The Summer Camp
of
MPM

presents
MPM Faculty String Quartet

8:00 p.m. Friday, August 12, 2005
St. Mary Magdalene Church

Haydn String Quartet No. 30 op. 74 no. 3

  • Allegro
  • Largo Assai
  • Menuetto Allegretto
  • Finale Allegro con brio

Bartok Prestissimo from 4th Quartet

Eastburn Ideas on Thought Collide, Instrumental

* * * * * Intermission * * * * *

Schubert Quintet in C Major, Op. 163

  • Allegro ma non troppo
  • Adagio
  • Scherzo, Presto / Andante Sostenuto
  • Allegretto

Marie Berard, Rachel Handman, violins
Angelo Rudden, viola
Marie Gélinas, Susan Gagnon, celli

Marie Berard, Concert Master Canadian Opera Company Orch. Former member Toronto Symph. Orch. Solo recordings include solo sonatas of Bright Cheng, Anthony Davis, Alfred Schnittke Concerto Grosso #1 and "Meditation" from Thais.

Susan Gagnon, Principal contributor to new RCM cello syllabus. RCM faculty since 1984. Member Hamilton Philharmonic and String Quartet Panache. Mus. B., U. of Western Ontario. Master Classes with Janos Starker, Aldo Parisot, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi.

Marie Gélinas, studied with Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School, graduating with a Master of Music degree. She joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1980.

Rachel Handman, recently returned from South America where she taught violin in La Paz, Bolivia and assisted with the National Symphony of Bolivia. She is currently playing in the acoustic folk band, Barebones and Wildflowers.

Angela Rudden, Principal violist National Ballet, member Canadian Opera Co. Performances as soloist and chamber musician in Europe and Japan. Private teaching studio, Toronto. Mus.B. Queens U., M.M. Musik Hochschule Munich.