Volume 23 Issue 6 - March 2018
In this issue: Canadian Stage, Tapestry Opera and Vancouver Opera collaborate to take Gogol’s short story The Overcoat to the operatic stage; Montreal-based Sam Shalabi brings his ensemble Land of Kush, and his newest composition, to Toronto; Five Canadian composers, each with a different CBC connection, are nominated for JUNOs; and The WholeNote team presents its annual Summer Music Education Directory, a directory of summer music camps, programs and courses across the province and beyond.
In this issue: Canadian Stage, Tapestry Opera and Vancouver Opera collaborate to take Gogol’s short story The Overcoat to the operatic stage; Montreal-based Sam Shalabi brings his ensemble Land of Kush, and his newest composition, to Toronto; Five Canadian composers, each with a different CBC connection, are nominated for JUNOs; and The WholeNote team presents its annual Summer Music Education Directory, a directory of summer music camps, programs and courses across the province and beyond.
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Folk Camp is an arts-based intergenerational summer camp that offers<br />
participants a week-long immersion into folk culture through workshops<br />
in traditional singing, craft, dance and cooking, with a focus on polyphony<br />
and Eastern European folklore. Participants attend up to 3 workshops<br />
a day that run the course of 5 full days, in addition to participating in<br />
evening dances, storytelling and bonfire jams. A temporary “village”, the<br />
camp provides an opportunity for singing, dancing and crafting practices<br />
to be embodied in cultural context. The singing workshops this year include:<br />
Georgian, Kalevala (Finnish ballads), Central Ukrainian Polyphony,<br />
European Folk Dance Tunes, hand drumming and more. A complementary<br />
children’s program runs alongside the adult program.<br />
●●Interprovincial Music Camp (IMC)<br />
Camp Manitou, McKellar, Ontario<br />
August 19 to 24, August 25 to Sept 2<br />
Contact: Anne Fleming-Read<br />
416-488-3316<br />
anne@campimc.ca<br />
www.campimc.ca<br />
Cost: $799 - $998<br />
Residential program<br />
!!<br />
IMC offers programs for orchestra, band, rock, jazz, choir, musical<br />
theatre, songwriting and sound engineering. The camp has been providing<br />
young musicians with exceptional musical training and unforgettable<br />
summer-camp experiences since 1961. Campers fine-tune skills as musicians,<br />
develop friendships and forge a lifelong love of music while enjoying<br />
the setting of one of Canada’s finest camp facilities. The IMC experience<br />
includes housing, meals, classes, sectionals, large and small ensembles,<br />
faculty concerts, recreational activities and evening programs. Each session,<br />
IMC concludes with performances for family and friends. Our faculty<br />
includes Canada’s finest performers and educators. For more information,<br />
visit www.campIMC.ca. IMC – the highlight of a young musician’s summer!<br />
JVL Summer School for Performing Arts<br />
International “Music in the Summer” Festival<br />
Cost TBA<br />
Camp Hours: 9am to 3:30pm<br />
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During this day program, children ages 4 to teens will sing, play instruments,<br />
learn about acting and participate in visual arts programming by<br />
experienced teachers.<br />
Children ages 4-6 will participate from 9am until noon, while older<br />
children will stay through the lunch hour (please provide a lunch) until<br />
3:30pm.<br />
More details will follow as soon as possible.<br />
●●JVL Summer School for Performing Arts<br />
International “Music in the Summer” Festival<br />
Geneva Park on Lake Couchiching, Orillia, Ontario<br />
June 30 to July 10<br />
Contact: Jacob Lakirovich<br />
416-735-7499<br />
jvl@musicinthesummer.com<br />
www.musicinthesummer.com<br />
Deadline: May 1<br />
Cost: $2,560<br />
Residential program<br />
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This festival will feature a full program of masterclasses, concerts and<br />
competitions. The programs of the school encompass private instrumental<br />
lessons with internationally-renowned teachers, masterclasses<br />
and workshops, chamber music classes, orchestral and ensemble classes,<br />
concert solo performances with the Academy orchestras, and solo and<br />
chamber music recitals, as well as special seminars for Ear Training,<br />
Composition and Theory of Music. Performances in an acoustically superb<br />
concert hall and Serenade Concerts under the moonlight shore of Lake<br />
Couchiching will mesmerize our audiences and guests. Participation in<br />
the festival is incredibly valuable for musicians of all ages and levels. The<br />
extensive musical training they will receive during this period will inevitably<br />
have a great impact.<br />
●●K@MP – Kids At Met Performing<br />
Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. E, Toronto<br />
August 20 to 24<br />
Contact: Patricia Wright<br />
416-363-0331 x26<br />
patriciaw@metunited.org<br />
www.metunited.org<br />
Deadline: June 15<br />
●●Kingsway Conservatory Summer Music<br />
Kingsway Conservatory of Music, 2848 Bloor St. W, Toronto<br />
July 2 to August 17 (weekly programs)<br />
Contact: Sharon Burlacoff<br />
416-<strong>23</strong>4-0121<br />
sharonkcm@bellnet.ca<br />
www.kingswayconservatory.ca<br />
Registration open; early-bird savings deadline <strong>March</strong> 30<br />
Program costs vary<br />
Program hours vary<br />
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Committed to “Inspired Learning,” KCM provides summer programs for<br />
various ages and experience levels to engage, challenge and excite. Offerings<br />
for Summer <strong>2018</strong>: Kingsway Chamber Music Festival – Strings & Piano<br />
for Intermediate & Senior levels (strings min RCM Gr 3, piano min RCM Gr<br />
5) including chamber coaching, orchestra rehearsals, group composition,<br />
workshops, guest artists; “Seussical KIDS” (8-11 years) and “Legally Blonde<br />
JR” (11-14 years) Music Theatre Camps – preparing and presenting fantastic,<br />
full-scale musical productions on a professional stage; Triple-Threat Arts<br />
Discovery Camp (4-10 years), inspiring self-expression through music, art<br />
and drama; Suzuki/Traditional Strings Camp (4-10 years) for string players<br />
in their beginning years; Private Instruction on all instruments.<br />
●●Kincardine Summer Music Festival<br />
Kincardine, Ontario<br />
August 13 to 17<br />
Contact: J. Schnarr<br />
519-396-9716<br />
info@ksmf.ca<br />
www.ksmf.ca<br />
Deadline: August 10<br />
Cost: $180 - $200<br />
Camp Hours: 9am to 3:30pm<br />
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