Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Atelier S: "The Art of Song": Recital Series, upcoming concerts March 21 andApril 4, 2007

It was just a short 2 weeks ago that audiences were delighted by baritone Jan Vaculik and now we find ourselves on the cusp of another beautiful evening of song to bring in this long awaited springtime. I am so very pleased and excited to present our next artist, tenor Patrick Huang with special guests Joenne Dumitrascu (violin) and Brahm Goldhammer (piano). Mr. Huang, a wonderful and most expressive tenor, completed undergrad in vocal performance at the Faculty of Music of the University of Toronto and then went on to graduate studies in vocal performance that the distinguished Royal Academy of Music in London (England). Now, back in Toronto, Mr. Huang is honing his skills to enter what I believe will be a wonderful lyric career.

Please join us this Wednesday, March 21st 2007 at 7:30pm at College St. United Church in a celebration of the music of Hændel, Bach and Fauré. Please read on for full program details and we sincerely hope to see you in our audience.

Also,

In this time of reflection, Atelier S is very pleased to offer this solemn concert in this Easter/Passover season. Join Atelier S and its members this Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 7:30pm in a concert of some of the most beautiful sacred music from the Requiem Masses of Mozart, Duruflé and Fauré. Highlights in the program include: “Die Mainacht” (J. Brahms), "Sancta Mater istud agas" (Stabat Mater - Rossini), 2nd movement from Schubert's Piano Trio in E flat (D. 929), "Pie Jesu" (Requiem - Durufle), "Libera Me" and "In Paradisum" of Fauré's Requiem.

For further information or to reserve tickets, please contact us at 416.927.9105 or email at atelier.s@sympatico.ca or visit http:atelier-s.blogspot.com.


Stuart Graham
Founder & Artistic Director of Atеlίεя S
416.927.9105
atelier.s@sympatico.ca
http://atelier-s.blogspot.com
The Art of Song:
Recital Series

Featuring artists of Atelier S


March 21, 2007 7:30pm
Patrick Huang, tenor
With special guest
Joenne Dumitrascu, violin
Works of Bach, Handel & Fauré

Tickets: $20.00

Programme
I.
Hændel, G.F.: Semele
Jupiter: “Lay your doubts and fears aside”

From Deutche Arien
(with Joenne Dumitrascu, violin)
“Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken
“In den angenehmen Büschen”
“Flammende Rose”

Bach, J.S.
Cantata no. 9: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
“Wir waren schon zu tief gesunken”

Cantata no. 29: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir
“Halleluja Stärk und Macht”

INTERMISSION

II.
Fauré, Gabriel
(with pianist, Brahm Goldhammer)

“Chanson d’amour”
“Notre amour”
“Green”
“C’est l’extase”
“Le parfum impérissable”
“Soir”
“Arpège”



Requiem
Solo and Ensemble excerpts from the Requiem Masses of Mozart, Duruflé and Fauré

Wednesday, April 4, 2007 7:30pm
Tickets: $25.00
(half of all proceeds in benefit of College St. United Church and its social outreach programs)

Featuring:
Dolores Tjart, soprano
Martha Spence, mezzo-soprano
Patrick Huang, tenor
Jan Vaculik, baritone

with special guests:
Joseph Nachman, violin
Karen Glennie, cello


SPACE IS VERY LIMITED, SO ORDER EARLY!!!!


Artists’ Biographies:
Patrick Huang, tenor
After graduating from the University of Toronto with an undergraduate degree in Music Performance, tenor Patrick Huang went on to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music under Ian Partridge. During his time in the UK he has performed with numerous regional orchestras in oratorio concerts, including works such as Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Easter Oratorio and St. Matthew’s Passion, Handel’s Messiah, as well as other cantatas and recently composed works. He has recorded with various choral ensembles, both in Canada and the UK, and has toured within Canada, the US and Germany.
Joenne Dumitrascu, violin
18-year-old violinist Joenne Dumitrascu was born in Romania but raised in Windsor, ON, Canada. She first picked up the violin at the age of six, and is currently a freshman at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music, studying with renowned violinist Felicia Moye. Dumitrascu has performed regularly in master classes for Moshe Hammer, Arnold Steinhardt, Aaron Rosand, Scott St. John, the Guarneri String Quartet, the Kneisel Trio, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet among many others. She has competed extensively in past years, both at the national and international levels. She has won the Kiwanis Music Festival “Top Violinist” Award, and competed at three CMC Nationals. At 15, Dumitrascu tied the record as the youngest competitor at the prestigious Stulberg International Competition in the United States. In the past, Dumitrascu has been seen regularly in concert with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, the Windsor Symphony Youth Orchestra and the WCCA Orchestra. Dumitrascu has also studied piano through the ARCT level. She has competed in equestrian competitions up to the national circuit and is hoping to pursue it later on after her violin studies. When she was younger, Dumitrascu played soccer but gave it up after she started high school at an all-performing arts academy, where she studied violin, piano and music theatre.

Atelier S and its mandate:

Atelier S, is very please to announce that it has a new creative home and since September 1, 2006 all lessons, performance/master classes and student recitals are held in the sanctuary of College St. United Church. This move has opened up fantastic possibilities in support of the technical and artistic growth of the student members of Atelier S. We no longer offer just voice lessons/performance coaching, but have now created a fully structured performance program specialized for the transitioning artist who is working to bridge from the student career to the lyric profession. This new program includes a weekly lesson*, bi-weekly performance/master class series, ensemble performance (opera and concert/oratorio repertoire), solo or shared recital and preferred status in performance classes featuring guest master teachers (ie: Claudette Denys – Conservatoire de Montréal/l’Opéra de Montréal, and others TBA). Roles and solo assignments will be awarded only to members of the performance program. That said, a more relaxed program is always available for that passionate amateur who wishes to explore and enrich their technical and interpretive relationship with their music.

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