Volume 8 Issue 7 - April 2003

and a study of scores and
recordings that feature these
techniques.
The Arraymusic web-based
instrumentation tutorials will add
a new dimension to the course.
The tutorials provide specific ,
information on a particular
instrument's scoring
considerations and possibilitie~
while providing a demonstration
of various traditional and
extended playing techniques.
The website also allows Acadia
students to.have instant access to
Encore Symphonic Concert
Band was established in 1986 by
a group of Toronto Musicians'
Association members who had
retired from their day-time
employment and needed away to
play music during the day.
Many of the founding members -
are still with the Band - the
legendary Eddie Graf is their
senior member- and the original
conductor, :t;Jernie Clark,
continues to visit ·and conduct on
occasion. Currently the band is
led by John Liddle and consists of
nearly fifty men and women from
all walks of life - professional
musicians, retired teachers,
medical doctors, civil servants,
engineers, business executives
and police officers, performing
at venues such as The CNE,
Stage West Theatre, The
Oakville Centre For The
Performing Arts, CityTV,
Toronto City Hall and Roy
Thomson Hall.
Less Well known is the fact
that for several years the band
has rehearsed at Bayview
Fairways Publ_ic School in
Thornhill and does a concert each
year with the kids at the Vaughn
Playhouse. "The kids are
blossoming" according to tlie
band's Laurie Brookes.
some of Canada's best
performers of contemporary
music as they demonstrate the.
possibilities of their instruments.
One example: inviting Rebecca
van der Post to rural Nova Scotia
to lecture on composing for the
violin would be completely
unfeasible. Through the
Arraymusic web-based _tutorials,
students can watch while she
demonstrates the traditional and·
contemporary performing
techniques of her instrument, and
· listen while she performs
ENCORE BAYVIEW! A WIN·WIN STORY
Encore Symphonic Concert Band
contemporary Canadian solo and
chamber-ensemble works.
And afootnotefrom
Arraymusic's Stephen Voyce:
Our immediate plans are to
expand the website's educational
content, by adding a video
documentary of the annual Young
Composer's Workshop, and also
adding the recorded performance
of ArrayLive, the organization's
recent concert w_hich was
broadcast in real time over the
internet to five locations across
North America. •
Thursday April 10th, at 7pm, For information.call Bayview
at the City Playhouse Theatre in , Fairways P. S. at 905-889-1858.
Vaughan the school and the band
will present their fourth annual '
•Intergenerational' concert.
We're calling it "Tell Me a
Story" says school music teacher
Susan Baskin. "It will feature a
wide variety of choral and
instrumental music, including twc
original songs by Lenny Graf
(son of Eddie), and two new
arrangements by Eddie himself,
including a jazz number, ·
specially created for 13 year old
school 'cellist, Kimberley Jeong ~
who will solo with the Band.
The concert will also feature
a brief Shadow Puppetry play
with original Gamelan style
music prepared in collaboration
with David Powell of Puppetmongers
and Nur Intan
Murtadza, world music
c;onsultant.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
•April 1 6:00: Tafelmusik. 3rd Annual
Fundraiser: Fools Rush In ... Performances
by Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra under
music director Jeanne Lamon; silent
auction; catered by EnVille Catering and
Event Design; Alexa Petrenko, host.
Capitol Event Theatre, 2492 Yonge. 416·
964-6337. $75.
•April 3 6:00: Mississauga· Symphony.
10th Annual Wine Tasting and Fine Wine
Auction. Includes hot and cold hors
d' oeuvres, classical. chamber ensemble &
ongoing silent auction throughout the
evening. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living
Arts Drive. 905-615-4401. $20.
•April 25 7:30:'Kingsway Baptist
Ch.urch. King of Kings. Silent movie: Cecil
B. DeMille biblical epic of the life of
Jesus, accompanied by William O'Meara,
organ. 41 Birchview Blvd. 416-239-2381. .
$10.
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