TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian conducts the TSO in Sudbury and Sault Ste Marie

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra returns to communities in northern Ontario for the fifth annual Northern Residency, September 14 Â– 18, 2009. Conducted by TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra will perform concerts for the public, education concerts for local students, as well as in-school music education programmes in Sudbury and Sault Ste Marie.

Itinerary:

Monday September 14, Sudbury
French language In-School Education Programmes

Tuesday September 15, Sudbury
In-School Education Programmes
Public Concert 8:00pm at Glad Tidings Sanctuary

Wednesday September 16, Sudbury
Student Concert 10:30am at Glad Tidings Sanctuary
French Language Student Concert 12:30pm at Glad Tidings Sanctuary

Thursday September 17, Sault Ste Marie
Student Concert 10:15am at Kiwanis Theatre Centre
In-School Education Programmes
Public Concert 7:30pm at Kiwanis Community Theatre Centre

Friday September 18, Sault Ste Marie
Student Concert 10:00am at Kiwanis Theatre Centre

Core Facts

With the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's annual Northern Residency programme will connect over 10,000 adults and young people with live orchestral music this September 14 - 18, 2009.
The TSO works closely with the host cityÂ’s local orchestra to present the public concerts (September 15 in Sudbury with the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra and September 17 in Sault Ste Marie in partnership with the Algoma Conservatory, the Algoma Fall Festival and the Sault Ste Marie Symphony Orchestra) on each orchestraÂ’s concert series.
The TSO Northern Residency concerts feature solo performances from TSO Principal Trombone Gordon Wolfe and TSO Trumpet James Gardiner.
While in each city, TSO musicians travel to local schools, performing small ensemble concerts designed for young listeners, as well as conducting masterclasses for student musicians.
While in Sudbury and Sault Ste Marie, the TSO Education team will distribute to each English school board, How the Gimquat Found Her Song, an interactive Study Package intended to assist teachers in delivering the new 2009 provincial music curriculum. These materials were developed by the TSO in partnership with Platypus Theatre and Oz Media.

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Quotes

Â“The TSO has one of the largest curriculum-based music education programmes in North America. The Northern Residency is an important way for the TSO to share its education programmes with young people all across Ontario."

TSO Associate Director, Artistic Administration, Education, Roberta Smith