Nicholas Goldschmidt, Artistic DirectorNicholas Goldschmidt, whose brilliant musical career spans most of the 20th century, is artistic director. "Niki", as he is affectionately known, has been instrumental in shaping the North American musical landscape, teaching and encouraging a whole new generation of singers, musicians and composers, as well as founding one of our foremost cultural institutions, The Canadian Opera Company.
Dr. Willingham, Director, Education Outreach Program of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto will provide leadership in the Education Outreach Program. He is the founder/music director of the Bell'Arte Singers, and is Education, Youth and Outreach Director for Orchestras Canada. There are a number of choral ensembles at Sandia, with styles varying from southern gospel to Christian pop. Clark Henderson is the Sandia Worship Leader and oversees all these groups. Barbara Barnett, as Worship Coordinator, is also available to answer any questions you might have. The Worship Choir presents special choral music and leads in worship during the 10:30 AM Sunday service. Rehearsal time is Wednesday at 6:30 PM in the Choir room. Adoration is a small women's ensemble. Rehearsals are held on Thursdays at 7:00 PM. Contact Pat Jones for more information on singing with Adoration. The Gospel Heirs is a mixed ensemble that specializes in traditional toe-tapping gospel music. They rehearse on Tuesdays at 6:30 PM in the Choir room. E-mail Parkie Johnston for contact information for the Gospel Heirs. SonShine is a small mixed ensemble that typically sings pop-style music. They rehearse Sunday afternoons at 4:30 PM. Contact Laurie Hajny for more information on singing with SonShine. The third Toronto International Choral Festival brought to Toronto the highest quality of amateur and professional choirs from four continents, all the regions of Canada and a special focus on the culturally diverse choral talent in Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area. The Festival's Education Outreach Program directly connected these marvelous choirs with students across the Greater Toronto Area by way of workshops, open rehearsals, performances and Internet communication. The choral talent, which converged on Toronto for a three-week period in June of 2002, presented a special opportunity to share the experience, and sense of community for young people in the G.T.A. The Joy of Singing 2002 provided an Education Outreach Program geared for both elementary and secondary students. The education program was designed to strengthen the emerging children and youth choir movement-already with strong roots in the Toronto area. More importantly, it presented an opportunity to share with young minds the potential that exists beyond and within our borders. It is a rare event that brings such a wealth of talent to one place for a short duration and allows others to benefit on a scale that will last a lifetime. The Education Outreach Program will provide means through which students can experience the core components of music education: listening, creating, and performing, using the resources of the Joy of Singing 2002 Festival. To the greatest extent possible, choirs will still be available to students through website/electronic communication, and study guides.
The most striking feature of the library and information scene in the UK in the past decade has been the widespread penetration on information technology. Computer-based systems and services, sophisticated microcomputers, new media for storing and transmitting text and data, and enhanced telecommunications facilities are increasingly used. The effects are seen in the development of computerised catalogues, integrated library management systems, (for stock and circulation control, budgeting, acquisition, and interlibrary loan administration), computer-based co-operation systems, and the use of online databases, word processing, electronic publishing, electronic mail and facsimile transmission. In particular, the widespread availability of personal computers and of relatively cheap information-handling software has made it possible for even the smallest libraries to take advantage of computer-based techniques. The growing acceptance of information technology in libraries has changed the way in which they operate, giving greater emphasis to professional activities, and less to clerical operations.
Danish Library Centre for Integration DLCI is a national resource centre for all Danish public libraries, supporting their service to ethnic and linguistic minorities. The support includes:
All Danish public libraries should provide library services to ethnic and linguistic minorities - adults as well as children. This service should include materials in the mother tongue - to support the maintaining of their language and contact to their original culture. The collection includes 134,000 items. Nearly 50 languages are represented. Collections are maintained in 30 languages. The largest languages are in Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Kurdish, Persian, Polish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese. The collections consist primarily of books. The large collections also include music on CD's and cassettes and audiobooks. In Arabic, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Hindi, Persian, Tamil, Turkish and Urdu video and DVD-film collections are also available. Selection of the items reflects the overall aim of this service – to help users keep contact to their original language and culture and include:
DLCI is not open to the general public. All lending is through the public libraries. The collections are registered in the Danish national union catalogue: www.bibliotek.dk. Some of the catalogues are bilingual, i.e. in the Arabic catalogues the bibliographical records are in both romanized form and in Arabic.
Fabio Mechetti Fabio Mechetti is in his ninth season as Music Director of the Spokane Symphony. The popular Brazilian-born conductor has helped the orchestra reach new levels of artistic achievement. He has also invigorated the Spokane Symphony Society with a renewed commitment to the orchestra's role in music education and community involvement. Mechetti earned Masters Degrees in Conducting and Composition from the Juilliard School of Music in 1984. He was introduced to Spokane audiences 17 years ago when he served as Associate Conductor during the Symphony's 1984-85 season. He has held posts as Resident Conductor of the San Diego Symphony and as Associate Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., where he led over 75 concerts at the Kennedy Center, the West Lawn of the United States Capitol, and the Summer Festival at Wolf Trap. From Washington, D.C., he went to the Syracuse Symphony to serve as it's Associate Conductor for four seasons. He then served as Music Director of the Syracuse Symphony from 1993-99. Mechetti has also served as Music Director of the Virginia Chamber Orchestra. He is in demand as a guest conductor by nationally and internationally renowned orchestras. In June 2002, he was conducting orchestras in Japan. In addition to his outstanding leadership in Spokane, Mechetti also serves as Music Director of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. In October 2000, he appeared with the Seattle Symphony in a special concert with the great pianist. Alicia de Larrocha. Maestro Mechetti comes from a long line of conductors and musicians. Both his father and granfather were opera conductors in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Mechetti family emigrated to Brazil from Lucca, Italy, where Fabio's great-grandfather was an organist and classmate of opera composer Giacomo Puccini. An earlier Mechetti was a music publisher who printed works by Beethoven and Schubert. His wife, Aida Ribeiro Mechetti, is an outstanding solo pianist and is in high demand as a chamber music collaborator and teacher. She is co-founder of Junior Chamber Artists, an educational program of the Spokane Symphony. Past music directors: Harold Paul Whelan, 1945-61 Gunther Schuller, 1984-85 Donald Thulean, 1962-84 Bruce Ferden, 1985-91 Conductor Emeritus Vakhtang Jordania, 1991-93
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