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ARTISTiC DIRECTOR<br />
NEW MEMBERS WELCOME<br />
AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT<br />
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<strong>2002</strong>-2003<br />
Concert Series<br />
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CHRISTMAS WITH RUTH<br />
WATSON HENDERSON<br />
, A 70th Birthday Celebration<br />
Saturday, Nov. 30, <strong>2002</strong><br />
Veronica Tennant, narrator<br />
Albert Greer, tenor<br />
Earl Haig Chamber Cnoir<br />
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SONGS-SAYINGS-SONNETS ·<br />
Saturday, Mar. 1,, 2003<br />
Bach - Telfer - Glick<br />
Gardner - Maclean<br />
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Nat King COLE Porter<br />
A tribute through Song<br />
Two of the Greatest<br />
Saturday, May 10, 2003<br />
The Oriana Stage Band<br />
THE ORIANA SINGERS<br />
250 Verobeach Blvd.<br />
Toronto; Ont. M9M 1R6<br />
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by Larry Beckwith<br />
A feast awaits the choral music<br />
lover this month! All year I've<br />
been highlighting the events in the<br />
upcoming Joy of Singing Choral<br />
Festival and now it is upon us.<br />
There is also a huge number of non<br />
Festival events happening in the<br />
month of <strong>June</strong>, to which I want to<br />
draw your attention.<br />
CLASSICAL<br />
Massed choir "ringmaster"<br />
First, the Festival. There are brochures<br />
with festival events available<br />
Lee Willingham, <strong>June</strong> I<br />
all over town and, indeed, there's Children's Chorus (<strong>June</strong> 9), St.<br />
a two-page spread at the front of Michael's Cathedral Choirs (<strong>June</strong><br />
this magazine, spelling out the de- 10), Toronto Jewish Folk Choir<br />
tails of the many exciting choral (Jooe 12), Victoria Scholars (Jwx: 16),<br />
events. Full details are also avail- Toronto .Mendelssohn Choir (<strong>June</strong><br />
able at the Festival website at 18) and the Tafelmusik Chamber<br />
www.joyofsinging.ca. Choir (<strong>June</strong> 20).<br />
Much has been made of the high- On the afternoon of <strong>June</strong> 1, the<br />
profile visiting choirs from other Festival presents a massed choir<br />
provinces and countries. In this event on Nathan Phillips Square and<br />
column, I want to make mention of· over 2000 school children will be<br />
the local component to the Festival involv,ed. The ringmaster is Dr. Lee<br />
and some of the community events· Willingham, the director .of the Festaking<br />
place at Harbourfront. ti val' s Education Outreach Program<br />
TI!erearemanyToronto-areachoifs and the choirs will be accompanied<br />
involved in the Festival, including sev- by the Markham District High<br />
eral who wilf be featured in theii: own School Band. The music includes<br />
concerts: Ebner lseler Singers (<strong>June</strong> works by Canadians Paul Halley,<br />
3), Northern Lights (<strong>June</strong> 8), Stephen Hatfield and Oscar<br />
Bell' Arte Singers (<strong>June</strong> 8), Toronto Peterson. ·<br />
The Music Garden at<br />
Harbourfront is the setting<br />
for five community concerts<br />
throughout the Festival.<br />
These involve performances<br />
by locals, including<br />
the. Mayfield Magnetics<br />
Jazz Choir from Mayfield<br />
Secondary in Brampton<br />
(<strong>June</strong> 2), Vesnivka (<strong>June</strong><br />
8), Tor'onto Estonian<br />
Male Choir (<strong>June</strong> 15) and<br />
Darbazi (<strong>June</strong> 22). Another<br />
Music
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