Welcome to Part 4 of our
Welcome to Part 4 of our 2000/2001 Member Profiles This list represents all memberships: September, October, November, and now, December. WholeNote is proud to have member support of a tremendous number of flourishing concert organizations, without whose presence in our pages we would be a much paler magazine indeed. As we do every year, we offer each one the opportunity to tell you, our readers, about themselves: who they are, how to get in touch with them,. upcoming concert activity, what it is that .makes them special. In this issue we.will be publishing season profiles of our December members, in their own words. As well, these profiles will be available all year long on our website, www.thewholenote.com In our September, October and November issues we welcomed the following organizations. September profiles are marked with an S; October's with an 0, and November's with an N. - Aboriginal Music Days - N - Millennium Youth Orchestra - N - The Torontci Consort - 0 -Aldeburgh Connection - 0 · - Mississauga Children's Choir - N - Toronto Early Music Centre - S - All The King's Voices - 0 · - Music.At Metropolitan - 0 · .- Toronto .Senior Strings - O '_Amadeus Choir - 0 - Music at St. Clement's - N - Toronto Sinfonietta - 0 -Amlci Chamber Ensemble - 0 - Music TORONTO - 0 ·-Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra - N - Bach Children's Chorus - 0 - The New Guitar - 0 - Trillium Brass Quintet - N - Baroque Mµsic Beside The Grange - 0 - New Music Concerts - S - Univer.sity OfToronto, Faculty Of Music - 0 - Beach Arts Centre Music School - 0 - New Opera and Concerts Centre - S - Vesn ivka Choir - 0 ~ Bell'Arte Singers - N - North Toronto Women's Chamber Choir - 0 - VocalPoint Chamber Choir - 0 -CAMMAC-0 - Oakville Symphony Orchestra - N - Voices - S - Canadian Children's Opera Chorus - N - Off Centre Music Salon - S ·- Women's Musical Club Of Toronto - 0 - Canadian Music Centre - N - Orpheus Choir Of Toronto - 0 - York University's Faculty of - Cathedral Bluffs Orchestra - S - Pax Christie Chorale - N Fine Arts, Dept. of Music - S - Calyx Concerts - S - Peros Music Inc. - 0 · - Uni~rsity Settlement Music & Arts School - N - Centuries Opera Association - N - Renaissance Singers - 0 - Concerts At St. George's - 0 - Roy Thomson Hall And Massey Hall - 0 In this issue, we are pleased to welcome the - Dance OREMUS danse - 0 - St. George's Anglican Church - N following organizations: - Deer Park Concerts - N - St. Michael's Choir School - S - Annex Singers of Toronto -DU0-0 - Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra - 0 - Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra - Duo L'lntempore'I - N - Sinfonia Toronto - S - Catvin Presbyterian Church Choir - Etobicoke Community Concert Band - 0 • Skye Consort - N ' - Etobicoke Youth Ba'nd - Etobicoke Musical Productions - N - Song Circle - 0 - I FURIOSI Baroque Ensemble - Exult~te Chamber Singers - N ·· ~ Soundstreams C(\nada - 0 - Mississauga Choral Society - Festival Wind Orchestra - N - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - Music at.St. John's - Guerrilla Gallery - N - High Park Choirs Of Toronto - 0 - Jubilate Singers - S - Taliske~ Players - 0 - The Tallis Choir - 0 - toneART ensemble - 0 - Orchestras Canada - Riverdale Youth Singers - Rothko Trio - Jub.ilate Children's Chorus of Toronto - S - Toronto Camarata - 0 - Sl~E NOMINE Ensembe for Medieval Music - Kammermusik Toronto - 0 . - Torontb Cantata Chorus - S - Sonavista - Kiwanis Music Festival Of Greater Toronto - 0 - Toronto Chamber Choir - 0 - Toronto School of Music -. Les Amis - 0 - Toronto Cl:ioral Society - N - Toronto School for Strings - Libre Music - N - Toronto Classical Singers - 0 - The Victoria Scholars t t t Member profiles ANNEX SINGERS OF TORONTO Artistic Director: Lawrence Goudge Contact: Ray Harris 924-9883 or' Mare Britton (PR) at marebritton@sympatico.ca The membership of the Annex Singers, now in its 21st year as · a community choir, has reached 50. Under its new director, Lawrence Goudge, who was . drawn to the choir by its spirit, an important goal is the development of a clean choral tone through voice placement, tuning and other technical training. Envisaged is a community choir.that is the best it can be, singing musically with firie phrasing and interpretation. The Annex Singers traditionally perform a major classical work at their Christmas and Spring concerts, along with · shorter pieces of varied folk and classical genres. Charpentier's Messe de Minuit pour Noel will be performed Dec. 9 at 8 pm, in a Carol Concert at St. Thomas Church (on Huron St., below Bloor), with a spring concert and annual. cabaret taking place on April 7 and May 26. Main rehearsals are Mondays. Some music reading ability is required of members. THE ASSOCIATES OF THE TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 900 Yonge St. Suite 1404 Toronto, M4W 3P5 · Contact: Eleanor Kalmanasch Phone: 416·323·0862 1 E·mail: eleanor@firstfolio.com Musical Consultant: Stanley Solomon 18 Wholenote DH.;EMBER l, 2000 - JANUARY 31, 2001 The Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra are men and women who have a love of classical music and a desire to support the TSO through •their many activities. Members enjoy the opportunity to meet a variety of people through the Associates' numerous social events. The major activity is organizing The Five Small Concerts series held in Trinity-St.Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. Toronto. The series showcase' the talents of TSO musicians and the TSO Youth Orchestra. "2001 - A Musical Odyssey" is this season's theme, with music ranging from Mozart to Bernstein. The series runs from January to June. Membership also includes eight "informal" evenings where young classiqtl musicians perform, refreshments are served and scintil- . lating conversation is enjoyed. CALVIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CHOIR Director: Stephanie Martin 26 Delisle Ave. Toronto, ON M4V 1S5 P.hone: (4 i 61923·9030 Fax: (4161923·9245 Email: calvinpc@interlog.com Website: calvinpc.com Calvin Presbyterian Church's. enthusiastic 24-voice ch6ir won Second Prize in this year's CBC Radio Choir Competition in the church choir category. Our primary performances take place every Sunday morning at 11 am at our church, where we sing the great miniature masterworks' of sacred choral literature every week. On Sunday Dec. 17th at 2 pm 'we'll perform our personalized Messiah which features 13 different soloists, all of them choir members! We'll be presenting a shorter version, at bargain prices,. so that families can bring children to hear their first Messiah in a more relaxed, afternoon setting. Copies of our Christmas CD Wassail will be available at the concert. •••
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