Message from the Artistic Director

Dorothy Sandler-Glick —Artistic Director

Dear Friends,

Again I have the pleasure of welcoming you to our eighth season, our fifth under the banner of Syrinx Concerts Toronto.

This year, we are featuring the chamber works of one of Canada's most prolific composers, Srul Irving Glick, in honour of the 75th anniversary of his birth. The new web site dedicated to Glick's artistry, www.srulirvingglick.com, reveals the various performances of his music scheduled during the year. Glick has been a joy and inspiration for choirs and soloists, and his various symphonic and chamber works are included often in concert repertoire.

Srul Irving Glick was a CBC radio producer from 1962 until 1986. During that time he worked with the great conductors and performers from North America and abroad such as Yehudi Menuhin, Pierre Boulez, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Maureen Forrester, Lois Marshall, the Orford String Quartet, Anton Kuerti, Helen Watts, Yo-Yo Ma, Rosalind Tureck and Leon Fleischer, entertaining many of them at his home where he also brought local and visiting artists together to share music, poetry, and dance.

Visit the new web site dedicated to Glick's artistry, www.srulirvingglick.com for more information.

A music series is not possible without funding and, unfortunately, government funding is not always forthcoming. We have to depend on our extraordinary patrons and donors to see us through the season. There are numerous costs entailed in producing these concerts that are so important to Canadian composers and performers. We hope you will help us meet these costs not only through subscriptions but with donations as well. Any donation over $25 will receive a tax receipt and will be acknowledged in the program (unless otherwise preferred).

We are very fortunate to have excellent musicians in our series. We hope you will enjoy this season's programs and stay to meet the artists at the receptions after the concerts.

Most Sincerely,

Dorothy Sandler-Glick, Artistic Director, Syrinx Sunday Salons