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Selections include:
Schubert - Unfinished Symphony • Rodgers and Hammerstein - The King and I
Elmer Bernstein - The Magnificent Seven (from the film soundtrack) Beethoven's Egmont Overture
SATURDAY • MARCH 5 - 2016 - 7:30P.M.
St. Luke's United Church Toronto (Southeast corner of Carlton and Sherbourne)
www.ccorchestra.org
[email protected] or 647.977.6058
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Volume 17 Number 2 March 2016
Counterpoint Community Orchestra
is an incorporated, nonprofit organization in the province of Ontario, Canada.
Established in 1984, Counterpoint was
the world's first lesbian/gay/gay-positive, fully inclusive LGBITTQQIAA orchestra. Counterpoint now has a 32-year
tradition of orchestral performances in
the downtown Toronto community.
The Counterpoint Newsletter is published 3 times per year (Fall, Winter and
Spring).
Counterpoint Community Orchestra
552 Church Street, Box 41
Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 2E3
Telephone: 647-977-6058
infoOccorchestra.org
www.ccorchestra.org
CCO Board of Directors
William McQueen (Chair)
Yuki Shirato (Vice-Chair)
Nelson Lui (Secretary)
Finding our North Star I
Our au ience will notice a few new faceswithin the orchestra these days.
eve been making some exciting changes that have reinvigorated our commitment to
making great music for the community.
Counterpoint welcomes Andrew Chung as our guest conductor for the second
concert of the 32nd season. Andrew brings a wealth of experience and a high
tandard of musicianship.
As we move through our 32nd year of concert performances, Counterpoint
continues to be committed to delivering high calibre performances of music our
audiences want to hear. As such, our March concert wilt feature a mix of classical, a
broadway medley and movie-themed music.
We are proud of our history of being the first secular, lesbian/gay/gay positive
orchestra in Canada and internationally and welcome interested musicians of all
persuasions and backgrounds to play or rehearse with us.
We say hello to a new board of directors and sincerely thank the community
members that have agreed to join us. We'd like to thank the outgoing board for their
contributions.
At this time, our former conductor, Terry Kowatczuk, and concertmaster
Emma Vachon-Tweney are moving on to other endeavours. We thank them for their
many years of contributions and wish them well.
As always, we welcome your support either through playing, volunteering,
donations or corporate sponsorships. We encourage one and alit° join us on
March 5th at 7:30 pm at Saint Luke's United Church for a wonderful and festive
evening of music.
Board of Directors
Counterpoint Community Orchestra.
Alex X. Wang (Treasurer)
Lana Chou Hoyt
Enza Anderson
Joanne LapLante
William Flores
Robert Thorpe
Interim Editor: Bill McQueen
Webmaster: Philip Hoyt
Cover poster: Alex Latoche.
Make a connection with Counterpoint
Visit us at www.ccorchestra.org or
email: [email protected]
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Please consider making a donation to
support Counterpoint!
Your contributions, both large and small, wilt ensure that we can continue to bring great music to
the community. Donations can be made at the
concert, cheques sent by mail, or online through
our website powered by Canada Helps. Thank you
for your support!
www.ccorchestra.org/support.php
Contact:
[email protected]
or 647-977-6058
An old friend and supporter of the Orchestra passed
away at the end of May last year. A relentless advocate
for social inclusion, Judith Snow also supported the
Orchestra for a number of years and helped to increase
the size of the stage on which we will play at our March
and June concerts. It was her idea to extend the stage
for a growing orchestra; and she found justthe right
person to do the necessary carpentry.
The Church is currently heading into massive renovations next year and we are looking for a new venue for
our 33' Season during 2016-2017. She is missed dearly
by many hundreds of people in Canada and internationally. If you have suggestions about a temporary venue,
please contact us at infoeccorchestra.org.
Old Digs,
New Venue
Judith Snow
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Please Note: 7:30pm start time
$18 Advance; $20 at Door;
$15 Student with ID; $10 Youth (12 & under)
Season Tickets (3 concerts) $50
Group Ticket Deals: Group of 5 for $75
(Group of 6+ $15/Ticket)
Ticket Inquiries: [email protected] or 647-977-6058
Meet our Guest Conductor
Andrew Chung joins Counterpoint Community Orchestra as guest conductor for our
March 5th Concert. Andrew brings a wealth of expertise to the rote, drawing from his
personal achievements as principal trumpet with the Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra and
the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra among many others.
Mr. Chung's educational experience includes the Hong Kong Academy for Performing
Arts, the University of Hong Kong, the University of Toronto and the University of
Freiburg, Germany. He has studied under many
renowned musicians including Stephen
Chenette, Robert Nagel, Henry Nowak, Jeffrey
Reynolds, Larry Weeks, Arnold Jacobs and
Murray Crewe.
His conducting experience includes work with
Raffi Armenian and Agnes Grossman. He has
also participated in the Conductors Apprentice
Program with the Huntsville (Ontario) Festival
of the Arts Orchestra.
Andrew Chung
Mr. Chung has been Music Director of Silverthorn Symphonic Winds since 2007. He has also
served as Music Director of The Brass Conspiracy
and the Chinese Canadian Choir of Toronto.
While attending the University of Toronto, he was appointed Music Director of the
Pickering Philharmonic Orchestra and Assistant Conductor of the University of Toronto
Symphony Orchestra. He has also guest conducted Hart House Orchestra, North York
Concert Orchestra, Toronto Philharmonia, the Korean Canadian Symphony Orchestra,
Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra, No rthda le Concert Band, the Toronto Chinese
Youth Orchestra, Mississauga Youth Orchestra and Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra.
For our March 5 concert we focus on Living Our Passion, which is playing music, engaging our
audiences and contributing to our LGBTCI+ and larger Toronto communities. In other words
we're still OUT and after 32 Seasons we continue to be Proud of these contributions and gifts.
* We're excited to interpret Schubert's Symphony Number Eight, the passionate
"Unfinished Symphony". Was it really unfinished? There is much speculation as to its apparently incomplete state. In fewer than 32 years, Schubert came up with over 600 songs (tieder)
in the romantic style, nine symphonies, several masses and operas, a resplendent body of
chamber music and some exceptional works for the piano. Johann Mayrhofer was his room
mate for a number of years and was almost certainly Gay, and Schubert was attracted to
Mayrhofer's poetry interwoven with "homoerotic references", according to one authority.
*Popular tunes are always a treat. Rogers and Harnerstein's The King and I is fa miliar to our audiences and we invite you to sing along with us as we play a medley of its songs. Also, two
movie medlies will feature The Magnificent Seven and the theme song from "The Mission".
*For having sold the most tickets at the December concert, Alex Lin won the right to select a
piece and has selected CavaLLeria Rusticana (Intermezzo) by Pietro Mascagni.
*Beethoven hasn't been Left out and we feature his Egmont Overture. It is said that Beethoven
scratched out the dedication to Bonaparte when he crowned himself Emperor in 1804.
We invite you and your friends to visit our Facebook page where some visitors may win com-
plementary ticket to the concert. Thanks for your continuing support.
Musical Night Out. Do you yearn to pull out the old high school trombone,
string or other instrument and would love to play them again? You are
warmly welcome to practise or play with us on Monday Nights at The 519
Community Centre (8-10pm). Persons of all ages are always welcome!
No auditions!
Thank You for your ongoing support
Conductor's Circle
$1,660 +
Jimmy Amaro
Dina Austin
Estate of Uri Rozen
Estate of Paul Willis
Benefactor of the Orchestra
$500 - $999
Marie Lee,
MacKenzie Investments Charitable Foundation,
Donald Middleton & Clayton Wilson,
Tn memory of Bob Martin,
Nelson McClinchey,
Nancy's Very Own Foundation,
Victoria Olds,
David and Marlene Randall
Patron of the Orchestra
$100 - $499
David Beattie, Thomas Beechy,
Andrew Bell, Robert Bentley,
Desi Brownstone, George Dalton, Doug Dent,
Scott Duffus, Jennifer Hayes, Kenneth
Heard, Angela Hwang,
Wyatt and Shelley Jeffery,
William McQueen, Stanley MiddLestadt,
Anita Mitchell, Kinh-Tung Nguyen,
Grace Olds, Lise Olds, Gary Rogers,
Jeff Schmidt, Brian Terry,
Thor Tomkiw, Wayne Wylie
Friend of the Orchestra
$25 - $99
Joan Andreychuk, Frank Barlow,
Glenn Bonnetta, Frances Booth,
David Brownstone, Brian Clark,
Ron Connors, Gary Dwarts,
Roger Hollingworth, Ginger Kautto,
Les & Lois Jempson, Lava,
David Olds and Sharon Lovett
(in memory of Paul Willis),
Matthew Parker, Helen Pilicoski,
Kevin Seymour, Caroline Spearing, Tom
TartagLia, Robert Thorpe, Bruce Walters,
Margaret & John Catto
CCO SEEKS board members and volunteers for committees & volunteers at
our concerts.
Volunteers do make a real difference
in the day-to-day running of our orchestra. Everyone has unique gifts and
skills to offer: help Counterpoint
achieve its community goals. Your
contribution will help assure CCO's success as we enter our fourth decade of
service to the community.
Contact us:
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