I volunteered at Musician Dream Aid’s Crescendo concert, and had the opportunity to hear many incredibly talented musicians! Here is part of the concert, featuring soprano Julia Debowska.
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Ontario Provincial Honour Band
I performed with the Ontario Provincial Honour Band, conducted by Dr. Donald McKinney, who is the Director of Bands and an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. We premiered Charon’s Dance, a piece by Kevin Lau, currently the RBC Affiliate Composer for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, which we performed with TorQ. Kevin Lau explained that he drew inspiration from the NASA expedition to Pluto, and used the interaction between the band and percussion ensemble as a metaphor for the interaction between Pluto, and its largest moon, Charon – since Charon is so proportionately large, its gravitational force causes Pluto and it to somewhat orbit each other. He also used techniques to evoke Charon, the boatman who carries deceased souls across the River Styx in Greek mythology, and to create a “dark elegance”. We also played Bloom, Morning Alleluias, Puszta, and the third movement of Tichelli’s symphony, Apollo Unleashed. Overall, it was an amazing experience.
Watched “Dior and I”
I thought the creative process depicted was brilliant. Through allowing individuals to freely design around determined concepts in their portions of the work, the resulting product to harness the richness afforded by intellectual diversity, without being hampered by impediments such as collaborative fixation.
Fraser Institute 2015 Student Essay Contest – 1st Place Winner, High School Category
Trip to London
Awed, acquiescent, I can’t explain. I loved the exhibitions, and found the most wonderful book store.
Quebec City
Musician’s Dream Aid Young Musician’s Competition
🙂 ! I received the incredible opportunity to perform at their Crescendo Concert at Victoria Chapel at University of Toronto.
Afternoon Tea
Calm days of winter break. Lovely afternoon tea. Mmm, white bread.
TIFF Movie
I saw The Theory of Everything at TIFF.
SHAW Festival
My mother and I spent a weekend at the SHAW Festival in Niagara on the Lake. We usually like to go each year, though we are too busy some years.
We saw great performances, including an interpretation of “Cabaret”, Tennessee Williams’ “A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur”, and Henrik Ibsen’s “The Philanderer”.