Inaugural Conductors Workshop and Concert - Final Three Conductors

2018

Meet the final three of our six featured conductors who will be participating in our inaugural conductor’s workshop and then performing at the concert that concludes the workshop. Introducing Shirley Madden, Ezra Burke and Valeska Cabrera.Meet the final three of our six featured conductors who will be participating in our inaugural conductor’s workshop and then performing at the concert that concludes the workshop. Introducing Shirley Madden, Ezra Burke and Valeska Cabrera. …

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my name is Shirley Madden and I’m

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participating in the conducting workshop

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this coming weekend I’m a recently

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retired head of Music for York Region

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District School Board conducted five

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choirs and a 40 boys SAT B church choir

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currently I’m a guest conductor for

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community choirs I do private voice

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teaching I do festival clinician work

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and I doing a lot of workshops with

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choirs that have asked me to come in and

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observe and see what I can do to get

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into the next level which I find a lot

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of fun and very challenging

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my name is Ezra Burke I’m from London

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England I’m just coming to the end of my

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studies my master’s studies in choral

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conducting at the University of Toronto

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[Music]

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my name is police Carrera I am from

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melibea

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Chile and currently I am studying a

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master’s degree in kora conducting at

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the University of Toronto under the

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guidance of dr. Hillary happenstance

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a piece that I’ve chosen to conduct is

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Alvino milk I know which is from a

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larger work called triumph of the Spirit

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it’s a beautiful and very important

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Hebrew prayer and it’s by Canadian

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composers role Irving Glick I’m going to

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be conducting the herb arrangements of

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Shenandoah it’s a beautiful piece

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beautiful arrangements I know this piece

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has been arranged countless times but

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this particular one has really stood the

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test of time I I will be conducting the

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Gloria from the coronation mass by

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Mozart

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there’s six and terrific conductors are

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coming aboard I’m really looking forward

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to meeting them and I think we’re going

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to bring a wide range of skill set to

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the concert so I think it’ll be great

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and by the way the two choirs performing

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are terrific choirs to work with we’ve

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been given a great little machine there

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to work with and I think that’s gonna be

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a lot of fun it’s a very varied program

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I’ve seen I’ve seen the different pieces

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that are going to be performed and from

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different periods and different styles

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so it’s got that variety I’m very

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excited about working with the whole

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artistic team and Lydia Adams is a

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Toronto legend so I’m really looking

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forward to it to work on the power and

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seeing what what she does I’m a dais

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it’s a wonderful choir and I think it’s

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gonna be a great concert well I would

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like to say that it will be a very

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interesting concept because we are

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different conductors with different

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backgrounds and different repertoire so

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it will be a very good concert and I

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encourage all the people to attend

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well I just to say thank you to all my

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family friends and former seniors from

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my choirs in Chile and Spain

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I know that all are very happy about my

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participation in this workshop and I

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hope to do my best and thank you so much

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for their support and good wishes and I

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hope to see you very soon

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you

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