Volume 12 - Issue 9 - June 2007

ANNOUNCEMENTS ... WORKSHOPS, ... ETCETERAWORKSHOPS*June 1 7:30-1 Opm: Recorder Players'Society. Opportunity for recorder and/orother early instrument players to playRenaissance & Baroque music in uncoachedgroups. Church of the Transfiguration, 111Manor Rd. East. 416-694-9266.$1 D(CAMMAC member), $12(non-member).*June 3 1 :30-4pm: Toronto Early MusicPlayers Organization. Workshop forrecorder orchestra led by Avery Maclean.Music to be supplied in advance. LansingUnited Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 416-778·7777. $2D, members free.*June 6, 7, 8 7:30: Tapestry New OperaWorks. Wordplay. Festival of librettoreadings including the short operas of Opera toGo 2DD8, & readings from several full lengthworks in development. Ernest Balmer Studio,Distillery Historic District, Bldg. 58, Studio315, 55 Mill St. 416·537·6D66 x221. $1 D,$5(st).*June 910am-11:30am: BrantfordSymphony Orchestra/Ontario EarlyYears Centre: Brant Early LiteracySpecialist. A Morning with the Orchestra -Calling All Mommies/Interactive musicaleducation program about the importance ofmusic in a child's early years, featuringperformances & talks by musicians VivianMinden, flute, Nancy Nelson, oboe & MelanieEyers, bassoon. Meet the musicians and tourthe OEYC: Brant to learn about the sevicesoffered for you & your newborn. Ontario EarlyYears Centre: Brant, 33D West St., Brantford.519· 759-3833. Free (registration required).*June 20 7:30: Toronto ShapenoteSinging from Sacred Harp. Beginnerswelcome. St. Stephen-in·the·Fields, 103Bellevue Ave. 416- 922· 7997 orpleasancecrawford@rogers.com*June 25 7:30: Toronto Early MusicCentre. Vocal Circle. Recreational reading ofearly choral music. Ability to read musicdesirable but not essential. 12 Millbrook Cres.416-92D·5D25. Members free, $5(nonmembers).*June 26 B:DO: Toronto Folk Singers'Club. An informal group that meets for thepurpose of performance & exchange of songs.T ranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. 416 ·532-D9DD.*June 28, July 5, 12, 19 7-9pm: ClaimYour Voice Studios. Adult Summer SingingWorkshops. Basic vocal technique/health,improv, singing world songs, private lesson.Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square,Toronto. 416-523-1154. $ lOD or bring afriend $85.*July 7, 14, 21, 28 10am· 12 noon: ClaimYour Voice Studios. Adult Summer SingingWorkshops. See June 28. 87 BeechwoodAve., Hamilton. 9D5-544· 13D2. $1 DD orbring a friend $85.*All The King's Voices. Summer Sight·Singing and Vocal Technique Courses. All levels& styles, with instrumental accompanimentprovided. June, July & August. Info: 416-225-2255 or king44@sympatico.caMetropolitan United Churchpresents~@JfpKIDS AT MET PERFORMINGDAY CAMP FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSAugust 27- August 31Ages 4-6 mornings,full days for 7 through teensSinging, instrumental music, drama, danceInformation: 416-363-0331 Ext. 26for Singers:Performance Opportunitiesand Trainingcontact:416-876-5859www.vocalartforum.ca• The Vocal Art ForumWE ARE All Music's CHILDRENcontinued from page 25May's Child ... Maestro Boris BrottBorn in Montreal (1944), Boris Brott studiedviolin first with his father, AlexanderBrott, and performed at the age offive with the orchestra of LesConcerts symphoniques de Montreal(MSO) at a young people's matinee.Today he is one of Canada'smost internationally recognizedconductors, appearing as guestconductor, educator, motivationalspeaker and cultural ambassador, withgreat commitment to the development ofnew audiences and young artists. Hefounded the Brott Summer Music Festival in1988 and the National Academy Orchestra in 1989.In May, 2006 he was voted one of the top five Greatest Hamiltoniansof all time by Hamilton Spectator readers."My earliest musical memory is standing in a crib watching my parentsrehearse a string quartet. We lived in a room in my grandparents'house. I'd have been 18 months or 2 years old ... "."My 'cellist mother encouraged me to enjoy performing. To this daywhen I look at an audience, there's some part of me that sees a wholebunch of friendly teddy bears wearing bow-ties ... "."I was always in the company of accomplished musical people. Itwas a very enriched childhood. But at 9 or 10 I became aware that Ihad little or no communication with my peers, and I stopped playingviolin for about a year. I learned hockey and football. I also learned thatit was not really my thing (hey .. .I really am a nerd!), redoubled my effortswith the violin, and never looked back. "If you could time-travel - meet face to face with the little boy in thatphoto, is there anything you would like you tell him?"Yes! I'd tell him to really enjoy kindergarten and spend time learningto relate to people of his own age. I was around adults so much - thiscost me dearly later on. The little boy in the photo was allowed to becreative and I am so grateful to my parents for that. But ... everythingI needed to learn I should have learned in kindergarten ... interactiveskills. Musicians tend to be loners as learners. We tend to be insecure,introverted. Often we learn to hide insecurity by being overly assertive."" ... So I'd tell little Boris to stick around. Get along with the otherchildren in the playground. I'd say make the extra effort to get to knowthem, let them get to know you, and in so doing you will get to know ...yourself. "Celebrating Twenty Years: Since 1988 The Brott Summer Music Festivalhas grown from a five-concert event in Hamilton into Canada'slargest orchestral music festival , presenting over 45 events with an emphasison the non-traditional and multidisciplinary. The National AcademyOrchestra (orchestra-in-residence) draws principal players and soloistsfrom across Canada. This training program pays its students, andis the only program of its kind in Canada.is now registering for itsSUMMER MUSIC THEATRE PROGRAMFOR TEENS+ (13-21) JULY 3-27, 2007classes in singing, acting, dancingThis year's production is SEUSSICALby Lynn Ahrens and Stephen FlahertyJuly 25 & 26, 2007 *Al Green Theatre Miles Nada~CC(416) 588-5845 www.nostringstheatre.com48 WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM JUN E 1 - ] U LY 7 2007