Come on out to hear the teachers of ORMTA and some of our scholarship winning students! All proceeds go to our Scholarship fund.
Follow this link to buy tickets: Tickets for Teachers in Concert
Monday
ORMTA Teachers in Concert Has a New Venue
I am so looking forward to playing for the ORMTA Teachers in Concert event. It is still on Sunday March 29th at 4:00, but it is now at The First Unitarian Congregation at 175 St. Clair West in the Sunderland Hall.
Come on out to hear the teachers of ORMTA and some of our scholarship winning students! All proceeds go to our Scholarship fund.
Follow this link to buy tickets: Tickets for Teachers in Concert
Come on out to hear the teachers of ORMTA and some of our scholarship winning students! All proceeds go to our Scholarship fund.
Follow this link to buy tickets: Tickets for Teachers in Concert
Friday
ORMTA Central Toronto Branch Teachers in Concert
Mark your calendars for the Central Toronto Branch's annual Teachers in Concert event. As a member of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association I am very pleased to be performing as a part of this concert.
There are many fine musicians who will be performing, and all of the money earned will go to the music scholarships that we hand out twice each year.
I will be performing a Romance by Clara Schumann. In addition to the teachers of the branch, some of the scholarship winners from the Fall recital will also perform.
This is a wonderful opportunity for young players to hear a wide variety of music played by both their teachers and their peers.
Below is a link to the site where tickets can be purchased:
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=unql48dab&oeidk=a07eaofu8zv5dc1bbe3
There are many fine musicians who will be performing, and all of the money earned will go to the music scholarships that we hand out twice each year.
I will be performing a Romance by Clara Schumann. In addition to the teachers of the branch, some of the scholarship winners from the Fall recital will also perform.
This is a wonderful opportunity for young players to hear a wide variety of music played by both their teachers and their peers.
Below is a link to the site where tickets can be purchased:
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=unql48dab&oeidk=a07eaofu8zv5dc1bbe3
Lending Choral Support
What an inspiring morning of music!
Yesterday was the final day of the TDSB Music Festival at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute. This is an annual event for choirs at TDSB schools. It is a non-competitive format designed to inspire the young musicians who participate, and offer ideas on how to be even better choristers.
The choirs today were Junior level (grades 4-6). Ours, McMurrich Junior Public, was one of the 3 choirs participating. We are led by Ana Vasic, and I accompany them throughout the school year. This was our first performance this year outside of in-school events.
The clinician/adjudicator was Zimfira Poloz. She is the Director of Young Voices Toronto, and a highly accomplished musician. She worked with all the choirs together and with each individual choir as well. Her enthusiasm was so wonderful for everyone there. She has a literal bag of tricks to help demonstrate musical and technical elements. She has a hand puppet to show air space in the mouth and the raised soft palate. She uses a large Hoberman Sphere (which was a big hit) to demonstrate the build and taper of the musical line. Her passion and energy were so engaging that all of the children stayed focused throughout the 90 minutes.
I was very proud of the choir for their communicative performance - even more so since many of my own piano students sang today.
Yesterday was the final day of the TDSB Music Festival at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute. This is an annual event for choirs at TDSB schools. It is a non-competitive format designed to inspire the young musicians who participate, and offer ideas on how to be even better choristers.
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| Zimfira Poloz with the TDSB Choirs |
The choirs today were Junior level (grades 4-6). Ours, McMurrich Junior Public, was one of the 3 choirs participating. We are led by Ana Vasic, and I accompany them throughout the school year. This was our first performance this year outside of in-school events.
The clinician/adjudicator was Zimfira Poloz. She is the Director of Young Voices Toronto, and a highly accomplished musician. She worked with all the choirs together and with each individual choir as well. Her enthusiasm was so wonderful for everyone there. She has a literal bag of tricks to help demonstrate musical and technical elements. She has a hand puppet to show air space in the mouth and the raised soft palate. She uses a large Hoberman Sphere (which was a big hit) to demonstrate the build and taper of the musical line. Her passion and energy were so engaging that all of the children stayed focused throughout the 90 minutes.
I was very proud of the choir for their communicative performance - even more so since many of my own piano students sang today.
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