Georgian Music 2008


	November 2, 2008 - Sunday
		Valerie Tryon The English-born Canadian pianist and teacher, Valerie Tryon, appeared in public regularly while still a child. She toured with the Northern Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at age nine, and at age eleven made the first of many BBC broadcasts. In 1948 she completed the ARCM and LRAM diplomas. From 1950 to 1955 she studied with Eric Grant at the Royal Academy of Music. On bursary, she studied with Jacques Février in Paris in 1955-1956. Critical acclaim for Valerie Tryon's recital at the 1959 Cheltenham Festival (UK) launched her career with appearances as soloist and recitalist in major British concert halls and in Europe, South Africa, Canada, and the USA. She has performed Piano Concertos... Read more Venue: Hi-Way Pentecostal Church
	December 14, 2008 - Sunday
		Caliban Quartet & Mary Lou Fallis Since their formation in 1993, The Caliban Quartet of Bassoonists has been surprising and delighting listeners around the world with their eclectic and sparkling performances and recordings. With the aim of giving the bassoons all the good bits, they have shamelessly performed their own arrangements of everything from Renaissance religious music to world music, jazz, and tangos... Read more Mary Lou Fallis Mary Lou (Louise) Fallis. Soprano, teacher, comedian, writer, b Toronto 22 Apr 1948; B MUS (Toronto) 1970, M MUS (Toronto) 1972. Taught voice and piano first by her grandmother, choral conductor Jennie Bouck, she made her operatic debut at 15 in a CBC-TV production of The Magic Flute. As a young woman she sang in the St. George's Youth Choir...Read more Venue: Central United Church
	February 8, 2009 - Sunday
		Hausmann String Quartet & Serouj Kradjian The Hausmann String Quartet was formed in the summer of 2004 at the LyricaFest music festival in Chatham, NJ. Praised for its charismatic playing and "deeply lyrical sound," the quartet made its debut with the Lyrica Boston Chamber Music Players in a performance of the Mendelssohn Octet. As 2006 Norfolk Festival Quartet Fellows in Residence, the Hausmann Quartet worked closely with members of the Vermeer, Tokyo, and Keller quartets. During the summer of 2007, the quartet was in residence at the Kent/Blossom Music Festival.... Read more Serouj Kradjian Juno award winning Armenian- Canadian pianist Serouj Kradjian has been described as "a keyboard acrobat" of "crystal virtuosity", having "fiery temperament and elegant sound" with "a technique to burn." Mr. Kradjian's concert performances have included Rachmaninoff's Second and Third Piano Concerti with the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Shostakovich First Concerto in Madrid, both Liszt Piano Concertos with Germany's Göttingen Symphony, the Khachaturian Piano Concerto in Toronto, Mozart performances with the Vancouver and Edmonton Symphonies, and his recital debut at Carnegie Hall, New York."... Read more Venue: Hi-Way Pentecostal Church
	April 19, 2009 - Sunday
		Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir (TWMVC) The Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir (TWMVC) was established in 1995 when its founding member and first president, Gwyn Roberts, gathered together a group of like-minded individuals of Welsh heritage to kindle the spirit of traditional Welsh male voice singing in their adopted country. Although many of the current members still lay claim to Welsh connections, the TWMVC now has members from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds.... Read more Venue: Hi-Way Pentecostal Church


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