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CURTIS
METCALF, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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RAYMOND
TIZZARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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DAVID
ARCHER, GENERAL MANAGER
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Biography IntroductionThe Hannaford Street Silver Band (HSSB) is Canada’s award winning, premier professional brass band and Resident Company of Toronto’s St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. The origins of this type of music making began 155 years ago in the mid 19th century. Workers in mines and factories took up brass instruments as a form of celebration and recreation that spread with the industrial revolution. This amateur tradition of heartfelt music making soon became popular in other European countries and North America as people began to emigrate the world over. Soon, brass bands were not only competing within organized competitions, but commissioning original concert music. The HSSB builds upon these origins but with a unique professional and Canadian view. The HSSB continually promotes Canadian Soloists and conductors and its commissioning program has encouraged Canadian composers to write substantial concert works for the idiom. Through unique collaborations with many of Canada’s diverse cultural organizations, the HSSB is reflective of the diverse cultures within Canada. Unlike its amateur beginnings, The HSSB employs professional musicians and pays rates set by the Toronto Musicians Association for both rehearsals and performances and in addition to these fees, the HSSB contributes to the EPW (Canada) Pension Fund on behalf of its musicians. The HSSB's concerts and recordings are promoted widely and are reviewed by the critical press on a regular basis. Its activities are highly regarded in Classical Music circles and recognized by the New Music community. In addition to the professional ensemble, The HSSB sponsors and administers three youth bands and undertakes adult education classes. The HSSB has redefined what an ensemble of this nature is capable of and can do when the highest possible musical standards are pursued and innovative Canadian creative projects are facilitated.
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Mission Statement "The objects of the Corporation are to increase the public's knowledge and appreciation of music through the provision of concerts which give the public the opportunity to hear a wide range of musical works, and to encourage public participation in music through the establishment and operation of community ensembles". |
Along with its core concert series at Toronto’s Jane Mallett Theatre the HSSB will undertake:
Hannaford Youth Band
Hannaford Community Band
Hannaford Junior Band
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"With
their unique organization and structure, together with a great Youth
Band, I believe the Hannaford Street Silver Band is in safe hands
to continue their pioneering work for the brass band movement throughout
the world."
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Curtis
Metcalf Curtis Metcalf has achieved international recognition as one of the leading euphonium soloists today, having performed throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. As the Artistic Director and euphonium soloist of the Hannaford Street Silver Band, Curtis is a favourite of the audience at the band's concert series in Toronto and has regularly charmed and amazed those who come to hear the ensemble. Curtis is also the Resident Conductor of the HSSB and has led the band in numerous guest appearances. He has been featured soloist at the Massey Hall New Music Festival, Winnipeg New Music Festival, Music at Sharon Festival, Festival of the Sound and has been heard across Canada on the CBC Radio Network. Guest solo performances have included New York and Los Angeles. In addition to his performances with the Hannaford Street Silver Band, Curtis has performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company, Hamilton Philharmonic, and True North Brass. Concurrent with his performing, Curtis is Head of Music at Pickering College, an Independent School in Newmarket Ontario and is the Euphonium Instructor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music.
Raymond
Tizzard Raymond Tizzard is one of Toronto’s most active professional trumpet players. He received his B.Mus. (Education) and M.M. (Literature and Performance) from the University of Western Ontario, followed by studies at the Banff School of Fine Arts. He is currently a member of the National Ballet Orchestra, The Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, the Esprit Orchestra and the acclaimed brass quintet, True North Brass with whom he is a Yamaha Artist. Ray is in great demand as a clinician and consultant and is a Faculty Member of the Interprovincial Music Camp. In 1983 Ray co-founded the Hannaford Street Silver Band. He first served in the capacity of Artistic Co-ordinator and throughout the 1990’s served as Artistic Director. Under his artistic leadership many of the HSSB’s ongoing traditions were formed. These include the move to the St. Lawrence Centre, the production of 8 commercially available recordings and the commissioning of over 40 works by Canada’s finest composers. On July 1, 2000, Ray was appointed as the HSSB’s first Executive Director and in this capacity oversees the activities of both the HSSB, the Hannaford Street Youth Band and the Hannaford Junior Band. In September 2004, Ray assumed the duties of the HSSB’s Director for Development.
David
Archer David is Principal Trombone of The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, a position he has held since 1981. He also performs with Esprit Orchestra, Niagara Brass Ensemble and 7th Toronto Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery Band. He teaches trombone and baritone at The Royal Conservatory of Music. David received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Alberta and has attended the Banff School of Fine Arts for two summers and the Aspen Music School. He studied with Victor Horrocks, Dr. Malcolm Forsyth, Dr. Per Brevig and Donald Miller. As a freelancer, David has performed with Canadian Opera Company, Windsor Symphony, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, Toronto Consort, Hamilton Philharmonic, Opera Hamilton, and Patria Music Theatre Projects. David is a member of the International Trombone Association, the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada and the Organization of Canadian Symphony Musicians. He was appointed the General Manager of the Hannaford Street Silver Band on July 1, 2000. . Anita
McAlister Anita McAlister received a BMus from the University of Toronto and a MMus from the University of Western Ontario. An active freelancer in the Toronto area, Anita performs regularly with the Toronto Symphony, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the Esprit Orchestra, the Mississauga Philharmonic, the Bach Consort and as Principal Trumpet of the Toronto Philharmonia. As a member of the Hannaford Street Silver Band, Anita can be heard on all of their recordings. Anita has worked with the National Ballet Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, has toured as Principal Trumpet of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Orchestra, was Principal Trumpet for the Kitchener/Waterloo run of Phantom of the Opera, and was a member of the Fanfare Trumpets and Theatre Orchestra at the Stratford Festival. Anita has taught at the Scarborough Board of Education Music Camp, Interprovincial Music Camp, the Mount Allison Summer Music Program, and is a faculty member at National Music Camp. An active adjudicator and clinician, Anita has taught for the Royal Conservatory and has worked with its Examination Department to revise the trumpet syllabus and record for the Sound Advice Program. Anita is presently on Faculty at the University of Toronto and at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Educated
at the Berklee College of Music in Boston (BMus), the University
of Western Ontario (MMus) and the University of Toronto (BMusEd),
Darryl began his career as principal trumpet and trumpet soloist
with the Royal Canadian Air Force, first with the Central Band in
Ottawa and later with the Air Transport Command Band in Toronto.
He performed in a similar capacity with the Expo Band at the World's
Fair in Montreal in 1967, and later toured with the National Ballet
of Canada, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the big bands of Buddy Rich,
Stan Kenton and Canadian jazz icon Phil Nimmons. |
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The
Hannaford Street Silver Band: Board of Directors 2008 |
Honourary Board Members
Bramwell
Tovey (2000)
Artistic Director
Vancouver
Symphony
Howard
Cable (2000)
Conductor,
Composer, Arranger
Jack
Long (1995)
President, Long & McQuade Music Stores
Jerome S. Augustine (2003)
Director, Augustine Family Charitable Trust
Board
Executive
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Chair: Gordon Duncan (2005) President Kinecor LP
Past President: Jerome S. Augustine (2003) Director, Augustine Family Charitable Trust
Vice-Chair: Peter Helston (2008) Publisher, Contract Magazine Services
Secretary Treasurer: William Foster (2008) Vice President, Member & Pensioner Services
Members:
Musicians Rep: Andras Molnar (2001) 500 Queens Quay West, Apt. 405 West
Auditor: Dennis J. Reid (1999) Clarke Henning & Co.
Ex Officio:
Publicity
Director: Anne Kear Subscription
Services: Ann Molnar House Programme:
Michael Perry Personnel
Manager: David Archer Bookkeeper:
Jean-Marie Barker Librarian: Richard Sandals Webmaster: Maurice Wozniak Director of Marketing: Doug Chaulk
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