September 27 - Westmount Independent

16 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – September 27-28, 2011Evening for Montreal Chamber Music at Nihon’sSocial Notesfrom Westmountand BeyondVeronica RedgraveThe eagerly-awaited annual MontrealChamber Music Festival event took placeon September 15 at Cornelia Nihon’s elegantWestmount home.Once again, Nihon’s culinary skills impressedguests, hungry on the first nippyMichael Farmer and Sylvie Demers.Westmounter Cornelia Nihon, Julie Brott, Westmount MNA Jacques Chagnon and Michael Boer.night of the season. Stylish supporters ofthe chamber music festival gatheredaround the antique dining room tableladen with delicious delights, includingclever cupcakes with musical notes madewith icing by baker Alexandra Lerch,whose parents are former Westmounters.Guests were greeted by the festival’sfounder and director Denis Brott and presidentMichael Boer.Photo: Elise BoerAlthough the outdoor chill called forcashmere, people ventured onto the outdooritalianate terrace in order to admirethe lovely garden.Music lovers included sponsor TDBank’s Sylvie Demers and MichaelFarmer, as well as Westmounters KarenBeaulieu and Clarence Epstein, Mary-Louand Antonio Sacconaghi (with his impeccableItalian style!), MNA JacquesDenis Brott and Phyllis Lambert.Chagnon, as well as Phyllis Lambert,founder and chair of the board of trusteesof the Canadian Centre for Architecture,Florence Richler, musician and festival administrator,Davis Joachim, and Brott’sunflappable and charming wife Julie.Guests gathered to listen to the AfiaraString Quartet, composed of Valerie Li andYuri Cho (on violins), David Samuel (onthe viola) and Adrian Fung (on the cello).Brott, who is a cellist, joined the quartetin a Franz Schubert piece.Proceeds of the salon-style soirée wentto the Montreal Chamber Music Festival.EXPERIENCE THE REAL WORLD AT NEUCHÂTELStudy One Year in SwitzerlandBe Prepared for University Anywhere!Earn your Ontario Grade 12 diploma and qualifyfor admission to university in Quebec or elsewhere withONE YEAR AT NEUCHÂTEL versus two years at CEGEPFind out more at our Montreal ‘Swiss Soirees’ on October 11th and 12thFor location and time call toll-free: 1.800.263.2923 ext. 222OR register for an online ‘Swiss Seminar’ at www.njc.ch/soirees416.368.8169 admissions@neuchatel.org www.njc.ch> Canadian, non-profit, co-ed schoolin Neuchâtel, Switzerland> Challenging Grade 12 curriculumin a focused 90-student community> AP credits and post-graduateenrichment options> Residence with a French-speakingfamily in Switzerland> Extensive curriculum-integrated travel> International service projectsMinds on the Move Fondéen1956SuisseA member of Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CA+IS)and Swiss Group of International Schools (SGIS)