Concert Series Reminder…Don’t miss this Friday!

This Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 8pm we are pleased to offer the third concert in our series. This concert is A Composer and His World and features the music of Alexander Rapoport. Mr Rapoport is a Senior Lecturer in Theory at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto.

Alexander Rapoport holds diplomas in composition and traditional composition from the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst (currently known as the Musik-Univbersität) in Vienna and Master of Music and Doctor of Music degrees from the University of Toronto. His teachers and mentors include Augustin Kubizek, Karl Heinz Füssl, Oskar Morawetz, Lothar Klein and Derek Holman.

He has received commissions for works in such diverse media as orchestral, choral and chamber music, film scores, incidental music for live theatre and musical comedy. At the University of Toronto Rapoport holds a cross-appointment, teaching both at the Faculty of Music and in the Division of Humanities at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus.

Mr Rapoport has assembled a fine ensemble to assist in the evening performance including:

Peter Longworth          Piano

Melanie Conly             Soporano

Peter Stoll                    Woodwinds

Katherine Rapoport   Violin

Do not miss this wonderful evening of music including a special treat as we will wnjoy the world premiere of one of Mr Rapoport’s compositions.

Tickets: $25/$20 for seniors and students and are available at the door or in advance from the Church.

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