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We o�er a wide range of courses designed to suit all ages and levels. Introduce your child to music by encouraging them to take a Music in Early Childhood class.Private lessons are available on a variety of instruments including piano, winds, drums, voice, strings, guitar, harp and more.

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MAGICAL music:Symphonic Sorcery - The Magical Music of Harry PotterSaturday, October 29 - 2 pm

PLAYFUL music:Here’s the Orchestra!Saturday, November 26 - 2 pm

MOVING music:A Wild Symphonic RideSaturday, January 7 - 2 pm

TIMELESS music:Platypus Theatre’s Bach to the FutureSaturday, March 24 - 2 pm

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Greeting:

Conductor’s bio:

Edmonton Symphony Orchestra 2011/12:

Thanks to the generosity of our government partners

Series Title Sponsor Enbridge Resident Conductor Sponsor

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Education Concerts

Sunday ShowcaseIf your child is starting to outgrow Esso

Symphony for Kids concerts, we’d like to make

a suggestion. We have designed our Sunday

Showcase performances as an ideal “next step”

concert series. Four Sunday matinee concerts

each feature both a soloist from the ranks of

your Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, as well

as a young, rising classical star. The music

is an engaging mix of established classical

masterpieces, as well as little-known treasures

from yesterday and today.

In addition, come early for Sunday Preludes.

These half-hour talks begin at 1:15 pm, and

discuss the composers, the works, and the

musical forms and idioms for each concert.

It’s a great way for the emerging orchestral

music fan to begin to understand all that makes

classical music special. And stick around

after the show as well for Coffee Shop, where

audience members can meet and mingle with

the conductor and soloists they’ve just seen

onstage. Ask questions, hear insights, and

maybe even learn something!

Each year, the Edmonton Symphony

Orchestra’s Education concerts are

presented to nearly 27,000 students from

the capital region. Working with teachers

from both Edmonton school boards, the

ESO’s Education committee tailors concerts

appropriate to grade levels (K-3, 4-6, and

junior/senior high) and to curriculum.

Check out DiscoverESO.com for interactive

activities and games to enhance and

complement your family’s concert

experience. You’ll learn more about the

instruments of the orchestra, meet some

musicians, and even solve a musical

mystery! Keep checking back as new

activities and content will be added

throughout the year.

DiscoverESO.com

Like Esso Symphony for Kids, the ESO’s Educa-

tion concerts begin to foster a love of music,

and an understanding of the arts, that can last

a lifetime. Ask if your child’s school is a part of

the ESO’s Education series. Find out more at

DiscoverESO.com.

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Dear Musical Families,

elcome to an ESSO Symphony for Kids

season all about exploration and discovery.

Inspired by our new education website,

DiscoverESO.com, these concerts will take you on

a journey to the heart of the orchestra to see what

makes it tick.

The Edmonton Symphony is your orchestra, and we

want to give you the chance to touch it and experiment

with it to discover how it works from the inside. We’ll

have some new interactive activities in the lobby, as

well as a few special guests along the way that will

highlight the fun, magic and excitement of making –

and listening to – music.

Although conducting the orchestra is one of the most

thrilling parts of my job, my favourite thing to do is

meet as many of you as possible in the lobby after the

concert. I love to hear your stories, your experiences,

to meet your family and your friends. It is your curiosity

and enthusiasm that makes music magical.

Thank you for coming, and I hope to meet you soon!

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Pre-concert activities for

each show start at 1 pm

in the lobby, and range

from crafts and instrument

petting zoos to games and

even a chance to meet and

interact with ESO musicians.

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Lucas Waldin, Enbridge Resident Conductor

Eric Filpula, Orchestra Personnel ManagerSheila Jones, Librarian

[ CELLO ]Colin Ryan 1

Sheila Laughton 2

Ronda MetsziesGillian CaldwellDerek GomezVictor Pipkin

[ DOUBLE BASS ]Jan Urke 1

John Taylor 2

Janice QuinnRhonda TaftRob Aldridge

[ FLUTE ]Elizabeth Koch 1

Shelley Younge 2

[ OBOE ]

Lidia Khaner 1

Paul Schieman 2

[ CLARINET ]Julianne Scott 1

David Quinn 2

[ BASSOON ]William Harrison 1

Edith Stacey 2

[ HORN ]Allene Hackleman 1

Megan Evans 2

Gerald Onciul 2

Donald Plumb 2

[ TRUMPET ]Robin Doyon 1

William Dimmer 2

[ TROMBONE ]John McPherson 1

Kathryn Macintosh 2

[ BASS TROMBONE ]Christopher Taylor 1

[ TUBA ]Scott Whetham 1

[ TIMPANI ]Barry Nemish 1

[ PERCUSSION ]Brian Jones 1

[ HARP ]Nora Bumanis 1

[ VIOLIN I ]Eric Buchmann, Interim ConcertmasterThe Concertmaster’s Chair is sponsored by the John & Barbara Poole familyVirginie Gagné,Interim Assistant Concertmaster Broderyck OlsonRichard CaldwellJoanna Ciapka-SangsterAlissa CheungAnna KozakAiyana Anderson-HowattNeda Yamach

[ VIOLIN II ]Dianne New 1

Susan Flook 2

Heather BergenPauline BronsteinRobert HryciwZoë SellersMurray VaasjoTatiana Warszynski

[ VIOLA ]Stefan Jungkind 1

Charles Pilon 2

Rhonda HenshawBonnie YeagerMikiko KohjitaniAndrew Bacon

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LUCAS WALDIN as Enbridge Resident

Conductor for the Edmonton Symphony

Orchestra. This mentorship position, made

possible through the Canada Council for the Arts

and Enbridge, will see Lucas appearing over 30

times with the ESO this season.

A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music,

Lucas has played the fl ute since he was eight

and is now trying to learn the piano and violin.

Education and outreach are among his musical

passions; this season, he will program and

present education concerts reaching almost

30,000 students across the Edmonton area, as

well as conducting all the concerts in the ESSO

Symphony for Kids series.

Lucas has visited numerous schools giving

presentations and master classes in both French

and English, and has conducted many youth and

community ensembles across Edmonton.

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community ensembles across Edmonton.

The ESO’s Resident Conductor program is made possible by:

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LAVALLÉEO Canada (arr. Gilliland)

WILLIAMSHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: excerpts

WILLIAMSHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: excerpts

WILLIAMSHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: excerpts

DOYLEHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: excerpts(arr. Brubaker)

WILLIAMSHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: excerpts(arr. Lopez)

WILLIAMSHarry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: excerpts(arr. Brubaker)

*program subject to change

Lucas Waldin, conductorDoug McKeag, host

OUG MCKEAG performs in all

manners of live performance across

Canada. In the past few months he

has been seen in Little Mercy’s First Murder

(Vertigo/GZT), Amadeus (ATP), Treasure Island

(ATP) and St. Joan (Theatre Calgary). Recently,

Doug appeared in several world premieres: The

Optimists at Theatre

Junction; X-Ray at

Ghost River Theatre

and Pinocchio with

the Old Trout Puppet

Workshop

at ATP.

Mr. Waldin’s bio can be found on page 7.

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Woods (Citadel); Arcadia (Theatre

Junction) and Kurt Weill: Berlin to

Broadway (Theatre Calgary). Doug and

his delightful wife, Onalea, produce

concerts for Symphony Orchestras

through their company, Dandi Produc-

tions, and recently presented The Twins and the

Monster at the National Arts Centre as part of

Alberta Scene, and appeared at the Hollywood

Bowl as guests of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Doug recently produced and hosted A Tribute

to Vaudeville, the fi rst live show at the Grand

Theatre in 50 years.


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Lucas Waldin, conductorErin Mulcair, sopranoMendelle Robles, celloSamantha Spurrier, harp

Mr. Waldin’s bio can be found on page 7.Guest artist bios can be found on pages12 & 13.

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RAVELBoléro: excerpt

WILLIAMSHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Nimbus 2000

STUBBSValiant and Brave (arr. McPherson)

GABRIELISacrae symphoniae: Canzon in echo duodecimi toni, a 10

ESTACIOFrenergy

COPLANDHoedown (from Rodeo)

SAINT-SAËNSThe Swan (from Carnival of the Animals) (arr. Vidal)

VARIOUSHow to Become a Conductor (arr. Waldin)

COHENHallelujah

WILLIAMSJurassic Park: excerpt

MUSSORGSKYPictures at an Exhibition: Great Gate of Kiev

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graduated from the

Grant MacEwan University in Vocal

Performance. Erin has performed

in various venues around

Edmonton, from Cafe Haven and

Jeffrey’s Café & Wine Bar to the

Haven Social Club and Wild Earth

Bakery. Erin’s latest endeavour is

her debut album titled Sunrise.

Heavily infl uenced by a trip to

Rwanda, this three-track record-

ing acts as an introduction to a full

length album currently underway.

Music began for Erin when she

was young - singing in choirs,

AMANTHA SPURRIER has been playing

the harp for approximately 11 years. She

is currently studying with Nora Bumanis,

Principal Harp of the Edmonton Symphony

Orchestra, and is currently in her second year

of the University of Alberta’s Bachelor of Music

program, majoring in harp performance.

Samantha has performed with many ensembles

including the Edmonton Youth Orchestra, the

Concordia Symphony Orchestra, the University

of Alberta Symphony Orchestra, the University

of Alberta Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and the

National Youth Orchestra of Canada. As well, she

performs at weddings, farmers’ markets, and

other events.

jamming with her brothers and diving into musical theatre. Over the

years she grew to adore Ella Fitzgerald, Regina Spektor, Feist, Eva

Cassidy and Tierney Sutton. With a jazz-folk edge to her voice, Erin

feels her music always takes her to new levels, strengthens her faith

and pours out of her whole self. To listen or for more information,

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AMANTHA SPURRIER has been playing

the harp for approximately 11 years. She

is currently studying with Nora Bumanis,

Principal Harp of the Edmonton Symphony

Orchestra, and is currently in her second year

of the University of Alberta’s Bachelor of Music

program, majoring in harp performance.

Samantha has performed with many ensembles

including the Edmonton Youth Orchestra, the

Concordia Symphony Orchestra, the University

of Alberta Symphony Orchestra, the University

of Alberta Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and the

National Youth Orchestra of Canada. As well, she

performs at weddings, farmers’ markets, and

other events.

ow 13 years old, MENDELLE ROBLES

began playing the cello at the age of four.

Her teachers have been Olivia Walsh, Julie

Amundsen, Johanne Perron and currently John Kadz.

She enjoys friendships developed through her musical

studies and the bridges that have been built between

communities in Fort Saskatchewan, Sherwood Park,

Edmonton, Montréal and Calgary. She represented

Edmonton in 2010 and 2011 in the national fi nals of

the Canada Music Competition and placed fi rst in

her age group in the 2011 Provincial Music Festival

representing Sherwood Park. She is also the winner

of the 2011 Northern Alberta Concerto Competition,

and played as a guest soloist in the Thelma Johannes

O’Neill Memorial Concert at the Winspear Centre with

the Edmonton Youth Orchestra conducted by Michael

Massey. In her spare time Mendelle enjoys writing,

reading, painting and nordic skiing.


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rom swing to ballet to salsa, this concert

takes us on a whirlwind tour of the

energy, artistry, and sheer fun of dancing.

Featuring some of Edmonton’s most

talented young dancers proudly representing our

community’s fi nest dance academies and clubs,

take your seat and strap in for an exciting afternoon

of twists and

turns!

Lucas Waldin, conductorStrathcona Theatre DepartmentKnock School of Irish DanceSugar Swing Dance ClubFirefl y Theatre

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PRIMASing, Sing Sing

ABREUTico Tico no Fubá

LARSON“Seasons of Love” from Rent

HARDIMANmusic from Lord of the Dance

STRAVINSKYFirebird: excerpts


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THE EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S acclaimed education concerts for school audiences began shortly after the orchestra made the switch, in 1971, from a part-time, night-rehearsed orches-tra to a full-time ensemble. At a complement of 34 full-time players, the orchestra spent several seasons visiting Edmonton-area schools, in two chamber orchestras of 17 musicians each.

By 1975, the orchestra was bringing school groups to them – holding a couple of concerts a year at the Jubilee Auditorium. It was Mario Duschenes, hired to oversee the orchestra’s educa-tional eff orts, who really created the more formal-ized model which the ESO used for its concerts for schools. Former ESO Resident Conductor David Hoyt, and current Assistant Principal Trumpet William Dimmer, oversaw the increasingly popular series for nearly two decades after that.

� ese days, Enbridge Resident Conductor Lucas Waldin works with Edmonton school board repre-sentatives, and members of the orchestra and ESO

staff to craft curriculum-related performances, tailored to grades K-3, 4-6, and junior and senior high school audiences, introducing approximately 27,000 students from all over Edmonton and northern Alberta each year to the richness of orchestral music.

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Written and Directed by, Peter Duschenes

Performed byDanielle Desormeaux and Peter Duschenes

Stage ManagerWendy Rockburn

Mr. Waldin’s bio can be found on page 7. Guest artist bios can be found on pages 18 & 19.

Platypus Theatre’s Bach To The Future

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RIDOUTFall Fair

BACHSuite No. 1 (1st Movement)

BACHSuite No. 3 (“Air and “Gigue”)

MOZARTSymphony No. 40 (1st, 2nd & 4th movements)

BEETHOVENLeonore Overture No. 3

BEETHOVENSymphony No. 5 (3rd & 4th movements)

DVORÁKSlavonic Dance No. 8. op. 46

DVORÁKNew World Symphony (“Largo”)

SHOSTAKOVITCHSymphony No. 5 (4th movement)


Platypus Theatre would love to hear from you.

Please contact them through their website:

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ince 1989, Canada’s

Platypus Theatre has

been a trailblazer in

creating programs for children

that bring classical music to life

in an intelligent, entertaining

and interactive way. Critics,

educators, musicians, parents

and children have lauded the

company’s performances for

their creativity, originality and

high standards of execution.

Platypus’ seven original

programs have been seen by

over half a million spectators in

Canada, the United States, on

eight tours to Southeast Asia,

and most recently, in Australia.

After nearly 500 concerts

with more than 65 orchestras

worldwide, Platypus Theatre

has gained an unparalleled

reputation for excellence in

music education. In 2006, in

collaboration with TV Ontario,

Trace Pictures and the Toronto

Symphony Orchestra, Platypus

Theatre created a television

adaptation of their ever-popular,

How the Gimquat Found Her

Song. The fi lm was broadcast

many times on TVO and the

Knowledge Network in British

all seven of Platypus’ symphony plays, the television adaptation of How

the Gimquat Found Her Song, and the one-act play Lost River, which

was the 1991 winner of the Theatre BC’s Canadian National Playwriting

competition. As an actor and director, Peter has worked with companies

across Canada and the United States, most recently directing the world

premiere of the stage adaptation of Arto Paasilinna’s The Holing Miller

for Quantum Theatre in Pittsburgh. Among his favourite stage roles

are Richard in Shakespeare’s Richard II, also for Quantum Theatre, and

Louis Ironson in Angels In America at the Centaur Theatre in Montréal.

Peter received his MFA in theatre from the California Institute of the

Arts in 1988 and now lives in Ottawa with his wife, Sarah, and their two

children, Magda and Theo.


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Columbia and won several awards including Best Children’s Program

at the prestigious 2008 Banff World Television Festival. The fi lm is now

on DVD and available at www.platypustheatre.com and at concerts.

Platypus Theatre was also the subject of a nationally broadcast

documentary made by CTV (CKCO Kitchener) in 1991 and of a PBS

television full-performance broadcast in 2000. In addition to Gimquat,

the company’s programs include: Emily Saves the Orchestra, Rhythm

in Your Rubbish, Bach to the Future, Song of the Forest, Charlotte and

the Music-Maker, and A Flicker of Light on a Christmas Night.

Co-founder and Artistic

Director of Platypus Theatre,

PETER DUSCHENES has been

widely praised for his innovation

in presenting symphonic music

to young audiences. His ability to

bring the concert stage to life by

combining theatre and music has

led to commissions with orchestras

from coast to coast in Canada.

An award winning playwright,

Peter’s writing credits include

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DANIELLE DESORMEAUX has been a part of the

Platypus Theatre touring company since 1998. Film

and television credits include: How the Gimquat

Found Her Song (Award of Excellence at the 2007

Accolade Television Awards, Best Children’s Program

at the 2008 Banff World Television Festival), the

Oscar-winning Affl iction (directed by Paul Schrader),

Stardon (directed by Denys Arcand), and The War of

1812, Big Sugar (directed by Brian McKenna). Stage

credits include: The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and

Juliet, National Capital/e Nationale, The Anger In

Ernest and Ernestine, The Tempest, and Brazilian.

Ms. Desormeaux’s work in improvisation and clown

has led to the creation of new theatre and independent

fi lm works including Rhythm In Your Rubbish for

Platypus Theatre, the critically acclaimed Umloüt,

and MöcShplat (clown-gibberish versions of Shake-

speare’s Hamlet and Macbeth) and Les aventures de

Matante et Madame. When left to her own devices,

Ms. Desormeaux can be found jamming with her pals

and cooking up a storm at her home in Montréal.

Stage Manager WENDY ROCKBURN is an Ottawa-

based stage manager with over 20 years in the

business. She has worked in theatres mostly in

eastern Canada, including The National Arts Centre

and Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa,

Centaur Theatre in Montréal, Thousand Islands

Playhouse in Gananoque, Neptune Theatre in Halifax,

and Canadian Stage and Tarragon in Toronto. She is

also a world traveller and photographer, just returned

from Ethiopia, having previously explored China, India,

Kenya, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Turkey, Egypt and

Morocco. The tremendous opportunity to work with

the world-renowned Platypus Theatre is a wonderful

meld of these two loves.

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eso symphony for kids program 2011/12

Documents

music instruction

pmtimeless music

commagical music

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pmplayful music

classical music special

emerging orchestral

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