2004 Edition

The newsletter for alumni & friends of Music & Sound at The Banff Centre

Music & Sound

Notes
that Banff became more and more professional and artistic, Tom says. Its no secret he has long been opposed to institutionalized learning for artists whom he says move from one box to another box in the pursuit of marks or degrees. Isobel admits Tom has always been a bit of a rebel. I agreed with his ideas, she says. If youre always grappling with [bureaucracy], then you have to I will do it another way.

The Rolstons Celebrate Four Decades of Music at The Banff Centre

If walls could talk, Isobel Moore Rolstons office would tell the stories of hundreds of musicians whose lives were forever changed in these mountains. A myriad of pictures from candid snapshots to glossy publicity stills, including portraits of legendary performers and up-and-coming talent poster three walls in her office at the foot of Tunnel Mountain. Its an impressive array of Canadian and international talent. Its very gratifying when they keep in touch, says Isobel looking at the image-laden walls and the hand-written cards on her desk from past participants and faculty. Each picture conjures up memories. It all started in 1965 when then director of the Banff School of Fine Arts, Senator Donald Cameron, invited Tom to teach at the school. The year before, Tom had worked at a summer music school run by the provincial government at the Banff Elementary School. Over the years, Tom began shaping summer music programs at The Banff Centre, gradually expanding and raising the quality of what was being done so

not be on guard for the future, were going to have to let it fly freely.

Banff is unique, says Tom. Banff presents its musicians with an opportunity to really explore, and discover themselves. And the mirrors in every studio and rehearsal space are an important part of the Banff experience. The mirror lets you test yourself, explains Tom. The artists are in search of who they see in the mirror, he says. Its their biggest asset, but its also their biggest threat. What are the Rolstons departing thoughts? I hope that the philosophy stays the same; to support musicians at an important time in their careers, says Isobel.

TOM ROLSTON

I will not be on guard for the future, were going to have to let it fly freely, answers Tom. But the central core of what we do I hope will never change.

Inside

Message from the Artistic Directors Edmonton Symphonys David Hoyt Banff Centre Recording wins JUNO Award Music Makers Fall & Winter Residency 2004 Upcoming Events Violin & Bow Repair and Restoration Lord of the Rings Soundtrack A Tribute to Isobel & Tom Rolston Banff Summer Arts Festival CCRMA@Banff Summer Workshops Summer 2004 Music & Sound Programs The Years in Review Alumni News In Memoriam

See inside for details on A Tribute to Isobel & Tom Rolston July 9 11, 2004.

4 5 6

7 8 10 14

Music & Sound Winter Residency 2004

Message from the Artistic Directors

Dear Friends, It has been so long since we have been reunited by our alumni newsletter, so we are thrilled that now we will catch up with all of you and add to the wonderful memories we already have. We are so grateful to all of you who responded to the questionnaire sent out in the fall of 2003 and special thanks for all of the personal messages.
Isobel Moore Rolston, artistic director/ executive producer & Thomas Rolston, director of summer programs

Banff Centre Recording wins JUNO Award

This newsletter will not only bring you up to date with our Music & Sound activities over the past five years but will re-connect you with your colleagues internationally. Our warmest greetings to all of you, Isobel and Tom The Gryphon Trios Canadian Premieres, which was dedicated to Isobel and Tom Rolston, recently won Classical Album of the Year at the 2004 JUNO Awards. The album was Gryphon Trio recorded in June 2002 in the Rolston Recital Hall and was produced and engineered by Theresa Leonard, director of audio for Music & Sound. The assistant engineer was Mireille Faure, with digital editing by Faure and David Houston. The recording features Canadian works commissioned for the Gryphon Trio including Give Me Phoenix Wings to Fly by Kelly-Marie Murphy; and the masks evoke by Chan Ka Nin; Trio no.2 by Gary Kulesha; and Old Photographs by Christos Hatzis.

Fall & Winter Residency 2004

Edmonton Symphonys David Hoyt Appointed as Artistic Director

We are pleased to welcome David Hoyt, artistic director and resident conductor of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, as artistic director of Music & Sound. In making the announcement, Joanne Morrow, senior vice-president Programming at The Banff Centre, cited Hoyts outstanding musicianship, his longstanding dedication to music education, and his 30-year involvement with Banff Centre programs. "We are confident David Hoyt will build upon the proud musical legacy of the Rolstons and their 40 years of leadership here at the Centre," says Morrow. Hoyt joins Music & Sound this spring. The Rolstons will officially retire in September, although Isobel will oversee one more Fall & Winter program, allowing at the Centre speaks to its reputation around the world." David Hoyt has held the position of principal horn with the Edmonton Symphony since 1976, becoming assistant conductor in 1985, and artistic director and resident conductor in 2002. During his career, he has appeared with almost every orchestra in Canada including as guest conductor with the Vancouver Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Orchestra London, the Saskatoon Symphony, and the Calgary Philharmonic. Hoyt is also artistic director of the Jasper Festival of Music and Wine, and artistic founder of the Enbridge Symphony Under the Sky Festival. Hoyt holds an Honours Degree in Musicology from the University of Alberta.

Fall residency participants

Music Makers
Each year, the Music Makers develop, create, and produce an educational music program, then hit the road with their props, instruments, and stage manager, travelling to elementary schools in rural Alberta. The The 2004 Music Makers are: Jonas Thompson Music Makers (St. Albert), composition and saxophone; Vanessa May-lok Lee (Victoria), piano; Nicholas tour was launched Jacques (Edmonton), percussion; and Graham Flett 10 years ago as (Toronto), composition, piano, and guitar. an outreach program to enhance the quality of musical experiences in smaller communities and to develop future audiences of young people. This years production, The Magic Radio, used time travel to introduce children to different musical genres and traditions. "These presentations offer children the excitement of musical exploration and introduce the idea that with imagination, and a few basic materials, we can all explore and create music," says Isobel Rolston. Scholarship support for the Music Makers program is generously provided by ENMAX.

David Hoyt joined Music & Sound as artistic director April 1, 2004.

a smooth transition to Hoyts leadership. "I am thrilled to be asked to head the Banff Centre programs," says Hoyt. "The number and quality of the Canadian and international musicians I have had the good fortune to work with

This fall and winter, we saw both new and familiar faces in the Music & Sound building and on the concert stages. Although these musicians, composers, singers, and audio engineers come to Banff from many different parts of the world to pursue a tremendous variety of musical interests, one common element creates an immediate bond between them. The Banff Experience, as it has been named over the years, has a way of uniting artists over instruments, countries, and generations. We often hear of Banff alumni meeting each other for the first time outside of The Banff Centre and making an instant connection through a common network of colleagues and friends who were in Banff during their stay. Participants in the Fall 2003 Residency had this to say about their Banff Experience:

www.banffcentre.ca
Have you visited our website lately?
We have a complete listing of upcoming events, programs, application deadlines, and online registration for all Banff Centre programs.
Program information, faculty biographies, photos, and other information for upcoming summer programs are online. Information on the 2005 Summer Programs, and 2005/06 Fall & Winter Residencies will be available online in November 2004.

It has been a privilege to be in such an inspiring place for such a duration of time for me it was what was needed.
CHRIS DONISON

The Banff Centre has always given me a renewed outlook on life whether it be personal or professional. Its a place to retreat, renew, rework, refocus, and redevelop.
VANESSA LEE

The bonds I have made and the musical experiences that I have shared with other artists have been equal to no other experience in my life it has been invaluable.
MEGAN HODGE

Music & Sound

Notes

Upcoming Events
Banff International String Quartet Competition August 31 September 5, 2004 Stewart Grant, composer of the Pice de concert, has finished his masterpiece, music fans are buying their tickets, and the announcement of the ten quartets will soon be made this must mean the 8th Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) will soon be here!
AUGUST 31
TO

Please join us in A TRIBUTE

TO

ISOBEL & TOM ROLSTON

J U LY 9 ~ 1 1 , 2 0 0 4

SEPTEMBER 5, 2004

Special thanks to the preliminary jury of Martin Beaver, Keith Harvey, and Jean Sulem, who selected the ten quartets who will come to Banff for the competition this summer. The 2004 competition jury will be Andrew Dawes, Levon Chilingirian, Sadao Harada, Doris Lederer, Philippe Muller, Barry Shiffman, and Sung-Won Yang. With the retirement of Brian Harris, we welcome John Largess, violist with the Mir Quartet (winners of the 1998 BISQC) as our resident lecturer for the morning coffee lectures. We are very fortunate to have such a prestigious group of musicians involved in the competition once again in 2004! Audience packages are on sale for the entire week and the finals weekend, with early bird prices until May 14. Single event tickets, and passport tickets for the entire competition, are also on sale. Tickets and Passports Now On Sale

PLEASE JOIN US this summer in a celebration of Isobel & Tom Rolstons outstanding contribution to Music & Sound at The Banff Centre.
Thursday, July 8

Limited accommodation is available at The Banff Centres Professional Development Centre. Please call 1.800.884.7574 and mention The Rolston Tribute for rates and availability. Guests are requested to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. Please RSVP by May 14, 2004, by return card (cut out below) to: Music & Sound, Box 1020, Banff, AB, Canada, T1L 1H5 or by e-mail to rolstontribute@banffcentre.ca In recognition of Isobel and Tom Rolstons outstanding contribution to Music & Sound at The Banff Centre, an endowment will be created in their name. The proceeds from the Isobel and Thomas Rolston Fellowships in Music will enable gifted musicians to take part in Banff Centre Music & Sound programs as participants, faculty, composers, conductors, or special guests. Rolston Fellows will be selected on an annual basis by Music & Sound in consultation with faculty and staff. Your donation to the Isobel and Thomas Rolston Fellowships in Music fund will ensure that Music & Sound at The Banff Centre continues to offer the Banff experience to worthy musicians for years to come.

~ ~ ~

Welcome Reception and Concert Noon Concert, Afternoon Video Presentations Banff Summer Arts Festival Kick-off, followed by outdoor party BBQ Lunch Rolston Tribute and Gala Alumni Concert Brunch at the Rolstons home

Friday, July 9

Saturday, July 10

~ ~

www.banffcentre.ca/bisqc

Single Tickets: Preliminary Rounds: $15 Adult, $12 Student/Senior (Each Concert) Finals & Awards: $35 Adult, $28 Student / Senior

Sunday, July 11

BISQC IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY

A T
R I B U T E T O

Passport Tickets: $175 Includes reserved seating to all 14 performances and an invitation to special lectures and events. www.banffcentre.ca/bisqc (403) 762-6301 or 1-800-413-8368

S O B E L

A N D

O M

O L S T O N

Name: _______________________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________________ E-mail: ________________________________________________ Town:_______________________ Country: _______________________ Year(s) at The Banff Centre: ____________

Violin & Bow Repair and Restoration Workshops

August 9 27, 2004

Music & Sound, in collaboration with The Sound Post Inc. (Toronto), will offer three intensive workshops on violin and bow repair and restoration this summer. The Banff workshops will be led by internationally recognized master maker-restorers Horacio Pieiro, William Salchow, Jonathan Woolston, Quentin Playfair, and David Tamblyn. Program topics will include: Workshop 1 (August 913): Optimal violin set-up Workshop 2 (August 1620): Violin neck graft Workshop 3 (August 2327): Bow repair and restoration

Lord of the Rings Soundtrack has Music & Sound Connection

Two former Music & Sound audio associates, Marie Ebbing and Mark Willsher, both worked on the acclaimed soundtrack for The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, which recently won a Golden Globe for Best Original Score and an Oscar for Best Music Score. Composer Howard Shore thanked Mark from the stage in receiving both awards.

Please reserve ______ tribute packages for me at $89/package. Package includes meals from dinner July 8 through brunch July 11, tickets to concerts, receptions, and special events as indicated on the invitation. I do not want the full tribute package, but will attend the following functions (please indicate number of tickets): July 8 July 9 Welcome Reception and Concert ______ (tickets $15) Noon Concert ______ (free)
y

Evening Banff Summer Arts Festival Kick-off ______ (tickets $20)

y

July 10 BBQ Lunch ______ (tickets $10) July 11 Brunch ______ (tickets $10) O A T R I B U T E T

Rolston Tribute and Gala Alumni Concert ______ (tickets $20)

S O B E L

A N D

O M

O L S T O N

Unfortunately, I am unable to attend ______ I would like to contribute to the Isobel and Thomas Rolston Fellowships in Music fund with a donation of:

u solo $ 60 u

duo $100

u quartet $250

ensemble $500

u orchestra $1,000

I prefer to give __________

Please charge my credit card for the full amount: ___Visa

___ Mastercard

___ American Express

Card Number___________________________________________________ Expiry ______________________

u I prefer to send a cheque. (Please make payable to The Banff Centre).

Date ________________ Signature ___________________________________________________________

Please use the other side of this card to tell us about your memories of Banff and the Rolstons.

Music & Sound

Notes

Banff Summer Arts Festival

July 9 to August 14, 2004
Coming this summer: Mozarts immortal comic masterpiece, The Marriage Of Figaro, with full orchestra. Alumni concert series as part of a summer long tribute to Tom and Isobel featuring the return visit of many distinguished Banff alumni. A special Banff Festival Orchestra concert, featuring worldrenowned composer Krzysztof Penderecki conducting the first Banff performance of Beethovens 5th Symphony, and his own Concerto Grosso with cellists Shauna Rolston, Rachael Mercer, and Raphael Hoeckman. The program also includes Pendereckis violin sonata performed by Erika Raum with pianist Lydia Wong. The world premiere of Constantinople, a multimedia show, bound for the 2004 Olympics with Banff alumni, The Gryphon Trio. Festival Dance and Young Dancers in Performance. A saucy G & S Cabaret (Gilbert & Sullivan, who else?)
2003 Banff Summer Arts Festival Kick-off

CCRMA@Banff Summer Workshops

July 5 August 27, 2004
Music & Sound and Stanford University welcome the Centre for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, CCRMA (pronounced karma) to Banff this summer for six intensive programs where top educators and researchers from the fields of music, engineering, and computer science will present six programs in audio and music technology. The CCRMA Summer Workshops have been held at Stanford University since 1979 in the building known in the Stanford Community as The Knoll. The Knoll will undergo major renovations this summer, and because of a long-standing relationship with the Music & Sound department at The Banff Centre, Chris Chafe, director of CCRMA at Stanford University, proposed the idea of a collaboration between the two organizations to create the CCRMA@Banff Summer Workshops for the summer of 2004. For more information or to register, visit www.banffcentre.ca/ccrma

The 2004 programs in Banff are: Physical Interaction Design for Music (July 5 July 16) Haptic Musical Devices (July 1923) Digital Signal Processing (DSP) I: Spectral and Physical Models (July 26 August 6) Perceptual Audio Coding (August 913) Digital Signal Processing (DSP) II: Digital Audio Effects (August 1627) ANET: High Quality Audio over Networks Summit (August 2022)

Summer 2004 Music & Sound Programs

The Hugh Fraser Jazz Orchestra Workshop May 12 May 22 with Hugh Fraser, Kenny Wheeler, Michael Herriott, Kent Sangster The Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music May 24 June 12 with Dave Douglas, Mark Feldman, Bill Frisell, George Lewis, Jason Moran, Mike Murley, Sam Rivers, Brad Turner, James Genus, Andr Lachance, Clarence Penn, Dylan van der Schyff Concert and Opera Orchestra Residency July 26 August 15 International Keyboard Festival July 26 August 13 with Marc Durand, Kevin Fitz-Gerald, Julian Martin, Michael Massey Summer Audio Engineering Work Study Program May 3 September 6 Chamber Music June 14 July 2 with Bernadene Blaha, Andrew Dawes, Laurence Lesser Summer Short-Term Career Development Residencies June 14 August 13

www.banffcentre.ca/bsaf (403) 762-6301 or 1-800-413-8368

A T
R I B U T E T O

S O B E L

A N D

O M

O L S T O N

Please tell us about your memories of Banff and the Rolstons. Name Year(s) at The Banff Centre:

Master Classes July 5 23 with Lise Daoust, Richard Killmer, Fan Lei, Stphane Lvesque, Aldo Parisot, Shauna Rolston, Erika Raum, Sylvia Rosenberg, Scott St. John, Karen Tuttle

Collaborative pianists are: George Brough, Michael Massey, Elizabeth Sawyer-Parisot, Janet Scott-Hoyt, Janice Waite-Thompson, Lydia Wong

Musicians at large are: Gary Kulesha, Jens Lindemann, Edgar Meyer, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alain Trudel

Music & Sound

Notes

The Years in Review

In addition to our ongoing programs, Music & Sound has played host to at least one special event each year. Highlights from past years include:

International Double Reed Society 31st Annual Conference August 620, 2002 Hundreds of double reed players met in Banff in August 2002 for the annual meeting of the International Double Reed Society (IDRS). Over a year of preparation lead up to the conference, which was a delight for all involved. I am amazed how each IDRS conference continues to meet and exceed expectations. This is not an easy task given the outstanding IDRS conferences in past years. Our thanks go out to our hosts and the wonderful staff at Banff for their exceptional work and a conference full of exciting performances, exceptional scenic beauty, great food, and accommodation. IDRS President, Terry B. Ewell. Dave Douglas New Director of Jazz November 2002 Jazz at Banff moved into a new era with the appointment of New Yorks Dave Douglas as director of The Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music. Douglas, who was named "Trumpeter and Composer of the Year" in 2002 by the 50th Annual Critics Poll in Downbeat Magazine, is taking the jazz workshop in a new direction with a focus on facilitating the creation of original music. "I am proud and honoured to be part of the workshop at The Banff Centre, following the legacy of other great musicians whove been here.

2000

Millennium Celebration July 1415, 2000 Renowned composers Krzysztof Penderecki and Imant Raminsh were in Banff to premiere three new works during two incredible concerts. These Nights of Premieres featured the North American premiere of Pendereckis instrumental Sextett; his Canadian premiere of Credo, a mammoth work scored for five soloists, girls choir, mixed choir, and orchestra; and Raminshs world premiere of his choral piece Recordare.
Approximately 250 national and international visiting and resident musicians came together to collaborate in this tremendous musical event!

2001

Daedalus Quartet Wins 7th Banff International String Quartet Competition August 28 September 2, 2001 The U.S. based Daedalus Quartet took top honors at the 7th BISQC, winning the overall competition, as well as the Pice de concert Prize for John Estacios Test Run, and the Szkely Prize for the best performance of a Beethoven string quartet. In less than three years since winning the 2001 BISQC, the Daedalus Quartet, consisting of brother and sister violinists Kyu-Young Kim and Min-Young Kim who alternate on first violin, violist Jessica Thompson, and cellist Raman Ramakirshnan, has became one of Americas outstanding young string quartets. The BISQC Winners Tour, arranged by Music & Sound as part of their first place prize, took the quartet coast-to-coast in Canada and also to Tokyo, Japan, through a partnership between The Banff Centre and the Triton Arts Network. When the quartet was asked to summarize their Banff experience, Min had only two short sentences: Wonderful. Such a stunning place and such great support and atmosphere.

24th Audio Engineering Society (AES) International Conference Multichannel Audio: The New Reality June 2628, 2003 Over 180 audio engineers from around the world came to The Banff Centre in June 2003 to share the latest developments in multichannel surround audio. Together with a hard-working committee, Theresa Leonard, The Banff Centres director of audio and chair of the conference, created a program that was packed from morning until night with technical papers, seminars, demonstrations, and panel discussions. Jean Coulthard Piano Restoration August 2003

New Canadian Opera: Filumena August 610, 2003 The new Canadian opera Filumena, composed by Banff alumni John Estacio with libretto by artistic director of Theatre Arts, John Murrell, was a centrepiece of the 2003 Banff Summer Arts Festival. Maestro Bramwell Tovey conducted the Banff Festival Orchestra, which featured musicians from the Music & Sound summer programs. Following the overwhelming success of Filumena, The Banff Centre and Calgary Opera are partnering to co-commission another new Canadian opera by the creative duo. Frobisher (working title) is scheduled to premiere during the 2006 Banff Summer Arts Festival.

The quartet returned to Banff during the summer of 2003 to record a CD and to perform for Banff audiences one more time.

After over 500 hours of manual restorations completed in our piano workshop, head piano technician Denis Brassard transformed our oldest piano into our newest. The grand piano was donated to The Banff Centre in 1999 by the daughter of Canadian composer Jean Coulthard (1908 - 2000). After decades of use by Coulthard, the piano came to Deniss workshop in need of a complete restoration. Denis unveiled the restored Coulthard piano on August 7, 2003, at a special concert during the Banff Summer Arts Festival. The piano now resides in the Bentley Chamber Music Studio.
Head piano technician Denis Brassard.

Music & Sound

2003
Notes 9

2002

Alumni News
It was wonderful to hear from so many of our alumni during our fall 2003 survey. We received over 500 responses, with far too much news to print in this issue of Music & Sound Notes. The information below is a sampling of news from past fall and winter music and audio residents. Apologies to those we have missed. Be assured that we are very interested in what you are up to and hope to print more updates in future newsletters.

Please continue to send your news we love to hear from you:

musicandsound@banffcentre.ca

Anne-Katherine Coope is a freelance clarinetist in Vancouver, performing frequently with the Vancouver Symphony and the Vancouver New Music Ensemble. She is also a new member of acclaimed Vancouver ensemble Standing Wave and a founding member of the Ad Mare Wind Quintet. Pianist Franois Daudet first came to Banff in 1991 and returned in 1997 with the Trio des Iscles as a visiting artist and to make a recording of Canadian music. The disc, on the CMC Centredisc label, was part of a Canada- France partnership and includes trios by Banff alumni Brent Lee, Andrew MacDonald, and Chan Ka Nin. In between Banff visits, the trio won the Glory of Mozart music competition in Toronto and went on to be laureates of the Trapani (1991) and Graz (1992) competitions. Since 2001 Franois has performed in a new trio with violinist Guillame Plays and cellist David Louwerse, as well as in a duo with violinist Marie-Annick Nicolas. He has recorded several CDs and has been broadcast on radio (France Musique) and on television. Mario Donnoli is assistant concertmaster in the Filarmonia Veneta (Italy) and is regularly invited to perform with the RAI National Orchestra, the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, the Chamber Orchestra of Padova, and other orchestras. He founded the Poquartet, a string quartet with many engagements around Europe. As a participant in one of the earliest winter cycles, flutist Amy Doolittle had a chance to do everything playing in the pit for musical theatre productions, touring the Yukon, and experiencing the tension of the 1st Banff International String Quartet Competition (1983). Amy is still a professional flutist but is also an arts administrator with three nonprofit organizations, as well as a partner with her husband in Metalgenisis a visual arts/ metal sculpting business specializing in Kinetic sound sculptures. Emily Doolittle is a doctoral candidate at Princeton University. She was composer-inresidence with the Oregon East Symphony in 2002-03 and at Scotia Festival in 2001. Emily has received commissions from the New York Youth Symphony Ensemble, Contemporain de Montral, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Entropy, and the Oregon East Symphony. Percussionist/composer Mark Duggan is a founding member of Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan (Toronto) and has performed with the Ensemble Intercontemporain and the Phillip Glass Ensemble. Mark received a Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts, and has received two JUNO and ECMA nominations for recordings of his compositions.

Marie Ebbing recently completed a contract position as a music editor for Return of the King (final movie in The Lord of the Rings trilogy), which took her to both New Zealand and Abbey Road Studios in London. Marie worked with alumnus Mark Willsher on the film which won numerous awards (see separate article). During the summer months, Marie works at the Tanglewood Music Festival, summer home for The Boston Symphony. Pianist Terry Eder Kaufman is living in New York where she will give her New York debut at Weill Recital Hall on May 15, 2004 under the auspices of Artist International Presentations. Terry has a second career as a litigation lawyer but hopes to return to music full-time when her 8 year old daughter is a little older. Nigel Edmonton-Boehm is assistant principal cellist in the Red Deer Symphony and teaching assistant at Mt. Royal College Academy in Calgary. In addition to his freelance cello work, Nigel is also manager/ dealer with Wilder & Davis Luthiers and is in charge of the Canmore/Banff district. La Soave Melodia (Anders Ericson, Katarina Hubold, Anna Petrini and Lode Van den Eynde) has performed often in Sweden since leaving Banff and has also participated in the Innsbroches Festwochen fr alte Musik in Austria during summer 2003. Anders wrote an extra note to tell us that he is also playing the orbo (large lute) in several groups in Stockholm and with several singers. This summer he will perform in a contemporary opera project on baroque instruments in Swedens famous Drottingholm Theatre. Eva Fahlen works as solo violist and in a Swedish chamber orchestra. She also plays in various chamber ensembles and has recently started her own company which produces music festivals. Emma Ferrand is a freelance cellist, member of the Deakin Piano Trio, Deakin Chamber Players, and professor at the Royal Northern College in Manchester. When reflecting on her time at Banff, Emma muses where else would I encounter an unexpectedly airborne harp which improvises in response to my voice? Anyone who has been in the Music & Sound Building since Garnet Willis Kinetoflux was unveiled will know of what Emma speaks! Margaret Gay is a freelance cellist in the Toronto area, performing with the Toronto Symphony, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and other ensembles. She is also the artistic director of the Gallery Players of Niagara, an organization that presents chamber music.

Tim Gill and Joely Koos are thrilled to announce the birth of their second child, Doraly Leah on April 21, 2003. Between Doraly and Theo, their older son, they manage to continue their busy musical lives. In addition to being principal cellist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and performing with the London Sinfonietta, Tim fits in chamber music and solo engagements. Joely also acts as freelance cellist. Tim says he is constantly amazed at how she manages to play so beautifully and do all the other things she does. Richard Herriott is company pianist with the Northern Ballet Theatre (U.K.) and has made numerous recordings including one titled Banff Nights. Along with his wife, oboist and Banff alumna Elizabeth Kenwood, the Kenwood-Herriott Duo has toured Europe, Southwest Asia, and has an upcoming tour to Ukraine in 2004. In addition to the duo, Elizabeth is principal oboe of the Leeds Symphony Orchestra. Pianist John Hess is professor of Canadas only masters program in Collaborative Piano at the University of Western Ontario. This past season he performed with tenor and Banff alumnus Ben Heppner in recitals in Toronto and Vancouver. John is also active in music theatre and, along with his wife conductor/ cellist Dairine Ni Mheadhra who is also a Banff alumna, founded the Queen of Puddings Music Theatre Co. in Toronto. David Houston is an audio engineer with CBC in Toronto. One of Davids recordings from Banff was a finalist in the Classical Surround Category at the 2003 AES New York conference. Katherine Hubley has been principal 2nd violinist in the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony since 1984 and is also a member of the Canadian Chamber Ensemble. Katherine also teaches private lessons and master classes in Kitchener-Waterloo. Violinist Johannes Jansonius has been with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal since 1987 and the Molinari String Quartet since 1997. After leaving Banff, violinist Myles Jordan moved directly to New York where he earned two degrees at Juilliard. In 1985, he moved to Philadelphia where he earned his DMA and founded the Da Ponte String Quartet. For the past eight years the quartet has been in residence in rural Maine as part of the National Endowment for the Arts and Chamber Music Americas jointly-sponsored Rural Residencies Initiative.

Ahmed Abou-Zahra and Nora Emody form the Horus Piano Duo. After winning first prize in the Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition (Italy) in May 2003, the duo had a very busy season with concerts in Hungary, Austria, Germany, Mexico, and a London debut with Andrs Schiff. They were soloists with the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra in September 2003 and the Guangzhou Symphony (China) in November 2003 in one of Chinas most important concert halls. Ahmed and Nora returned to Banff in 2001 to prepare for the Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition where they received fourth prize. Colleen Athparia will soon be releasing her fourth solo piano CD featuring contemporary work of Alberta composers. She has taught at universities in Taiwan and Mexico, and has performed recitals in Canada, South-East Asia, Mexico, and Israel. Jeremy Berkman is principal trombonist with Vancouver Opera, co-artistic director of the Turning Point Ensemble, and member of a Touch of Brass and the Peggy Lee Band. Jeremy had many positive comments about his time at Banff, but most importantly, in his opinion, was that he met his future wife (Sheila MacDonald) that winter! Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann moved to Calgary in 1999 and have since become actively involved in the Western Canadian music scene. They have performed with the Lethbridge and Red Deer Symphonies, as well as the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. They have been laureates of several piano duo competitions and have been broadcast in Germany, the U.S.A., and by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC). Heidemarie Berliz is back performing and teaching the violin in Graz, Austria after a lengthy rehabilitation for a torn finger tendon sustained while at Banff. Heidemarie writes that Banff has enriched my life there are no days when I dont think of Banff and its unique spirit the beautiful landscapes and wonderful, warm-hearted people.

After leaving Banff, Isabel Blomme graduated from the Stockholm Conservatory with a chamber music diploma and then performed with the Royal Opera in Stockholm on a year and a half contract. During this period, Isabel also worked as a stand-in for the Indra Quartet who are also Banff alumni. Nicholas Bone has been first and solo violist of the Orchestre National de France since 1992 and first/solo violist of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe since 1999. He is also a member of the Kandinsky Quartet and has taught at the CNSM de Paris and the CNR Rueil Malmaison. Marie (Boettcher) Kogge spent some time after Banff in the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg before returning to Berlin where she and her husband opened a workshop for violin repair and restoration. In 2000 she founded the ensemble Incendo (string quartet and piano) which performs 20 to 25 concerts per year in various instrumental combinations. Pianist Marc Bourdeau is director of the Liederkreis series in Montreal and continues to concertize in Canada, U.S.A., Europe, South America, and the Far East. He has been featured in discs for Marquis Classics and Atune, and has been a visiting guest professor in Switzerland and the U.K. Although Margaret Bunkall (now St. Cyr) was last at The Banff Centre over 20 years ago, she has made a point of keeping in touch. Margaret continues to play horn in her local orchestra in Duncan, B.C. and teaches elementary school music on a part-time basis. Margaret and her husband Andr have two children ages 9 and 7. David Carlisle and Adrienne Park now live in Oxford, Mississippi and commute to perform with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Adrienne as principal pianist, and David as substitute timpanist and percussion. Both are also on the faculty at the University of Mississippi and teach privately. David notes that his experience with The Banff Eclectic Company (Music Makers 1994) has come in handy when teaching music appreciation classes!

Audio engineer, composer, and cellist Chris Chafe is director of the Centre for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), and professor of Music at Stanford University. His sound installations have appeared at SFMOMA, San Jos Museum of Art, and the University of California at Berkeley. He has worked on soundtracks for numerous films and his compositions have been recorded on Centour Records. Chris will be back in Banff soon overseeing the 2004 CCRMA Summer Workshops, which will be held at The Banff Centre. Olivier Chauzu teaches piano at the Bayonne Conservatory in France and is very active as a soloist and chamber musician. He has performed concertos with many orchestras and given numerous recitals. He will be recording Albenizs Iberia in the near future and has recorded three CDs with the Trio des Aulnes. Olivier sums up his Banff experience as freedom, artists life, dream, opposite of real life. Caroline Clipsham credits her several attendances at The Banff Centre with helping fulfill her dream of becoming a concert pianist. Caroline has made numerous recordings in Stockholm, and with ORF Austrian National Radio. As a soloist, and with cellist Orfeao Mondozzi, she has performed at Wigmore Hall, London, in Bratislavia, and Vienna. In January 2003 The ConTempo String Quartet were appointed Galways (Ireland) first Ensemble-in-Residence a unique partnership between the National University of Ireland, the City of Galway, the Arts Council of Galway, and TG4 (National Gaelic TV). Prior to this appointment they were Chamber Music Fellows and Quartet-in-Residence at the Royal Academy of Music in London. The quartet has won 13 international prizes at competitions including first prizes in the Valentino Bucchi Competition in Rome and Die Grosser Frderpriese in Munich; and third and audience prizes at the 2000 London International String Quartet Competition. In 1999 the quartet also won the Romanian Musical Critics Union Prize for ensemble of the year.

10

Music & Sound

Notes

11

Stefan Kammer has been principal bass with the Orchester des Staatstheatres Darmstadt since 2000. He has also performed in the Gewandhaus Leipzig, the Osnabrcker Sinfonie Orchester, and the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Bremen. Herve NKaoua is professor of piano at the Bordeaux Conservatory in addition to performing and giving master classes in France, Spain, England, the U.S.A., and Russia. Australian composer Peter Knight has recently released an album of his compositions written in collaboration with Dung Nyugen. Along with other projects, Peter is working on a suite for brass ensemble a commission from the Australia Council. Trombonist James Lebens was recently appointed professor of brass instruments at lUniversit Laval in Quebec City Canadas oldest and largest francophone university. Composer Ellen Lindquist has just started her PhD at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Recent performances of her work include the Gregg Smith Singers Manhattan performance of I Dreamed a Dream for SATB chorus, violin and piano; Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky by Banff alumni Trent Petrunia in Toronto; and Nakoda for alto flute at the New Jersey City University Women Composers Showcase. Both Nakoda and Scorned were written in Banff. Percussionist Malcolm Lim is teaching at the University of Lethbridge, Augustana University, and Red Deer College Music Conservatory all in Alberta. Ramona Luengen is the conductor/director of the Phoenix Chamber Choir. The choir recently released a two-CD set with live performances from concerts in Luxembourg and Germany last season. The Phoenix Chamber Choir was an integral part of the Millennium Celebration in Banff during the summer of 2000 when choirs gathered on the Eric Harvie stage to perform the music of Imant Raminsh and Krzysztof Penderecki. Ramona continues to be active as a composer and was recently commissioned by Vancouver Opera to write a 45-minute opera for young audiences, which will tour Vancouver area schools in 2005. Philip Lurie is living in Israel where he is accompanist with the Israel Kibbutz Choir and the Philharmonia Singers. He is also a freelance accompanist and continuo player for the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra and Haifa Symphony Orchestra.

Joan Macdonald is assistant concertmaster with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Vetta Chamber Music Ensemble. She has also appeared as soloist with the V.S.O. and as guest concertmaster with the CBC Radio Orchestra. Marie-Christine Marella (piano) and Christophe Oudin (cello) have both received their certificat daptitude allowing them to teach in state conservatories. Marie and Christophe have busy concert schedules as soloists, as a duo, and also with their trio. Robert McCosh has been a member of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra since 2000 and became principal horn in 2003. Prior to moving to Calgary, Robert was principal horn of Symphony Nova Scotia (19902000) and a member of the York Winds. Robert was a member of the Banff Festival Orchestra during the 2003 Banff Summer Arts Festival which included the Banff Centre production of Filumena. Andrew MacDonalds compositions continue to be performed and recorded all over North America often by Banff Centre alumni! In 1995 Andrew won a JUNO award for Best Classical Composition for his violin concerto, which was first workshopped at The Banff Centre in 1991 by violinist David Stewart. In 1997 Andrew returned to Banff to work with the Trio des Iscles on a recording of his first piano trio In the Eagles Eye, which saw many subsequent performances. Andrew recorded three CDs in 2003 Duo Concertante (Nancy Dahn and Tim Steeves) recorded Sonata No. 2: The Phoenix for ATMA; Erica Goodman and Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan recorded his harp concerto The Eleusinian Mysteries for ARTIFACT records; and Jasper Wood and Audrey Andrist recorded numerous works on a Centredisc recording. Michelle McTeague was cellist with the Nashville, Tennessee Symphony Orchestra from 1982-2001. During this period she performed in various chamber ensembles and as back-up cellist in numerous recordings. Jenny Mitchell recently graduated with her doctorate in piano performance from SUNY, Stony Brook, which was a direct result of connections made at The Banff Centre. Jenny is a member of the NUBOH Chamber Players, Essence a flute and piano duo, and faculty member at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. Pianist Dan Moran is enrolled in the DMA program at the University of Montreal. Dan was a laureate at the 1998 and 2003 William Kapell Piano Competitions, and has been on

concert tours of Japan and Spain. Dan has performed on numerous recordings for local and national CBC radio, most recently in Calgary as part of the Alberta in Concert series. Dan and alumna Maneli Pirzadeh were in Banff in March of 2004 recording a demo tape of piano music for use by Acadmie Musique Plus Inc, their new management. Miles Newman has been principal trumpet with the Regina Symphony Orchestra since 1991. He also performs with the Regina Symphony Chamber Players and is head of winds at the University of Regina Conservatory of Performing Arts. Elenid Owen is still playing and traveling widely with the Ludwig Quartet. In 1999 the quartet won the MIDEM, Cannes Classical Award for its recording of the Franck piano quintet and the Chausson quartet. The quartet is very interested in collaborating with other artists, and as such have worked and performed with actors, dancers, and mime artists. Douglas Pullen and Wendy Tooke came to Banff in the fall of 1994 to record a CD with their saxophone quartet. They have since down-sized and have created Bach to Beatles a musical presentations that has been heard in over 2,200 schools across Canada and the U.S.A. Wendy and Doug are both active as soloists and are artists/clinicians for Selmer U.S.A. Composer and oboist Katherine Pluygers is director of the London New Wind Festival, which promotes contemporary wind music. Since leaving Banff, she has received her masters degree from the University of London and has also been on solo oboe tours in the U.S.A., Hong Kong, and India. Katalin Pocs compositions have been performed, published, and recorded in both Hungary and the U.S.A. Recent compositions include tudes for Clarinet (Accord Publishing House), Ballade for Harp (recorded by Bloomington harpist Ensebet Gsal), II String Quartet (2002), and a violin concerto (2001). Pianist Brigitte Poulin is an active soloist, chamber musician, and vocal accompanist in the Montreal area. Brigitte specializes in new music, and in 2002/03 took John Cages Sonatas and Interludes, as well as a program by Montreal composers on a tour of Canada and the United States. She has performed for numerous contemporary music festivals in Europe, Canada, and the U.S.A., and has recorded for Montreal labels SNE, Fonovox, and Amberola.

The members of Quatour Diastema are professors of saxophone at conservatories in France: Phillipe Lecocq at Toulouse; Phillipe Braquart at Montpellier and assistant at CNSM de Paris; Eric Devallon at Bayonne and the Conservatoire Suprieur de San Sebastian (Spain); and Christophe Bois at Bourges. The quartet has won several prizes in chamber music competitions, have recorded five CDs, and have many other recording and concert projects on the go. The quartet returned to Banff in 1997 as visiting artists in the fall residency. Shortly after leaving Banff, Rob Rapley received one of five national fellowships from the CCB/PBS Producers Academy. Since then, he has worked on and co-produced numerous series with PBS. Mark Rudoff is a professor of music at Brandon University teaching cello, orchestra, chamber music, and music history. He also conducts the Winnipeg Youth Symphony, teaches at the Quartet Program, and along the way picked up a law degree at the University of Saskatchewan. Laura Schlessinger is cellist of the piano trio Music Mosaic, which she founded in 1984 while at The Banff Centre. She is also a member of New Works Calgary, the Kensington Sinfonia, and Music by Belissima! a trio with alumnae Suzanne Ruberg-Gordon (piano) and mezzo-soprano Nan Hughes. Doug Schmidt is composer-in-residence with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra and regularly performs with his tango band Tango Paradiso. Rob Selmanovic is a CBC recording engineer in Toronto, where he works on Jazz Beat, The Vinyl Caf, Definitely Not the Opera, and In Performance. Claudine and Patricia Siffert perform as a piano duo and were recently invited by Yuval Admony and Tami Kanazawa to perform in their first piano duo festival in Israel, where they will also perform with the Israel Chamber Orchestra. Patricia is also active as a soloist and teaches at the Institut Jacques-Daluose. Composer Claude Schryer has been coordinator of the Inter-Arts Office at The Canada Council for the Arts (Ottawa) since 1999. He continues to have his music performed here and there but between his work with the Canada Council and looking after his two children, there is little time left over!

Scrap Arts Music has enjoyed numerous years of successful touring and continued interest in their music since leaving Banff. They were a 2002 West Coast Music Award nominee for Best Live Performance and have won numerous Canada Council for the Arts awards. Scrap Arts Music was in Banff in May 2001 to record their CD Phon and to be the subjects of the Bravo! Television film production Plasmatron, which was subsequently nominated for Best Music Video in the 2002 Ampia Awards. Justine and Greg were back again in the Leighton Studios during the summer of 2003, working on a commission from the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra which resulted in a highly acclaimed January 2004 performance. Karolina Sjoholm and the Indra Quartet studied in Stockholm for two years after leaving Banff, and are now concertizing in Sweden and at festivals abroad. In addition to dreaming about Banff, they still dream about making our living only from concerts with the quartet! Since leaving Banff, Van Steifel has earned his MM in guitar performance at Yale and his PhD in music composition at Princeton University. Active as a composer, performer, and instrument builder, he plays, composes for, and builds computer interfaces for electric guitar. Van lives in Montreal where he teaches analysis of 19th and 20th century music at McGill. Mick Sterling has just been appointed solo/principal cellist of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Prior to this, he was a freelance musician in London and around Europe working with the Brindisi String Quartet, the Raphael Ensemble, Ensemble Modern-Frankfurt, the European, English, and Scottish Chamber Orchestras. He also made guest principal cello appearances with numerous orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philhamonica Orchestra, and Hall Orchestra. Julia Stewart was violinist with the English National Opera from 1992-2000. She now freelances in London and is a member of a light music string quartet, which has performed for many dignitaries including Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton. Julia and husband Richard have two beautiful children, Archie (6 months) and Isabella (3 years). Rod Thomas Squance has been teaching percussion at the University of Calgary for the past three years something he attributes to the level of musical maturity he gained while at Banff. Rod was a member of the Banff Festival Orchestra during the 2003 Banff Centre production of Filumena.

Gabor Takacs-Nagy came to Banff with the Takacs Quartet to study the Bartok Quartets with Zoltan Szkely in the spring of 1981. Simply this was the happiest and most constructive three months of my life. I hope every young musician feels this once in their life. Gabor was 1st violinist of the quartet until 1992 and is now professor of chamber music at the Conservatory of Geneva in Switzerland. Candida Thompson is concertmistress of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra and artistic director of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Susan Tomes is pianist with the Florestan Trio, as well as pursuing solo and other chamber music opportunities. Hyperion Records has just released a recording of the three Mozart piano concertos performed by Susan with the Gaudier Ensemble. In addition, writing about music has become an important part of Susans life. She contributes articles about her performing experience to The Guardian and The Financial Times, and her book Beyond the Notes Journies with Chamber Music will be published by Boydell and Brewer in April 2004. Toan Van Ngo is professor of classical guitar at the Hanoi University of Education the biggest university in Vietnam. David Vayo is professor and head of the composition department, and coordinator of new music at Illinois Wesleyan University. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship in 2001 and in that same year, his music was programmed on World Music Days (International Society for Contemporary Music) in Yokohama, Japan. He was a Koussevitzky Foundation commissar in 1997 (for the Orkest de Volharding ensemble, Amsterdam), and is currently working on a commission for the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors. Michael Veit is principal cellist in the orchestra of the Staatstheater Darmstadt, and organizes and performs chamber music with various groups in Germany. James Wallenberg is entering his 26th season with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and is a chamber musician in the Toronto area. After eleven years as co-principal cellist in the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville, Gregory Walmsley returned to England to play in the London Philharmonic. In addition to performing concertos, recitals, and chamber music, Gregory performed on the Oscar winning soundtrack from The Lord of the Rings.

12

Music & Sound

Notes

13

In addition to the demands of being a new mom, Samantha Whelan has managed to continue her work as artistic director of StoryFair Productions where she writes and performs music for young audiences. Sam has produced one CD, Rocky Mountain Fairy Tales (with illustrations by Music & Sounds real resident artist Lynne Huras) and, along with the Northern Lights Brass Quintet, was featured in Calgarys Young Writers Conference in April 2003, where she was asked to be the keynote speaker. Composer and sound artist John Wynnes recent work moves in several directions. Currently engaged in a series of sonic portraits, John has traveled to the Kalahari Desert to research and record some of the disappearing click languages of the KhoiSan peoples. Other interesting projects included the design of an auditory warning for installations. His first work for electronic alarms and reminders was for the LYD/Galleri in Copenhagens Town Hall Square, using 25 speakers hidden under the paving stones. The Sound of Sirens was later banned by the city council, which claimed that members of the public were frightened and confused. John is doing his PhD at Goldsmiths College in London where he is senior lecturer in Sound Arts at the London Institutes LCC School of Media.

In Memoriam
We note with sadness the passing of our cherished friends and faculty. The lives of each of these special individuals have been celebrated over the years at Banff in various ways. Not one day passes without our thinking of them, and the contribution they made to each of us and to music at Banff. Samuel Baron Gyrgy Sebk Marek Jablonski Zoltn Szkely Stephen Maxym Robin Wood Lorand Fenyves (1925 1997) (1922 1999) (1939 1999) (1903 2001) (1915 2002) (1924 2004) (1918 2004)

Sam Baron first came to Banff in the summer of 1985 and continued to lead the flute master class through the summer of 1996. The concert on July 9, 1997, was dedicated to Sam, and in the concert program Isobel and Tom wrote that Sam was a sterling musician and equally important were his qualities as a human being. Sam was beloved by his colleagues and students, and will be sorely missed. Tonight he would have been performing Bachs Fourth Brandenburg Concerto.

sit in on one of his classes (always held in Studio 24 in the DCH South West Music Wing), or listen to one of his concerts will ever forget his quiet manner and brilliant musicianship. The audience at the July 27, 2000, concert, dedicated to Mr. Sebk, was treated to the film Gyrgy Sebk: Une Leon de Musique (directed and produced by Etienne Blanchon), which captured the essence of Mr. Sebk. This film will be shown again in 2004 as part of the Rolston Tribute weekend.

The life, spirit, and musicianship of Zoltn Szkely is captured in Claude Kennesons Szkely and Bartk The Story of a Friendship (Amadeus Press). Claude researched and wrote this book at Banff spending innumerable hours with Mr. Szkely in his final years. We are forever indebted to Claude for documenting the life of this remarkable man. Mr. Szkely became artist-in-residence at The Banff Centre in 1973 where he lived until his death on October 3, 2001. The New Zealand String Quartet had been coming to Banff for numerous years to study with Mr. Szkely, and was the quartet chosen by Tom Rolston to give the world premiere of Szkelys String Quartet Op. 4 (1937) a work which had been recently discovered in a pile of music in Mr. Szkelys room. This they did, just days before Mr. Szekelys 96th birthday, on December 4, 1999, in Rolston Recital Hall in Banff. It was only fitting that they were in Banff just days after his death and could perform his quartet once again in his memorial concert on October 26, 2001, in Rolston Recital Hall.

Robin Wood came to Banff in various capacities over the years. He was first invited to Banff in 1979 as a coach in the Piano Chamber Music program, then later as faculty in the Piano Literature and Pedagogy class, the Special Program for Young Musicians, and finally in 2001 as faculty in the keyboard festival. His wife Winifred often joined him in Banff and also taught in the Piano Literature and Pedagogy class and the Special Program for Young Musicians. The Woods were extremely active in the music life of British Columbia, and especially Victoria, where they spent over half a lifetime teaching at the University of Victoria and at the Victoria Conservatory. The night before Robins death the Lt.-Governor of British Columbia, Iona Campagnolo, presented lifetime achievement awards to both Robin and Winifred for their many years of service and support to the provinces musical community.

2003 Mr. Fenyves performed Bachs Sonata No.3 with harpsichordist George Brough in Rolston Recital Hall. This was a significant performance, as it was a celebration of the 85th birthdays of both of these distinguished faculty members. Birthday cake was served after the performance and a rousing round of Happy Birthday was sung in four-part harmony. It is with sadness, but also with happy memories, that we begin to make plans for a summer 2004 tribute to Mr. Fenyves.

I think that I was so lucky to have been given this profession. If you said, Heres $10 million. What would you do? Ill tell you what Id do: exactly the same as I did yesterday. Its very simple.
LORAND FENYVES

Gyrgy Sebks piano master class marked the beginning of the summer music program from 1973 to 1996. His solo piano concert in the Eric Harvie Theatre opened the Summer Arts Festival and was sold out year after year. No one who participated in, or had the opportunity to

Marek Jablonski: The Banff Years 19751998 a compilation CD of Marek Jablonskis finest Banff performances was produced in 2000 at The Banff Centre. Isobel and Tom Rolston, Theresa Leonard, and other Music & Sound staff were involved in making the difficult decisions about which selections to include on the CD. In listening to the archival tapes, Isobel said she remembered almost every note Marek played. Proceeds from the sale of the CD continue to be directed towards the Marek Jablonksi Piano Endowment, enabling gifted pianists to participate in our programs.

Stephen Maxyms Banff years were celebrated in a memorial concert on July 15, 2003. The concert, planned and produced by Stephens student and protg Stphane Levesque, took place on the day Music & Sound traditionally held Stephens annual birthday party. Stephen passed away shortly after attending the 30th International Double Reed Society Conference, held in Banff in August 2002. Both Stephen and his beloved wife Lucy were able to attend that wonderful event, and Stephen was able to see many of his old friends and colleagues, and tell many stories and jokes(!) while he was in Banff for the last time.

Lorand Fenyves taught his first master class at the then Banff School of Fine Arts in July 1972. He returned to Banff every year thereafter, as a coach in the Academy of Chamber Music and the Canadian Chamber Orchestra (CCO), as faculty in the violin master class, or as visiting artist in the fall and winter program. Mr. Fenyves was also on the preliminary jury of the first six Banff International String Quartet Competitions (BISQC), and a member of the competition jury for the 7th BISQC in 2001. Mr. Fenyves was an active performer into his 80s. In his 80th year, he performed Beethovens Violin Concerto in The Banff Centres Margaret Greenham Theatre with Tom Rolston conducting; and in his 82nd year, he performed the Bartok Concerto with the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, both to the highest acclaim. On July 10,

The teachers [at other music schools] are going to raise every last student to become a soloist. And they will explicitly ask that [their students] never play below mezzo-forte. Now the funny thing about Mr. Fenyves, is that hed never ask you to play louder. Hes going to ask you to play with an appropriate sound. The dynamic is irrelevant: Its the character, the colour that matter. [As a teacher], he is irreplaceable.
ERIKA RAUM

We feel so privileged to have spent time with all of these amazing people and musicians.They will all be missed but never forgotten.

14

Music & Sound

Notes

15

107 Tunnel Mountain Drive Box 1020, Banff, Alberta, Canada T1L 1H5 www.banffcentre.ca (403) 762-6188 musicandsound@banffcentre.ca

MUSIC & SOUND STAFF :

LEFT TO RIGHT Christine Elmgren, Martin Finnerty, Heather Heide, Denis Brassard, Dottie Kreps, Clare Prosser, Theresa Leonard, Mark Wold, Val Thompson, Janet Amy, Tom Rolston, Jorie Adams, Enza Apa, Marlene Currie. SEATED Isobel Rolston, Lynne Huras. MISSING Pablo Mochcovsky.

Upcoming Application Deadlines

June 1, 2004 Sound + Vision Thematic Residency A collaborative creative residency between Music & Sound and Media & Visual Arts April 11 July 1, 2005 July 16, 2004 Fall Audio Engineering Work Study Program Audio Assistantships & Associateships September 20 December 17, 2004 October 22, 2004 Winter Audio Engineering Work Study Program Audio Assistantships & Associateships January 3 March 31, 2005 Recording / CD Residencies Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. CCRMA@Banff Summer Workshops Applications accepted as space permits. 16 Music & Sound

CDs Help Raise Funds for Banff Centre Artist Scholarships

Send us your recordings and we will put them into the hands of donors! We want to promote our alumni through fundraising events, which raise important funds for artist scholarships at The Banff Centre. We would greatly appreciate if you would send 2 to 5 signed copies of your CDs to be used in our fundraising auctions. Questions? Call The Banff Centre Development Office at 1-888-495-4467or e-mail: development@banffcentre.ca Send CDs to: The Banff Centre Box 1020, Stn. 4 Banff, AB T1L 1H5 Canada