Diane Kolin

Soar – Toronto Chinese Orchestra 30th anniversary concert

Trinity-St. Paul's United Church 427 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON, Canada

I will be one of the guests of this special performance. Come celebrate with us as we present our 30th Anniversary concert, SOAR, showcasing traditional and contemporary works for Chinese orchestra. All our repertoire are Canadian premieres, with one of the earliest works for the traditional Chinese orchestra, Variations on Xinshuiling (1925) by LIU Tianhua,...

Adaptive Voice and Instruments workshops at CMST: final performance 2023

York University, Music Department 83 York Boulevard, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, Canada

The CMST end of the year recital will feature a presentation of the adaptive voice and instruments workshops. The song "The Greatest" by Sia will be performed in American Sign Language by voice students, and another group of students will present their work on one of the adaptive instruments they discovered. One of my voice...

Children, Youth and Performance Conference 2023: “Disability and music: music education with adaptive instruments”

Young People's Theatre 165 Front St East, Toronto, ON, Canada

This conference is an exchange of knowledge between researchers, performers, educators, practitioners, and community organizers. Through a range of informative and interactive sessions, participants will discuss the present and future applications and implications of performance work with, by, for, and about children and youth. There will be a range of in-person events, panels, performances, and...

Salon Concert – Artist Residency at the Milkhouse in Prince Edward County

Milkhouse Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada

Salon concert at the Milkhouse in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Solo a cappella jazz concert. "Diane Kolin is a French musicologist specialized in Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Liszt. In France, she is the editor in chief of the Beethoven journal of the French Beethoven Society and frequently travels all over Europe for research and...

Organ Festival in St. Gallen, Switzerland

St. Laurenzen Church Kirche St. Laurenzen, Marktgasse 25, St. Gallen, Switzerland

My colleague and friend Bernhard Ruchti leads the fantastic Kuhn organ rehabilitation project in St. Laurenzen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. The new improved "Surround-Sound" instrument will be inaugurated in September 2023. The St. Laurenzen church will offer a three-weeks organ festival with distinguished guests from all over Europe. I will be onsite, helping the team with...

Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation”

Blessed Trinity Church 3228 Bavview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Presented by the Toronto Oratorio Society & the Blessed Trinity Choir, with orchestra. Grace Quinsey, soprano - Gabriel / Eve Ryan Downey, tenor - Uriel John Holland, bass - Raphael / Adam Karen Frank, Conductor I was one of the alto section leads.

AMS-SMT (American Musicology Society-Society for Music Theory) Joint Meeting 2023

Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel 1550 Court Pl, Denver, CO, United States

The American Musicological Society (AMS) is holding its 89th Annual Meeting jointly with the Society for Music Theory (SMT) on 9-12 November 2023 in Denver, Colorado at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. Founded in 1934, AMS is a non-profit organization committed to advancing "research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning...

Cavalcade of Lights at Nathan Phillips Square – Concert with Toronto Chinese Orchestra chamber ensemble

Nathan Phillips Square 100 Queen St W, Toronto, ON, Canada

The annual Cavalcade of Lights presented by Desjardins Financial Group, will illuminate Nathan Phillips Square on Saturday, November 25. A chamber ensemble of Toronto Chinese Orchestra (erhu, guzheng, pipa, dizi, cello and voice) will perform from 3:30-4:00pm. Free, Full program: https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/cavalcade-of-lights/