Frank Ticheli Toronto Band Festival Toronto, Canada Optional extension to Niagara Falls June 2019 www.kiconcerts.com
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Fellow musicians Let s gather in Toronto to rehearse and perform together for a spectacular gala concert in the lead up to the 2019 Canada Day celebrations. I am very pleased to be leading this festival of fine North American bands. We will rehearse and perform together as a festival ensemble in addition to staging all the participating bands individually. I look forward to performing with you and your ensembles I always enjoy the magic that is unleashed when a composer and performers join together to find new ways to interpret and express music. It can be thrilling. The combined repertoire will also feature other North American composers as we prepare for the week in which both Canada and the US celebrate their national days. There is nothing like touring an ensemble in summer as a culmination of the year s esprit de corps. Our festival will amplify this further as we create fine music with new friends before appreciative audiences in Toronto, one of the great cities of North America. I look forward to hearing from you if I can answer any questions as we prepare for this great band event. Frank Ticheli Artistic Director Frank Ticheli Toronto Band Festival 2019 Page 3
FRANK TICHELI Frank Ticheli s music has been described as being optimistic and thoughtful (Los Angeles Times), lean and muscular (New York Times), brilliantly effective (Miami Herald) and powerful, deeply felt crafted with impressive flair and an ear for striking instrumental colors (South Florida Sun-Sentinel). Ticheli (b. 1958) joined the faculty of the University of Southern California s Thornton School of Music in 1991, where he is Professor of Composition. From 1991 to 1998, Ticheli was Composer in Residence of the Pacific Symphony. Frank Ticheli s orchestral works have received considerable recognition in the U.S. and Europe. Orchestral performances have come from the Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Dallas Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, the radio orchestras of Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Saarbruecken, and Austria, and the orchestras of Austin, Bridgeport, Charlotte, Colorado, Haddonfield, Harrisburg, Hong Kong, Jacksonville, Lansing, Long Island, Louisville, Lubbock, Memphis, Nashville, Omaha, Phoenix, Portland, Richmond, San Antonio, San Jose, Wichita Falls, and others. Ticheli is well known for his works for concert band, many of which have become standards in the repertoire. In addition to composing, he has appeared as guest conductor of his music at Carnegie Hall, at many American universities and music festivals, and in cities throughout the world, including Schladming (Austria), Beijing and Shanghai, London and Manchester, Singapore, Rome, Sydney, and numerous cities in Japan. Frank Ticheli is the recipient of a 2012 Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, his third award from that prestigious organization. His Symphony No. 2 was named winner of the 2006 NBA/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest. Other awards include the Walter Beeler Memorial Prize and First Prize awards in the Texas Sesquicentennial Orchestral Composition Competition, Britten-on-the-Bay Choral Composition Contest, and Virginia CBDNA Symposium for New Band Music. Ticheli was awarded national honorary membership to Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, bestowed to individuals who have significantly contributed to the cause of music in America, and the A. Austin Harding Award by the American School Band Directors Association, given to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the school band movement in America. At USC, he has received the Virginia Ramo Award for excellence in teaching, and the Dean s Award for Professional Achievement. Frank Ticheli received his doctoral and masters degrees in composition from The University of Michigan. His works are published by Manhattan Beach, Southern, Hinshaw, and Encore Music, and are recorded on the labels of Albany, Chandos, Clarion, Equilibrium, Klavier, Koch International, Mark, Naxos, and Reference. Page 4
TICHELI FESTIVAL 2019 PROGRAM MONDAY, JUNE 24 Arrive Toronto Meet KI concerts tour manager Introduction to Toronto TUESDAY, JUNE 25 Breakfast (daily) View Toronto from the top of the CN Tower Guided walking tour of Toronto. See Graffiti Alley and Queen Street West, Nathan Phillips Square, the Old City Hall, and the vibrant Yonge-Dundas Square WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 Morning Festival Band rehearsal under the direction of Frank Ticheli Continue to tour and explore Toronto. Tour the Historic District and St Lawrence Market Check in Dinner (nightly) Overnight Toronto Afternoon Festival Band rehearsal under the direction of Frank Ticheli Welcome dinner Overnight Toronto Tour the historic legislative Assembly of Ontario nestled in Queen s Park Option for individual concerts (tbd) Overnight Toronto Frank Ticheli Toronto Band Festival 2019 Page 5
PROGRAM THURSDAY, JUNE 27 Gala concert dress rehearsal Visit the waterfront area. See Toronto Music Garden, Canoe Landing, Simcoe Wave Deck, the Harbourfront Centre and the Sherbourne Common Gala concert featuring individual bands and the Combined Festival Band Overnight Toronto FRIDAY, JUNE 28 Return home or depart for Niagara Falls ** Itinerary subject to change. ** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire Page 6
NIAGARA FALLS EXTENSION PROGRAM FRIDAY, JUNE 28 Travel to Niagara Falls View the mighty Niagara Falls from Queen Victoria Park. Walk the span over the Rainbow Bridge SATURDAY, JUNE 29 Tour the Niagara Falls area seeing all the key sights Check in Fireworks display at Queen Victoria Park (if held) Overnight Niagara area Boat tour of the Falls Overnight Niagara area SUNDAY, JUNE 30 Transfer to the airport for your flight home ** Itinerary subject to change. ** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire Frank Ticheli Toronto Band Festival 2019 Page 7
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