Volume 6 Issue 9 - June 2001

OTTAWA
INTERNATIONAL
CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
After the succesful launch of its
year-long concert series, the
Ottawa Chamber Music Society
promises this summer to present
the largest Ottawa International
Chamber Music Festival ever:
106 concerts between July 21st
and August 4th!
Headline performers include
the Emerson, St. Lawrence, and
Axelrod String Quartets, and
new to the festival this year, the
Philharmonia Quartett Berlin.·
Other ensembles include the
Beaux Arts Trio, Gryphon
Trio, and the Aradia Ensemble.
Soloists include pianists Louie
Lortie and Naida Cole, soprano
Donna Brown, countertenor
Daniel Taylor, violinists Anne
Akiko Meyers and Martin
Beaver, and many more!
The Ottawa International
Chamber Music Festival office
has moved into the Rideau
Centn:, and all are invited to
come visit its storefront, where
tickets and passes will go on sale
June 8th.
For more information or to order
tickets and passes, please call the
office at (613) 234-8008 or check
out our website at
www.chamberfest.com
THE SOUTHERN ONTARIO
CHAMBER MUSIC
INSTITUTE
has trained talented young
classical musicians in the art of
chamber music since 1989.
Administered by a tireless
and dedicated Board of Directors,
and held on the campus of
Appleby College in Oakville, the
Institute attracts students from
across Canada, the USA and
abroad. Enrollment is limited to
thirty-six students, selected via
audition tapes. Through a
Trillium grant, SOCMI has hired
an Administrator whose mandate
is to raise awareness of the
institute as well as launch a
campaign to raise scholarship and
·operational funds. Their new
office in downtown Oakville will
ensure a year-round presence of
the Institute.
The program includes daily
coached rehearsals and master
classes plus performances by
students, faculty and guest artists,
open to the public. This year's
Institute will be held August 11 -
25. Faculty includes the Akan
String Quartet and the
Penderecki String Quartet,
Norman Nelson (violin),
Terence Helmer (viola) and
Marcel Saint-Cyr (violoncello).
For further SOCMI information,
· visit their website -
www.socmi.on.ca or call 905-
842-5865.
Special Focus on Summer
Festivals continues on page 20
ANTON KUERTI, pianist, performs Beethoven's
late sonatas in two sessions on Saturday, June 23,
2001: Part I at 3:00 pm and Part 2 at 8:00 pm.
Anton Kuerti will give a musical talk about the
sonatas on Friday, June 22 at 8 pm. Tickets are
free for those who attend either of the June 23rd
concerts!
JASPER WOOD, violinist with piano accompaniment,
celebrates the centenary of Jascha Heifetz.
Saturday, July 7, 2()01at8:00 pm
INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
(flute, clarinet, strings and piano) will perform
Mozart's Clarinet Quintet as well as Dvorak's
Piano Quintet.
Saturday, July' 14, 2001 at 8:00 pm
LAUGHTON & O'MEARA, trumpet and organ,
will perform great Baroque repertoire, using one of
the finest organs in southern Ontario. ·
Saturday, July 21, 2001at8.:00 pm
THE NYLONS
Saturday, July 28, 2001at3:00 pm and 8:00 pm
concerts
SHAUNA ROLSTON, Canada's great cellist,
performs with piano accompaniment worlcs by
Schumann, De Falla and Rachmaninoff.
Saturday, Augrist 11, 2001at8:00 pm
RESONANCE STRING ORCHESTRA performs
the classics under the direction of Robert Miskey.
Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 4:00 pm
All concerts will be held at Trinity United Church
140 Maple Street, Collingwood
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