PARTICIPATING ENSEMBLES

JUNE 13, 2010

Come for the Music - Come for the Fun!

Orchestra Toronto is one of Canada’s premier community volunteer symphony orchestras, dedicated to providing affordable family entertainment, music education and full repertoire in all its programs.

Errol Lee teaches character-building skills through interactive, multi-media performances through a unique blend of song, dance and message. Through the use of video, animation and photography, contemporary lyrics, melodies and dances, Errol provides audiences with an educational, entertaining and inspiring experience. 

Encore Band

NAVIGATION:

Leah Giselle Field, mezzo soprano

Eun-Hwa Grace Hong, violinist

Kimberley Pritchard, accordion

Encore...The Concert Band plays an eclectic mix of traditional concert band compositions, music from Broadway and the movies, popular standards and jazz. Conducted by Gwyn Beynon, the 65 musicians in Encore are all volunteers — drawn from the community at large as well as from high-school music programs. The students get to play at a higher performance level than in their schools, which increases their confidence level in all phases of their music education.

Leah Giselle Field is a mezzo-soprano who was recently seen in performances by UBC Opera, the UBC Opera Ensemble, the Vancouver Island Opera, Bard On The Beach in Vancouver and the Westben Arts Festival in Campbellford, Ontario. She has performed in productions of The Merry Widow, Die Zauberflöte, Manon, Eugene Onegin, Falstaff and Le Nozze di Figaro and in excerpted productions of Kurt Weill’s Street Scene andThe Seven Deadly Sins. This summer she will perform in Opera on the Avalon’s production of Albert Herring in July and in Cendrillon with DragonDiva productions in August. 

Sharon Hampson from

Sharon, Lois & Bram

Sharon Hampson is a member of Canada's much-loved trio of family entertainers, Sharon, Lois & Bram, which has thrilled children across North America since 1978 through live performances, gold and platinum CDs and the acclaimed television series The Elephant Show and Skinnamarink TV. Sharon is a member of the Order of Canada, and the recipient of many awards, including the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award, the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award, and The Alliance for Children and Television Lifetime Achievement Award. She has been an Ambassador for UNICEF and was founding president of Willow Breast Cancer Support Canada

Eun-Hwa Grace Hong is a violinist who has been concert master of Orchestra Toronto for nine years. Born in Seoul, South Korea, she immigrated to Canada in 1974 and immediately began studying with Victor Danchenko at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She won many competitions and was awarded the Presidential Award to study at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She went on to receive a master’s degree in music performance from Southern Methodist University in Texas. Grace’s career has included international tours with Andrew Lloyd Weber productions, playing with the Hamilton Philharmonic and Toronto Philharmonia, and several recordings with Canadian artists, including Laurence Gowan and Kathryn Rose. As an educator, Grace has seen several of her students rise to professional positions in orchestras and many others soon to graduate from post-secondary music programs in Canada and the United States. 

Kimberley Pritchard is one of a handful of contemporary accordionists in Canada. Mentored by virtuoso Joseph Macerollo, she most recently completed her master's degree in performance at the University of Toronto. Both Kim’s mother and grandfather played the accordion and she took it up at age 5. She has been featured in the YTV television series Radio-Free Roscoe and in a U of T production of John Beckwith's opera Taptoo! Kim has performed at the Toronto Music Garden at Harbourfront and in several productions of Queen of Puddings Musical Theatre and other musicals.

Orchestra Toronto

Scott McCord And The Bonafide Truth is a tight soul revue, complete with a slick horn section. Leader Scott McCord’s passion spills from the stage, delivering a high-torque show with all the sweat-soaked conviction of a natural. The band won the Toronto Blues Society new talent search in 2008 and was nominated as best new artist of 2009 at the Maple Blues Awards

Scott McCord And The Bonafide Truth