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| October 15, 2023 | Flutastique! (flute choir) | |
| October 28, 2023 | An afternoon with Johann Strauss Jr: orchestra reading | |
| December 1, 2023 | Come Sing Messiah |
Sunday, October 15, 2023 — Flutastique!
Playing in a flute choir (ahem, guys, you too!) Ain’t nothin’ like it.
Reading of works for flute choir.
Jenifir Thies-Thompson, facilitator.
Pre-req: scales & arpeggios 2 octaves, 4 #’s 4 b’s, major & minor.
Date: Sunday, October 15, 2023.
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 pm.
Location: Epiphany Anglican Church, 1290 Ogilvie Road, Ottawa, on the south-east corner of the Aviation Parkway (directions are here).
If you’re arriving on the Queensway, take the St-Laurent exit. There is lots of parking.
To get there by transit, there are 2 options:
– the #24 bus from St-Laurent or Blair;
– the LRT to Cyrville station, then a short walk along the pedestrian path to the church.
Cost:
$20 – CAMMAC member
$30 – non-member
Registration:
Registration and payment in advance only (no walk-ups). The registration form is here.
Electronic transfer or check accepted.
If for any reason the workshop is cancelled, a full refund will be provided.
You can join, or renew your expired membership by clicking here ($35 for adults). Memberships expire every October 1st.
To attract the greatest number of flutists, please print/post this flyer in coffee shops etc.
Info: Tom Wilkinson, tjwilk19@gmail.com.
Saturday, October 28, 2023 – An afternoon with Johann Strauss Jr.
Come and share the beautiful music of Strauss. This afternoon will be devoted to Johann Strauss Jr. works such as the overture of Die Fledermaus and The Beautiful Blue Danube. Charles-Éric Fontaine will conduct this reading for orchestra.
Date: Saturday October 28, 2023.
Time: 13:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Churchill Seniors Centre, 345 Richmond Road, Ottawa (directions here).
Cost:
$20 – adult CAMMAC member
free – student CAMMAC member
$30 – adult non-member
$10 – student non-member
Instrumentation: Flutes 1,2/piccolo; Oboes 1,2; Clarinets 1,2 (in A); Bassoons 1,2; Horns 1,2,3,4 (in F); Trumpets 1,2 (in Bb); Trombones 1,2,3; Tuba (for The Blue Danube only); Violins 1,2; Violas; Cellos; Double basses; Percussion: tympani, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, tubular bell in E.
Please note that registrations for flutes and trumpets are now complete. If you want to be added to our waiting list, please contact Linda Côté (info@linda-cote.ca).
Please bring your music stand and scores available online here.
If you are new to playing with the CAMMAC orchestra, these guidelines will explain our approach to readings.
Registration:
Registration and payment in advance only (no walk-ups).
Sign up by submitting the registration form here.
E-transfer or check accepted.
If for any reason the workshop is cancelled, a full refund will be provided.
You can join, or renew your expired membership by clicking here ($35 for adults). Memberships expire every October 1st.
Info: Linda Côté at info@linda-cote.ca.
Biography:
Charles-Éric Fontaine is a versatile Montreal conductor and oboist with a strong interest in new music and collaboration between performer and composer. He has conducted the Ensemble Divertimento (Milan), Paramirabo (Montreal), the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, and was a finalist in the Ensemble intercontemporain’s assistant conductor audition in 2021.
Charles-Eric studied at McGill University, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in oboe performance and a master’s degree in conducting in 2021. He has premiered more than thirty works by emerging composers at events broadcast by the IRCAM Forum, MASC, Le Vivier, as well as with the Ensemble de musique contemporaine de l’Université de Montréal and McGill University. In March 2022, he conducted the concert “L’omaggio a Bussotti” of the Ensemble Divertimento with whom he also recorded a new work by Francesco Ciurlo recorded on CD by Stradivarius.
Friday December 1, 2023 — Come Sing Messiah
Rehearsals November 11, 18, and 25.
Details later.