RobeRt tegleR Student CentRe
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 7p.m.
Danielle Lisboa, conductor
Batuque from Reisado do Pastoreio
The Chorinho
Brasileirinho
Vibrações
Pedacinho do Céu
Carioquinha
“Roda de choro”/choro ensemble:
Lorenzo Fernandez
Prelúdio No. 5 “Tico-Tico” Flausino Vale
Prelúdio No. 24 “Viva São João”
Waldir Azevedo
Jacó do Bandolim
Waldir Azevedo
Waldir Azevedo
Carlinhos Cardozo, cavaquinho/pandeiro
Mário Silva, guitar 7-strings, bandolim
Marcel Moraes, guitar/percussion
The Bossa-Nova
Garota de Ipanema
Chega de saudade
The MPB (Brazilian Popular Music)
Carinhoso
The Samba
O que é? O que é?
“Roda de violão”/guitar ensemble:
Carlinhos Cardozo, cavaquinho/pandeiro
Mário Silva, guitar 7-strings, bandolim
Marcel Moraes, guitar/percussion
Giovana Bervian, vocals
Tico Tico no Fubá
Tom Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes
Vladimir Rufino, violin
Canção sertaneja Francisco Mignone
Danielle Lisboa, piano
Frank Ho, violin
John Fedor, cello
Choros No.5 ‘Alma brasileira’/Brazilian soul Heitor Villa-Lobos
Danielle Lisboa, piano
A ride across this vast land…
Bachianas brasileiras No. 2 Heitor Villa-Lobos
IV. Toccata: O Trenzinho Caipira/Little train of the Brazilian Countryman
Aquarela do Brasil Ari Barroso
Pixinguinha
Gonzaguinha
Zequinha de Abreu
Frank Ho
Allan Nelson
Daniel Graf
Jared Mosher
Arwen Bylsma
Vladimir Rufino
VIOLIN II
Marie Krejcar
André Glaser
Harold Steinbrenner
Linnea Barisoff
Song Gee
Maria Cavaco
Nataliia Antepli
VIOLA
Darrell Soetaert
Blaine Madsen
Alan Dunn
CELLO
John Fedor
Katarina Loutas
Sharon Toronchuk
Robi Szabo
Ryan Hoffman
Frances Elgaard
Victor Sanchez Rodriguez
Dante Wright*
FLUTE/ PICCOLO
Rock Larochelle
Jennifer Gregory
Lyndsey Cohen
OBOE/ ENGLISH HORN
Stephanie Wong*
Natalie Dies
Ashley Elgersma
CLARINET
Amber Campbell
Macy Pollock
BASS CLARINET
Veronica Lednicky
BASSOON
Douglas Ridway
Yoko Ruigrok
Heidi Herde*
Martin Grasdal
Ross McLean
Jasper Whitby
Alyssa De’Ath
Heidi Schwonik
Nancy Stepney
Liam Shearer
Fenton Corey
Ken Burns
TUBA
Ray Basaraba
Court Laslop
Ela Yabis
Ethan De Souza
Sylvia Shadick-Taylor
Eduardo Leite, surdo
Carlos Cardozo, tamborim
Andrea Woo, Ganzá/Tam Tam
Marcel Moraes, Tam Tam/Reco-reco
Pedro Neto, pandeiro
Cristian Cordeiro, Master of Ceremonies
Rock Larochelle, Flute/ Orchestra Manager
Aaron Addorisio, CSO Marketing Assistant
Kristin McLagan, Stage Manager
Josiah Hiemstra, Technical Director/Design
Brazilian-born Danielle Lisboa leads an active career as an orchestral conductor, music educator and scholar, regularly conducting community and professional ensembles. Lisboa holds a doctorate in orchestral conducting from the Eastman School of Music University of Rochester, NY. On arriving in Canada in 2008, she became Orchestra Toronto’s first apprentice conductor, was named assistant conductor two months later and shortly after was appointed the orchestra’s music director and conductor. During her tenure, Lisboa became known for her cutting-edge programming and public engagement. Her vision and dynamic leadership took Orchestra Toronto into new paths for outreach and youth initiatives, including the Marta Hidy Concerto Competition and the popular annual children’s concerts. Two years later she led Bellus Barbari, the Toronto Women’s Symphony Orchestra, in its inaugural Ontario tour.
Lisboa currently serves as Associate Professor of Music at Concordia University of Edmonton in the areas of conducting and music theory. Lisboa is former music director and co-founder of the Edmonton Metropolitan Orchestra and continues to mAaintain an active presence in the community with the Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra in outreach concerts to local continuing care hospitals and schools.
operatic project, developed a summer string camp for youth, and a provincial concerto competition. Most recently, she led the Orchestral Training and Leadership workshop to mentor young conductors and orchestral players into leadership roles.
Upcoming speaking engagements include a presentation on the status of the Maestra in today’s podium at the International Conductors Guild Conference in Valencia, Spain in January 2023.
Brazilian multi-instrumentalist/singer, composer Carlos Cardozo delivers a strong overview on Brazilian Samba, Bossa Nova, Forró, Funk adding jazz and folkloric fundamentals with a hint of Brazilian northeastern rhythms.
Cardozo’s highly fine and assured vocals glows with his expressive compositions and the rich arrangements added by collaborators, producers André Valério and Sammy Barros.
Also an exceptional cavaquinho player, Cardozo has changed the scene of Brazilian Samba music in Canada through a diverse amount of projects, featuring his abilities and skillfulness as bandleader and instrumentalist.
Mario Silva began to study music when he was 8 years old at the Music Conservatory of Butantan, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. His first instruments were piano and acoustic guitar and later on he became interested in electric guitar and decide to study jazz guitar at Capilano University in Vancouver, Canada. He contributes to local musicians in Vancouver in bands such as: Brejera, Forro do Cana, Ache Brasil, Brazilian Flavours, Hot Water Ensemble and The Creole jazz band. Mario performs as singer, guitarist, mandolinist, bassist and jazz-banjo playing a variety of styles such as jazz, latin and pop.
A Brazilian-Canadian singer and instrumentalist, with classical and popular training. She began studying music very young, and later studied classical guitar at Palestrina College, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. As a longtime choral singer in Brazil and in Canada, she had the opportunity to study voice with sopranos Rosana Lofrano and Janet Smith, as well as soprano Gabriella di Laccio, baritone David Wilson and singer Anna Beaumont. Mixing her formal education in classical and pop music, Giovana started her solo career as a singer in 2011, combining a repertoire composed of world music, bossa-nova and instrumental music. Along the recent years, Giovana has been collaborating with Julio Munhoz, whose music compositions met her style – their work resulted in the recording of their album “A Cor Dar”, available on main music platforms. Giovana composed and performed two music scores for the documentary film “Portuguese Cultures in Edmonton” (OPTIK TV; Porto Alegre International Book Fair; Faro International Short-Film Festival), and presently has been collaborating on the original score for the film “We Survive: From Our Fields to Your Tables” to be launched in 2023. Recently Giovana has received a grant from the Edmonton Arts Council to study and research sounds produced by natural elements in nature.
Brazilian-Canadian violinist Vladimir Rufino has brought his love of music to stages in South America and Europe as well as Canada and the United States. He holds a Doctor of Music degree from the University of Alberta (Canada), a Master of Music degree and Artist Certificate from Azusa Pacific University (USA), and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil). He has studied with Yerko Pinto Tabilo and Charles Stegeman. He has participated in music festivals and symposia in Brazil, Canada, and the United States including the Starling-Delay Symposium on Violin Studies at The Juilliard School.
Vladimir has performed with orchestras in Brazil, the United States, and Canada, on many occasions serving as concertmaster or assistant concertmaster. His chamber music experience includes numerous international performances as part of the Quartet Quarta Dimensão, the Camerata Brasílica, the Villa-Lobos String Quartet, and the Vaughan String Quartet.
Besides performing the standard classical repertoire, Vladimir has performed and recorded a number of works by Brazilian composers. Vladimir currently performs regularly with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Edmonton, Okanagan Symphony Orchestra and as first violin of the Vaughan String Quartet. In addition to his performance schedule, Vladimir adjudicates for festivals and competitions in Alberta and teaches at the MacEwan University Conservatory of Music.
Born in Edmonton, John Fedor began his cello studies at the age of ten with Josephine van Lier. He received his Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Alberta in 2010, under the direction of cellist Tanya Prochazka. From 2009-10, John performed as a member of the Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific, studying under Katinka Kleijn of the Chicago Symphony, and Ariel Barnes, principle cello of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra. John also completed the Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific conductors program in 2010 and 2011 under the direction of Arthur Arnold of the Netherlands. John is also a current member of the Wild Rose String Quartet, established in 2008.
From 2008-12, he worked with the Edmonton Public School Board Music Enrichment Program as an instructor and conductor. John also spent 9 years as director and conductor for the St. Martin Children’s String Society in Edmonton. In 2014, John received his Bachelor of Education Degree from the University of Alberta. Since then, he is currently employed with the
Violinist Frank Ho enjoys a multi-faceted career as a chamber musician, soloist, and pedagogue. His early training was at the Alberta College (now MacEwan University) Conservatory of Music. Further studies with Sidney Harth and Erick Friedman (Yale School of Music) and Yfrah Neaman (Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England) led to performance opportunities on three continents . Highlights include concerts at venues such the Royal Festival Hall and the Purcell Room in London; Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Merkin Hall in New York City; and numerous campuses and concert series in western Canada. Many of his concerts have been featured on the CBC.
He is currently a faculty member of the MacEwan University Conservatory of Music, and sessional violin instructor at King’s University and Concordia University of Edmonton. Frank is an active adjudicator nationally and internationally–most recently as a member of the international jury panel for the 2019 Hong Kong Music Schools Festival–as well as a member of the College of Examiners for the Royal Conservatory of Music. He is currently the concertmaster of the Concordia Symphony Orchestra. A sought-after private teacher, many of his students are previous prizewinners of local, provincial, and national competitions; in 2017, two of his students were chosen to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City through the American Protégé International Competition. Since November 2019, he has been the president of the Alberta String Association.
CSO is currently fundraising for its first international tour in 2024. The goal of this initiative is to promote less-known repertoire to a wider audience abroad and to introduce Canadian music to international audiences.
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CSO Tour Fundraiser • Concert 2
Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Robert Tegler Student Centre
Beethoven / Schumann / Mendelssohn
Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Robert Tegler Student Centre
Special guests: Chinese Music Orchestra and Chamber Players of Vancouver (BCCMO and BBMCE)
Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Winspear Centre
(Tom Jobim e Vinícius de Moraes)
Olha que coisa mais linda
Mais cheia de graça
É ela menina
Que vem e que passa
Num doce balanço
Caminho do mar
Moça do corpo dourado
Do Sol de Ipanema
O seu balançado
É mais que um poema
É a coisa mais linda
Que eu já vi passar
Ah, por que estou tão sozinho?
Ah, por que tudo é tão triste?
Ah, a beleza que existe
A beleza que não é só minha
Que também passa sozinha
Ah, se ela soubesse
Que quando ela passa
O mundo, sorrindo
Se enche de graça
E fica mais lindo
Por causa do amor
Tall and tan
And young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema
Goes walking
And when she passes
Each one she passes
Goes: Ah
(Tom Jobim e inícius de Moraes)
Vai, minha tristeza
E diz a ele que sem ele não pode ser
Diz-lhe numa prece
Que ele regresse
Porque eu não posso mais sofrer
Chega de saudade
A realidade é que sem ele não há paz
Não há beleza
É só tristeza e a melancolia
Que não sai de mim, não sai de mim, não sai
Mas se ele voltar, se ele voltar
Que coisa linda, que coisa louca
Pois há menos peixinhos a nadar no mar
Do que os beijinhos que eu darei na sua boca
Dentro dos meus braços
Os abraços hão de ser milhões de abraços
Apertado assim, colado assim, calado assim
Abraços e beijinhos e carinhos sem ter fim
Pra acabar com esse negócio de jamais viver sem mim
Mas se ele voltar, se ele voltar
Que coisa linda, que coisa louca
Pois há menos peixinhos a nadar no mar
Do que os beijinhos que eu darei na sua boca
Dentro dos meus braços
Os abraços hão de ser milhões de abraços
Apertado assim, colado assim, calado assim
Abraços e beijinhos e carinhos sem ter fim
Que é pra acabar com esse negócio de querer viver sem mim
Vamos deixar desse negócio de viver longe de mim
Meu coração, não sei por quê
Bate feliz quando te vê
E os meus olhos ficam sorrindo
E pelas ruas vão te seguindo
Mas mesmo assim foges de mim
Ah, se tu soubesses
Como sou tão carinhoso
E o muito, muito que te quero
E como é sincero o meu amor
(Gonzaguinha)
Eu fico com a pureza
Da resposta das crianças
É a vida, é bonita
E é bonita
Viver e não ter a vergonha
De ser feliz
Cantar, e cantar, e cantar
A beleza de ser um eterno aprendiz
Ah, meu Deus!
Eu sei, eu sei
Que a vida devia ser bem melhor
E será!
Mas isso não impede
Que eu repita
É bonita, é bonita
E é bonita
Viver e não ter a vergonha
De ser feliz
Cantar, e cantar, e cantar
A beleza de ser um eterno aprendiz
Ah, meu Deus!
Eu sei, eu sei
Que a vida devia ser bem melhor
E será!
Mas isso não impede
Eu sei que tu não fugirias mais de mim
Vem, vem, vem, vem
Vem sentir o calor dos lábios meus
À procura dos teus
Vem matar esta paixão
Que me devora o coração
E só assim então serei feliz
Bem feliz
Que eu repita
É bonita, é bonita
E é bonita
E a vida, e a vida o que é?
Diga lá, meu irmão
Ela é a batida de um coração
Ela é uma doce ilusão
Êh! Ôh!
E a vida
Ela é maravilha ou é sofrimento?
Ela é alegria ou lamento?
O que é? O que é, meu irmão?
Há quem fale que a vida da gente
É um nada no mundo
É uma gota, é um tempo
Que nem dá um segundo
Há quem fale que é um divino
Mistério profundo
É o sopro do criador
Numa atitude repleta de amor
Você diz que é luta e prazer
Ele diz que a vida é viver
Ela diz que melhor é morrer
Pois amada não é e o verbo é sofrer
Eu só sei que confio na moça
E na moça eu ponho a força da fé
Somos nós que fazemos a vida
Como der, ou puder, ou quiser
Sempre desejada
Por mais que esteja errada
Ninguém quer a morte
Só saúde e sorte
E a pergunta roda
E a cabeça agita
Eu fico com a pureza
Da resposta das crianças
É a vida, é bonita
E é bonita
Viver e não ter a vergonha
De ser feliz
Cantar, e cantar, e cantar
A beleza de ser um eterno aprendiz
Ah, meu Deus!
Eu sei, eu sei
Que a vida devia ser bem melhor
E será!
Mas isso não impede
Que eu repita
É bonita, é bonita
E é bonita
Viver e não ter a vergonha
De ser feliz
Cantar, e cantar, e cantar
A beleza de ser um eterno aprendiz
Ah, meu Deus!
Eu sei, eu sei
Que a vida devia ser bem melhor
E será!
Mas isso não impede
Que eu repita
É bonita, é bonita
E é bonita
Viver e não ter a vergonha
De ser feliz
Cantar, e cantar, e cantar
A beleza de ser um eterno aprendiz
Ah, meu Deus!
Eu sei, eu sei
Que a vida devia ser bem melhor
E será!
Mas isso não impede
Que eu repita
É bonita, é bonita
E é bonita
A big thank-you to all our supporters! Obrigado!
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