2009 Annual Report - Edmonton Community Foundation

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SPREADING A PASSION FOR MUSIC EDMONTON ARTISTS’ TRUST FUND If you’re unfamiliar with the bassoon, a woodwind instrument with a double reed, there are a few compositions that may remind you of the sound – think of the grandfather part in Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev or the opening measures of The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky, made famous in Walt Disney’s Fantasia. Matthew Howatt plays bassoon as an extra for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. He chose to play the bassoon in grade eight to avoid being another face in the crowd of flutes, trumpets and clarinets that abound in junior high band classes. While Matthew is now a professional bassoon player, he is troubled by the lack of bassoonists in general and in Edmonton in particular. “The bassoon isn’t exactly the instrument that a three year old starts playing,” Matthew says. It’s really at the junior high level, where students are introduced to band music that there’s an opportunity to introduce the bassoon. He admits that the instrument is expensive and difficult to play but he decided to try to bolster its popularity among Edmonton’s young music students and secondary school music departments. He applied for and received an Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund award in 2009. The EATF is an endowment at Edmonton Community Foundation and the annual awards are administered by the Edmonton Arts Council. The fund supports the creative endeavours of Edmonton artists. The Fund distributes several awards annually to local artists in a variety of artistic disciplines. Matthew is using the award to help promote awareness of the bassoon in the hopes of inspiring future bassoonists. “The EATF is designed to invest in Edmonton’s creative community and to encourage artists to stay in our community,” says John Mahon, executive director of the Edmonton Arts Council. “A project like Matthew’s, which is aimed at promoting appreciation of the bassoon, is important to the diversity of Edmonton’s music community. A healthy community, like any environment, needs a balance of many elements in order to sustain itself.” 20 Edmonton Community Foundation • Annual Report 2009
Matthew Howatt Matthew Howatt is using his EATF award to help inspire future bassoonists. 20 Years of Giving 21
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