Hans P. Black has a degree in medicine from McGill University. He is Chairman and CEO of Interinvest which offers asset management services to individuals and institutions. In this capacity, he is member of the Montreal Society of Financial Analysts and of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute. He sits on the board of directors of numerous businesses in Québec, Canada, United States and Great Britain. He is also on the board of many non-profit organizations in Québec, Canada and United States, including the Montréal Heart Institute Foundation, the Montreal Symphonic Orchestra, the National Arts Center and the Washington National Opera. He has accepted in May 2007, the position of Chairman of the Board of the McGill Chamber Orchestra.
Board of Directors
Members
Hans P. Black, Chairman Nancy Bloomfield, Director Boris Brott, Music Director David M. Culver, C.C., Director Nicole Kobrynsky, Director Andrea McConnell, Director Odile Pearson, Director
Dear fellow music lovers:
I am delighted to welcome you to the 68th consecutive season of the McGill Chamber Orchestra.
The programs you will hear throughout our season represent the best in orchestral chamber music and feature leading world artists of today.
The orchestra has a distinguished history, and with your support and enthusiasm, will continue its tradition of musical excellence.
My wife Janet and I look forward to becoming better acquainted with you.
Credit: Tristan Cook
From Vienna with Love
Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke Street West May 5th, 2008 7:30 PM
Featured guest(s):
Escher String Quartet
Program:
ZEMLINSKY String Quartet No. 4, Op. 25
MOZART String Quartet in G Major, K. 387
SCHUBERT String Quartet in D minor, D. 810 “Death & Maiden”
The Escher String Quartet is the star of this evening Be prepared to be amazed!
All Beethoven
Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke Street West May 26th, 2008 7:30 PM
Featured guest(s):
Sara Davis Buechner, Piano,
Program:
Coriolan Overture
Symphony No. 4
Piano Concerto No. 3
Sara Buechner Davis returns to perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3. A delightful way to end our season with this charming and entertaining performer!
NB:
Those of you who were with us last week heard about the Spring Concert to be performed on April 26th by Octet Plus, a choir that includes David Oliver and
Holly Jonas. It sounds like a delightful occasion and we hope that you will join us there.
What: A spring Concert by Octet plus under the direction of Alan Daye
When: On Saturday, April 26th at 7:00 p.m
Where: St. Thomas’ Church, 6897 Somerled Avenue,
Montreal (corner of Rosedale)
Why: to raise money for the ministry of the Diocesan Book Room
A delightful programme of madrigals, classical and popular melodies in a variety of styles performed by Octet Plus, a semi-professional choir of about 17 voices, which brings together a small group of singers who perform for the enjoyment of singing and to raise money for various local charities. The singers of Octet Plus are drawn from a number of Montreal choirs.
Octet Plus Spring Concert performance , Saturday April 26th.
The choir includes David Oliver and Holly Jonas. It sounds like a delightful occasion and we hope that you will join us there.
What: A spring Concert by Octet plus under the direction of Alan Daye
When: On Saturday, April 26th at 7:00 p.m
Where: St. Thomas’ Church, 6897 Somerled Avenue, Montreal (corner of Rosedale)
Why: to raise money for the ministry of the Diocesan Book Room
A delightful programme of madrigals, classical and popular melodies in a variety of styles performed by Octet Plus, a semi-professional choir of about 17 voices, which brings together a small group of singers who perform for the enjoyment of singing and to raise money for various local charities. The singers of Octet Plus are drawn from a number of Montreal choirs.
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Tuesday, April 29
RENDEZ-VOUS SUR LA MONTAGNE WITH DENYS ARCAND The 2007-2008 season was Infinithéâtre’s fullest ever. With another incredible lineup on the horizon for the 2008-2009 season, we are sure to once more ‘wow’ Montréal audiences with great local talent.
As the snow melts away and the Habs continue to rule, Infinithéâtre is getting ready to celebrate spring with our very special guest, Academy Award winner Denys Arcand. Join us at the newly renovated Le Pavillon Restaurant at Beaver Lake.
And yes, it’s a 5 à 7, you will still be able to watch the hockey game. ; )
Best, John Mavridis, President
Le Pavillon, 2000 Remembrance Road Tuesday April 29, 5à7
Tickets: $125 (with tax receipt for $105)
Proceeds from this event will go towards Infinithéâtre’s development fund.
R.S.V.P.
box-office@infinitheatre.com
514-987-1774 ext. 104
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Wednesday, April 30th, 6:30 - 8:00 PM Robert Landori advises
Get down and dirty with some real “arty” writers. Crime Writers of Canada PresentsThe 25th Annual Arthur Ellis Awards Shortlist Announcement Party
The Arthur Ellis Awards are given annually for excellence in Canadian Crime Writing in the following categories: Best Novel, Best First Novel, Best Short Story, Best Non-Fiction, Best Juvenile, Best French Language Book, and Best Unpublished First Novel (AKA “The Unhanged Arthur”). I’ll be there, along with Louise Penny, winner of the 2006 Best First Novel Award for Still Life (McArthur & Co.), N.A.T. Grant (The Race Series), Michael Blair (The Dells, A Joe Shoe Mystery – Dundurn Press)and James Napier, book reviewer for the Sherbrooke Record. Atwater Library Auditorium
1200 Atwater Ave.
Montreal, QC H3Z 1X4
514-935-7344
6:30Meet and Greet
6:45A (brief) word from the President of Crime Writers of Canada
7:00Panel discussion/Q&A hosted by N.A.T. Grant
7:30James Napier on the state of Crime Writing in Canada
7:45Announcement of the 2008 Arthur Ellis Awards Shortlist Refreshments will be served.
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And of course, Linda Leith’sBlue Met April 30- May 4 10th Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival
The world’s first multilingual literary festival – and the best 5-day literary party there is. In 2007, Blue Met gathered some 290 writers, literary translators, musicians, actors, journalists and publishers from Quebec and from all around the world for five days of literary events in English, French,Spanish and other languages.
A benefit concert to help the displaced people of the Darfur region of Sudan is being held 7 p.m. Feb. 9 at McGill University’s Redpath Hall, at 3461 McTavish.The concert will feature classical, jazz and pop musicians from McGill’s Schulich School of Music and the wider Montreal community.The event is being held as the humanitarian situation in Darfur worsens. Already, Sudan-backed Arab Janjaweed ...
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Some plays stay with you for a long time.Centaur Theatre’s last production of The Carpenter was one such play — as is their current show, Pamela Gien’s The Syringa Tree, brought to Montreal by special arrangement with producer Matt Salinger.Accomplished actress Caroline Cave stars in the one-woman piece about the effects of South African apartheid on two families, one black and one white. She performs 26 roles, among them the main character, six-year-old Elizabeth “Lizzie” Grace; her family, her... Full Story
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