of

Music, the Philharmonia Quartett Berlin of the Berlin Philharmoniker, the Ébéne Quartet and for the Belcea String Quartet.

An entrepreneurial young musician, BRENNA HARDY-KAVANAGH’s passion for chamber and orchestral music has taken her all over the world, with performanc-es in Canada, the United States, Brazil, Ireland, England, Wales, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Romania. Two-time prizewinner in the Glenn Gould School Chamber Music Competition, Brenna recently made her Ottawa International Chamber

Music Festival debut, as violinist of the Amarok Ensemble. Currently a member of Orchestre Nouvelle Génération, Brenna has also been a violinist of the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, concertmaster of the University of Montreal Orchestra and The Orchestra Now, assistant concertmaster of the Royal Conservatory Orchestra, and principal sec-ond violinist of Orchestre de la Francophonie. She has participated in the prestigious Britten-Pears Orchestra, the Domaine Forget Summer Cham-ber Music Institute, the Orford Arts Centre Music Academy, and The Banff Centre for the Arts Master Classes for Strings, and was a member of the 2015 Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Academy. As founding violinist of the Toronto-based pi-

ano trio Amarok Ensemble, Brenna attended the 2015 St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar at Stanford University, where the trio was one of three ensembles featured in the seminar’s International Showcase at Bing Concert Hall. In summer 2016, the Amarok Ensemble completed the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival’s inaugural Career Development Residency. Brenna completed the Artist Diploma Program at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in 2015, under the direction of Erika Raum. She also holds a Bachelor of Music degree (2010, studio of Vladimir Landsman) and an artist diploma (2013, studio of Laurence Kayaleh) from the University of Montreal. She plays on a 2002 violin by Ottawa luthier Guy Harrison.

Originally hailing from Nova Scotia, AMY SPURR has found her way to mul-tiple stages across Canada, and in a va-riety of musical settings. Winning their annual Concerto Competition, Amy had the opportunity to perform as soloist with Memorial University’s School of Music Chamber Orchestra. An avid orchestral player, Amy Spurr has performed among several Canadian orchestras, including the Windsor Sym-phony Orchestra, Kingston Symphony Orchestra, Thunder Bay Symphony Or-chestra, North Bay Symphony Orches-tra, Newfound Symphony Orchestra,

Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Etobicoke Philharmonic Orches-tra. She has also been an artist at multiple summer orchestral and chamber mu-sic festivals such as the National Academy Orchestra of Canada, Youth Orchestra of the Americas, Orchestre de la Francophonie, Domaine Forget, Orford Academy, and Tuckamore Chamber Music Festival.

Known to be passionate about new works, she is often sought out to premiere, perform, and record new music compositions. Amy has studied with Annalee Patipatanakoon of the Gryphon Trio and Duo Concertante violinist Nan-cy Dahn, as well as performed in masterclasses for renowned violinists such as James Ehnes and Jonathan Crow. Amy holds degrees from Memorial University of Newfoundland and the University of Toronto, and currently resides in Toronto.

A native of Newmarket, CHARNA MATSUSHIGE began studying the violin with Sonia Klimasko at age 6 and by her late teens continued her studies with David Zafer in Toronto. Charna has won numer-ous awards and scholarships in festivals and competitions across the province. In 2012, she was featured in V-PAN’s Young Artists Showcase at the Newmarket Theatre. Charna has been a member of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, the McGill Symphony Orchestra and the Univer-sity of Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

An avid chamber musician, Charna has participated in string quartet pro-grams at the Scotia Festival of Music in Halifax and the nyu Steinhardt Intensive String Quartet Workshop in New York City. Charna received her Bachelor of Music in Performance at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music under the tute-lage of Mark Fewer. In 2014, she received her Masters of Music from the Univer-sity of Toronto, studying with Yehonatan Berick. She currently freelances in the Toronto and surrounding areas.

Irish violinist JENNIFER MURPHY is quickly gaining recognition as a creative and charismatic performer. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed throughout Europe and North America and has had performances aired on bbc radio and cbc. Jennifer has performed at The Banff Centre Masterclasses, the

West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Domaine Forget and the Music By The Sea Festival. She has worked with many of the worlds most sought after perform-ers and teachers, including Maxim Vengerov, David Geringas, Joel Sachs and Ernst Kovacic.Jennifer is currently a Rebanks Family Fellow of the Royal Conservatory of Music, where she has been generously granted the use of a beautiful Chanot vio-lin. In June 2014, Ms. Murphy graduated with a Master of Arts from the Royal Academy of Music in Lon-don, along with the prestigious Dip. RAM accolade. She completed her undergraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and recently received her Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School. Her teachers have included Erika Raum,

Maurice Hasson and Detlef Hahn. Future engagements include a performance of Korngold Violin Concerto with Bramwell Tovey and the Royal Conservatory Orchestra in Koerner Hall in April 2017.

Violinist and composer ALICE HONG holds a Masters degree in violin perfor-mance from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music where she studied with Cho-Liang Lin as a Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Scholar. Alice earned her Bachelors Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music along with a minor in composition. She has performed recitals in China, Czech Republic, Canada, and the United States and has sat in princi-pal seats for orchestras at Spoleto usa , Sarasota Music Festival, Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Insti-tute of Music, Brevard Music Center, and orchestral ensembles at the Banff Centre. An avid chamber musician, Alice

has performed alongside Frans Helmerson and Milhaela Martin, Andres Diaz, Mark Fewer, Bion Tsang, Barry Shiffman, Miguel de la Silva, the Cavani Quartet, and members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She performed and toured as part of Heifetz Institute of Music’s “Heifetz on Tour” series, and participated in several semesters of cim’s Intensive Quartet Seminar. Alice is also an internationally acclaimed composer. Her FirstSymphony was premiered at age 11 and her compositions have been performed in Hungary, the Netherlands, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Canada and across America. Her music has been programmed in venues such as the Kennedy Center in Washing-ton, dc, the Primrose International Viola Competitions, and the Northern Califor-nia Viola Society Competitions. Phoenix,for full orchestra, won first prize and audience prize at the 2nd Keuris Composition Competition, and first prize of the Cleveland Institute of Music’s inaugural Carl E. Baldessere Competition for com-poser-virtuosi. Her electronic piece, Alcyone, will be featured in a dvd featuring the dancers of Studio 3D. Alice is currently a Doctorate of Musical Arts candidate at the University of Toronto under the tutelage of Jonathan Crow.

Violist RORY McLEOD enjoys an exciting and varied career as a chamber musi-cian, orchestral player, artistic director, and teacher. Combining his passion for chamber music with a knack for getting people together to enjoy it, Rory is the founder and Artistic Director of Pocket Concerts, an exciting new series that presents top-quality concerts in homes and other intimate spaces in the Toronto area. Rory has performed with the Smithsonian Chamber Players in Washington dc, and at the SweetWater Festival in Owen

Sound, The Toronto Summer Music Festi-val, the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival, and Le Domaine Forget. This past summer, Rory pursued his passion for chamber music across the continent, performing in California with The Kensington Piano Quartet, the Archipelago Collective on San Juan Island, Washington and the Synapse Ensemble in Nelson, bc. Rory frequently plays with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. He

served as assistant principal viola of Symphony Nova Scotia from 2010-12. He is a member of Toronto’s all-star classical band, and the group of twenty seven chamber orchestra with whom he has played principal viola. Rory holds a ba in English Literature from McGill University and a Perfor-mance Diploma from the Glenn Gould School, where he studied with Steven Dann. He has recently discovered the joy making Indian food at home, and can often be found at his local grocery stores trying to fit as much as possible into his bike pannier. www.pocketconcerts.ca/#!rory-mcleod/jci35

ALEXANDER McLEOD is the violist of the Ton Beau String Quartet and the Centre Director for Sistema Toronto in Parkdale. Alex recently completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Toronto, where he studied with Steven Dann. He also holds a Master of Music and a DkA from the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto. Alex currently serves on the board of the Ontario Strings Associ-ation. Alex’s dissertation “Violin Pedagogy and the Physics of the Bowed String” is available through ProQuest.

Cellist BRYAN LU is a dedicated chamber musi-cian, orchestral performer, and teacher. Bryan has served as principal cellist for numerous youth orchestras, and at the age of 15, was the youngest

member of the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra. That same year, he was invited to debut as a soloist with the Port Credit Chamber Strings, performing Haydn’s second CelloConcerto in D Major. Bryan has performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weil Hall, Symphony Space, and Staller Center for the Arts in New York and at many festivals including the Inter-national Musical Arts Institute, the Beethoven Institute, QuartetFest@Laurier,

Orford Arts Centre Academy, and the Toronto Summer Music Festival. He is currently one of the Chamber Music Mentors at Pinchas Zuker-man’s Young Artist Program at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Bryan has collaborated with numerous acclaimed artists, including Ben Sayevich, Timothy Deighton, Colin Carr, Martin Storey, and members of the Emerson String Quartet. A respected coach and tutor, Bryan taught undergraduate chamber music at Stony Brook University and in the pre-college program as a chamber music coach and theory instructor. He is currently a chamber music coach at the Royal Conser- vatory’s Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Acad-emy for Young Artists. Brayn received his Masters of Music from

Stony Brook University, Bachelor of Music degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, and an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School. Previous teachers include Andrés Díaz, Desmond Hoebig, Colin Carr, and the Emerson String Quartet. Bryan will commence his doctoral studies at the University of Toronto this fall with Joseph Johnson, principal cellist of the Toronto Symphony.

With tastes ranging from baroque music to death metal, cellist AMAHL ARUL ANANDAM is known for his musical versatility and ability to adapt to many different genres. He is currently based in Toronto and has recently finished Artist Diploma studies at the Glenn Gould School with Desmond Hoe-big and Andres Diaz. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto with Shauna Rolston, and holds a Master’s De-

gree from McGill University under Matt Haimovitz. Amahl’s performances have brought him to three different continents, with major performances in Canada, the United States, Austria and India including a performance of Samuel Barber’s Concerto with the McGill Symphony Orchestra.

Born in Toronto, JOE PHILLIPS has carved out a career as one of Canada’s most versatile double bassists. Currently playing with Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project, he has also played and recorded both bass and guitar with the likes of Pierre Schryer, Shane Cook, Nuala Kennedy, Sarah Slean, David Braid, Andrew Downing, Miranda Mulholland, A Fig For A Kiss, Ruth Moody and the Wailin’ Jennys. An ac-

complished classical musician, Joe has been the principal bassist of Orchestra London Canada, Sinfonia Toronto and the Thunder Bay Symphony, and has performed with the Toronto Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company and many other ensembles. Joe has had the opportunity to play with some of the best chamber musicians in Canada and the world through his work with the Art of Time Ensemble, Sweetwater Music Festival, Festival of the Sound, and the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. Joe lives in London Ontario with his partner Sylvie, and their two children.

Ottawa native THEODORE CHAN joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra bass section in 2012. Prior to the tso,

Mr. Chan spent two seasons as Assistant Principal Bass at the Winnipeg Sympho-ny Orchestra, following the completion of a Graduate Certificate in performance at the University of Southern California. While at usc, he also earned his Master of Music degree under the tutelage of Los Angeles Philharmonic bassists Dennis

Trembly and David Moore. He received his Honours Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Otta-wa studying with David Currie. Mr. Chan maintains a diverse and busy performance schedule, having performed with the Los Angeles Phil-harmonic, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orches-tra, and the Santa Barbara Symphony. He has played at the invitation of the British High Commissioner of Canada, the Canadian Prime Minister, and the Gover-nor General of Canada, as well as the Orquestra de la Communidad Valenciana at the invitation of Maestro Zubin Mehta. As a Fellow at the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, Mr. Chan has worked with classical luminaries including conductor Riccardo Muti and bassists Milan Sagat (Principal, Vienna Philharmonic), Klaus Stoll (Principal, Berlin Philharmonic), and Harold Robinson (Principal, The Philadelphia Orchestra). While taking part in the National Arts Centre’s Summer Music Institute, he

worked with renowned bassist Joel Quarrington and the orchestra’s Music Direc-tor, Maestro Pinchas Zukerman.In 2008 Theodore Chan was awarded a commendation from the City of Los Ange-les for his “extraordinary commitment to the great tradition of classical music” and his “dedication and service to the City.” Amidst many engagements, Mr. Chan remains committed to teaching and maintains a private teaching studio.

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