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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UKRAINIAN ART SONG<br />
SUMMER INSTITUTE <strong>2018</strong><br />
AUGUST 13-19<br />
The Royal Conservatory’s TELUS Centre<br />
For Performance and Learning<br />
1 8<br />
Guitar Workshop Plus<br />
Ukrainian Art Song Summer Institute <strong>2018</strong><br />
will be a unique dramatic experience limited<br />
to 8 young professionals /emerging artists in<br />
the field of classical music to further develop<br />
their skills in singing classical song and new<br />
repertoire: Ukrainian art songs that reflect a<br />
spirit of love, poetry and history. Participants<br />
will come away with a clearer understanding<br />
of how to express an art song, no matter what<br />
form, no matter what language.<br />
“Pavlo gave us incredible insight into the creative process,<br />
showing that every song can be interpreted in endless ways.<br />
I know that my own musical world will never be the same.”<br />
1<br />
Dave McCune - 2017 Summer 8Institute participant<br />
“It is a very “hands on” approach, it pulls you out<br />
of your comfort zone and gives a good perspective of<br />
what the expectations of the professional level are.”<br />
Natalya Gennadi - 2017 Summer Institute participant<br />
Summer Institute Faculty<br />
Pavlo Hunka - Bass-baritone<br />
Albert Krywolt - Pianist<br />
Robert Kortgaard - Pianist<br />
Melanie Turgeon - Choral Director<br />
Young professionals and emerging artists<br />
are invited to audition for the<br />
Ukrainian Art Song Summer Institute.<br />
Applications and submission of all<br />
supporting materials and guidelines are<br />
available on-line at ukrainianartsong.ca<br />
Imagine being part of this<br />
UKRAINIAN ART SONG<br />
SUMMER INSTITUTE <strong>2018</strong> AUGUST 13-19<br />
The Royal Conservatory’s TELUS Centre For Performance and Learning<br />
www.ukrainianartsong.ca<br />
●●Toronto Summer Music Community Academy<br />
Edward Johnson Building (University of Toronto Faculty of Music)<br />
July 30 to August 4<br />
Contact: Jennifer Mak<br />
647-430-5699 x111<br />
jennifer@torontosummermusic.com<br />
www.torontosummermusic.com<br />
Deadline: Rolling Applications (April 30, <strong>2018</strong> for the Chamber Music<br />
Program)<br />
Cost: $750 for the Chamber Choir, $950 for the Chamber Music Program<br />
and the Piano Masterclass<br />
Camp Hours: 9am-5pm, with evening concerts and events<br />
!!<br />
Are you an advanced amateur musician looking for an opportunity to<br />
connect with other musicians who share your passion? Apply now to the<br />
Toronto Summer Music Community Academy, where you can hone your<br />
skills and spend a fun week with the artists of the Toronto Summer Music<br />
Festival. Choose from one of three programs: Chamber Choir, Chamber<br />
Music, and Piano Masterclass. Participants enjoy access to all mainstage<br />
TSM Festival Concerts, lectures, events (July 30-August 4), as well as the<br />
opportunity to perform onstage at Walter Hall. The TSM Community<br />
Academy takes place at the Edward Johnson Building, Faculty of Music,<br />
University of Toronto.<br />
●●Ukrainian Art Song Summer Institute<br />
The Royal Conservatory’s TELUS Centre for Performance<br />
and Learning, 273 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ontario<br />
August 13 to 19<br />
Contact: Lessia Tkach/Marianna Zaparyniuk<br />
416-483-4987<br />
si@ukrainianartsong.ca<br />
www.ukrainianartsong.ca<br />
Deadline: Until full. Enrollment limited to eight participants<br />
Cost: $800<br />
Camp Hours: 9:30am to 6pm. Assigned rehearsals in evening.<br />
Accommodation available.<br />
!!<br />
Ukrainian Art Song Summer Institute <strong>2018</strong> will be a unique, dramatic<br />
experience limited to eight young professionals/emerging artists to<br />
further develop their skills in singing classical song and new repertoire:<br />
Ukrainian art songs that reflect a spirit of love, poetry and history.<br />
Through collaboration, intensive training and a course anthology, they<br />
will come away with a clearer understanding of how to express an art<br />
song, no matter what form, no matter what language. The week will end<br />
with a public, showcase performance.<br />
Participants are required to learn and memorize four assigned art songs<br />
before starting the program. Faculty include Pavlo Hunka (bass-baritone),<br />
Albert Krywolt (pianist), Robert Kortgaard (pianist) and Dr. Melanie Turgeon<br />
(choral director). Accommodation is available.<br />
●●Vancouver Symphony Orchestral<br />
Institute at Whistler<br />
Whistler and Vancouver, British Columbia<br />
June 24 to July 3<br />
Contact: Christin Reardon MacLellan<br />
604-684-9100 x246<br />
info@vsoinstitute.ca<br />
www.vsoinstitute.ca<br />
Deadline: <strong>March</strong> 11<br />
Cost: $1350<br />
Residential program<br />
!!<br />
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestral Institute at Whistler offers young<br />
musicians an experience and education like no other, joining together<br />
the GRAMMY® and JUNO Award-winning VSO with Whistler, one of the<br />
world’s finest mountain resorts. Students will be immersed in a collabora-<br />
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