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Volume 4 Issue 9 - June 1999

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All the King's Voices are on the<br />

move again. In addition to their<br />

three concert Millenniwn series,<br />

the choir have been invited to<br />

perfonnAn Evening of Gilbert<br />

and Sullivan in the Niagara<br />

Concert Season on Saturday,<br />

January 15,2000 at 8:00pm.<br />

The Canadia~ Children's<br />

Opera Chorus annowtces its<br />

participation in<br />

MusicCanadaMusique 2000, a<br />

national celebration of the<br />

' Canadian composer. The CCOC<br />

has commissioned a new opera,<br />

· based on Oscar Wilde's The Star<br />

· . Child, for the festival. The work<br />

' by composer John Greer and<br />

. librC:ttist Ned Dickens will<br />

_premiere in May 2000.<br />

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of Elisabeth Bihl as its new<br />

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The New Hamilton Orchestra<br />

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position of Artistic Advisor for<br />

next seaSn. He will provide<br />

guidance in the selection of ali<br />

repertoire, guest conductors and<br />

soloists, and will asswne<br />

responsibility for all matters<br />

pertaining to artistic quality.<br />

Organ Alternatives' fowtder<br />

and artistic director, Christopher<br />

Dawes, has recently been<br />

appointed Organist and Director<br />

of Music at St. James' Cathedral,<br />

succeeding Giles Bryant<br />

who retires after 20 years as<br />

Organist and Master of the<br />

Choristers.<br />

Tafelmusik has lawtched its first<br />

CD wtder the Analekta/Fleur de<br />

Lys label, a recording dedicated<br />

to Handel's Arias and Dances,<br />

excerpts from Agrippina and<br />

Alcina. The orchestra has<br />

previously released some 55 CDs<br />

on the Collegiwn, Hyperion, ,<br />

CBC Enterprises, BMG Classic<br />

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The Toronto Symphony<br />

Orchestra has experienced a<br />

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cycle and an ambitious 13-city<br />

tour of Europe.<br />

University Settlement M,usic &<br />

Arts School extendS· grateful<br />

thanks to the Duke Trio for their<br />

recent concert to raise money for<br />

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Yip's Children's,Cboral and<br />

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Choir (Canada) arinoW1ce the<br />

resignation of Dr. Gabriel Lewtg,<br />

Chief Conductor and Director of<br />

Studies for Yip's Canadian<br />

operations. Mrs. Jennie Lewtg,<br />

currently Principal of Yip's<br />

Richmond Hill campus, will<br />

succeed Dr. Lewtg as Chief<br />

Conductor of the Choir.<br />

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