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September
2007
- Sunday, September 23, 2007 Trio:
Rita Greer, clarinet, Lillian Sit, Soprano, Andrei
Streliaev, Piano
October
2007
- Sunday, October 21, 2007
Opera Celebration: Favorites by Mozart, Offenbach,
Puccini & More; Wendy Dobson and guest artists
- Friday, October 26, 2007
Women--Wild and Wonderful! featuring Barbara Fris,
soprano, Laura Newland, storyteller and Jane Blackstone,
piano
November
2007
December
2007
January
2008
February
2008
March
2008
April
2008
May
2008
- Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 8pm
-- Janet Catherine Dea, soprano in concert
- Thursday, May 8th, 2008 8pm
-- Peggy Mahon concert "A Song for You"
- Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:30
p.m -- Christina Petrowska-Quilico in concert
- Thursday, May 15th, 2008 8pm
-- Diana McIntosh Concert -- 4 Premieres
Musical Events
at the Heliconian Club
Performing
in Heliconian Hall
Imagine a small European concert stage in an art gallery
setting right here in the heart of Toronto. Heliconian
Hall is such a place. Equipped with a well maintained
Steinway grand piano, Heliconian Hall allows performances
to reach the highest standards.
Heliconian members and their guests perform solo piano
and lieder recitals, opera and Broadway programmes,
chamber and choir music, all in the perfect setting
of this intimate hall. In addition to the ad hoc
concerts which individual members organize for themselves
and their guests, the club has a series of annual specialized
concert events.
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Specialized Concert Events
Music
and Poetry Concert
Traditionally this has been the first concert of the
season, featuring poetry readings interspersed with
chamber music. The concert honours a Heliconian member
or members who have made outstanding contributions to
the club.
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Mary
Rezza Memorial Student Recital
Former Heliconian Mary Rezza (1930-2000) started the
tradition of this annual concert in which the talented
students of teaching members of the Music Section are
given the opportunity to perform.
There will be two Mary Rezza Memorial Student Recitals
this season.
Sunday, Nov.
18th, 2007 3:00 pm
Sunday, Apr.
13th, 2008 3:00 pm
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Young
Artist Student Recital
A young female artist who is on the verge of a professional
career is presented in concert on the stage of Heliconian
Hall.
On Saturday, January 19th 2008 at 8pm the Heliconian
Club will present its Young Artist Concert featuring
Soprano Deanne Hendriks, student of Music Section member
Donna Sherman
Deanne Hendriks, will perform works by Haydn, Handel,
Dowland, Purcell, Milhaud, Rodrigo and others. Her accompanist
will be Jennifer Tung, pianist.
Tickets: $20, $15 Seniors & Students to reserve,
please call (416) 964-6398
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Christmas
Dinner Celebration Programme
The annual Heliconian Christmas dinner is a gala event
when members don their most festive holiday garb and
enjoy a traditional dinner and seasonal entertainment
in words and music. The dinner is for members only.
Sunday,
December 2nd A Celtic Christmas (members reserve by
Nov. 16th $40)
Christmas
Luncheon Programme
This is a special Christmas luncheon to which each member
may bring one guest. The Music Section provides seasonal
entertainment.
Tuesday
December 18th 12-1pm (reserve)
Spring
Luncheon Programme
The Music Section provides entertainment.
Themed
Dinner and Music Evenings
Past events have included evenings celebrating St. Patrick's
Day, Valentine's Day, Robbie Burns Day etc. These programmes
are gala fundraisers for the club and include a dinner
and musical programme.
Tuesday, March
18th 2008 at 6:30pm St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
WEARING (AND RAISING) THE GREEN
This evening will be dinner-theatre style, and all
net proceeds will go to the Heliconian Centennial Scholarship
Fund.
The Art Section is arranging the festivities with entertainment
coming from members of the Music Section. Guests are
welcome; reservations are required by noon Thursday,
March 13.
Price is $50.
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Other Heliconian Concert Events
Members'
Concerts:
Sunday
September 23, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Trio: Rita Greer, clarinet,
Lillian Sit, Soprano, Andrei Streliaev,
Piano Songs for Trio by Spohr, Arnold Cooke and others.
Wagner, Wesendock Lieder, Barber, Three Songs; Schumann,
Novelette in F#-; Brahms, Sonata in F- for clarinet
and piano; and more
$20 adults, $15 Students, Seniors and Heliconian members,
Children 12 and under, free
Tickets and information (416) 760-9180
Meet the Artists - Reception to follow
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Sunday
October 21st 3:30 pm
Opera Celebration: Opera
Favorites by Mozart, Offenbach, Puccini & More
Featuring Wendy Dobson, Soprano, Sarah Hallyburton,
Soprano, Lenard Whiting, Tenor, Douglas Tranquanda,
Baritone, Brahm Goldhamer, piano
Tickets $25/$20 students & seniors (available at
the door)
416 466-3449 for more information
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Oct
26, 2007 8:00 pm
Women, Wild & Wonderful!
with Barbara
Fris, soprano, Laura Newland, story-teller & Jane
Blackstone, piano
Soprano Barbara Fris returns to grace the stage of Heliconian
Hall for an
unprecedented eleventh recital, along with award-winning
story-teller Laura
Newland and Toronto pianist Jane Blackstone.
Following her debut in 1984 with the Calgary Opera,
the Canadian soprano has
had a luminous career, captivating audiences with her
evocative portrayals of
opera heroines, her concert performances and recitals
-- always to critical and
audience acclaim. Her personal charisma and voice continue
to endear her to
audiences.
Miss Fris will sing familiar opera arias for soprano
voice, including Cilea's "Io sono l’umile
ancella" (Adriana Lecouvreur), Dvorák's
"Mesicku Na Nebi Hlubokem" (Rusalka's Song
to the Moon) and Gounod's Jewel Song (Faust). Miss Newland,
known throughout Canada for her storytelling, will weave
tales of intrigue and folklore throughout the song recital.
Net proceeds will benefit the Toronto Heliconian Club's
"Centennial Scholarship Fund".
The recital will take place on Friday, Oct 26, 2007
8:00 PM at Heliconian Hall,
35 Hazelton Avenue (Yorkville).Advance tickets ($25
& $20) go on sale
Mon Sep 10, 2007. For more information, contact the
Box Office at (647) 241-
3043 or e-mail at: lanbar@rogers.com
Tickets may be purchased on-line at http://www.barbarafris.com/
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Saturday,
November 10, 8pm Jana Skarecky Concert
To celebrate her 50th birthday, Jana Skarecky is presenting
a concert of her own compositions at Heliconian Hall
Saturday, November 10, at 8 p.m. The featured work is
a preview of voice and piano excerpts from her one woman
opera about Emily Carr sung by Ramona Carmelly with
a libretto by Canadian poet Di Brandt. Some of Jana’s
paintings will be on display as she is a member of both
the Art and Music sections. Tickets are $15 and $10.
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Community Outreach.
As part of it's mission, The Heliconian Club sponsors
a number of arts events which support the greater artistic
community.
Sunday,
January 13th The Christina and Louis Quillico 2008 Singing
Competition
Pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico established the
Christina and Louis Quilico Fund to honour the memory
of her late husband, renowned baritone Louis Quilico.
The Christina and Louis Quilico Award recognizes outstanding
young singers, pianists, and composers for voice. The
Ontario Arts Foundation manages the selection process.
As part of it's outreach mandate, The Heliconian Club
is pleased to host the competition in Heliconian Hall.
For more information on the competition go to The
Ontario Arts Foundation.
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Wednesday,
January 23 Hyun Tak Lee, pianist, in recital
The Heliconian Club, as one of its community outreach
endeavours, is opening the Hall to a young piano virtuoso,
HyunTak (David) Lee, for a concert Wednesday, January
23, 8 p.m. His appearance in is seen as a prelude to
his debut in the Glenn Gould Studio in 2009.
After a Walter Hall debut in 2004, HyunTak Lee entered
the University of Toronto Faculty of Music on a full
scholarship to study with Marietta Orlov.
He will be performing works by J.S. Bach, Beethove,
Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Scarlatti.
Jane Blackstone and a number of other Heliconians
are sponsoring this outreach concert.
Tickets: $25 Group Sales/Senior/Student $20
For tickets and information call (416) 781-2009 or
email: lanbar@rogers.com
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Saturday,
April 12th, 2008-- Ardeleana Trio in Concert
Heliconian club member Brenda Muller, Artistic Director
of the chamber ensemble trio 'Ardeleana' www.ardeleanamusic.com
and the 'Blue Bridge Festival' (In the villages of Sutton
and Jackson's Point, on the shores of Lake Simcoe; one
hour north of Toronto) www.bluebridgefestival.com
announces Ardelana's next concert.
Ardeleana Trio in Concert
Saturday, April 12, 2008
8 PM
Tickets: $20, adults; $15, students and seniors.
Toronto Heliconian Club
35 Hazelton Ave.
Toronto, ON
Featuring works by Mary Gardiner, Jean Françaix,
Hector Villa Lobos, and Bohuslav Martinu this concert
of contemporary art music will be a rare opportunity
to hear just the Ardeleana trio in concert. Don't miss
it!
Tickets will be available at the door. To reserve
tickets, email your request to info@ardeleanamusic.com
/ press release /
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Sunday,
April 20th, 2008, 3pm -- Joan Rowland Piano Concert
tickets $20 / $15 (sr-st)
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8:00
Saturday, May 3rd 2008
Muzent Productions
presents
Moonlight and Love Songs:
Music by Bellini, Debussy, Joseph Marx and Stefano Donaudy
Featuring Janet Catherine Dea (soprano)
Tomoko Okada (piano)
8:00 Saturday, May 3rd 2008 at
Heliconian Hall,
35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto
Tickets: $30 / $25 (st/sr)
Advance Tickets may be purchased on-line at
http://www.muzent.com
tel: (416) 571-4154 or info@muzent.com
Toronto, ON – February 15, 2008 -- Muzent Productions
continues its vocal music series in the intimate setting
of Heliconian Hall with Moonlight and Love Songs: Music
by Bellini, Debussy, Joseph Marx and Stefano Donaudy,
with Canadian soprano, Janet Catherine Dea, and Munich-based
pianist, Tomoko Okada, in her Toronto recital debut.
Janet Catherine Dea continues to delight audiences both
here and abroad with her luscious voice and sparkling
stage presence. Tomoko Okada, originally from Japan,
studied at the famous Vienna Music Academy, and for
many years was on the musical staff at the Frankfurt
Opera and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. Currently
she is a freelance vocal coach and accompanist traveling
frequently to Hamburg, Berlin, London (UK), Toronto
and New York working with established international
vocal artists and nurturing the next generation of aspiring
opera singers.
The programme opens with the haunting Casta Diva from
Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece, Norma; followed
by contrasting groups by two musical impressionists,
from France, Claude Debussy and the Austrian, Joseph
Marx. The programme is rounded out by a charming group
of Neapolitan-like Italian songs by Stefano Donaudy.
/ Full
Press Release / www.janetcatherinedea.com
/
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Thursday,
May 8th, 2008 -- "JAZZ IN HELICONIAN HALL"
Peggy Mahon
presents
"A Song for You"
Thursday, May 8 at 8pm Jazz Vocalist and Actor Peggy
Mahon our newest Music Section Member will present her
"A Song for You" at Heliconian Hall on Thursday,
May 8, 2008 at 8:00 PM.. This is a benefit concert for
“Interval House”.
Tickets are $30.00.
Call 416-698-2163 for more information and tickets.
Interval House provides a continuum of services that
enable abused women and children to have access to safe
shelter and responsive services that help them establish
lives free from violence. You can find them at http://www.intervalhouse.on.ca
On July 14, 2008, Peggy will also be presenting this
show in the Neptune Theatre in Halifax to raise funds
for the Nova Scotia Talent Trust and to establish a
memorial scholarship for Mary Dee Girroir, founder of
the Armdale Chorus, a female choir of about 25 members.
Several former and present Heliconians were members
of the Armdale Chorus, listed in the Canadian Encyclopedia
of Music at: The
Canadian Encyclopedia of Music
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May
14, 2008
PIANIST CHRISTINA PETROWSKA QUILICO
PLAYS A FEW
OF HER FAVORITE INGS AT LAUNCH PARTY FOR HER 20TH CD
Pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, one of Canada’s
foremost interpreters of 20th and 21st century music,
launches her 20th recording, Ings, with a mini-concert
and reception on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
at Yorkville’s Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave.
(north of Scollard Street; Bay St. subway), Toronto.
Tickets, $10, will be available at the door, or may
be reserved by phoning the Heliconian Club at (416)
922-3618. For more information, visit www.petrowskaquilico.com.
Released on the Welspringe label, Ings
is a two-CD compilation of live performances recorded
by and broadcast on CBC Radio during the last few years.
Selections, mainly by Canadian and American composers
– along with Messiaen and Boulez from France,
England’s Gavin Bryars, and Japan’s Toru
Takemitsu and Masamitsu Takahashi – range from
the spiritual and sacred to blues, boogies and jazz–
from Alexina Louie’s Star-filled Night to a swinging
Suite by William Westcott. Produced by David Jaeger,
whose Quivi Sospiri is also featured, the CD is named
for the title track, 6 Ings by American composer Henry
Cowell (1897-1965). The Ings, composed in 1917, are
evocative musical portrayals of Floating, Frisking,
Fleeting, Scooting, Wafting and Seething.
/ more info
- press release /
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Thursday,
May 15th, 2008 8pm -- Diana McIntosh Concert -- 4 Premieres
Wonder Worlds of McIntosh
music written and performed by
theatrical musician/composer
Diana McIntosh
with musicians/friends
Parmela Attariwala, violin/viola
and
Beverley Johnston, percussion
Four premieres:
Aunt Kate ~ Opening
Windows ~ Imaginings
~ Prodigies of the Nose*
also
Moments Ago
(*commissioned by the CBC)
8:00 PM ~ Thursday ~ May 15 ~ 2008
Heliconian Hall ~ Toronto
35 Hazelton Avenue
Tickets - $20.00 at the door
Music from this concert will be broadcast on CBC’s
The Signal
on Sunday, September 14 with host Pat Carrabre.
/ Diana
McIntosh Bio / www.dianamcintosh.com
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