LYDIA ADAMS, Conductor & Artistic Director
Earth
Songs,
Love
Songs
Sunday, May 24, 2015
4:00 pm
George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts
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Thank You,
Ontario Trillium
Foundation!
The Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto,
Lydia Adams, Conductor and Artistic Director,
received an Ontario Trillium Foundation capital grant
in the 2013-2014 season for the purchase of risers
and new computer equipment.
Sincere thanks are extended to the
Ontario Trillium Foundation for this special grant and
for its ongoing support of the arts in Ontario.
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Program
Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto
presents
I Will Sing Unto the Lord
Earth Songs,
Love Songs
Lydia Adams, conductor
Shawn Grenke, piano
GUEST HOSTS:
Salutation of the Dawn
Eleanor Daley*
Sanskrit (4th Century)
Presentation to the Ontario Trillium Foundation
Voices of Earth
Ruth Watson Henderson*
text from Canticle of the Sun by St. Francis of Assisi
and poems by Archibald Lampman
Prologue – I – II – III – IV – V – Epilogue
Joan Andrews
Anne Parks
FEATURING:
Bach Children’s Chorus and Bach Chamber Youth Choir,
Linda Beaupré, conductor
Eleanor Daley, piano
Ruth Watson Henderson, piano
Ed Reifel, percussion
Samuel Morgenstein, percussion
David Burns, percussion
Sean Donaldson, percussion
David Schotzko, percussion
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Imant Raminsh*
text from Psalm 104
Intermission
Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52
Johannes Brahms
text from Polydora by G.F. Daumer
English translation by Basil Swift
Laudate Dominum
W.A. Mozart
from Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K. 339
Prayer for Peace
Eleanor Daley*
attributed to St. Francis of Assisi
*Canadian Composer
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Program Notes and Texts
I Will Sing Unto the Lord
Imant Raminsh (text from Psalm 104)
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
O Lord my God, thou art very great.
O Lord, thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works!
In wisdom hast thou made them all;
the earth is full of thy riches.
So is this great and wide sea which teems with things innumerable,
both great and small.
There go the ships: there the leviathan,
whom thou hast made to play therein.
These wait all upon thee;
thou sendest forth thy spirit,
thou renewest the face of the earth.
I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live:
I will sing praise to my Lord while I have being.
My meditation of him shall be sweet:
I will be glad in the Lord.
Praise the Lord. Amen!
Voices of Earth
Ruth Watson Henderson
(text from Canticle of the Sun by St. Francis of Assisi, translated by
Matthew Arnold, and from poetry by Archibald Lampman)
Written in 1991, Voices of Earth is a major work that drew its inspiration
from the beautiful poetry of Archibald Lampman, one of Canada’s finest
nature poets. I interspersed some of his poems between verses from St.
Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Sun that celebrate the wonders of nature
in the Sun, the Moon, the Wind, Water, and Mother Earth. These verses,
all based on the same musical material in a recitative style, serve as
a unifying structural device. An opening Franciscan Prologue and the
concluding Lampman Epilogue, although in different metres, employ
similar musical material. The use of three different choirs allowed me to
create a variety of colours to portray the evocative imagery in Lampman’s
poetry. The Wind, for example, is expressed by fast-moving contrapuntal
lines derived from material in the Prologue; they constantly weave in and
out in mixed metres, demanding clarity and dexterity from the chamber
choir, whereas the water in Winter-Store moves gently with the lovely,
unsophisticated sounds of children’s voices. Of all the music I have
written, this composition allowed me the greatest freedom to achieve
rhythmic flow, descriptive word painting, and harmonic colour within a
unified structure. Thank you, Archibald Lampman!
Voices of Earth is dedicated to Lydia Adams and The Amadeus Choir of
Scarborough who commissioned the work with the assistance of The
Ontario Arts Council for performance on April 14, 1991 with the Elmer
Iseler Singers and The Bach Children’s Chorus of Scarborough.
— Ruth Watson Henderson
Salutation of the Dawn
Eleanor Daley (Sanskrit, 4th Century)
Salutation of the Dawn was commissioned by the Amadeus Choir,
Lydia Adams, conductor, in honour of Doris McCarthy’s 95th birthday.
Listen to the salutation of the dawn.
Look to this day, for it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of your existence.
This bliss of growth, the glory of action, the splendour of beauty.
For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision.
But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day,
such is the salutation of the dawn.
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Prologue
O most high, almighty, good Lord God, to Thee belong praise, glory,
honour, and all blessing.
I
Praised be my Lord God with all his creatures; and specially our brother
the sun, who brings us the day, and who brings us the light; fair is he,
and shining with a very great splendour; O Lord, to us he signifies Thee!
The Sun Cup (from Lyrics of Earth)
The earth is the cup of the sun,
That he filleth at morning with wine,
With the warm strong wine of his might,
From the vintage of gold and of light,
Fills it, and makes it divine.
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Program Notes and Texts continued
At night when his journey is done,
At the gate of his radiant hall,
He setteth his lips to the brim,
With a long last look of his eye,
And lifts it and draineth it dry,
Drains till he leaveth it all
Empty and hollow and dim.
As if in mockery of me, And all the deadness of my thought, It mounted to the largest glee, And, like a lord that laughed and fought, II
Praised be my Lord for our sister the moon, and for the stars which he
has set clear and lovely in heaven.
The Moon-Path (from Lyrics of Earth)
The full, clear moon uprose and spread
Her cold, pale splendor o’er the sea;
A light-strewn path that seemed to lead
Outward into eternity.
Between the darkness and the gleam
An old-world spell encompassed me:
Methought that in a godlike dream
I trod upon the sea.
And lo! upon that glimmering road,
In shining companies unfurled,
The trains of many a primal god,
The monsters of the elder world;
Strange creatures that, with silver wings,
Scarce touched the ocean’s thronging floor,
The phantoms of old tales, and things
Whose shapes are known no more.
As if I had been dead indeed,
And come into some after-land,
I saw them pass me, and take heed,
And touch me with each mighty hand;
And evermore a murmurous stream,
So beautiful they seemed to me,
Not less than in a godlike dream
I trod the shining sea.
III
Praised be my Lord for our brother the wind, and for air and cloud, calms,
and all weather, by which Thou upholdest in life all creatures.
The Wind’s Word
The wind charged every way and fled Across the meadows and the wheat; 8
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It whirled the swallows overhead, And swung the daisies at my feet. Took all the maples by surprise, And made the poplars clash and shiver, And flung my hair about my eyes, And sprang and blackened on the river. And through the elm-tree tops, and round The city steeples wild and high, It floundered with a mighty sound, A buoyant voice that seemed to cry: Behold how grand I am, how free! And all the forest bends my way! I roam the earth, I stalk the sea, And make my labour but a play.
IV
Praised be my Lord for our sister water, who is very serviceable unto us,
and humble, and precious, and clean.
Winter-Store (from Lyrics of Earth)
I shall stray by many a stream,
Where the half-shut lilies gleam,
Napping out the sultry days
In the quiet secluded bays;
Where the tasseled rushes tower,
O’er the purple pickerel-flower,
And the floating dragon-fly—
Azure glint and crystal gleam—
Watches o’er the burnished stream
With his eye of ebony;
Where the bull-frog lolls at rest
On his float of lily-leaves,
That the swaying water weaves,
And distends his yellow breast,
Lowing out from shore to shore
With a hollow vibrant roar;
Where the softest wind that blows,
As it lightly comes and goes, O’er the jungled river meads,
Stirs a whisper in the reeds,
And wakes the crowded bull-rushes
From their stately reveries,
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Flashing through their long-leaved hordes Like a brandishing of swords;
There, too, the frost-like arrow-flowers
Tremble to the golden core,
Children of enchanted hours,
Whom the rustling river bore
In the night’s bewildered noon,
Woven of water and the moon.
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Praised be my Lord for our mother the earth, which doth sustain and keep
us, and bringeth forth diverse fruits, and flowers of many colours, and grass.
May
The broad earth smiles in open benison,
An emerald sea, whose waves of leaf and shade
On far-off shores of misty turquoise fade;
And all the host of life steers blithely on,
With joy for captain, fancy at the helm:
The woodpecker taps roundly at his tree,
The vaulting heigh-ho flings abroad his glee
In fluty laughter from the towering elm.
Here at my feet are violets, and below—
A gracile spirit tremulously alive—
Spring water fills a little greenish pool,
Paved all with mottled leaves and crystal cool.
Beyond it stands a plum-tree in full blow,
Creamy with bloom, and humming like a hive.
Epilogue
Voices of Earth (from Alcyone & Other Poems)
We have not heard the music of the spheres,
The song of star to star, but there are sounds
More deep than human joy and human tears,
That Nature uses in her common rounds;
The fall of streams, the cry of winds that strain
The oak, the roaring of the sea’s surge, might
Of thunder breaking afar off, or rain
That falls by minutes in the summer night.
These are the voices of earth’s secret soul,
Uttering the mystery from which she came.
To him who hears them grief beyond control,
Or joy inscrutable without a name,
Wakes in his heart thoughts bedded there, impearled,
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Liebeslieder Walzer (Love Song Waltzes)
Johannes Brahms, Op. 52
(text from Polydora by G.F. Daumer, English translation by Basil Swift)
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Answer maiden, all too lovely,
did those eyes in trust so tender,
and those glances, deep with promise,
try to tell me of surrender?
Will your heart with love awaken;
would you rather keep me burning,
never heeding, never turning,
oh, then, will you share my yearning?
Would you rather keep me burning,
not one moment would I weaken.
Come to me, you dark-eyed maiden,
meet me when the stars are greeting.
2.
Deep in thunder roars the tide,
ev’ry shore retrieving;
if your heart has never sighed,
love will enter, grieving.
3.
Oh these women, oh these women,
how they lead me close to heaven!
I’d been long a monk in cloister
were it not for women!
4.
Like the evening sunset’s rapture
might my weary spirit glow.
Someone, someone did but love me,
then my joy would endless flow.
5.
The tender hopvine wanders,
with winding stem the earth apart.
The young and graceful damsel,
how heavy lies her heart.
Oh, hear me, tender hopvine,
why droop your head from heaven’s rest?
Oh, hear me, graceful damsel,
why weep with grief possessed?
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There was a tiny, pretty
bird who saw
the garden fruit,
then took his fill, and more.
Were I a tiny,
pretty bird so free,
I’d linger not,
but take my chance as he.
Lime twigs to trap him,
hidden in that bait,
that luckless songbird
couldn’t know his fate.
Were I a tiny,
pretty bird so free,
I’d rather stay
than take a risk as he.
That songbird found
a dainty loving hand,
and there does he
a willing captive stand.
Were I a tiny,
pretty bird so free,
I’d linger not,
but take my chance as he.
7.
How dear, alas
was life together
with my beloved,
with my beloved;
then he was true
and kind, and always
on parting, kissed
with ardent fervor.
Now all has ended.
When I approach
or try to speak
and linger nearer,
he turns both glances
and heart from me.
How may the vine be soaring,
if no one brings it strength or aid?
Then how may a damsel flourish,
when far her love has strayed?
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8.
When your eyes so fondly seek
and so dearly hold me,
ev’ry care and trouble flees,
as your love enfolds me.
‘Tis a sweetly burning flame
leave it not untended!
Never shone a love so true,
may it ne’er be ended.
9.
On Danube’s border,
doth stand a house,
and there a rosy
young maid looks out.
That maiden
they guard full well from flight,
with ten bars of iron
her door is bolted aright.
Ten boltings of iron
that I must pass;
I’ll split them
as though they were naught but glass.
10.
Oh, how calm the river flows,
through the meadows winding.
Oh, how sweet when lovers
do know such tender binding.
11.
No, I will not listen to them
with their chiding,
all one does, they talk about it,
criticizing.
13.
Ev’ry bird that soars the sky,
seeks a branch for nesting;
and each heart
a heart desires for the spirit’s resting.
14.
See how bright the fountain gleams
from the moon above her!
If my love can light your dreams,
love me, dear, forever!
15.
Nightingale, you sing so sweet,
when the stars are sparkling.
Yield your love, my fondest heart,
kiss me when ‘tis dark’ning.
16.
My love is a well of sorrow,
a dark and a perilous madness;
I fell in alas, unguarded,
since then I’ve suffered in vain,
in place of my former gladness,
I’ve longing and bitter pain.
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Don’t wander, my light, out yonder
where meadows greet;
the dampness hidden there may linger,
and harm your feet.
All through the paths and walks
there glitters a silver sea,
Where late at night my tears
have fallen and sought for thee.
If I’m cheerful, then they say I’m
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evil-minded;
Each tender leaf is trembling,
if I’m sad, that means by foolish
as through the branch there flutters
love I’m blinded.
a bird in flight.
12.
Locksmith, go and bring me padlocks,
many padlocks, large and small.
Then the spiteful gossip will I
silence once for all.
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In such a way my spirit
begins to shake and flutter,
when tasting joy and sadness,
my heart seeks thine.
Laudate Dominum
W.A. Mozart
from Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K. 339
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
Laudate eum, omnes populi
Quoniam confirmata est
Super nos misericordia eius,
Et veritas Domini manet in aeternum.
Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper.
Et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.
Praise the Lord, all nations;
Praise Him, all people.
For He has bestowed
His mercy upon us,
And the truth of the Lord endures forever.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and forever,
and for all generations.
Amen.
Prayer for Peace
Eleanor Daley (Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi)
Prayer for Peace was commissioned by Jean Ashworth Bartle for the
700 singers at the Norbusang Festival in Bodø, Norway, May, 2003.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, let me sow pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
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Artist Profiles
Lydia Adams, one of Canada’s most distinguished
conductors, has been Conductor and Artistic Director
of the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto since 1984
and of the Elmer Iseler Singers since 1998.
A native of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Lydia received her
musical education at Mount Allison University, New
Brunswick, Canada and at the Royal College of Music
and the National Opera Studio, London, England.
During this time she worked and performed with
many leading conductors, composers and arrangers including Sir David
Willcocks, Sir Neville Marriner, John Rutter, and Bob Chilcott, among others,
and while there she was awarded the Sir Adrian Boult conducting award.
Under her direction, the Amadeus Choir has experienced tremendous
musical and organizational growth and has become one of the leading
choral forces in Canada.
Lydia Adams has conducted many award-winning compact discs with
her Toronto choirs and has extensively toured and conducted throughout
Canada and the United States. The Canadian Music Centre declared
that: “Lydia Adams is the new leading exponent of the Canadian choral
composer.” She has worked with celebrated Canadian composers such as
R. Murray Schafer, Harry Somers, Louis Applebaum, Harry Freedman, Eric
Robertson, Bert Carrière, Srul Irving Glick, Christos Hatzis, Ruth Watson
Henderson, Eleanor Daley, Peter Togni and many others, premiering and
promoting their work through concerts, recordings and broadcasts.
Ms. Adams has also conducted several Canadian Provincial Youth Choirs,
the National Youth Choir of Canada and has served as a guest conductor
with ACDA Honor Choirs in Michigan and Colorado. Most recently, in the
summer of 2012, she was guest conductor at Tasmania’s Festival of Voices.
The recipient of many awards, she has been honoured by the City of
Scarborough, the Women’s International Network, the Ontario Choral
Federation and Mount Allison University. In 2003, Ms. Adams received
an Honorary Doctorate from her alma mater, Mount Allison University,
for her service to music in Canada. In 2009, Lydia was named as one of 50
Ambassadors for the Canadian Music Centre – honoured for her outstanding
contributions to Canadian music. Lydia Adams won the prestigious 2012 Roy
Thomson Hall Award of Recognition, and most recently she won the 2013
Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts.
Lydia Adams possesses extraordinary musicianship and a true passion for
the choral art form - her expertise, unique approach and dedication make
her a vibrant and inspiring musical force. •
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Photo by Tony Tse
Photo by Maura McGroarty
LYDIA ADAMS, Conductor and Artistic Director
AMADEUS CHOIR OF GREATER TORONTO
Part of Toronto’s arts community for 40 years, the award-winning Amadeus
Choir is a semi-professional mid-sized choir of auditioned voices from
all parts of the GTA and surrounding areas. Led by conductor and artistic
director Lydia Adams since 1984, the Amadeus Choir champions the best of
choral music and premieres works of Canadian and international composers
through a self-produced Toronto concert series, guest performances and
special events. Known well beyond Toronto through tours, festivals,
recordings and nation-wide and international radio broadcasts, the
Amadeus Choir partners and collaborates with many professional
performing arts organizations in the GTA.
The Amadeus Choir engages in educational and community outreach
through choral workshops for students and conductors and through
performances of commissioned works by established and upcoming
Canadian composers. In addition to the Amadeus Choir’s regular concert
series, the choir takes an active role in Ontario’s choral community by
working in collaboration with other prominent local ensembles, such as the
Elmer Iseler Singers, Bach Children’s Chorus, Toronto Symphony Orchestra,
Hannaford Street Silver Band, Gryphon Trio, Ontario Philharmonic
Orchestra, Trillium Brass and True North Brass.
In 1987, Lydia Adams created the Amadeus Choir’s Seasonal Song-Writing
Competition which presents an opportunity to compose a song of up to
5 minutes’ duration to celebrate Christmas, Chanukah or the Winter
Solstice. The competition has grown over the years to include submissions
from around the world. It now serves as an inspiration to composers of all
ages and experience to write new works, enriching Canada’s outstanding
choral tradition. In 1994 the Choir recorded Ring-a the News which featured a
number of winning carols from this competition.
The Amadeus Choir regularly competed in the prestigious biennial
CBC Choral Competition, winning awards in 1992, 1994 and 1996 before
becoming ineligible due to the Choir’s semi-professional status.
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Artist Profiles, continued
In 2000, the singers traveled to Alberta on their first tour, and were
enthusiastically received at each of their concerts. They performed at two
prestigious festivals (ACCC and ISME), and took the opportunity to launch
their CD Songs of the Spirit, featuring works by Canadian composers Eleanor
Daley, Srul Irving Glick and Barry Peters, and a work by Andrea Gabrieli,
Missa 4 Vocum, which had just come to light after 300 years. This CD received
the biennial award for “Outstanding Choral Recording” 2001-02 by the
Association of Canadian Choral Conductors.
Shawn began his musical training as a chorister and pianist with the
Hastings County Board of Education Concert Choir under the Direction of
Rudolf Heijdens in his hometown of Belleville, Ontario. Holding a Bachelor
of Music degree (2000) from Mount Allison University (New Brunswick), and
a Master of Music degree (2002) from the University of Toronto, Mr. Grenke
has served as organist and Music Director at various churches throughout
Ontario and the Maritimes for almost twenty years, and is a member of the
Royal College of Church Organists, the Royal School of Church Music, and a
fellow of the Honorary Company of Organists.
The Choir’s CD Voices On High, a combined project with the Hannaford Street
Silver Band, was released in 2002, and features music by recent Juno Award
winner Bramwell Tovey, Harry Somers and Stephen Chatman, conducted
by Bramwell Tovey and Lydia Adams. Also in that same year, Dr. Adams
conducted both the Amadeus Chamber Singers and the Elmer Iseler Singers
on the CD Everlasting Light – Footprints in New Snow, featuring the music of
Christos Hatzis, available on the CBC Records label.
In concert, Mr. Grenke has made appearances in Poland, at the ‘Let the
Future Sing’ Choral Festival in Sweden, the ‘Le Mondial Choral Loto-Québec
World Choral Competition’ in Laval, Québec, ‘Xinghai Choral Competition’
in China, Roy Thomson Hall, and at various festivals, concert series and
recitals throughout Canada the United States and Europe. In February of
2014, Shawn accompanied the Elmer Iseler Singers on a northern Canada
tour of Yellowknife, Banff and Edmonton. In August Shawn also traveled to
Seoul, Korea with the Hamilton Children’s Choir where they participated in
the 10th Annual World Symposium of Choral Music. •
In 2006, the CD The Tokaido – The Choral Music of Harry Freedman was released
by the Canadian Music Centre, and featured the Amadeus Chamber Singers,
Elmer Iseler Singers, and Aeolian Winds, all conducted by Dr. Adams.
In 2008, the Choir toured once again, traveling to Sackville, New Brunswick
to perform at ‘Podium’, the ACCC (Association of Canadian Choral
Conductors) biennial conference, and then on to Antigonish and Glace Bay,
both in Nova Scotia.
SHAWN GRENKE, Piano
Shawn is pleased to be the new Artistic Director
of the Woodstock Fanshawe Singers. He is also the
Director of Music at Eglinton St. George’s United
Church in Toronto, Accompanist to the Amadeus
Choir of Toronto under the direction of Lydia
Adams, Accompanist to the Elmer Iseler Singers
of Toronto and Artistic Director of the 90 member
Burlington Seniors’ Centre Choir. Mr. Grenke is also
the past Assistant Conductor/Accompanist of the
internationally famed Hamilton Children’s Choir
where he served for 9 exciting years.
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Photo by Dean Palmer
In May of 2014, Amadeus Choir returned as the keynote choir to National
Conference: Podium 2014 CHORALSCAPES. The choir was presented with
the ACCC National Outstanding Innovation Award 2014 for its Music of the
Spheres collaboration with the Elmer Iseler Singers, The Ontario Science
Centre and The Roberta Bondar Foundation – Lydia Adams, conductor. •
LINDA BEAUPRÉ, Conductor and Artistic Director
Conductor of award-winning choirs for more than
25 years, Linda Beaupré is the co-winner of the 2006
Leslie Bell Prize for Conducting awarded by the Ontario
Arts Council and Choirs Ontario. She has also been
honoured with a Bi-Centennial Award of Merit from
the City of Scarborough, an award given to individuals
whose achievements have brought honour and
recognition to the City of Scarborough; a 2002 Guelph
YM/YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the arts
and culture category; and in 2013, the Queen’s Diamond
Jublilee medal for service to her community. Most recently, she was named the
2014 recipient of the Helen Hosmer Award for Excellence in Music Teaching by
the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam.
Ms. Beaupré maintains an active schedule as clinician and adjudicator for
other choirs. She has led major training projects for the Toronto District
School Board and has conducted children’s choir camps, workshops and
honour choirs throughout Canada, in the US, and as far away as Indonesia.
Along with Jean Ashworth Bartle and Eileen Baldwin, she is co-author of a
series of theory and ear-training workbooks and CDs entitled A Young Singer’s
Journey. This integrated musical literacy programme of workbooks and CDs is
distributed by Hinshaw Music Publishing. The first five of six workbooks are
in use throughout North America and beyond.
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Artist Profiles, continued
ELEANOR DALEY, Composer/Piano
Linda Beaupré received a Bachelor of Music degree from the State University
of New York at Potsdam, and a Master of Music degree from the University
of Western Ontario. She has taught music in Australia and Nova Scotia, and
for several years she was a professional singer with the Elmer Iseler Singers
and The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. From 1991-2013 she conducted Guelph
Youth Singers. •
Eleanor Daley received her Bachelor of Music Degree in
organ performance from Queen’s University in Kingston,
Ontario, and holds diplomas in both organ and piano
from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and
Trinity College in England. She has been Director of
Music at Fairlawn Avenue United Church in Toronto
since 1982 and is currently the conductor of three choirs
there. As a freelance accompanist, Eleanor has worked
with numerous choirs, including the Toronto Children’s
Chorus, the Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus, The
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and the Elmer Iseler Singers. She has been the
accompanist of the Bach Children’s Chorus since 1995, and was the accompanist
of the Amadeus Choir under Lydia Adams’ direction from 1991-2006.
BACH CHILDREN’S CHORUS and
BACH CHAMBER YOUTH CHOIR
The Bach Children’s Chorus (BCC), founded
in 1987 by Linda Beaupré, consists of 200
auditioned singers in choirs at differing
levels of ability. Singers aged six through
university age are divided into three treble
choirs (BCC I, II and III) and an SATB choir
for boys with changed voices and girls aged
16 and up. BCC is a Company-in-Residence
at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. BCC
choirs have been awarded The Elmer Iseler
Choral Award for Best Choir of the Toronto Kiwanis Festival in seven recent
festivals, including 2013. They have won several first place awards at both the
provincial and national levels of the Canadian Federation of Music Festivals,
including three first place awards at the national level, and the overall award
for best choir, in 2013. They have also twice been awarded first prize in the
Children’s Choir category of the CBC/Radio-Canada National Competition for
Amateur Choirs.
A prolific composer, Eleanor has a remarkable gift for melody and sensitive
interweaving of text and music. She has over 140 choral compositions in
publication, and is commissioned extensively throughout North America and
Europe. Her compositions have been performed and recorded throughout
North America, Great Britain, Europe, South Africa and the Far East. Eleanor’s
compositions have twice received the National Choral Award for Outstanding
Choral Composition of the Year by the Association of Canadian Choral
Conductors at their national conference. In 2005, Eleanor was invited to be
the first Composer-in-Residence at the international choral festival, Festival
500, in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
The choirs of Fairlawn Avenue United Church have recorded two CDs
featuring the choral music of Eleanor Daley: Canticle to the Spirit (2000) and
What Sweeter Music (2003). Magnificat Live! which features the Magnificats of
John Rutter and Jonathan Willcocks was released in 2009, and a Christmas CD
called Gloria was released in 2012. •
The BCC has released six solo CDs, and can be heard on several soundtracks
and a video by the Canadian Brass. Members of BCC II and III have had many
opportunities to work with composer Stephan Moccio, including recording
his song “I Believe” for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
Auditions for placement in the Bach Children’s Chorus take place in May for
entrance in September. For more information, visit the website at
www.bachchildrenschorus.ca •
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RUTH WATSON HENDERSON, Composer/Piano
Photo by Linda Locke
Past tours have included trips to the Atlanta International Music Festival;
Festival 500 in St. John’s, Newfoundland; Suas E! Festival in Cape Breton;
and the Children in Harmony Festival, Disneyworld as part of the Honour
Choir. In 2012, BCC III competed in the Golden Gate Children and Youth
Choral Festival in Oakland, California and received three gold standards. In
2013, BCC members attended the International Choral Festival in Missoula,
Montana, where they performed with choirs from 16 countries.
Ruth Watson Henderson enjoys an international
reputation as one of Canada’s leading composers and
as an admired pianist and organist. Known especially
as a composer of choral works, she began to compose
while she was the accompanist of the Festival Singers
under Dr. Elmer Iseler (1969 -1978) and has gone
on to produce a large body of SATB work. She has
also produced a wealth of compositions for treble
voices using expertise gleaned over 29 years as the
accompanist of the Toronto Children’s Chorus under
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Artist Profiles, continued
Guest Host Biographies
Jean Ashworth Bartle, and accordingly, has done much to promote the artistry
of children. Ruth’s works are acclaimed, performed and recorded worldwide.
JOAN ANDREWS
Recognized for her lifetime of service to music, Ruth has been paid many
tributes by the music community. These include: an honorary Fellowship
(FRCCO) by the Royal Canadian College of Organists; the National Choral
Award from Choral Canada for Voices of Earth, named Outstanding Choral
Composition for 1991-1992; a Choirs Ontario Distinguished Service award;
and the celebratory performances of concerts devoted entirely to her work,
presented by many different choirs, often with Ruth at the piano.
The ultimate tribute paid to her will be today’s performance and upcoming
recording of Voices of Earth by the Amadeus Choir, which has always
championed Ruth’s music, and which commissioned and premiered the piece
in 1991. Ruth is delighted to be a part of this concert, and looks forward to
seeing fulfilled her longtime dream of having Voices of Earth recorded. She is
truly grateful to Lydia Adams, the Amadeus Choir Board of Directors, and all
of today’s performers for this great honour. •
Joan Andrews has been assistant conductor of the Amadeus Choir for more
than 20 years. She is also its longest-serving member, celebrating 40 years
with the choir this season!
Joan began her musical education studying piano and flute in Ottawa where
she grew up, and went on to receive a BA with honours in Music Education
from The University of Western Ontario. Her career as a high school
instrumental and vocal music teacher culminated at Dr. Norman Bethune
C.I. in Scarborough where she was head of the music department prior to her
retirement. Since then she has been artistic director and conductor of Village
Voices, a large community choir in Markham, Ontario.
Joan’s keen interest in choral music was inspired by conductors such as
Robert Shaw, Sir David Willcocks, Elmer Iseler, and Lydia Adams, under whose
batons she has had the privilege to work at various points in her career.
She continues to hone her flute-playing skills as a member of The Encore
Symphonic Concert Band in Toronto.
Joan’s strong belief in the value of music-making inspired her to take an
active role in CAMMAC (Canadian Amateur Musicians/Musiciens Amateurs
du Canada), where for many years she helped to initiate and organize various
workshops, music readings and music camps for people of all ages and
performance levels. •
Sincerest thanks to Joan Andrews and Anne Parks
for hosting this afternoon’s performance, and
to all others who have made this performance
possible, especially the administration and
technical crew of Toronto Centre for the Arts,
George Weston Recital Hall; Colourcomm Printing Ltd.;
Amadeus Choir Front of House Manager,
Harry Howie; and all of our valued volunteers.
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AMADEUS CHOIR OF GREATER TORONTO
ANNE PARKS
Music has always been a vital part of Anne’s life.
Born in Toronto to music-loving Scottish parents, Anne studied piano from an
early age and sang in choirs at both church and school, including Riverdale
Collegiate.
After completing her ATCL in piano as a teen, she began to study voice and
was the silver medalist when she received her ARCT in vocal performance
and teaching from Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music.
As a teacher with the Toronto and Scarborough Boards for 31 years, she
taught kindergarten and music and led choirs. Anne’s husband, Lorne, is also
a singer, and together they raised four sons.
In the 1970’s, while a member of St. Mark’s United Church choir, Anne
became a founding member of the Amadeus Choir and sang with the choir
for 30 years. “The Amadeus Choir continues to be a very important part of
my life. I have many dear friends who sing with the choir and I never miss
a concert. I continue to admire the choir’s accomplishments and musical
excellence under the leadership of Lydia Adams.” •
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Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto
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PATRON
His Excellency the Right Honourable
David Johnston, C.C., C.M.M.,
C.O.M., C.D., Governor-General and
Commander-in-Chief of Canada
HONORARY PATRONS
The Right Honourable Adrienne
Clarkson, PC, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M, C.D.
The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean,
C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D.
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Howard Cable, C.M.
Leslie Fagan
Mary Lou Fallis, C.M.
Vern and Elfrieda Heinrichs
Rut Watson Henderson
Ben Heppner, C.C.
John B. Lawson, Q.C.
Doreen Rao
Wayne Riddell, C.M.
Bramwell Tovey, O.M.
Peter Togni
Sir David Willcocks, CBE, MC
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sue Woodland, President
Jocelyn Kervin, Executive VicePresident
Joseph Murray, Treasurer
Janet Fryer, Secretary
Bruce Yungblut, Chair of Marketing
Gerald Loo, Chair of Development
Sari Goldenberg, Co-Chair of
40th Anniversary Committee
Kathy Howie, Co-Chair of
40th Anniversary Committee
CONSULTANTS TO THE BOARD
Phyllis Doherty, Past Treasurer
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AMADEUS CHOIR OF GREATER TORONTO
2014-2015 Season Membership
Lydia Adams, Conductor
& Artistic Director
Joan Andrews, Assistant
Conductor
Shawn Grenke,
Accompanist
SOPRANO 1
Anne Bornath
Jennifer Boyd
Virginia Gies
June Higgins
Leah Jackson
Marina Mooney
Nanette Murray
Joanne Nasmith
Carole Nelles
Cathy Robinson
Catherine Ross
Kathleen Tapp Mock*
SOPRANO 2
Barbara Adams
Joan Andrews
Marina Boehm
Mikaela Boutilier
Naomi Buck
Jane Gorman
Marianne Hamilton
Pamela Hetherington
Kathy Howie
Ilana Lucas
Aviva Lufer
Mishy Moffitt
Frances Pairaudeau
Sandra Parsons
Eugénie Riesenkampff
Tonie Robinson-Miller
Debbie Scoffield
Elizabeth Seo
Carol Stairs
Judy Tracey
Julie Winn
ALTO 1
Gwyneth Buck
Lynda Clark
Karen Freedman
Janet Fryer
Sari Goldenberg
Inge Hermann
Laura Hope
Joyce Kenno
Christine Kerr
Elizabeth MacLean
Corinne McDonald
Alison Roy*
Wendy Simone
Tatyana Sukhodolska
Judith Young
ALTO 2
Anne Compagnie
Cherie Crosby
Phyllis Doherty
Kathy Irvin
Jocelyn Kervin
Kelli Korducki
Bonnie Tepperman
TENOR 1
John Darrigo
Matt Gaskin*
Alki Leontarakis
Paul Marshall
Will Reid*
Michael Sawarna*
TENOR 2
Mitch Bondy
Joshua Boutilier
Eric MacKeracher*
Chris Norman
Ed Oikawa
BARITONE
David Barlow
John Brooker
James Musselwhite
Graham Robinson*
Zlatko Sakač
Richard Scott
Norman Wiggett
BASS
Scott Bell
Leonard Bick
Reid Brownscombe
Andrew Kellogg
Nelson Lohnes*
Jamie McGill
Raimo Toiviainen
Bruce Yungblut
* Section Leads
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Bach Children’s Chorus and
Bach Chamber Youth Choir
Alexandra Carroll
Isabel Maddocks
Danielle Carron
Claire Mason
Daniella Castello
Emmanuel Mathi
Guin Cordon
Ezekiel Mathi
Laura Coyne
Kendra Melville
Hannah Curtis
Kiera Melville
Yasmin Emery
Kyleigh Melville
Savannah Ford
Priscilla Menezes
Francesca Fortino
Julia Naus
Alexandria Gerard
Peter Naus
Julianna Gerard
Katie Pinhorn
Tait Gould
Sathoori Ratheeshan
Julien Hagens
Olivia Ray
Sophie Hagens
Amanda Rodrigues
Francesca Hauser
Annabelle Rodrigues
Rachael Henfrey
Aanika Roy
Hannah Hertel
Maria Saba
Beatrice Hugh-Harris
Ricshe Saldanha
Emma Kazal
Rebecca Slater
Christine Kim
Erin Strachan
Rebekah Kim
Dhaanyah Thanabalasingham
Anya Knight
Arima Thorne
Alyssa Krogh
Tamia Walker
Anne Lai
Meredith Wanstall
Samantha Lalonde
Sylvie Wichert
Ashley Lyn
Allison Winn
Emily Lynch
Tricia Wrigglesworth
Miranda Lynn
Melanie Yip
Beatrix Maddocks
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AMADEUS CHOIR OF GREATER TORONTO
OUR DONORS*
Conductor’s Circle ($1,000 +)
Lydia Adams
Joan Andrews
In memory of Liz Drury
Sponsorship/Catherine Wyn-Rogers Apr.12/14
David Barlow
Matching Funds Campaign
Eleanor Daley
Sponsorship/Meredith Hall Apr.12/14
Carol Competition Sponsorship
Phyllis Doherty
In Memory of Liz Drury
Sponsorship/Lydia Adams Apr.12/14
Carol Competition Sponsorship
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Sari and Ron Goldenberg
Tour Fund
Sponsorship/Concertmaster’s Chair Apr.12/14
Matching Funds Campaign
Harry and Kathy Howie
Corinne McDonald
Matching Funds Campaign
Joseph Murray
Avalon Neale
Tour Fund
Matching Funds Campaign
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Edward Oikawa
Anne Parks
Sandra Parsons
Sid Robinovitch Recording Fund
Ed Mock and Kate Tapp-Mock
Sue Woodland
Tour Fund
Judith Wyse
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Bruce Yungblut
Matching Funds Campaign
Supporters ($500-$999)
Audrey Azad
Reid Brownscombe
Matching Funds Campaign
Classical 96.3/MZ Media
ComputerAid International (Brad Weaver)
John Fenton
Matching Funds Campaign
Pamela Gallagher
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Elizabeth Gray
Tia Henderson
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
THANK YOU
June Higgins
Matching Funds Campaign
Ellen Jaaku
Matching Funds Campaign
Dorice P. Johnston Memorial Fund
(Marjorie Sharpe)
Gerald Loo
Don and Janet MacKeracher
Matching Funds Campaign
MacPherson Builders
Anne Mollenhauer
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
RBC Employee Volunteer Grant Program
(John Stairs)
Julie and Colin Winn
Carol Competition Sponsorship
Matching Funds Campaign
Kathryn Winning
In memory of Florence Adams
Helen Ziegler
Sustainers ($200 -$499)
Karen Albert
In memory of Betty Mercer Woodman
In memory of Flora Boasie
Hilary Apfelstadt
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Donald Bartle
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Linda Beaupré
In honour of Florence Adams
Byron Bellows
Heather Benson
Anne Compagnie
Cherie Ann Crosby
Carol Competition Sponsorship
Colleagues of Nikki Cule
In memory of Liz Drury
Jane Gorman
Carol Competition Sponsorship
In memory of Anna Loane
Matching Funds Campaign
Elfrieda Heinrichs
Matching Funds Campaign
Jim and Becky Hilton
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Peter and Verity Hobbs
In memory of Liz Drury
Laura Hope
Matching Funds Campaign
Carol and Ralph Ingleton
Patrick Jordan
Sid Robinovitch Recording Fund
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OUR DONORS*
Joyce Kenno
In memory of Florence Adams
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Donald Kramer
Linda and Stan Locke
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Paul Marshall
Matching Funds Campaign
Nanette Matys
Toshi Oikawa
Frances Pairaudeau
Matching Funds Campaign
Lisa Philpott
In memory of Verta Calvert and Phyllis
Adams
Debbie Scoffield
Elizabeth Seo
Bonnie Tepperman
In memory of Liz Drury
In honour of the birth of Sam Reid Tepperman
In honour of the marriage of Aaron
Tepperman to Janina Dourgounis
Matching Funds Campaign in memory of
Stanley Solomon
Judy Tracey
Tom and Esther Welsh
Matching Funds Campaign
Kathleen Wooder
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Anonymous (1)
Friends (up to $199)
Robert Accinelli
Matching Funds Campaign
Barbara Adams
Matching Funds Campaign
Karen Albert
In memory of Betty Mercer Woodman
Catherine Ambrose
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
David Ambrose
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Gwen Atkinson
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Carol Bailey
In memory of Doug Turner
Jean Ashworth Bartle
John Bell
Matching Funds Campaign
Sheila Berg
Leonard Bick
Matching Funds Campaign
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THANK YOU
Daniel Bogue
Caroline Bonner
Judy Boundy
Jennifer Boyd
John Brooker
Carol Competition Sponsorship
Allan and Kathryn Brown
Matching Funds Campaign
Gwyneth Buck
William Buhlman
Marcia Bunston
Anne-Marie Calhoun
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Susan Chernin
Barbara Clark
Lynda Clark
Nadine Corrigan
In memory of Liz Drury
Susan Culver
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Wendy Deacon
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Amy Dodington
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Thomas Ferry
Matching Funds Campaign
Lucia Flaim
George Fleming
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Nancy Foster
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Mary Freedman (Morrison)
Janet Fryer
Virginia Gies
Dianne Goldsmith
Matching Funds Campaign
Jeanne Graham
Tom Graungaard
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Harry Gregg
Shawn Grenke
Sheila Haimes
Inga Hansen
Rosalie Hatt
In memory of Liz Drury
Catherine Havery
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Deborah Henderson
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Karen Henderson and Christopher
Cameron
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
Greg Hughes
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Joan Kagan
Anne Kear
Sarah Keating
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Andrew Kellogg
Jocelyn Kervin
Ed and Lana Korb
Michael and Vivian Lee
Barbara MacDonald
Donald MacInnes
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Eric MacKeracher
Matching Funds Campaign
Elizabeth MacLean
Marathon Learning Materials Ltd.
Jean McDiarmid
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Kathy McGrath
Margaret McGroarty
Del Mehes
Barbara Naylor
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Carole Nelles
Chris Norman
Melanie Noviss
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
D.J. Parsons
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Catherine Patterson
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Lydia Pedersen
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Ralph Peters
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Mary Prime
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Gordon Robb
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Betty Robinson
In memory of Liz Drury
Cathy Robinson
Andrea Rowan
John Francois Roy
Matching Funds Campaign
Elizabeth Sakac
Matching Funds Campaign
Eardley Samuels
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Edith Sawyer
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Helen Simeonov
Matching Funds Campaign
Wendy Simone
Jacqueline Smith
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Lawrence Smith
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Carol Stairs
Ted Teal
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Julia Topping
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Freda Urbas
James Wanstall
Matching Funds Campaign
Andrea Warren
Susan Watt
Ruth Watson Henderson Recording Fund
Pamela Wightman
Matching Funds Campaign
Virginia Winn
Anonymous (3)
*List reflects donors from January 1, 2014 to
April 30, 2015 at the level receipted. If we have
made an error or omitted your name from
this list, please accept our sincere apologies
and contact us at [email protected].
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THANK YOU
Amadeus Choir gratefully acknowledges
support from Government agencies:
Amadeus Choir gratefully acknowledges media support:
Amadeus Choir gratefully acknowledges support from:
Concert Sponsor:
Sandra Parsons
…and the very generous contributions of many
individual and corporate donors.
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TCA HOUSE LIST
General Manager, Pim Schotanus
Director of Operations, Janette McDonald
Director of Finance & Administration, Neil McGivney
Director of Production & Facility Services, Kristopher Dell
Production Manager, Zoë Carpenter
Production Manager, Vadim Beili
Production Manager, Bruce Bennett
Box Office Manager, Liz Bragg
Payroll Manager & Accounts Coordinator, Alice Lin
Booking Coordinator, Jannelle Armorer
Office Coordinator & Bookings Associate, Elsa Nealon
New Media & Marketing Coordinator, Amanda Fleming
Education & Outreach Coordinator, Lanrick Bennett Jr.
Front of House Manager, Marg Goodwin
Duty Manager, Lynn Reeve
Maintenance Supervisor, John Hood
Building Operators, Loreto Canillo, Bin Ren
Housekeeping Supervisor, Lascelles Charlton
Security Supervisor, James Phoxay
Stage Technicians are represented by I.A.T.S.E Local 58
North York Performing Arts Centre Corporation Board of Directors
Board Members:
Mayor John Tory
Councillor John Filion
Councillor Norm Kelly
Councillor James Pasternak
Councillor Jim Karygiannis
Bob Cooper
Michael Feldman
Nina Iordanova
Leonard Glickman (Chair)
Sheldon Mahabir
Warren M. Rudick
Valerie Ann Sterling
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Giuliana Carbone, Treasurer
Alison Fowles, Solicitor
Ulli Watkiss, Secretary
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