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Vivian Fung World Première – Nov. 24

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Vivian Fung World Première – WMCT Commission

Hear the world première of Bounce a new horn Trio written by Canadian composer Vivian Fung. Inspired by Fung’s 9-month-old son Julian, it will be premièred by James Sommerville, French horn, Scott St. John, violin and Peter Longworth, piano at the Nov. 24th concert.
It’s a WMCT commission.

Meet the composer:   Vivian Fung will attend the world première.

More information about Bounce

Vivian Fung

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WMCT Commissions to Canadian Composers

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Zosha score
Zosha Di Castri’s presentation score of her new work premiered April 7, 2016, “Dannthology”. 
Since 2005 the WMCT has commissioned a new Canadian work each season, to be performed in a Music in the Afternoon concert.  Scores are deposited in the permanent collection of the Canadian Music Centre.

See the list of previous WMCT commissions.

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Composer on the Move…

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Zosha di Castri

Canadian composer Zosha Di Castri was pretty busy with commissions – including one for the WMCT – when she was called by the National Arts Centre and offered another.

“But the fact that the result would be Dear Life, the most ambitious commissioned work undertaken by the National Arts Centre Orchestra, was too good to pass up. Di Castri’s 25-minute-long score will have pride of place in the first concert led by Alexander Shelley as NACO’s seventh music director. The piece is based on a short story by Alice Munro.“

The world première of Ms Di Castri’s WMCT commission will be performed at Music in the Afternoon by Dannthology, Steven Dann, viola, and friends and family on April 7, 2016.

Read Ottawa Citizen story here:

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Unionville students at Dyachkov & Saulnier concert

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Students and musicians

Students from Unionville High School music program with Yegor Dyachkov and Jean Saulnier after the March 20 concert.   Teacher Bob Leonard (far right) has been bringing students to Music in the Afternoon concerts for 14 years as part of the WMCT Student Outreach programme.

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