MEDIA ADVISORY

INSIGHT INTO THE MUSIC THROUGH
WRITINGS BY AND ABOUT THE COMPOSERS

 

WHAT:

Toronto Summer Music Festival is a four week festival that features over 60 internationally acclaimed artists performing in over 30 events, such as, concerts, workshops and lectures.  This summer the festival will include a new series called, Music and Letters.  The series will give insight into the music through a reading of writings by and about the composers.  Every Tuesday audiences will be able to hear rapturous music paired with engaging documentation of history’s greatest composers.

WHO:

Canadian and international artists such as, pianist Anton Kuerti, the St. Lawrence String Quartet with Shauna Rolston, vocal performer Lorna MacDonald with pianist Cameron Stowe and clarinetist Peter Stoll and Juno-Award winning Gryphon Trio.

WHEN:

Monday July 23rd – Sunday August 19th

Schedule Highlights:

July 24

Festival Opening Concert – A World of Fantasies 
Piano Recital - Anton Kuerti
with Howard Dyck, narrator
July 31

German Songs and Letters
Vocal Recital – Lorna MacDonald and Cameron Stowe
with Barry MacGregor, narrator

                       
August 7

A Stirring World of Emotions
St. Lawrence String Quartet and Shauna Rolson
with R.H. Thomson, narrator  
August 16-19      

Bohemian Treasures
Gryphon Trio
with Colin Fox, narrator

                                   

 

For More Scheduling Information Please Visit
www.torontosummermusic.ca

WHERE:

Edward Johnson Building
Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
80 Queen’s Park Crescent, Toronto
MacMillan Theatre, on the main floor
Walter Hall, in lower basement

 

For more information, please contact:
Stephen Shinn or Jessica Kaplan
Aerial Communications Group
416.787.6577
stephen@aerialpr.com; jessica@aerialpr.com