Volume 10 Issue 3 - November 2004

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1- •ii l •r& LINDEN SCHOOL • Academic Excellence • Girl-Centred Education Small Class Size • Integrated Math, Science & Technology • l 00% University Acceptance • Diversity, Equity & Community Action • Art, Drama, Dance & Music (including our famous all-girls steel pan band) • Scholarships Available Where Girls Learn Best Nov 12, 2004 Open Jan 18, Feb 11 &: April 15, 2005 House 9:00 AM - 12:·00 PM (Co-Principals' Preoentation: 9:30 AM) Accepting Applications for Grades 1-12 416-966-4406 I www.lindenschool.ca I 10 Rosehill Avenue Uolveniry Settlement Faundtd 1910 UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT MUSIC AND ARTS SCHOOL Founded in 1921 Offers low-cost, quality individual instruction in various instruments and voice. We also have spaces available for the following non-auditioned group activities: Children's Choir: Mon. 4:30- 5:45 Children's Ear Training : Mon. 6:00- 7:00 Dance (ballet, tap, jazz) : Sat. afternoons (dance classes available for age 4 to adult) Community Choir : Thurs. 7:30- 9:30 Solfege (adults) : 3 levels, times vary University Settlement, 23 Grange Rd., Toronto (near Dundas and University) For more information, call Anne or Natasha at 416-598-3444 ext 243/ 244 me, and her. HOW I MET Felix Deak Last year she passed away and I will miss her greatly. What advice, above all, would you give to someone looking for a teacher for a child, or for themselves? Eve Take the time to try a variety of teachers for a period of time to see if they are the right teacher for you. Every student and teacher relationship is different. It is in the unique chemistry between student and teacher that makes for the best learning/teaching environment. Matt My only general advice to people starting out is to tell them to determine what the fundamentals are and to get them down properly before embarking on a career. Unfortunately you set the standard before you start getting hired. Once you are a working musician it gets increasingly difficult to get back to basics due to a lack of time. Sometimes that extra year or two of study will pay off in a big way down the line. Felix One thing I remember clearly is that she never pushed me or pressured me to practise or be a soloist. She was interested in me having fun afld enjoying the instrument. The same goes for my amazing parents! I think that is a huge reason why I am STILL playing the best instrument ever. And loving it. 4 - WWW, THEWHOLENOTE.COM MY TEACHER continued from page 41 yourself. ... ... And a final word from Matt What makes a good teacher is interesting, but more interesting perhaps is what makes a good student. I think we put too much responsibility on the backs of the teachers when the bulk of the work has to come from the individual anyway. Most the great musicians I know are largely self . taught. Teachers point the way but you still have to get the work done *** You can hear Eve Egoyan in concert Sunday Nov 7 at 2pm . playing a single movement work, written especially for her: "Asking" by Spanish/German composer Maria de Alvear. This performance is part of HYSTERIA A Festival of Women at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street, Toronto (416) 975-8555 Matthew White performs with renowned viola da gamba duo Les Voix Humaines (Susie Napper and Margaret Little), Friday Nov 5 and Sat 6 at 8pm, in a Toronto Consort programme of music by Byrd, Dowland and Vallet called Vive !'amour! Vive ces feux! - Trinity St. Paul's Centre 427 Bloor St West (416) 964-6337. Felix Deak performs with Gabrielle McLaughlin, Aisslinn Nosky and Julia Wedman as baroque ensemble I Furiosi: Friday November 12 at 8pm. Sopra la Puttanesca " ... a celebration of the service industry" includes a Monteclair cantata, a set by various composers on the theme of La Monaca and Bartlet's 'Of All the Birds that I do Know'. Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 r;>elisle Ave, Toronto. (416) 652-5483 So how did YOU meet your teacher? MUSICAL LIFE would like to know. If you know someone with an interesting story, please get in touch with musicschildren@thewholenote. corn NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 7 2004

WE ARE ALL Music's CHILDREN by Masha Buell November's Child Simon says ... allegro giocoso! Identify this leading member of our music community, photo taken August 1955, for a chance to win tickets or CDs. If you think you know who it is, send your answer to musicschildren @thewholenote.com The winner will be selected by random draw among entries received by November 15th, 2004. Little people can have big dreams. We help make them come true. Group Programs /I') .o A /#(J? d fo /Y #(.I? /I') /Y, uuykiyt:r::;: Music for You & Your Baby (0-3 yrs) Orff/Kodaly/Dalcroze Eurhythmics (3-8 yrs) Private Instruction Piano Guitar October's Child .... was cellist Shauna Rolston Children's Chamber Choirs (Ages 6 & up) Creative Drama & Speech (Ages 6 & up) Music Theory & History (RCM Grades 1- 5) Summer Programs Available Voice Violin, Viola and Cello French Horn, Trumpet and Sax Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Recorder Sharon M. Burlacoff ARCT B.Mus. MA MFA, Executive Director The Kingsway · Conservatory of Music U• 416-234-0121 3086 Bloor St. W. Toronto, Ontario Two blocks west of Royal York Rd. Shauna Rolston has been captivating audiences with her passion for music since the age of two. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Shauna studied with the distinguished cellist Aldo Parisot at Yale and made a spectacular Town Hall debut in New York at age 16. Recent highlights include recitals in Finland and Iceland during Governor General Adrienne Clarkson's state visit and at New York's Lincoln Center, as well as concerto performances with the China Philharmonic (Casals Festival), Banff Festival, Winnipeg, Victoria, Vancouver, Toronto and Utah Symphonies. Shauna is an enthusiastic advocate of Canadian classical music. Her CD "This is the Colour of My Dreams", which won Best Classical CD at the 2002 West Cost Music Awards, features works by Ka Nin Chan, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Christos Hatzis, and Heather Schmidt. Shauna is also professor of cello and co-head of the string department (University of Toronto), and a visiting artist at the Banff Centre for the Arts. (www.shaunarolston.com) And Our Winners ... Margot Jewell will be the guest of U ofT Faculty of Music's Chamber Music Series for one of two possible concerts. Shauna Rolston will be perfoming Monday Nov 8 in "Dvorak Rediscoveries" and Monday Nov 29 in "Super Seven". These concerts are in Walter Hall at 7pm, 416- 978-744. Emma Lander will receive "This is the Colour of My Dreams" (CBC Records). NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 7 2004