The Oakville Symphony "Romance of Rachmaninoff" featuring Alexei Gulenco

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“Romanceof Rachmaninoff”

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Welcome to the Oakville Symphony 2014/15 season - “A Season of Favourites”One of my great pleasures as Music Director is the opportunity to connect with our

audience at concerts and Symphony functions. During these conversations, many of youhave suggested some of the great orchestral works that have particular meaning orsignificance for you. When planning this season, I realized that many of these works havenot been performed by the Symphony for a number of years. With this in mind, we havedesigned a season that is dedicated to some of your favourite music.

Outstanding works such as the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2, Smetana’s TheMoldau, Beethoven’s First Symphony, Ravel’s Pavane and the New World Symphony ofDvorak are just some of your favourite masterpieces that we are performing throughoutthe season. Outstanding guest artists, combined with the dedicated performances of ourown talented musicians, will ensure that our concerts will be a thrilling and memorableexperience.

Our 47th season will also feature a full orchestra Young People’s concert in February,mini-concerts in the OCPA lobby, as well as our Family Christmas concerts, featuring thevoices of the award-winning Oakville Children’s Choir. The Oakville Symphony is indeedproud to produce concerts for every age group in our community, while devotingparticular attention to introducing children and their families to live orchestral music.

On behalf of our wonderful musicians, I would like to express sincerest thanks to ourdedicated Board of Directors, the great organizational and management team of Peggyand Murray Steele, and the outstanding leadership of our Board President, GillianSantangeli. Along with our corporate sponsors and the ongoing commitment of ourgenerous donors and audience, the Oakville Symphony has become a model of truecommunity engagement and support. Thanks to the enthusiasm of our subscribers, thisseason will mark our ninth consecutive “sold-out on subscription” season.

As our Thank You for your continued support, we invite you to enjoy theSymphony@47 – A Season of Favourites.

Sincerely, ROBERTO DE CLARA, Conductor and Music Director

From the Conductor’s Podium

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Gillian Santangeli,Chair

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Active in both symphonic and operatic conducting, Roberto De Clara has been the MusicDirector and Principal Conductor of the Oakville Symphony since 1997. Past ArtisticDirector positions have included Music Director of the Prince George Symphony, MusicDirector York Symphony and Artistic Director of the Etobicoke Philharmonic. In additionto the artistic success of the Main Series subscription concerts, his tenure at the OakvilleSymphony has been marked by a number of initiatives, including Family ChristmasConcerts, educational concerts, a series of post-concert chats following regularsubscription concerts and a well-attended behind-the-scenes look at orchestral life andmusic entitled nOt just the scOre.

Mr. De Clara’s symphonic guest conducting has included engagements with orchestras inCanada and abroad including: the Winnipeg Symphony, Hamilton Philharmonic, OrchestraLondon, Stratford Symphony, the Vienna Pro Arte Orchestra and the orchestra of theNational Theatre in Prague. His European operatic debut took place in the historic EstatesTheatre in Prague, conducting a new production of Mozart’s COSI FAN TUTTE for theNational Theatre of the Czech Republic. He has also served as a guest conductor for highlysuccessful productions of Gianni Schicchi and Don Pasquale for the International Vocal ArtsInstitute in Tel-Aviv, in stagings by legendary singers Renato Capecchi and Federico Davia.

Mr. De Clara began his professional career as Assistant Conductor of both the HamiltonPhilharmonic and Opera Hamilton. A summa cum laude graduate of McMasterUniversity, he also holds diplomas in conducting from the Mozarteum Sommerakademiein Salzburg and the Wiener Meisterkurse of the Vienna Conservatory. He has also studiedconducting at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy; the Aspen Music School in the USAand the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. In the course of his career he has worked withsuch distinguished conductors as Jiri Belohlavek, Music Director of the CzechPhilharmonic (Prague), Boris Brott (Toronto), Julius Kalmar (Vienna), Ferdinand Leitner(Salzburg), Gustav Meier (U.S.A.) and Richard Woitach and Joan Dornemann of theMetropolitan Opera. A strong proponent of continual professional development, Mr. DeClara has participated in international conducting seminars in the U.S.A, Prague andSofia, with the noted pedagogue Gustav Meier and Rossen Milanov (Former AssociateConductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra).

Roberto De Clara has been the recipient of numerous awards including: First Prize inthe Austrian-Television Radio (O.R.F.) Salzburg Conducting Competition (where thehead of the jury was the legendary Intendant Rolf Liebermann), the Heinz UngerConducting Award in Toronto and scholarships from the Canada Council and the Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation.


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From the Mayor

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To the OSO Audience:

Welcome to the Oakville Symphony’s 2014-2015Season!

We are all looking forward to A Season ofFavourites. Who better to interpret and arrangethis music than the Oakville Symphony, one of thefinest community orchestras in Canada.

From Rachmaninoff to Dvorak, this season hassomething for everyone: masterpieces, outstandingguest artists, seasonal classics and the dedicatedmusicians who perform so beautifully.

I encourage everyone, lifelong patrons and thosewho’ve never been, to come out and enjoy theOakville Symphony experience.

On that note, I would like to extend very bestwishes to all – maestro, musicians and audience –for an inspiring 47th season ahead.

Happy listening,Mayor Rob Burton


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From the Chair

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Welcome to the Oakville Symphony’s 47th season!On behalf of the Board of Directors of the OakvilleSymphony, I would like to thank all of our corporatepartners, subscribers and ‘Friends’ who make thisseason possible. Your support of our musicians andyour enthusiasm for the classical music they bringto life makes us the envy of many other orchestras.At our opening concert, we present the Young

Artist awards and thank the donors who make theprogram possible. An initiative of the late JanetJones, the Young Artist program offers talented

high school age musicians the opportunity to rehearse under thementorship of a professional musician and perform challenging repertoire.We are most grateful to the Jones Family for the creation of the Janet JonesEndowment Fund in recognition of Janet’s leadership of this program.While sponsoring a Young Artist is beyond the reach of many, a gift to theJanet Jones Endowment Fund is an excellent way to support the program.The Oakville Symphony also has a general endowment fund, with

proceeds available to the Symphony for funding of day-to-day operations.Gifts in honour of a special birthday, in memoriam, or even a gift in kindthrough a donation of securities are other ways to contribute to the long-term financial health of the Symphony. Contact any Board member formore information.It is a great honour to represent the Board at our concerts and to

represent the Symphony in the community. While this is my final year aschair, I plan to stay involved through the Outreach Committee. TheOutreach Committee offers the free Mini-concerts, brings musicians intothe schools and coordinates the Poster Contest. Would you like to join me?Speak to me at any concert about volunteer opportunities.Enjoy the Season!

Gillian Santangeli, ChairThe Oakville Symphony Board of Directors

Gillian Santangeli has been a member of the Board of the OSO since 2007. Many yearsago, she was a member of the percussion section of the OSO. Gillian and her husbandDavid have been raising their three sons in Oakville for the last 16 years and are bothactive volunteers in the community.


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Our Musicians

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(M) - Young Artist Mentor | (G) - Guest | Y.A. - Young Artist | * - Member of professional core

VIOLINSJoseph Peleg,

Concertmaster*Norman Hathaway,

Co-Principal*Wren Canzoneri,

Co-Principal*Simcha ArmstrongEslyn BlairBrigitte CormierEleanor Crymble-ShaperoIrene DeWolfSabina GorohkovskyKarl HakalaHarag HamboyanMichaela HurasAndrea KhoIgor KubelikClara Kyung, Y.A.June MillerIan MorrisonHelen PetoRon SealeyRuthie SnellTamara SnellJill YokoyamaSarah ZbogarLinda Choi (M)David Rehner (M)Kaylee Van der Vliet (G)

VIOLASBill McMillan,

Principal*Kevin Belvedere Y.A.Bonnie BritainEsme DaviesVilija HakalaMunjal JoshiStephanie KhuranaMartin LevmanClement NgNorma NoseworthyMadeleine Spence Y.A.

VIOLONCELLIJose Shapero, Principal*Sonja BucklandPaul BurghardtDeb DaymondBarbara FrenschJean GrieveElena JubinvilleLiz LesserDominic MitchellMarilyn McKayPeggy SteeleKim Tatone

BASSIElizabeth Wallace,

Principal*Bob BellEmmett Glancie Y.A.David Gowing Y.A.Roger HollingworthKevin MannWes PrattJeff StringerTim FitzGerald (M)

FLUTESMáté Szigeti, Principal (G)Natalie Cabri

PICCOLONatalie Cabri

HARPSharlene Wallace,

Principal*

OBOESNancy Nelson, Principal*Paul Lancaster,

Principal Emeritus

ENGLISH HORNNancy Nelson

CLARINETSStephen Walter,

PrincipalSteve Haynes

BASS CLARINETStephen Walter

BASSOONSMargaret Davey, Josh Marshall (G)

FRENCH HORNSHeath Allen,

Principal*Kelly KaddatzJuliet MayerGail PaulingTina Shapero (G)

TRUMPETSRon McKee,

Co-PrincipalJenny Peace,

Co-Principal

TROMBONESJonathan Lapp,

PrincipalJoanna Venturanza

BASS TROMBONEMark Kissel

TUBARick Jatiouk (G)

TIMPANILorne Grossman,

Principal*

PERCUSSIONBob Comber (G)Samuel Morgenstein (G)


ALEXEI GULENCO, piano

A veritable titan of the keyboard,Alexei Gulenco has won prizes atnumerous piano competitions, includ-ing the International RachmaninovPiano Competition in Moscow, theInternational Jose Iturbi Competitionin Spain, the International Franz LisztCompetition in Italy, the LouisianaInternational Competition, and manyothers.He has been a featured soloist with

such orchestras as the ShanghaiSymphony, the Moldavian StatePhilharmonic, the Latvian NationalSymphony, the Moscow Symphony,the Orchestra of Music Conservatory“A. Boito,” the Orchestra of Valencia,the Rapides Symphony, GuelphSymphony, and the National Academy Orchestra of Canada.As a recitalist, Mr. Gulenco has appeared in Russia, France, the

Netherlands, Belgium, Belarus, Latvia, Romania, Italy, Spain, Germany, theRepublic of Georgia, Hungary, Moldova, Canada, and the United States. Hisperformances have been broadcast on television and radio stations inMoldova, Russia, Hungary, Spain, the United States, Canada, and theNetherlands.Alexei Gulenco began his piano studies at the Rachmaninov Music

Lyceum in Chisinau, Moldova. He is a graduate of Moldavian Academy ofMusic, the Moscow State Conservatory where he studied with ValeryKastelsky, and the Royal Conservatory The Hague, with Naum Grubert ashis mentor. In 2008, Mr. Gulenco obtained the degree of Doctor of MusicalArts at the University of Maryland at College Park under the guidance ofLarissa Dedova.Since 2008 Mr. Gulenco has resided in Hamilton, Ontario. In addition to

performing, he is on faculty at McMaster University and Mohawk College.

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JOSEPH PELEG, ConcertmasterA native of Hungary, Joseph came to Canada in 1968 and earned his Bachelor of Music from theUniversity of Toronto, and later his Masters of Music from Indiana University, while workingwith Joseph Gingold. Mr. Peleg has also worked with the eminent virtuosi Joseph Szigeti andNathan Milstein. He has performed solos and recorded and played with chamber music groupsthroughout Canada, the USA, Israel and many European centres. As well as serving asconcertmaster of the Oakville Symphony he is also the leader of the Contreras String Quartet.

NORMAN HATHAWAY, Co-Principal Second ViolinMr. Hathaway graduated with a performance degree from the Faculty of Music, University ofToronto, where he studied violin with David Zafer and chamber music with the Orford StringQuartet. Following his graduation he spent several summers at the Banff School of the Arts. Hehas been a member of the Stratford Festival Orchestra, the Hamilton Philharmonic, the TorontoPhilharmonic, the popular ensembles Quintessence and Ensemble Vivant, as well as co-concertmaster of the Phantom of the Opera Orchestra in Toronto. Norman enjoys hisassociation with the Oakville Symphony and wishes to express his thanks to the people ofOakville for their unfailing support for this outstanding orchestra.

WREN CANZONERI, Co-Principal Second Violin Wren is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia and was formerly AssociateConcertmaster of the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony. A part time member of the TSO, Wren isa free-lance violinist, recording for television and movies. He owns and coordinates theactivities of TorMusic Entertainment, which provides Strings/Jazz/Band and Conventionmusicians for corporate and private events.

WILLIAM MCMILLAN, Principal ViolaMr. McMillan has completed undergraduate degrees and postgraduate studies in music andeducation at the University of Toronto. A former director of the Inter-Provincial Music Camp,Principal of the North York Summer Music School as well as past conductor of the Halton andSheridan Youth Orchestras, Pickering Philharmonic and Havergal and Crescent ChamberString Orchestras, Mr. McMillan is currently Curriculum Leader in Arts at York Mills Collegiateand active in writing and publishing music for strings. He has recently been appointed principalsecond violin in the Toronto Community Orchestra as of this 2014-2015 season.

JOSE SHAPERO, Principal CelloMr. Shapero graduated from the University of Toronto with Bachelor and Masters degrees incello and piano. He has been Principal Cellist and guest soloist with several professional andcommunity orchestras. Jose has recorded for commercials and television shows including theCBC series, Street Legal. Jose leads the music ministry at north Bramalea United Church inBrampton and Temple Sinai Synagogue in Toronto.

ELIZABETH WALLACE, Principal Double BassMs. Wallace studied at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto with the former TSOprincipal bass, Tom Monahan, and privately with virtuoso Gary Karr. She has performed asAssistant Principal Bass with the Atlantic Symphony and CBC orchestras in Halifax, NovaScotia. As a member of the Atlantic Camera Trio, Elizabeth has performed at provincial andnational functions including Royal Family visits. As well as freelancing with various orchestras,she is presently Principal Double Bass with the Rose Orchestra in Brampton. Ms. Wallaceteaches privately and is also the double bass instructor at Klaudia’s Music Studio in Oakville.

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HEATH ALLEN, Principal French HornMr. Allen completed his Bachelor of Music at Queen’s University and his Master of Music in per-formance at the University of Toronto under the direction of Eugene Rittich. He has performedfrequently with orchestras throughout southern and eastern Ontario, including the London,Windsor, Kingston, Niagara, Kitchener-Waterloo, Oshawa-Durham, Royal Opera Canada,Brampton Lyric Opera and Opera Kitchener. Mr. Allen also performs with the Ceremonial BrassQuintet and coaches the Halton/Mississauga Youth Orchestra. He has also conducted on numer-ous occasions for the Peel Intermediate Honour Band, the Brampton Youth Concert Band andthe former Halton Youth Orchestra. He lives in Mississauga where he continues to have an activeprivate studio and teaches instrumental and vocal music for the Peel District School Board. Mr.Allen is an advocate for music education and is an active performer and organizer forInternational Horn Day held bi-annually in Toronto.

LORNE GROSSMAN, Principal PercussionistI have been playing with the Oakville Symphony for over 15 years. I’ve lost track. No need tocount years when every season is a joy and musical adventure with wonderful repertoire andsoloists. I live over 2 hours away near Georgian Bay but sleet, wind and snow won’t keep meaway – as long as they want me. I come to the area also to play with The Hannaford Street SilverBand, Toronto Sinfonietta, Rose Orchestra in Brampton and Opera York in Richmond Hill. Ihead east to Peterborough to be the timpanist with the Peterborough Symphony also. And now,my wife and I are in a contemporary duo called “Fizzgig” where I’m singing and playing lots ofvibraphone. So you never know where I am or what I’m playing, but when there is an OakvilleSymphony concert, you can bet your bottom dollar that I’ll be behind those big copper bowls,stage right. (That means if you are in the audience, I’ll be on your left.)

SHARLENE WALLACE, Principal Harp Oakville native Sharlene Wallace is both a Classsical harpist and one of Canada’s most prolificand influential Celtic/lever harp players. She has won two international harp competitions andcreated six independent CDs, featuring many of her own compositions. Most recently shereleased a new CD, Q&A, with American Celtic harpist Kim Robertson. Sharlene toursinternationally giving concerts, workshops, masterclasses and adjudications. She also teachesboth lever and pedal harps privately in Oakville, Guelph and Toronto as well as at YorkUniversity and Wilfred Laurier University. Her own Classical performance degree is from theUniversity of Toronto where she studied with the eminent Judy Loman. Sharlene is principalharpist with Oakville, Guelph and Kingston Symphonies. www.sharlenewallace.com.

NANCY NELSON, Principal Oboe After receiving a full scholarship and graduating from McMaster University in Honours MusicSumma Cum Laude, Nancy Nelson received a Canada Council Grant for further oboe andEnglish horn studies in Philadelphia. She is the oboe/English horn of the HamiltonPhilharmonic Orchestra, and has performed in the Toronto Symphony, Kitchener WaterlooSymphony, Symphony Niagara, Brantford Symphony, and Orchestra London oboe sections.Nancy also regularly performed in the musicals Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, MissSaigon, Showboat, Ragtime, Beauty and the Beast, House of Martin Guerre, Annie Get Your Gun,and in NOTL (My Fair Lady and Ragtime). During the summer of 2012, she had the honour ofplaying in the Broadway tour production of Wicked. Nancy is oboe instructor at 3 mainuniversities. You can hear her on numerous CDs and DVDs. She also operates a private musicstudio in home (piano/oboe/theory) and is organist and Music Director at Christ ChurchFlamborough.

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Night on Bald Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modest Mussorgsky

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The Concert

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Our subscription series continues…

January 31 & February 1, 2015

“From Vienna with Love”Guest Artist: Emmanuel Vukovich - Violin


MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839 - 1891)Night on Bald Mountain

In 1867, Mussorgsky indicated he had completed this work on the night ofJune 23, a date that is traditionally regarded as the Witches’ MidsummerSabbath. Indeed, he stated that the music portrays the Sabbath Assemblyof Witches and Satan’s Pageant. As is traditional for such pagan themes,the music begins in relative calm, and then gradually descends into chaos.An alternative interpretation of the piece, given its title, is of a travellerbenighted in a cruel mountain storm, and confronted by real or imaginedperil. Eventually the storm passes and the clarinet and flute solos in theclosing bars become a prayer of thanks for having survived the night.

MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937)Pavane pour une infante defunte

Pavane was written originally for the piano in 1899, and orchestrated asa ballet score in 1910. The piece was inspired by a rendition of theprincess infanta by the painter Velazquez, and the music evokes asolemn ceremonial dance in the Spanish court at a time of mourning. Itis characterised by somewhat variable phrase lengths, and long flowinglines. The apparent simplicity of the music belies its technical difficultyfor some of the performers, for instance in the opening horn solo.

BEDRICH SMETANA (1824-1884)Vltava (The Moldau), from Ma Vlast (My Country)

The Ma Vlast cycle of symphonic tone poems depicts a variety of Czechlegends, history and scenery. It was written during 1872-79, and wasmuch inspired by similar efforts of Tchaikowsky and Saint-Saens todevelop nationalistic material. Smetana was ill at the time, and by 1874he was also completely deaf. A string quartet written shortly afterwardsincludes a persistent high E flat, possibly the constant whistling in theears that Smetana had experienced. By 1882, his sanity had collapsedand he was confined to an asylum.

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The Moldau is the best known segment. It portrays a river that has twosources, which are represented by separate, then interleaved figures inthe flutes (a cold stream) and clarinets (a warm one). The river widens,with a broad melody in the strings, and then in turn there are huntinghorns (in the brass), dancing at a rustic wedding, and rustling elves andwater nymphs in the light of the rising moon. Eventually we arrive at theSt. John Rapids, where the water gradually accelerates, forming wavesthat dash and foam. Finally the river broadens once again as itapproaches Prague.

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18I. Moderato II. Adagio sostenuto III. Allegro scherzando

This work reflects a triumph over adversity. After the disastrousreception of his first symphony in 1897 (the conductor, Glazunov, hadarrived drunk, and did not take the work seriously), Rachmaninovendured a three year period of intense depression. He consulted ahypnotist, Dr. Nikolai Dahl, who used subliminal techniques to buildRachmaninov’s confidence in his ability to write a new piano concerto.Composition began in 1900, and the work was premiered in Moscow inthe following year, with Rachmaninov himself as soloist. The workdescribes Rachmaninov’s progression from sombre introspection at theopening, to the triumphant Finale, celebrating his release. The work isdedicated to Dr. Dahl – and in fact the violas are used more frequentlythan usual, acknowledging Dahl's own musicianship as a violist. It isnow one of the most popular piano concertos by any composer.The concerto’s morbid opening has eight poignant chords that

gradually build in tension and lead to a soaring second theme. The“romantic” second movement begins on muted strings, and continueswith a wistful melody on the flute and clarinet, which become acounterpoint to a theme in the piano. These roles are later reversed.Again the emotional level builds to a climax, and a beautiful coda. Thevigorous finale has echoes of Tchaikowsky.

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Support one of Oakville’s most important cultural organizations through “Friends of the OSO”. Whilekeeping ticket prices at affordable levels so that as many as possible may enjoy the OSO, the proceedsfrom ticket sales cover only 40% of the total costs of presenting a concert. The Symphony needs thegenerous additional support of “Friends of the OSO”.

• Join the BRAVO CIRCLE: $2,000+ • Sustain as a SUPPORTER: $250 - $499• Join the MAESTROS: $1,000 - $1,999 • Commit to being a CONTRIBUTOR: $50 - $249• Become a BENEFACTOR: $500 - $999 • Sponsor a Young Artist – see below

ENHANCE YOUR SYMPHONY EXPERIENCE:• Increase your involvement and commitment by joining or stepping up your level of support• Attend “Lunch with Friends” – an annual event held in June. • Receive a tax deductible benefit

We always welcome new “FRIENDS”! Send your cheque, VISA, or MasterCard information to: The Oakville Symphony, 310-200 North Service Road West, Oakville ON L6M 2Y1

The OSO Youth ProgramThe purpose of this program is• To support the development of young musicians in the Halton area• To find and develop new players for the orchestra• To encourage cultural diversity in the youth of the community

YOUNG ARTIST AWARDSThe 2014-2015 concert season in Oakville marks the 18th year for the Young Artist Awards. These awardsstimulate the interest of young people by creating opportunities for them to develop their skills by playingwith the orchestra. In turn, their participation helps the orchestra to achieve its objective of continuousimprovement of the symphonic sound. Each student receives a bursary of $1,500 Young Artists for 2014-15: Clara Kyung – violin, Kevin Belvedere – viola, Madeleine Spence – viola, David Gowing – bass, andEmmett Glancie – bass.

THE KENNETH HOLLIER AWARDThis award, named in honour of the orchestra's founding musical director, was introduced five years agoand also recognizes promising young artists. It is available to string players and non-string players inalternate years. The winner receives a bursary of $500. This award does not include a commitment to playwith the orchestra, other than the possibility of a solo under mutually agreeable circumstances. Thewinner for the 2014-2015 season is Sophie Lanthier – flute.

DEVELOPING ARTIST AWARDSThese awards were introduced to recognize the talents of some of the younger competitors for the KennethHollier Award. They are given at the discretion of the judges on a “deserving” basis. The winners for the2014-2015 season are Rebecca Heathcote – alto saxophone, Victoria Pancoe – oboe, and David Lu – oboe.

THE YOUSSEF-WARREN VIOLINThe Oakville-based Youssef-Warren Foundation donated a quality violin, to be loaned to a youngviolinist, playing with the OSO. The violin, made in 1993 by Romano Gaini a master violinmaker fromFerrara, Italy, is appraised at $14,000. Ian Morrison, violinist with the OSO, has donated a “Handorff”bow in the value of $1000 to accompany the violin when it is borrowed. For the 2014-2015 season theviolin is available for a member of the symphony to play.

THE HOLLIER VIOLAThe Oakville Symphony is very grateful to Dorothy Hollier-Bidlake, widow of the founder of thesymphony, Kenneth Hollier, for her donation in his honour of his A.G. Galea viola, as well as his Laberteviola bow and viola case. The appraised value of this gift is $24,000. The recipient of this viola & bow forthe 2014-2015 season is Madeleine Spence.

For more information about all youth awards, please call the Oakville Symphony office.


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BRAVO CIRCLE ($2,000 +)Robert & Mary Catherine AchesonWilliam & Margaret AndrewsRussell & Sonja BucklandJean GrieveDorothy & Emil NennigerJohn PostleDavid & Gillian SantangeliMr. & Mrs. Gerald Sutton

MAESTROS ($1,000-$1,999)Mrs. Bonnie BuddColin Chappell & Carol MurrayDeb DaymondDomenic Dirisio & Deb CooperThe Honourable James & Sandra FarleyRoss & Trish McTavishMr. Ian MorrisonMr. & Mrs. Thomas PugsleySimon & Lynne ScottThe Hilary & Roger Selby Family Fund (a fund held within the Oakville Community Foundation) In memory of Jean Beaumont

BENEFACTORS ($500-$999)AnonymousDorothy BidlakePeter & Dorine BloemenRussell & Joan BrowneLewis CopestickThomas & Nancy JudgeMr. & Mrs. Robert MarchRon & Pat McKeeDwight & Patricia NowlanRBC Royal BankMarcia ToddChuck WhippleMr. & Mrs. Robert WhittakerFrank & Anne Zinatelli

SUPPORTERS ($250-$499)AnonymousJoan Barber & Christine MacDowellRichard BeaumontWilliam & Sandy BoughnerIan & Diane BoveyMr. & Mrs. Russell BrakeErich & Lisa BruckmannDr. & Mrs. H. BykerkChristopher ByrneDoug & Patricia CoateMr. & Mrs. Michael CollsCharles & Mary DavidsonRoberto & Anna De Clara

Dr. & Mrs. Lee FarrowYoka & Jan FeberweeMichael & Barbara GreeneAsif & Donna HassanSharon HawleyMr. & Mrs. Tom HierlihyBruce & Grace HolmesDon Robinson & Ilona KoprivaLucie LaroseColin & Helen LittonKevin & Patricia MannCarolyn McLeod Donna MilliganE. Lorraine MitchellFrank & Jean Anne MorewoodMr. & Mrs. Robert NairnMichael & Barbara NaylorMr. Justice Terry O’ConnorElizabeth PeckBill & Donna PirieDr. Orest & Dr. Maureen RudzikPeter & Anne ShawRuthie SnellTerry StillRobert & Yvonne StrotherH.W. TaylorDennis & Shirley ThackerMr. & Mrs. Stephen Walter

CONTRIBUTORS ($50-$249)AnonymousTom & Janet AltonIn memory of Graham Norgate

Anne & Charles AndersonJohn & Margaret AshfieldW. Douglas & Alaine BainesFreda BarberEric & Catherine Bentzen-BilkvistRichard & Barbara BirkettNorma BoocockFrank BraunMargaret BrennanKevin & Michelle BrockieKen & Shirley BrownGordon & Berit BuckAnn BuckeGeoffrey & Margot CampGail CargoCathy CarterJose & Josephine CavacoJohn ChanceMary CleggMr. & Mrs. Chris CoderreMrs. Nellie CollinsJackie Corbett

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Rita McCallFindley & Penny McCarneyMrs. Mary McCarterMrs. Ann McCullochJoanne McGintyScott & Julie McNabbDonna McNaughtTom & Carilyn McNaughtWilliam & Kathy MillerMr. John Mockford & Mrs. Margaret Odenbach

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KEVIN BELVEDERE, ViolaKevin Belvedere started playing the viola in grade 6 as part of his middle schoolmusic program after studying piano for many years before. Last year hegraduated from Martingrove CI in Etobicoke, where he benefited from a strongmusic program provided by distinguished school music teacher Ionel Stoica, atwhich time he also studied privately with respected teacher, violinist, andcomposer Jani Papadhimitri. Kevin has also been playing in community orchestras across the GTA for

years, including the Etobicoke Philharmonic, Greater Toronto Philharmonic,Orchestra Toronto, and the Heliconian Choir and Orchestra just to name a few.He currently studies privately with Katherine Rapoport in Toronto.

EMMETT GLANCIE, BassEmmett Glancie is a grade 12 student at Lester B. Pearson high school, wherehe sings bass in the choir, plays guitar in the jazz band, and timpani/percussionin the concert band. He is a multi-instrumentalist that has taught himself howto play approximately 17 different instruments. His main instruments are:violin, which he played for 10 years; double bass, which he has played for fiveyears; guitar, which he has played for four years; and piano which he hasplayed for three years. Emmett has won many competitions playing violin, anddouble bass. He has also won competitions for composition, which he plans tostudy at university next year. Emmett has played with the Halton Youth Symphony Orchestra for 5 years,

the Halton/Mississauga Symphony Orchestra for one year, and has begun hisfirst year in the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. This is his second yearwith the Oakville Symphony.

DAVID GOWING, BassDavid Gowing is a grade 12 student at T. A. Blakelock High School, where hestudies math, science and music. David is an accomplished musician on threeinstruments; violin, piano and double bass (which he plays in the orchestra).He began playing violin at age five, piano at age 12 and bass at age 14. After playing for two years with the Halton Mississauga youth orchestra on

violin, David auditioned for, and successfully received a scholarship to playwith the Oakville Symphony on bass. He is also currently working towards agrade 10 RCM piano exam, and is actively involved with his own string quartet,in which he plays the violin. Every Sunday, David accompanies a church choiron the upright bass. When he is not playing music, David often researches thesubject of computer science, a passion which he is studying in school and plansto pursue post-secondary as a career.

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CLARA (YEYHUN) KYUNG, ViolinClara Kyung is 17 years old and is currently a grade 12 student at White OaksSecondary School. She began playing piano at the age of 5 and completed hergrade 9 RCM exam in 2013. She began playing violin at the age of 8, when shestarted attending École Sacré-Coeur (an arts school) in Sherbrooke, Québec.She is currently working on her grade 10 RCM for violin and she studies withAdele Pierre. Clara has played violin in the Halton Youth Symphony and the pit band in the

WOSS production of Fiddler on the Roof. She has also played flute in herschool’s concert band.Clara is part of the International Baccalaureate program at her school and in

her free time she enjoys reading and crafting. She is honoured to be playing inthe Oakville Symphony for a second season.

MADELEINE SPENCE, ViolaToronto based Violist, Madeleine Spence, began her studies from a very earlyage on the violin. Upon switching to viola, she was accepted into the YoungArtists Performance Academy at The Royal Conservatory of Music where shestudied for three years. Her passion for music took her to the Faculty of Musicat The University of Toronto, where she graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor’sdegree in viola performance.While at the University, she was fortunate to study, and be mentored by

Katherine Rapoport, and Eric Nowlin. Throughout her career she hasperformed in opera orchestras as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestralplayer. The experience of recording at Glenn Gould Studio for CBC televisionprogram scores was unforgettable and eye-opening to the world of music andmedia. Her passion for music has brought her to play on stages in Prague,Vienna, Munich, Paris and various locations across Canada. During the2014/2015 season, Madeleine is proud to be part of the Oakville Symphony aswell as the Oakville Chamber Orchestra. Viola Power!


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Documents

The Oakville Symphony "Romance of Rachmaninoff" featuring Alexei Gulenco