Frank Ticheli

Toronto Band Festival

Toronto, CanadaOptional extension to Niagara Falls

June 2019

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Fellow musicians

Let’s gather in Toronto to rehearse and perform together for a spectacular gala concert in the lead up to the 2019 Canada Day celebrations.

I am very pleased to be leading this festival of fine North American bands. We will rehearse and perform together as a festival ensemble in addition to staging all the participating bands individually.

I look forward to performing with you and your ensembles – I always enjoy the magic that is unleashed when a composer and performers join together to find new ways to interpret and express music. It can be thrilling.

The combined repertoire will also feature other North American composers as we prepare for the week in which both Canada and the US celebrate their national days.

There is nothing like touring an ensemble in summer as a culmination of the year’s esprit de corps. Our festival will amplify this further as we create fine music with new friends before appreciative audiences in Toronto, one of the great cities of North America.

I look forward to hearing from you if I can answer any questions as we prepare for this great band event.

Frank Ticheli Artistic Director

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FRANK TICHELIFrank Ticheli’s music has been described as being “optimistic and thoughtful” (Los Angeles Times), “lean and muscular” (New York Times), “brilliantly effective” (Miami Herald) and “powerful, deeply felt crafted with impressive flair and an ear for striking instrumental colors” (South Florida Sun-Sentinel). Ticheli (b. 1958) joined the faculty of the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music in 1991, where he is Professor of Composition. From 1991 to 1998, Ticheli was Composer in Residence of the Pacific Symphony.

Frank Ticheli’s orchestral works have received considerable recognition in the U.S. and Europe. Orchestral performances have come from the

Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Dallas Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, the radio orchestras of Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Saarbruecken, and Austria, and the orchestras of Austin, Bridgeport, Charlotte, Colorado, Haddonfield, Harrisburg, Hong Kong, Jacksonville, Lansing, Long Island, Louisville, Lubbock, Memphis, Nashville, Omaha, Phoenix, Portland, Richmond, San Antonio, San Jose, Wichita Falls, and others.

Ticheli is well known for his works for concert band, many of which have become standards in the repertoire. In addition to composing, he has appeared as guest conductor of his music at Carnegie Hall, at many American universities and music festivals, and in cities throughout the world, including Schladming (Austria), Beijing and Shanghai, London and Manchester, Singapore, Rome, Sydney, and numerous cities in Japan.

Frank Ticheli is the recipient of a 2012 “Arts and Letters Award” from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, his third award from that prestigious organization. His Symphony No. 2 was named winner of the 2006 NBA/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest. Other awards include the Walter Beeler Memorial Prize and First Prize awards in the Texas Sesquicentennial Orchestral Composition Competition, Britten-on-the-Bay Choral Composition Contest, and Virginia CBDNA Symposium for New Band Music.

Ticheli was awarded national honorary membership to Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, “bestowed to individuals who have significantly contributed to the cause of music in America,” and the A. Austin Harding Award by the American School Band Directors Association, “given to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the school band movement in America.” At USC, he has received the Virginia Ramo Award for excellence in teaching, and the Dean’s Award for Professional Achievement.

Frank Ticheli received his doctoral and masters degrees in composition from The University of Michigan. His works are published by Manhattan Beach, Southern, Hinshaw, and Encore Music, and are recorded on the labels of Albany, Chandos, Clarion, Equilibrium, Klavier, Koch International, Mark, Naxos, and Reference.

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PROGRAM

TICHELI FESTIVAL 2019

MONDAY, JUNE 24• Arrive Toronto

• Meet KI concerts tour manager

• Introduction to Toronto

• Check in

• Dinner (nightly)

• Overnight Toronto

TUESDAY, JUNE 25• Breakfast (daily)

• View Toronto from the top of the CN Tower

• Guided walking tour of Toronto. See Graffiti Alley and Queen Street West, Nathan Phillips Square, the Old City Hall, and the vibrant Yonge-Dundas Square

• Afternoon Festival Band rehearsal under the direction of Frank Ticheli

• Welcome dinner

• Overnight Toronto

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26• Morning Festival Band rehearsal

under the direction of Frank Ticheli

• Continue to tour and explore Toronto. Tour the Historic District and St Lawrence Market

• Tour the historic legislative Assembly of Ontario nestled in Queen’s Park

• Option for individual concerts (tbd)

• Overnight Toronto

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THURSDAY, JUNE 27 • Gala concert dress rehearsal

• Visit the waterfront area. See Toronto Music Garden, Canoe Landing, Simcoe Wave Deck, the Harbourfront Centre and the Sherbourne Common

• Gala concert featuring individual bands and the Combined Festival Band

• Overnight Toronto

FRIDAY, JUNE 28 • Return home or depart for

Niagara Falls

** Itinerary subject to change.

** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire

PROGRAM

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PROGRAM

NIAGARA FALLS EXTENSION

FRIDAY, JUNE 28• Travel to Niagara Falls

• View the mighty Niagara Falls from Queen Victoria Park. Walk the span over the Rainbow Bridge

• Check in

• Fireworks display at Queen Victoria Park (if held)

• Overnight Niagara area

SATURDAY, JUNE 29• Tour the Niagara Falls area seeing all

the key sights • Boat tour of the Falls

• Overnight Niagara area

SUNDAY, JUNE 30 • Transfer to the airport for your flight

home

** Itinerary subject to change.** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of

performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire

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