Music Readings 2008/2009

Produced with the support of the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council

Once a month, CAMMAC singers and instrumentalists get together and "read through" a mass, cantata or opera (for choir and orchestra) under the direction of a professional choir director. Occasionally readings feature pieces for a capella choir (singers only) or symphonies or other orchestral works (instrumentalists only).

The read-throughs are not intended as rehearsals, and we do not perform for any formal audience, although listeners are welcome. Depending on the length of the work, most or all of the sections of the work are read through once or twice, in order to introduce the participants to the work.

Howard Dyck conducting Verdi Requiem, April 2001

Instrumentalists! If you wish to attend a reading, please contact the music co-ordinator
   Kathleen Mackenzie at 416-283-7659
to reserve a part for you:

Please bring your own music stand!

 
Readings location
Elliott Hall at Christ Church Deer Park
1570 Yonge Street, Toronto
(2 blocks north of St. Clair Ave. at Heath St.)

Free parking on the street.
TTC: go to St. Clair station and walk north.


Music Readings Schedule

All readings begin at 2:00pm sharp, and end at 4:30pm.
Please arrive 15 minutes early to set up so that the reading can begin on time!

Date Conductor Work Vocal/Instrumentation
Sep. 21, 2008 Howard Dyck Mozart, Requiem Singers & instrumentalists
Nov. 2, 2008 David Bowser Mendelssohn, Symphony #2 (choral) Singers & instrumentalists
Nov. 30, 2008 David Fallis Bach & Handel, Christmas Choruses Singers & instrumentalists
Jan. 18, 2009 Isabel Bernaus Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Romancero gitano Singers & guitar accompaniment
Mar. 1, 2009 Erik Gero Schubert, Mass in Ab Singers & instrumentalists
Mar. 22, 2009 Stephanie Martin Bach, B minor Mass Singers & instrumentalists
Apr. 19, 2009 Roger Priddle Healey Willan Singers & piano accompaniment
May 31, 2009 Geoffrey Butler Haydn, The Seasons Singers & instrumentalists

For further info on readings, please e-mail