June 2012 - Arts & Letters Club

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y Denis Kulesha On Wednesday, June 6, we have the honour of presenting not one but two outstanding pianists, playing the Schubert Grand Duo in C. The Club welcomes back the acclaimed Sanae Nakajima, a graduate of the Guildhall School, with a well-established European career, now settled in Ontario. She will be joined by the rising young star from Mexico, Alejandro Vela, a graduate of Juilliard who is rapidly establishing himself on the world stage with a series of wellreceived performances throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Come and hear how these representative artists of the British and American keyboard schools meet to make beautiful music together. Four-time winner in the Canadian Music Competition, winner of the third Canadian Chopin Competition, the only Canadian invited to play in the 16th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition—not a bad series of accomplishments for a young Toronto pianist who is barely old enough to vote! We are delighted to welcome Leonard Gilbert, who will play for us at Music Wednesday, June 13. Mr. Gilbert’s programme will include works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, and Chopin. Don’t miss the opportunity to see this young virtuoso at the threshold of what promises to be an outstanding musical career. To bring our 2011–2012 series of concerts to a close, we are very pleased to feature our own William Westcott, jazz pianist extraordinaire. Bill will play at our Club Night, Monday, June 18, and will be featuring blues and barrelhouse tunes from the 1930s served up in authentic South Chicago style. As an added attraction, Bill has invited his friend, the fabulously talented vocalist Rita Di Ghent, whose performances of jazz standards with Bill at the keyboard will leave you spellbound. Enjoy yourselves, and end our season on a high note. Be there! Editor: Angel Di Zhang Copy editor: Rose Norman 6 June 2012 Musical Notes Annual Membership Fees A notice of the annual membership fees for 2012–2013 was mailed on March 1. The annual fees were due April 1. I would like to thank all those members who have already paid their annual fees. For those who haven’t, there is no time like the present! W. W. Buchanan, FCA, Treasurer Come to Participate in a fun event! Doors Open Toronto On Sunday, May 27, the Arts & Letters Club participates in the annual Doors Open Toronto event. We need more volunteers from the Club to participate in this fun event. Many of the senior club members have already volunteered. How about some of the new younger (under 60) individuals volunteering? I am looking for 12 to 20 more members to help. Come meet more members and learn more about the Club. Doors Open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Lunch provided. Come for the full day or part of the scheduled time. Lorna Kelly lorna.kelly@sympatico.ca Communications Committee Request The Club’s Communications Committee puts out a handful of media releases a year but has difficulty contacting all the media it wants its messages to reach. It could pay, on an occasional basis, for the services of a market wire agency. But that is costly and beyond the committee’s budget. Does any member of the Club have the possibility, perhaps through work or some other means, of providing the communications committee with the occasional free use of a market wire to get its media releases and news announcements to journalists and news outlets in the Greater Toronto Area? If you do, or if you are interested in helping with communications in any way, Jane McWhinney, chair of the Communications Committee, would love to hear from you.
General Manager’s Report June is, in a way, the year end for the Club. Activities and events slow down, the annual meeting presents a new Board and we plan our annual summer maintenance works program. This “year end” provides an opportunity to thank members for participating, attending and volunteering in the numerous events and activities that the Club offers throughout the year. Some members work behind the scenes. Have you ever wondered who produces the LAMPSletter, 11 times a year? Allow me to introduce them. Editor for more than seven years, Angel Di Zhang leaves her writing, painting and love of horseback riding aside for a few days each month to collect and edit more than 50 articles provided by members, for forthcoming events, activities and news about members or of the Club. Sharing the role of Copy Editor are Rose Norman, incoming Literary Table Chair, and Jane McWhinney, Communications Committee Chair, who clear their weekend to read, painstakingly word for word, more than 8,000 words, with eagle eyes, dotting every “i” and crossing every “t” to make sure that the content is as accurate as possible. And then it’s over to Naomi Hunter, veteran staff member of 12 years, who scans for accuracy of dates, names and just about everything. Carolyn and Gary Metcalfe of Fine Impressions, for many years now, have creatively laid out the materials into the LAMPSletter that you read. The process, from the LAMPSletter deadline date to the printing press, takes eight days. We are fortunate to have so many members willing to donate their time to plan, co-ordinate and oversee events. The Club would not be your Club without this kind of commitment and dedication. Many thanks to all! You will enjoy Raymond Peringer’s story about the Round Table in the Lounge, on page 3 of this issue. Margaret McBurney wrote in The Great Adventure “ ….it is a focal point at the Club—a place of choice when looking for somewhere to sit with a drink before dinner. As one new member was told, ‘If you are feeling shy, just sit down at the Round Table, listen to the conversation for a minute, and then state firmly “I disagree.” You’ll be fine.’ ” Fiona McKeown, General Manager White Night/Black Light A Scotiabank Nuit Blanche spectacle at the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto We are delighted to announce that the Arts & Letters Club has been accepted as an official venue for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche festivities, from dusk on September 29 until dawn on September 30, 2012. In brief, the concept is to have the public, in groups of approximately 25 persons, enter the building through the front doors, pass immediately down the stairs into the basement, along the north corridor past the dressing rooms and up, by the backstage stairways, onto a dimly lit stage. When they are assembled behind the closed curtains there will be an explosion of light and sound as the curtains open to reveal the Great Hall filled with a multi-media extravaganza of sights and sounds, art installations, performance artists and events without borders. Ten to 15 minutes later the lights will dim, the sounds will fade and the curtain will close as the audience leaves and the next group assembles for the next show. We plan to include, but not be limited to, all the LAMPS disciplines. We are looking for ideas, volunteers and cheers. Not only will people be required to create and perform in the event, but also to marshal the crowds and manage the flow of people. Harrison Browne, Rebecca Collins, Darcy Farrell, Damon Lum, Julian Mulock, Rob Prince, Andrew Sookrah, Michael Symonds, Jessica Virdo and Ashley Williamson constitute the organizing committee. Andrew Sookrah will head a small sub-committee responsible for choosing proposals that will feature in the event. Please submit all proposals, ideas, inspirations and comments to Andrew Sookrah by July 6, 2012. ARTWORK CREDITS Page 1: President’s photograph by Gary Stark Page 1: Club Masthead was designed by Ray Cattell Page 3: Summer Paddle photograph courtesy Ruth Morawetz Page 8: Photography in Focus photo by Sheila Craig Page 8: Photography in Focus photo by Gord Fulton Page 9: Club Night art opening painting by Tony Batten Page 9: Photograph of Matthew Jocelyn courtesy Matthew Jocelyn Page 9: Photograph of Jackie Maxwell courtesy Jackie Maxwell Page 9: Photograph of Marthe Jocelyn courtesy Matthew Jocelyn Page 10: RMS Titanic book cover courtesy Hugh Brewster Page 10: Vanier book cover courtesy Mary Francis Coady Page 10: Photograph of William G. Davis courtesy William G. Davis Page 10: Photograph of Yvonne Simpson courtesy Yvonne Simpson Page 11: Photograph of Alejandro Vela courtesy Alejandro Vela Page 11: Photograph of Sanae Nakajima courtesy Sanae Nakajima Page 11: Photograph of Leonard Gilbert courtesy Leonard Gilbert Page 11: Ad Lib logo by Andrew Sookrah June 2012 7
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