about the
artistic director
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Elizabeth Ganiatsos holds
an Honour B.A. in Music
History from the University
of Toronto, and a Master of
Arts from Harvard University,
where she also completed Ph.D.
coursework in Musicology,
receiving numerous awards and
scholarships throughout her
academic career. She taught
Music History at Lakehead
University for many years, and
has performed in early music
groups, chamber ensembles and
orchestras in Toronto, Boston,
Waterloo and Thunder Bay on
viola, harpsichord, and early
instruments, and on organ in
Venice, Italy. Ms. Ganiatsos
co-founded Consortium Aurora
Borealis in 1979 out of an
enthusiasm for the music of the
Middle Ages, Renaissance and
Baroque and a desire to share this
love with the community.
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"Consortium, the new hot ticket..."
-- The Chronicle Journal
www. consortiumauroraborealis.org
Northwestern Ontario's
Chamber Music Group ~
Baroque and Beyond
about consortium
aurora borealis
Founded in 1979 by Artistic Director
Elizabeth Ganiatsos, Consortium Aurora
Borealis performs repertoire primarily
from the Renaissance and Baroque eras,
with occasional forays into the Mediaeval,
Classical and Early Romantic eras. High
artistic standards, varied and exciting
programming, and historically-themed
concerts with authentic instruments add
to the dynamic presence of Northwestern
Ontario’s only early music group.
Local professional soloists and chamber
ensembles, both vocal and instrumental,
join with distinguished guest artists in six
concerts each season, presented in the
acoustically excellent St. Paul’s United
Church, one of the city’s heritage buildings.
A reasonable admission price makes
these concerts accessible to everyone.
Consortium Aurora Borealis has
maintained a vigorous presence in Thunder
Bay for thirty-four years. It has been hailed
with great enthusiasm by audience and
press alike, and continues with its mission
to educate as well as to entertain.
Saturday, September 29, 2012, 8:00pm
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$15 adults - $10 students/seniors
Pre-concert talk 7:30 PM
board of directors 2011-2012
Elizabeth Ganiatsos
Artistic Director
Bert Rowson
President
Michelle
Zapf-Bélanger
Vice-president
(on leave)
Jaro Kotalik
Development Officer
Father
Francis Blazek
Rosanne
Rambaldini
Treasurer
Anna R. Korotki
Kaija Ranta
Secretary
Lak Rappon
Dr. Ronald Palinka
Quintets! Beethoven
and Friends
Exquisite music for piano and woodwinds from the
time of Beethoven, in the tradition of our popular
Chamber Music Salons
Beethoven: Quintet Op.16, for piano & winds
Albrechtsberger: Serenata a 5
Danzi: Woodwind Quintet Op. 56, No. 2
Reicha: Woodwind Quintet Op. 88, No. 2
Doris Dungan, flute; Colleen Kennedy, oboe;
E-Chen Hsu, clarinet; Karine Breton, bassoon;
Damian Rivers-Moore, horn; Heather Morrison,
piano
Sponsored by:
Dr. Ronald Palinka
Periodontist
Saturday, October 20, 2012, 8:00pm
German and Austrian Baroque:
17th-century strings and organ
Mid-Baroque music from Court and Church
by Rosenmüller, Schmelzer, Biber, Buxtehude
Muffat and Pachelbel
Jennifer Bryan, violin; Michelle Zapf-Bélanger,
violin; Patrick Horn, viola; Anthony Bacon,
cello; Elizabeth Ganiatsos, organ
Saturday, November 10, 2012, 8:00 pm
Dazzling Doubles!
Italian Baroque concertos for two trumpets,
two oboes, two cellos, strings & harpsichord
Music by Vivaldi, Albinoni and Manfredini
Merrie Klazek, trumpet; Frédéric Payant,
trumpet; Colleen Kennedy, oboe; Elizabeth
Ecclestone, oboe; Marc Palmquist, cello;
Anthony Bacon, cello; Elizabeth Ganiatsos,
harpsichord, with string ensemble
Special Italian Sponsorship
Saturday, December 1, 2012, 8:00pm
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Our Christmas Special, with a reading of
Dylan Thomas’s nostalgic and idyllic memory
of childhood past, mingled with carols and
seasonal music ancient and modern from the
British Isles for voices, trumpet and organ
Merrie Klazek, trumpet; Elizabeth Ganiatsos,
organ; Gwyn Hughes, reader; Susan Korstanje,
soprano; Nancy Berglund, alto; Don Nixon,
tenor; Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, bass
Sponsored by:
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Discover us! Catch the excitement!
Delight your ears!
Saturday, January 19, 2013, 8:00pm
Pierre Schryer and Friends:
Celtic Ayres and Dances
Award-winning Canadian fiddler Pierre
Schryer, a much-loved, charismatic performer,
is sure to bring down the house, in a fun
evening of dance masters’ repertoire from the
17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
John Playford: Country Dance tunes
Turlough O’Carolan: O’Carolan’s Concerto
Traditional Irish and Scottish tunes
Laments, jigs, reels and more
Pierre Schryer, violin; Andy Hillhouse, guitar,
with Jennifer Bryan, violin; Robert Van Wyck,
baroque flute, recorder; Anthony Bacon, cello;
Elizabeth Ganiatsos, harpsichord
Sponsored by:
807 345-5855
Saturday, February 16, 2013, 8:00 pm
Beethoven and Beyond:
Cello and Piano
Join us for an enjoyable evening of sonatas and
character pieces by Beethoven and Schumann,
from the late Classic and early Romantic periods.
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in D major, Op. 10,
No. 3; Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 for cello
& piano; Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2 for piano;
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in A major, Op.69
Evgueni Tchougounov, piano; Anthony Bacon, cello;
Sponsored by: