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QUODLIBET
by Allan Pulker
In June the musical torrent slows
down a little before the out of town
, summer season gets under way.
There are still plenty of interesting
concerts however. H!~re are a few
"highlights" to help get you going.
Royal Conservatory of Music
World Music Festival
The RCM has annourx:ed that it will be
offering instruction in a wide variety of
"world music" disciplines starting in
September. The rationale for this
radical development is, according to
Jeff Melanson, Dean of the RCM's
Community School, that "with world
music now an integral part of our
musical vocabulary, we want ... our
students to be ... well-rounded
musicians ... [with] a thorough overview
of different types of music .... " To
J.auix:h the new initiative, the RCM will
present four June concerts of music
from different cultures.
Cologne New Philharmonic
Chamber Vrchestra
VISITORS
Founded in 1972, the Cologne New
}>hilharmonic Orchestra describes
itself as "a chamber orchestra
AvahangDuo
World music performances can be comprised of solo:S'.S, which expands
found in other Canadian cities as well. several times a year to a full
On June 20 the Avahang Duo, one symphony orchestra." In successfully
of Iran's most distinguished fulfilling its mandate to bring
percuss.on ensemble ·11 ~•,e a classical music to people who have
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River Run Centre in Guelph, developedahighlyindividualstyleof
interpretation, "engaging and direct
Ontario, just a little more than an
hour away from Toronto.
while still remaining true to the
intentions of the composer." A recent
Music Mondays
highlight for the ensemble was a tour
Of Music Mondays' five June with English violin virtuoso, Nigel
concerts I will single outone--June Kennedy of 20 German cities,
2, the 22 year old Canadian flutist, peforming a program that included
Conor Nelson. After studies in not-only Vivaldi's Four Seasons but
Canada as a teenager with Susan also Kennedy's own arrangement,·
Hoeppner he went to New York to the Hendrix Orchestral Suite. The
study at the Manhattan School of Orchestra will perform on June 17
Music with a full tuition scholarship. at the Church of the Holy Trinity.
Now with a Carnegie Hall debut, and
reviews saying things like "nothing
short of spectacular" to his credit,
Conor will study with Ransom Wilson
at Yale University as a fullscholarship
graduate student. He
sounds like the next James Galway
to me. Get out and hear him before
he is "discovered."
Aram Khachaturian
June 6 marks the lOOth anniversary
of the birth of Armenian composer,
Aram Khachaturian. The Komitas
Musical Association will celebrate
the occasion on June 28 with a concert
at Ryerson Theatre, with the
Canadiana Symphony Orchestra and
Komitas Choir conducted by David
Varjabed and soloists, violinist Haik
Davtian, soprano Y ana Ivanilova and
tenor Sarkis Koundalcjian. Just six
days after the composer's birth date
the TSO will also feature
Khachaturian's work.
L TM's Miss Annie
Just a few days later, on June 21, an
authentic Jamaican musical, Miss
Annie, will be performed twice by
the Little Theatre Movement
Pantomime Company of Jamaica at
the Main Stage Theatre of the
Toronto Centre for the Arts. The
story is based on the legendary life
of the infamous Annie Palmer, who
lived a colourful life of luxury as the
mistress of a great house and the wife
of several husbands, few if any of
whom survived the experience!
"Pantomime" in the Caribbean is not
mime as we know it, but rather a
mixture of pageantry, folklore,
legends and current issues, presented
in song, dance, acting and music. The
music in this production was
composed and directed by Grub
Cooper of the Fabulous Five Band
and lboo Cooper of the Third World
Band.
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