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y Denis Kulesha<br />
On Wednesday, <strong>June</strong> 6, we have the honour of presenting not<br />
one but two outstanding pianists, playing the Schubert<br />
Grand Duo in C. The <strong>Club</strong> welcomes back the acclaimed<br />
Sanae Nakajima, a graduate of the Guildhall School, with a<br />
well-established European career, now settled in Ontario. She<br />
will be joined by the rising young star from Mexico,<br />
Alejandro Vela, a graduate of Juilliard who is rapidly<br />
establishing himself on the world stage with a series of wellreceived<br />
performances throughout North America, Europe,<br />
and Asia. Come and hear how these representative artists of<br />
the British and American keyboard schools meet to make<br />
beautiful music together.<br />
Four-time winner in the Canadian Music Competition,<br />
winner of the third Canadian Chopin Competition, the only<br />
Canadian invited to play in the 16th Fryderyk Chopin<br />
International Piano Competition—not a bad series of<br />
accomplishments for a young Toronto pianist who is barely<br />
old enough to vote! We are delighted to welcome Leonard<br />
Gilbert, who will play for us at Music Wednesday, <strong>June</strong> 13.<br />
Mr. Gilbert’s programme will include works by Scarlatti,<br />
Beethoven, and Chopin. Don’t miss the opportunity to see<br />
this young virtuoso at the threshold of what promises to be<br />
an outstanding musical career.<br />
To bring our 2011–<strong>2012</strong> series of concerts to a close, we are<br />
very pleased to feature our own William Westcott, jazz<br />
pianist extraordinaire. Bill will play at our <strong>Club</strong> Night,<br />
Monday, <strong>June</strong> 18, and will be featuring blues and barrelhouse<br />
tunes from the 1930s served up in authentic South<br />
Chicago style. As an added attraction, Bill has invited his<br />
friend, the fabulously talented vocalist Rita Di Ghent, whose<br />
performances of jazz standards with Bill at the keyboard will<br />
leave you spellbound. Enjoy yourselves, and end our season<br />
on a high note. Be there!<br />
Editor: Angel Di Zhang<br />
Copy editor: Rose Norman<br />
6 <strong>June</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Musical Notes<br />
Annual Membership Fees<br />
A notice of the annual membership fees for <strong>2012</strong>–2013<br />
was mailed on March 1.<br />
The annual fees were due April 1.<br />
I would like to thank all those members who have already<br />
paid their annual fees. For those who haven’t, there is no<br />
time like the present!<br />
W. W. Buchanan, FCA, Treasurer<br />
Come to Participate in a fun event!<br />
Doors Open Toronto<br />
On Sunday, May 27, the <strong>Arts</strong> & <strong>Letters</strong> <strong>Club</strong> participates in<br />
the annual Doors Open Toronto event.<br />
We need more volunteers from the <strong>Club</strong> to participate in this<br />
fun event. Many of the senior club members have already<br />
volunteered. How about some of the new younger (under 60)<br />
individuals volunteering?<br />
I am looking for 12 to 20 more members to help. Come meet<br />
more members and learn more about the <strong>Club</strong>.<br />
Doors Open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Lunch provided. Come<br />
for the full day or part of the scheduled time.<br />
Lorna Kelly<br />
lorna.kelly@sympatico.ca<br />
Communications Committee<br />
Request<br />
The <strong>Club</strong>’s Communications Committee puts out a handful<br />
of media releases a year but has difficulty contacting all the<br />
media it wants its messages to reach.<br />
It could pay, on an occasional basis, for the services of a<br />
market wire agency. But that is costly and beyond the<br />
committee’s budget.<br />
Does any member of the <strong>Club</strong> have the possibility, perhaps<br />
through work or some other means, of providing the<br />
communications committee with the occasional free use of a<br />
market wire to get its media releases and news<br />
announcements to journalists and news outlets in the Greater<br />
Toronto Area?<br />
If you do, or if you are interested in helping with<br />
communications in any way, Jane McWhinney, chair of the<br />
Communications Committee, would love to hear from you.