Volume 4 Issue 3 - November 1998

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tHE FRED GAVILLER MEMORIAL
FUND SCHOLARSHIP CONCERT
In 1991 a small group of people who had
been close friends with Fred Gaviller ·
launched a music award in memory of
-their dear departed friend, a teacher
lawyer and linguist, whose "intellect~al
acuity, sense of humour and scope of
personality were imbued with a simplicity
and charm which endeared him to many
and left a marked impression on those with
~hom he came in contact." The Fund will
Jimnch its award program on November 15
with a recital by this year's scholarship
winner, pianist, Vadim Serebryany.
WORLD MUSIC
On November 1 the Nishikawa Ensemble
will perform traditional and new Japanese
music at Walter Hall. The Toronto Tabla
Enseiilble will work its magic at the Du
Maurier Theatre Centre as it launchs its
new CD, "Second Palla" on November 5
&6.
As so many other Canadian musicians
have done, gone to the source to study the
musical tradition that fascinated them
guitarist Juan Tomas travelled to Sp~in
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where he studied flamenco guitar. Also a
composer, Tomas, will perform a program
of his own compositions in the Flamenco
tradition at the Church of the Redeemer
, November 7 and at'Brampton's Heritage
Theatre November 21. . ·
MUSIC FOR WINDS
The Toronto Youth Concert Winds is a
wind ensemble composed of high school
students who are really serious about
music. It will perform at the Church of the
Redeemer on November 27 under the
baton of Colin Clarke. ,On November lB
the New York Wind Soloists will give us
a taste of the big apple, musically
speaking, when they perform with
Canadian pianist, Jon Kimura Parker at
the Glenn Gould Studio.
And flute vi_rtuoso Susan Hoeppner,
violist Valerie Kuinka, and percussionist
Beverley Johnston will perform together
as part of the Faculty Artist Series concert
in Walter Hall on November 27.
(Coincidentally, each of these three fine
. musicians has been on the cover of the
WholeNote!)
SONG
November 8 the ever resourceful Off
Centre Recital Series duo, Boris Zarankin
and Inna Perkis will perform with Toronto
mezzo-soprano, Linda Maguire, whose
voice La Presse described as "heroic, with
a_ beautiful mezzo colour ... the agility and
rmg of a soprano, the concentration and
the musicality of a true iqterpreter .... "
Maguire has performed extensively in
Europe as well as Canada, and last
summer recorded Verdi's Requiem in
Prague with the Virtuosi di Praga. On
November 22 another vocal recital in the
"not to be missed" category will occur
when the Aldeburgh Connection presents
not one but four world-class singers on the
stage of Walter Hall.
MASTERS
Renowned baritone, Louis Quilico, will
perform art music from France and Russia
at U ofT's Faculty of Music on
·November 2, accompanied by Christina
Petrowska. Famed Canadian contralto,
Maureen Forrester will be the guest artist
at the inaugural concert of a new concert
series, Music at Rosedale (United
Church), on November 22. She will be
joined by the choir of Rosedale United
Church, Wayne Strongman, conductor and
.pianist, Ruth Watson Henderson.
SONG WITH A DIFFERENCE
Hemispheres begins its lOth anniversary
season on November 14 with the world
premiere· of, "The Enemy" by Victor