ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETCETERA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 61 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING INSTRUCTION MUSICIANS WANTED singing; video/sound recordings of excellent examples of performances. Elliott Hall, Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-924· 5608, 416·356·9150. (members), (non·members). * April 8, 9:30am·4pm; April 9, 1 :30·4:00: Toronto Early Music Performance Organization. Spring Weekend with Francis Co/pron, recorder. Lansing United Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 416·778·7777. * April 8 10:30am: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Singsation Saturday. John Tuttle will conduct the Faure Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine. Cameron Hall, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-598- 0422 x24. Pre-registration recommended. * April 8 12:30: Waterloo Guitar Sum· mit. Jazz guitar workshop (finger-style) with Margaret Stowe, Bob Mclean, Carter Lancas· ter, Wendell Ferguson. Grand Gallery, Water· loo Community Arts Centre, 25 Regina St. South, Waterloo. 519·886-4577. . * April 8 4pm-4:45: Toronto Early Music Centre. Pastime With Good Company. Bow technique workshop with Louis Begin. Players at all levels of experience & on all sizes of viols are welcome. Preceded by 2:30pm gamba duo concert (see daily listings).The afternoon will conclude with an informal reception & the opportunity to try bows made by Louis and Emmanuel Begin. Kimbourne Park United Church, 200 Wolverleigh Blvd. RSVP: Joelle Morton, 416-760-8610. (concert & workshop). * April 15 2:00: Long & McOuade. Brass Concepts. Approaches to preparation, physique and performing. Clinic with solo tubist, mouth· piece maker & tuba designer Daniel Perantoni, who will hear performances by selected students and incorporate his concepts. 925 Bloor St. West. 416·588· 7886. Free. * April 19 7:30: Toronto Shapenote Singing from Sacred Harp. Beginners welcome. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields, 1 03 Bellevue Ave. 416· 922-7997 or pleasancecrawford@rogers.com * April 21 7:30: Recorder Players' Society. Opportunity for recorder and/or other early instrument players to get together in small, informal groups and play Renaissance & Baroque music. Church of the T ransfiguration, 111 Manor Rd. East. 416·224·5830. * April 23 1 :30-4:30: Early Childhood Music Association of Ontario. Beautiful Singing For Young Children And Their Teachers. Workshop focusing on exercises & repertoire that will help the young chorister develop singing tone and reading skills. Included is a discussion of techniques to help develop singing technique & deal with tuning problems; also included: an observation of a Bach Children's Chorus rehearsal at Washington United Church (3739 Kingston Rd). Cliffcrest United Church, 1 McGowan Rd. For further informa· tion: 416·240·8573. (before Apr 8, E.C.M.A. member), (door, E.C.M.A. member), ((before Apr 8, non-member), (door, non·member). * April 23 2:00: CAMMAC. Reading for voices and instruments of opera choruses (or Cam,ina Buran a), conducted by Colin Clarke. Elliott Hall, Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-421-0779. (non-members). * April 24 7:30: Toronto Early Music Centre. Vocal Circle. Recreational reading of early choral music. Ability to read music desirable but not essential. 12 Millbrook Gres. 416-920-5025. Members free, (nonmembers). * April 25 8:00: Toronto Folk Singers' Club. An informal group that meets for the purpose of performance & exchange of songs. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-532· 0900. *May 7 1:30-4pm: Toronto Early Music Performance Organization. Workshop with David Fallis in medieval pilgrim songs, for singers & mixed instruments. Lansing United Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 416- 778· 7777. , members free. CLASSICAL GUITAR LESSONS RCM CALL FOR ACOUSTIC !rained. 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"How I Met My Teacher" goes to ... the Opera! edited and compiled by mJ buell Toronto's new opera house has done much already to generate greater public interest in opera. But there is some risk that the fascination may be only skin deep - part of Toronto's current love affair with new and renewed public buildings. It's also difficult to say whether that interest will extend to or benefit other opera companies in the region. But what a time for a concerted effort from the entire community to encourage people of all ages to look at opera. Websites and brochures reveal after-school, weekend and vacation classes, workshops and camps for children as young as five, opportunities for young professionals and adults, for aspiring professionals, as well as for gifted amateurs, to help ensure not only future generations of performers but also future generations of audiences. Enlightened initiatives offer free or discounted tickets to rehearsals and performances for students.Brave programs bring artists right into schools, from the larger companies on down to brave little ensembles like Shoestring Opera and Opera Everywhere. But parents, grandparents, teachers, administrators, and education advocates need to know they are available, understand and insist that they are necessary and valuable. Serious students who "get hooked " as teenagers need to know how and where they can continue at a post-secondary level. The Royal Conservatory of Music, The University of Toronto Faculty of Music Opera Division, are obvious resources. The COC Ensemble Studio program serves as a bridge between academic post-secondary programs and the professional world of opera for young Canadian singers, opera coaches and stage directors. The Canadian Opera Company provides at least twenty education programs: lectures, preperformances chats, backstage tours and discounted dress rehearsal tickets and a wide range of learning opportunities for adults such as Opera 101 and, currently, Wagner 101, 201 & 301. They have child/youth programs and initiatives with engaging names like Opera for a New Age (ages 18-29), Opera Jam! (grades 9-12), Operaworks (Grades 6-9), Opera Storytime (kindergarten to grade 5). Opera Atelier has noticed a 900% growth in student attendance at productions and programs. The Making of an Opera program allows school groups a hands-on opportunity to participate in various facets of opera production, and ensures that up to 1,000 students are WholeNote MarketPlace able to attend every Opera Atelier dress rehearsals free of charge. Opera Atelier education and outreach has included collaboration with the Faculty of Music, U of T, The Glenn Gould School and Young Artists Performance Program, Dare Arts, Tafelmusik's Baroque Summer Institute and George Brown Theatre. Opera Atelier's pre-performance lectures provide insight for all audience members. Tapestry New Opera's unique education programs are, like the company, creation-based. More than a series of demonstrations, lectures or back stage tours, they embed animateurs, creative artists, performers and designers in schools around the province in a hands-on process that parallels their professional practice. Hence the name: JNside Opera. Since the pilot project inspired by IRON ROAD (2001), Tapestry has engaged hundreds of young people in collaborative creations based on the themes surrounding new opera productions and contemporary subject matter Opera Ontario's, Young People's Night at the Opera enables students 8-18 to attend a final dress rehearsal (/ticket). Opera Look-In, open to all members of the community, allows CONrlNUES di· ~? _JJ.. :'?~c· Education ~-
