Misplaced Pages

#624375

18-514: Quarrington may refer to: People [ edit ] Joel Quarrington , Canadian double bassist (born 1955) Paul Quarrington , Canadian novelist (born 1953) Places [ edit ] Cassop-cum-Quarrington , County Durham, England Old Quarrington , County Durham, England Quarrington Hill , County Durham, England Quarrington, Lincolnshire , England See also [ edit ] Quarrendon (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

36-729: A 1630 Giovanni Paolo Maggini double bass, and is well known for his unusual practice of tuning his bass in intervals of fifths , like a cello, but an octave lower. His wife is cellist Carole Sirois who has played in the Montreal Symphony Orchestra , the Toronto Symphony and the National Arts Centre Orchestra and is presently a professor at the Conservatoire de Musique in Montreal. Joel Quarrington teaches at

54-620: Is a Canadian orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario . Founded in 1906, the TSO gave regular concerts at Massey Hall until 1982, and since then has performed at Roy Thomson Hall . The TSO also manages the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra (TSYO). Peter Oundjian was the music director from 2004 to 2018. Sir Andrew Davis , conductor laureate of the TSO, was the orchestra's interim artistic director from 2018 to 2020. Gustavo Gimeno has been

72-402: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Joel Quarrington He was born in Toronto , Ontario , and began playing the double bass at the age of eleven in order to complete a bluegrass trio with his brothers, Paul Quarrington and Tony Quarrington. At the age of thirteen, he began to study with Thomas Monohan , who was at the time

90-726: The University of Ottawa and is a Visiting Artist at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Throughout his career, Quarrington has been active in commissioning new works for Double Bass. A notable commission in 1997 was for Raymond Luedeke 's Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra. He was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2023. He currently resides in Hatley, Quebec (township) . Toronto Symphony The Toronto Symphony Orchestra ( TSO )

108-595: The war in Donbas which were seen as conducive to "public incitement of hatred" under the Criminal Code of Canada. In January 2017, the TSO announced its participation in the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Canada , with a cross-country celebration of Canadian music funded by the Canadian government. In May 2017, the TSO announced the return of Davis to the orchestra as its interim artistic director, beginning with

126-452: The 2018-2019 season, for a period of two seasons. In April 2018, the TSO announced the appointment of Matthew Loden as its chief executive officer (CEO), effective July 2018. In February 2018, Gustavo Gimeno guest-conducted the TSO for the first time. On the basis of this appearance, the TSO announced the appointment of Gimeno as its next music director, effective in the 2020-2021 season, with an initial contract of 5 years. In July 2020,

144-517: The TSO announced the cancellation of its originally scheduled 2020-2021 concert season, with plans for replacement concerts on a smaller scale in various Toronto venues, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2021, the TSO announced that Matthew Loden was to stand down as its CEO, effective 22 September 2021. In January 2022, the TSO announced the appointment of Mark Williams as its next chief executive officer, effective April 2022. In November 2022,

162-546: The TSO had debt of $ 7 million CAD, and both executive director Ed Smith and music director Saraste had left the ensemble. Peter Oundjian was appointed as music director in January 2003 and became music director in the 2004–2005 season. The 2005 documentary film Five Days in September: The Rebirth of an Orchestra recorded the first days of the TSO's inaugural season with Oundjian as its new music director. His contract

180-580: The Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1927. In 1929, the TSO made its radio debut with a one-hour broadcast on CBC Radio from the Arcadian Court . After von Kunits' death in 1931, Ernest MacMillan served as music director for 25 years. In 1951, the orchestra made headlines when it declined to renew the contracts of musicians, thereafter known as the Symphony Six , who had been denied entry to

198-545: The United States on suspicion of communist activities, during the McCarthy Era. Andrew Davis was the TSO's music director from 1975 to 1988. The TSO subsequently granted Davis the title of conductor laureate. The orchestra had financial and audience size problems during the 1990s, and in 1992, TSO musicians accepted a 16% pay cut because of a threat of bankruptcy to the orchestra, with a promise from management to make up

SECTION 10

#1732851543625

216-414: The loss in subsequent contract negotiations. By 1999, this pay restoration had not happened, which led to an 11-week musicians' strike that autumn. Relations between the musicians and management deteriorated, and the music director at the time, Jukka-Pekka Saraste , offered to serve as mediator in the situation. In addition, there was a lack of public sympathy to the orchestra musicians' situation. By 2001,

234-697: The music director of the TSO since the 2020–2021 season. The TSO was founded in 1922 as the New Symphony Orchestra, and gave its first concert at Massey Hall in April 1923 with 58 musicians. The first conductor was Luigi von Kunits , and that season there were twenty concerts, as well as a performance at a spring festival. In the summer of 1924, the symphony performed at the Canadian National Exhibition . Shortly thereafter, they began holding children's concerts. The orchestra changed its name to

252-451: The orchestra reported its third consecutive year of budget surpluses, with average audience attendance of 88% (excluding concerts for schoolchildren), although the orchestra still retained overall debt of $ 8.9 million CAD in 2008. In 2022, the TSO ended the season with its first net surplus since 1979. In April 2015, controversy ensued after the TSO cancelled the appearance of Valentina Lisitsa , citing Twitter postings by her in relation to

270-708: The principal bassist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra . After he received a degree in music from the University of Toronto, he went on to Austria and Italy to study under two renowned double bass pedagogues, respectively Ludwig Streicher and Franco Petracchi . Quarrington has won numerous music competitions, including first prize in the CBC talent festival in 1976, and second prize in the Geneva International Music Competition in 1978 (first prize

288-509: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Quarrington . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quarrington&oldid=531450484 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

306-440: Was extended through to the 2017-2018 season. He concluded his TSO tenure at the close of the 2017-2018 season and was given the title of conductor emeritus. With Oundjian, the TSO made commercial recordings for its own TSO Live label and for other labels such as Chandos Records . By the 2006–2007 season, the subscriber base had increased to about 25,000, and the audience average capacity also increased to 84%. In November 2008,

324-704: Was not awarded that year). He played as principal bass with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra between 1979 and 1988, and the Canadian Opera Company between 1989 and 1991, and then proceeded to become principal bass of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Since September 2006, he has been the Principal Bass of the National Arts Centre Orchestra and he became Principal Bass of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2013. Quarrington plays on

#624375