Sometimes harder *is* better

Submitted by msimmons1
on Mon, 05/11/2015 - 22:07

 

That title is more than just an apt summary of my life this past year (boom-boom ching), it also encapsulates the essense of a video that just stumbled across my desktop this evening. 
 
This insightful video was produced by Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St. Michael's Hospital (I may have mostly lifted that last line directly from the video....) 
 
Anyhow, should you also enjoy it, you can subscribe to his Youtube
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Dr. Mike Evans; Exercise; Health & Well-being

Spring Faculty Concert - Warbling for a Worthwhile Cause

Submitted by msimmons1
on Fri, 05/08/2015 - 17:22

(Click on the image below to visit the facebook page for the event!)

Faculty and friends come togerther for a fun-filled exploration of our most beloved repertoire for guitar, voice, violin, oboe and piano! Featuring works from J.S. Bach to Offenbach & Many More! I'll be collaborating on some lullaby excerpts from the Mt. Sinai NICU Music Therapist fundraising CD I recorded this past year with soprano, Cheryl Campbell. Come tomorrow night for your "sneak peak" of the soon to be released recording!

Convenient downtown location at St.

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Offenbach
Belle Nuit
Evening Prayer
J.s. Bach
W.A. Mozart
Non-for-profit
Fundraising
University Settlement Music & Arts School

Less Than 1 Week To Go!

Submitted by msimmons1
on Sun, 11/23/2014 - 18:42

Our excursion into the wilderness happens less than a week from today - Saturday November 29th at 7:30 pm!

As some of you already know,  many of our regular baroque orchestral collaborators are on tour with the Taflemusik orchestra, so we will be performing at concert pitch A440!  I will be singing the part of the Second Israelite woman, which is an interesting outing for me. C.P.E. didn't see fit to include an alto soloist in this piece, so I will be masquerading as a soprano!  Please come cheer me on - shouts of applause for anything over 784Hz (high G) would be greatly appreciated! ;)

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C.P.E. Bach
Oratorio
Die Israeliten
Sacred Music
Toronto

Music and Health

Submitted by msimmons1
on Sat, 10/18/2014 - 20:33

I realize I’ve been AWOL these past few weeks: side effect of a full-time contract position and part-time university studies.  However, there’s been some recent activity online that’s contributed to me finding the time to post again. Namely, some colleagues back home in Newfoundland released a touching music video to raise awareness about mental health.  I wanted to make sure that it gets shared as far and as wide as possible.

And while we are delving the depths of music and health, thought I’d also gave a head’s up about another

An excursion into the wilderness: CPE Bach's Die Israeliten in der Wüste

Submitted by msimmons1
on Tue, 09/16/2014 - 12:28

This year, Bloor Street United is leaping off the regular lectionary path and exploring the entire bible from cover to cover. A highlight this fall will be a concert performance of CPE Bach's oratorio on the Old Testament experience of the Israelites in the Wilderness (Die Israeliten in der Wüste). It will certainly mark an adventure into unknown regions for me, as I will be singing the second soprano in the piece. Here's to hoping for Baroque pitch!

 

UPDATED DETAILS: Show 7:30 pm Saturday November 29th 2014. Tickets $20/$15, available in from me and/or at the door.

J.

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Oratorio

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