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2020 CONDUCTORS GUILD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
February 5 - 7, 2020
Conservatoire de Musique - Montréal
4750 Henri-Julien Avenue
Montréal, Québec, CANADA
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
*Please note: The Conductors Guild reserves the right to change/modify session times and presenters.
TUESDAY, February 4, 2020 - Plan to arrive early and join us for a tasty Social Event!
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Microbrewery Beer-Tasting Social Event!
Station Hopfenstark (Ho.St)
1494 Ontario St. E, Montréal
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WEDNESDAY, February 5, 2020 - All Daytime Sessions at Conservatoire de Musique, Montréal
7:30am - 8:30am
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Breakfast on your own
**Travel to:
Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Recital Hall
4750 Henri-Julien Avenue, Montréal (Métro: Mont-Royal)
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| 8:30am - 9:00am |
Registration - pick up name badge and folder
Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Recital Hall
4750 Henri-Julien Avenue, Montréal (Métro: Mont-Royal)
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| 9:00am - 9:10am |
Opening Session
Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Recital Hall
4750 Henri-Julien Avenue, Montréal (Métro: Mont-Royal)
Welcome - Dr. Julius P. Williams, President, Conductors Guild
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| 9:10am - 9:55am |
Major Orchestras - Hiring Children's Choruses: Do's and Don'ts
Speaker: Patricia Abbott - EMSB Chorale, Podium 2020 Co-chair
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| 10:05am - 10:50am |
Programming
Speaker: David Robertson - The Juilliard School, Sydney Symphony
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| 11:00am - 12:00pm |
The Conductor and the Administration: Create the Magic
Panel: Jean R. Dupré - Orchestre Métropolitain
Christopher Deacon - National Arts Centre
Dennis Alves - Boston Pops
Moderator: Claire Fox Hillard - Albany (GA) Symphony
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| 12:00pm - 1:30pm |
Conference Luncheon
Keynote Speaker: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Orchestre Métropolitain
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra
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| 1:45pm - 2:30pm |
Conducting Live Video Game Music
Speaker: Emmanuel Fratianni - Billboard Top-10 Composer, Video Games Live
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| 2:35pm - 3:00pm |
Shuffle Along, An African American Musical
Speakers: Lyn Schenbeck - Nixon Center for the Performing and Visual Arts,
Lawrence Schenbeck -Spelman College, Emeritus
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| 3:10pm - 3:55pm |
Intonation is in the Wind....
Speaker: Alain Cazes - Orchestre Métropolitain, McGill University
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| 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
Visit Exhibitors
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| 5:00pm - 6:30pm |
Dinner on your own - we will be making arrangements for groups
to dine together, ad hoc, if desired.
**Travel to: Place-des-Arts area
175 Saint-Catherine Street, West
Montréal, Québec H2X 1Y9
Mentoring Session - tba
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| 7:00pm - 9:30pm |
Open Rehearsal - Orchestre Métropolitain
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor
Salle D | Place-des-Arts
175 Saint-Catherine Street, West
Montréal, Québec H2X 1Y9
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2020
| 8:30am - 9:45am |
Breakfast at Allô! mon coco, Mont-Royal
4448 St Laurent Blvd.
Montréal, Québec H2W 1Z5
OR
Canadian Music Center
1085 Beaver Hall Hill #200
Montréal, QC, H2Z 1S5
Hosts: Claire Marchand, Louis-Noël Fontaine
**ALL TRAVEL TO CONSERVATOIRE DE MUSIQUE - MONTRÉAL
4750 Henri-Julien Avenue, Montréal (Métro: Mont-Royal)
Mentoring Session - tba
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| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
Canadian Music Center
Speaker: Claire Marchand
How to Maximize a Collaboration with a Composer
Speaker: Maxime Goulet
Canadian Composers Contemporary Music Session
Composers: Maxime Goulet, Éric Champagne, Airat Ichmouratov,
Louis Babin, Stacey Brown, Nicolas Gilbert, Tim Brady, Alejandra Odgers
Moderator: Silas Nathaniel Huff
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| 12:00pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch on your own
Mentoring Session - tba
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| 1:45pm - 3:00pm |
Contemporary Music Round Table
Speakers:
Véronique Lacroix - Ensemble Contemporain de Montreal
Walter Boudreau - Société de Musique Contemporaine de Québec
Lorraine Vaillancourt - Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
Moderator: Robert Whalen - Philadelphia Opera, SoundLAB Ensemble
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| 3:10pm - 4:00pm |
Retrospective: Wilfrid Pelletier
Speaker: Marc-André Bougie - Texarkana Chorale
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| 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
Conductors Guild Board of Directors Meeting
Julius Williams, President, Conductors Guild Board of Directors
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| 5:00pm - 6:45pm |
Dinner on your own -
Mentoring sessions - tba
**Return to Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal
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| 7:00pm - 9:30pm |
Conducting Opera Masterclass
Speaker: Jacques Lacombe -Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse
Orchestre du Conservatoire with Singers from the Conservatoire
Will include 4 - 5 participating delegate conductors
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020 - All Daytime Sessions at Conservatoire de Musique, Montréal
| 7:30am - 9:00am |
Breakfast on your own |
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9:00am - 9:45am
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An analytical tool for conductors: the classification of
harmonic sequences from Bach to Wagner
Speaker: Marie-Ève Piché -
on behalf of Professor Luce Beaudet, author, Université de Montréal
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9:55am - 10:40am
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Conducting Baroque Music
Speaker: Hank Knox - McGill University
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10:50am - 11:35am
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"Build a roof over your head"
Speaker: Boris Brott - Orchestre Classique de Montréal
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11:45am - 12:30pm
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Conductors Guild Annual Membership Meeting
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12:30pm - 1:35pm
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Lunch on your own
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1:45pm - 2:30pm
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Think Tank!
Join your colleague for an open discussion on music director searches.
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2:35pm - 3:20pm
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Orchestras in Their Communities: Evolving Expectations and New Requirements
for Leaders
Speaker: Katherine Carleton - Orchestras Canada
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3:30pm - 5:00pm
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Ballet: The Studio Rehearsal
Speaker: David Briskin - National Ballet of Canada
Dancers: Rachele Buriassi, Roddy Doble - Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal
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**Travel to: Place-des-Arts area - Metro: Mont-Royal- Place-des-Arts
175 Saint-Catherine Street, West
Montréal, Québec H2X 1Y9
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6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Cocktails and Buffet
Place-des-Arts
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7:30pm - 10:00pm
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Concert - Orchestre Métropolitain
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor
Hétu - Symphony No. 5
Mozart - Great Mass in C Minor
Carolyn Sampson - Soprano
Julie Boulianne - Mezzo-Soprano
Jonas Hacker - Tenor
Phillipe Sly - Bass-Baritone
Chœur Métropolitain - prepared by François A. Ouimet and Pierre Tourville
Location: Maison Symphonique Hall - (Place des Arts)
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