7:30pm
Jubilee United, 40 Underhill (DVP & Lawrence Ave.)
Tickets: $20 General, $10 Students
Mark Richards, graduate student in music with Sasha Rapoport, and a
familiar figure at UTSC, is co-director of a concert April 7th at
which his music for Hamlet: an opera will be premiered before it goes
by invitation to the Stratford Festival for two performances.
The April 7th concert stars young classical musicians from the Glenn
Gould Conservatory -- performers with exceptional talent.
The venue for the concert is the remarkable new building for Jubilee
United, at 40 Underhill (just east of the DVP, first north on
Lawrence).
The concert is part of a series funded by Stephan Jarrett, retired
architect, who helped design UTSC and the initial Stratford
facilities.
The time on April 7th, Easter Saturday, is 7.30pm.
The first third of the concert will be Beethoven's dramatic
Appassionata piano sonata. The pianist is a new Canadian, Eka
Shanshiasvili, from the Georgian Conservatory, Tbilisi. Next
will be the premiere of excerpts from Mark Richards' Hamlet.
Richard's music is very approachable on first hearing. The very next
weekend, Mark and the singers will be at the Stratford Festival!
Finally, there will be showpieces selected by the young singers to fit
their voices -- some entertaining, some very moving indeed.
Professor John Kennedy has worked with Sasha and Mark on the Jarrett
series. He will be happy to sell tickets at $20 for general admission
and $10 for students of all ages. Many from UT and UTSC especially
have been to these concerts. It will be a social evening out. After
the concert at 9.30 there will be a wine and cheese reception, which
will give all a chance to mingle and meet the musicians. John will be
happy to introduce you and guests around.
Interesting notes: the first music director (2000) for the Jarrett
series, Julian Kuerti, is now assistant conductor of the Boston
Symphony. Lenard Whiting was director 2001. Music commissioned for the
series has been performed later in Austria and the US as well as
Ontario.
FEATURED ARTISTS
Pianist: Eka Shanshiashvili
Singers: Megan Fleet, Michael Ciufo, Vasil Garvanliev (Glenn Gould Conservatory)
Music: Mozart, Verdi, Beethoven, Richards, Tchaikovsky, Bellini....