2005
2006
Sound the Trumpet
Sunday, October 16, 2005, 3:00 PM Jane Mallett Theatre
Curtis Metcalf,
Resident Conductor
Jens Lindemann, Trumpet Soloist
We open our season with the gifted Canadian trumpet virtuoso and dynamic performer, Jens Lindemann, who will perform Allen Vizzutti’s remarkable work inspired by Japan, entitled Rising Sun. This major new work has three movements titled Mount Fuji, Temples of Kyoto and Shinkansan: The Bullet Train. The HSSB’s Artistic Director and Resident Conductor, Curtis Metcalf, will direct the HSSB in John Burge’s Rocky Mountain Overture, Gordon Langford’s Sinfonietta and Douglas Court’s Standing on the Promises.
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The
Spirit Soars
Sunday, November 13, 2005, 3:00 PM Jane Mallett Theatre
Brainerd Blyden-Taylor,
Guest Conductor
Curtis Metcalf, Resident Conductor
The Nathaniel Dett Choral, Guest Choir
We are delighted to welcome Brainerd Blyden-Taylor and the Nathaniel Dett Chorale in a concert that will celebrate that beloved form of musical expression, the spiritual. The Nathaniel Dett Chorale is Canada’s first professional choral group dedicated to Afrocentric music of all styles including classical, spiritual, gospel, jazz, folk and blues. Our concert will feature special arrangements combining the Nathaniel Dett and the HSSB. On its own, The HSSB will perform the young Canadian composer Gabriel Major Marothy’s Urchins.
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The Majesty of Christmas
Monday, December
19, 2005, 8:00 PM
The Cathedral Church of St. James
Richard Bradshaw,
Ann Cooper Gay, Guest Conductors
Canadian Children's Opera Chorus and
Canadian Youth Opera Chorus, Ann Cooper Gay, Director
Under the inspired baton of Richard Bradshaw, General Director of the Canadian Opera Company, we once again join forces with the Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus and Youth Chorus for our annual concert in the acoustic splendour of the Cathedral Church of St. James. The featured work will be the premiere of the brass band and children’s choir version of Canadian composer John Burge’s Angels’ Voices, a celebrated work inspired by the poetry of William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Richard Lovelace and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Join in heart-felt congregational singing of many cherished Christmas carols.
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The
Cathedral Church of St. James is located at 65 Church Street,
Toronto.
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Bollywood Brass
Sunday, February 5, 2006, 3:00 PM, Jane Mallett Theatre
Curtis Metcalf,
Resident Conductor
Autorickshaw, Guest Ensemble: Suba Sankaran, Ed Hanley, Rich Brown,
Debashis Sinha
The
HSSB will collaborate with the award winning Autorickshaw in an afternoon
of world inspired music making. J. Scott Irvine's arrangement of A.
R. Raham's Urvashi, Urvashi and Suba Sankaran's arrangement entitled,
Bollywoood Brass will be performed. Autorickshaw will perform
Saraswati by Sankaran and Ganamurthy by Thygarja. Jazz
will make it way into our concert when the brass of the HSSB are added
to Autorickshaw's unique arrangements of Gillespie's A Night in Tunisia
and Ellington's Caravan.
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Slide
Show
Sunday, March 12, 2006, 3:00 PM, Jane Mallett Theatre
Elgar Howarth,
Guest Conductor
Joe Alessi, Trombone Soloist
We
are honoured to welcome to our stage Joe Alessi, Principal Trombone
of the New York Philharmonic who will perform Joseph Turrin’s Illuminations.
This concert, led by our distinguished guest conductor, Elgar Howarth,
will feature the world premiere of a new work for brass band by the
Canadian composer Barbara Croall, commissioned by the HSSB with the
generous support of the Ontario Arts Council. Other works will include
Elgar Howarth’s Mosaic and Wilfred Heaton’s Contest
Music. This event is the final event of our three-day Festival of
Brass, our annual celebration of youth, community and the very best
of professional music-making.
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Deep Harmony
Sunday, May 28, 2006, 3:00 PM, Jane Mallett Theatre
Curtis Metcalf,
Resident Conductor
Cadence, Guest Ensemble: Dylan Bell, Carl Berger, Kevin Fox,
Ross Lynde
Four men, four microphones, 27 brass instruments! Cadence is Toronto’s celebrated acappella band who will provide a rousing close to our 2005/2006 season. This formidable foursome has been dishing up its unique blend of tight harmony, instrumental imitation, high-energy antics and audience interaction to sold-out audiences across Canada. The HSSB will perform Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen’s Entrada and David Chaulk’s Triptych. Together, the HSSB and Cadence will perform works from Bach to David Clayton Thomas...
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Rising Stars
Friday March 10, 2006, 8:00 PM, St. Lawrence Centre for
the Arts,
Jane Mallett Theatre
Tickets, $20
Our
Festival weekend begins with the Hannaford Street Youth Band's Young
Artist Competition. Listen as members of this vibrant ensemble directed
by Larry Shields perform for the opportunity to be a soloist with the
Hannaford Street Silver Band. The Hannaford Community Youth Band and
the Hannaford Junior Band will perform along with Oakville’s own
Intrada Brass.
Community
Showcase
Saturday March 11, 2006 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Jane Mallett
Theatre
Tickets, $15
Enjoy the sounds of the Metropolitan Silver Band, The Weston Silver Band, The Whitby Brass Band, The Orillia Silver Band and the Buffalo Silver Band as they perform concerts through the day.
Collaborations
Saturday, March 11, 2006, 8:00 PM, Jane Mallett Theatre
Tickets, $20
A unique concert event that combines dedicated musicians from the bands participating in our Festival all under the batons of our distinguished guest Elgar Howarth and HSSB Artistic Director, Curtis Metcalf. Members of the HSSB will perform a tribute to The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and the Maple Leaf Band from Ottawa will perform. Join us for a postconcert reception in the Jane Mallett Lobby.
Slide Show
Sunday, March 12, 2006, 3:00 PM, Jane Mallett Theatre
Tickets, $30, $25, $20
We are honoured to welcome to our stage Joe Alessi, Principal Trombone of the New York Philharmonic who will perform Joseph Turrin’s Illuminations. This concert, led by our distinguished guest conductor, Elgar Howarth, will feature the world premiere of a new work for brass band by the Canadian composer Barbara Croall, commissioned by the HSSB with the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council. Other works will include Elgar Howarth’s Mosaic and Wilfred Heaton’s Contest Music. This event is the final event of our three-day Festival of Brass, our annual celebration of youth, community and the very best of professional music-making.
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