PRESENTS
LEONIDAS VARAHIDIS Artistic Director/Conductor
EASTMINSTER UNITED CHURCH • MAY 5, 7:30 PM
torontocommunityorchestra.org
VIOLIN I
Alessia Disimino, Concertmaster
Jerry BrailDoug Cuttell
Iosif DeacKatelynn Laarakker
Grace LawChristine MoonNicole Morino
Natasha Tennant
VIOLIN II
Bill McMillan, PrincipalJoyce Allen
Holly BoyneFong Di CaterinaSolomon Hoasjoe
Christina KimAmy NishioSusan Ross
Sharon ScanlanMichael SchneiderLorette Steenman
Naomi Zahavi
The TCO gratefully acknowleges Eastminster United Church for its
generous support and patronage.
THE TORONTO COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA
VIOLA
Meredith Crouch, Principal
Catherine InglisMarianne Khurana
Mary NishioSue Pember
Kathy Robson Steffanie Tam Pamela Young
CELLO
David Lopez, PrincipalLesley BartlettOwen Griffiths
Dale HildebrandSusan Kopulos
Jane McKinneyLesley Mead
Eleanor MooreRobert Rinkoff
Bonnie Sheckter*Rita Shahin
Marion Wilk
BASS
Kevin Hurley, PrincipalDylan Gamble
Radek Puky
FLUTE
Marie CampbellMichele Frensch
Rosalie Goldberg*
OBOE
Jennifer JonesEric Chow
CLARINET
Rebecca Naylor, PrincipalIrv Brown
FRENCH HORN
Tim Mallory, PrincipalHilary DawsonDawn Hanley
Olivier LaquerreBarb Rice
BASSOON
Anne Whiteside*, PrincipalLeon Li
Nora Mular-Richards
TRUMPET
Darrin Hicks, PrincipalEdwin Lang
TROMBONE
Richard PereiraBecky Stewart
TIMPANI
Marlene Sagada
PERCUSSION
Gord FalkMarlene Sagada
KEYBOARD
Marion Wilk
Leonidas (Louis) Varahidis, Artistic Director/Conductor
*on temporary leave
Toronto-based violinist ALESSIA DISIMINO, who began studying the
violin at the age of two, is recognized for her thoughtful
musicality and instinctive interpretations. A scholarship student
at the University of Toronto since her first year, Alessia has
recently been Concertmaster of the University of Toronto Symphony
Orchestra and principal second violinist of the University Opera.
In the past, Alessia has performed as a featured
soloist at Carnegie Hall in New York with her high school’s
Senior String Orchestra (2011), was a member of the Royal
Conservatory of Music’s Young Artist’s Performance Academy
(2009-2011), and was a member of the Toronto Symphony Youth
Orchestra for two seasons (2010-2012). She has attended summer
study programs including the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute,
the Orford Academy, and the Domaine Forget Academy.
Alessia has performed solo repertoire in master classes for
Jonathan Crow, Timothy Ying, Erika Raum, Mark Fewer, Jeanne Lamon,
Rachel Barton-Pine, Stefan Jackiw, and Lara St. John, amongst
others. As an active chamber musician, Alessia has performed in
Quebec and throughout Ontario in public concerts and outreach
performances as a member of the Chagall Trio (2012) and the Chiron
String Quartet (2013-15), both formed at the University of Toronto.
Alessia is the recipient of numerous awards at the Faculty of
Music, and was most recently awarded the Women’s Musical Club of
Toronto Centennial Scholarship (2014), a generous award for musical
and academic merit.
Alessia is currently completing her Bachelor of Music in Violin
Performance at the University of Toronto as a scholarship student
of Annalee Patipatanakoon, along with a Minor in English. Apart
from her studies, Alessia is passionate about teaching and
community outreach. She volunteers her time with the Toronto
Community Orchestra, which she joined as Concertmaster in January
2015. She performs regularly in music ministry at her parish, and
teaches violin on a private basis. Alessia is excited to join the
TCO for her first concerts with the orchestra this season.
LEONIDAS (LOUIS) VARAHIDIS is a graduate of the University of
Toronto’s Concurrent Teaching Education Program (B.Mus ’12,
B.Ed’12), in which he was the recipient of the Neil D. Graham
Scholarship for the graduate attaining the highest proficiency in
his or her field. His principal instrument during his studies was
the euphonium.
Now in his third year as a teacher within the Toronto District
School Board, he has had the opportunity to teach music, English
and other subjects to junior high, high school and adult students.
He has led jazz bands, orchestras, bands of all levels, and a men’s
choir. He currently teaches English and geography at Sir John A.
MacDonald Collegiate Institute. Outside of the classroom, Leonidas
is a teacher facilitator for the Ontario Educational Leadership
Centre’s Intermediate Arts Camp, where students learn leadership
skills through a focus on the arts.
This is Leonidas’s third season as Conductor/Artistic Director
of the Toronto Community Orchestra (TCO). He is very proud of the
work and dedication the members of this orchestra have put towards
the music, and looks forward to his continuing association with the
TCO.
LEONIDAS VARAHIDIS Artistic Director/Conductor
ALESSIA DISIMINO Concertmaster
Please join us after the concert for a reception in the
Auditorium.
TRAVEL
ITINERARY
CZECH REBUBLIC
Antonín Dvořák, Slavonic Dances Op. 46 “No. 8 Furiant”
ENGLAND
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Norfolk Rhapsody
AUSTRIA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 40 I: Molto Allegro
ITALY
Aram Khachaturian, “Adagio” from Spartacus
NORWAY
Edvard Grieg, Four Norwegian DancesI. Allegro marcato
II. Allegretto tranquillo e graziosoIII. Allegro moderato alla
Marcia
IV. Allegro molto