Current Engagements

December 2009

5 – Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir
United Church, Toronto
organ accompanist

6 – St. Michael’s Choir School Junior Choir
St. Basil’s Church, Brantford
organ & piano accompanist

11 – St. Michael’s Choir School Christmas Concert, Massey Hall, Toronto
organ & piano accompanist, organ soloist

12 – St. Michael’s Choir School Christmas Concert, Massey Hall, Toronto
organ & piano accompanist, organ soloist

 15 – Choir & Organ Concert Series, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto
Junior & Senior Choirs of St. Michael’s Choir School and the Victoria Scholars male vocal ensemble
organ accompanist & soloist

17 – Junior & Senior Choirs of St. Michael’s Choir School, Scotia Plaza, Toronto
piano accompanist

20 – Victoria Scholars  Christmas concert

Male vocal ensemble, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Toronto
piano & organ accompanist, organ soloist

November 2009

9 – Cinematheque Ontario, Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Man With A Movie Camera (Russia 1929 silent film)  - improvised piano accompaniment

14 – Northlea United Church, Toronto
Safety Last (U.S.A. 1925 silent film) – improvised organ accompaniment

15 – Cinematheque Ontario, Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
The Crowd (U.S.A. 1929 silent film) – improvised piano accompaniment

26 – Cinematheque Ontario, Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Indio Nacional (Phillipines 2008 mostly silent film) – improvised piano accompaniment

October 2009

Nuit Blanche

3-4    Accompanist for silent films at Cinematheque Ontario, Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario
A Trip To The Moon – an all-night programme celebrating the origins of cinema with films by les frères Lumière (Louis & Auguste) and Georges Méliès.  (No I won’t be playing all night – I’m sharing the duties with two colleagues, Andrei Streliaev and Robert Hall.

4 – Colours of Music Festival
William O’Meara – organ      Judy Loman – harp      Brian Lewis – violin
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 7: 30 p.m. Orillia, ON

18 – Revue Cinema, Toronto
silent film TBA, 4:00 p.m.

30 – Phantom of the Opera (1925 silent horror classic)
with improvised organ accompaniment
All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church, Toronto, ON

September 2009

Toronto International Film Festival: TIFF SHHH!

Classics from the silent era projected on the giant screen in Yonge-Dundas Square 3-5 p.m.

10 – piano accompanist for “Steamboat Bill”
14 – piano accompanist for “The Busher”
16 – piano accompanist for “Tillie’s Punctured Romance”
17 – piano accompanist for “It”

mid-April to July 2009

Organist
Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir (Kelly Galbraith) “A Baroque Festival”, April 18

Pianist
“Lets’ Go To The Show” – Music from Broadway. Music on the Donway Concert Series
Margaret Maye, soprano; Gershon Silins, baritone; Daniel Rubinoff, saxophone. April 25

Piano soloist, accompanist & organist
Fantasia on 104th Psalm for piano solo with choir accompaniment (R.V. Williams).
Gloria (Rutter), Towards the Unknown Region (R.V. Williams).
Achill Choral Society (Dale Wood). Bolton (April 26), Orangeville (May 2), Colgan (May 3).

Organist
Duruflé Requiem (orchestral version with organ).
Eglinton-St. George’s Choir (Peter Merrick), May 8

Pianist & Organist
Toronto Choral Society. The Music Makers (Elgar), Coronation Odes (Elgar), May 23.

Pianist
Cinematheque Ontario, retrospective on silent cinema of Germaine Dulac.
Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario. May 30

Pianist
Cinematheque Ontario, Portuguese silent cinema. “Douro”, June 5.

Pianist
Victoria Scholars, “Scholars Choice”, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, June 7

Pianist
Cinematheque Ontario, Les Vampires, Episodes 1-12.
Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario. June 26-27

Organist
Inaugural recital of new organ, Maxmillian Kolbe Church, Mississauga, July 3

Organist
All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church, May 17, 31, June 7, 28, July 12.

Organist
St. Andrew’s United Church, June 14, 21.

Organist
Music Mondays recital series, Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto, July 13