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IN MEMORIAM NOTICE:REVEREND CALVIN DIEGEL passed away on November 21, 2016. His dedication to serving the community and the membership of Faith Lutheran Church will be long remembered. Poverty issues, child welfare, Scouting, music, community heritage, and Christmas Baskets were all issues that occupied Cal’s time and interest. Cal worked diligently for the BSO Book Fair for over 20 years and in support of his late wife Elizabeth’s efforts with the committee. His passing signifies the end of an era for the Book Fair Committee. Along with the late Lorne Berry and Bob Butler, Cal was one of the “Three Amigos” as they were called. They were the first men to help the committee and as a result others have become as dedicated as the original three. Their tireless work and sense of humour will be missed dearly by the committee. May they rest in peace.


SILVER BELLS

PHILIP SARABURACONDUCTOR

DEC 10 2016 | The Sanderson Centre for the Performing ArtsFanfare for Christmas Morning Jesse Ayers

A Most Wonderful Christmas Arr. R Sheldon

Overture to “Nutcracker” Ballet P. I. Tchaikovsky

Somewhere in My Memory (from “Home Alone”) J. Williams

Canon of the Bells Arr. C. Stephens

You Raise Me Up R. Lovland & B. Graham

Do You Hear what I Hear Arr. H. Simeone

Intermission

Brassy Holidays Arr. S. Hale

Fantasia on Canadian Carols R. Royer (Huron Carol, Il est né, The Cherry Tree Carol, La Guignolée)

Carol of the Bells Arr. R. Wendel

In Dulci Jubilo Arr. R. Beckett

White Winter Hymnal Arr. Pentatonix

O Holy Night Arr. R. Clausen

Christmas Angels Sing-along Arr. M. McNaughtin

We Need a Little Christmas J. Herman

with Assumption College Choir Naomi Ratelband, conductor


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VIOLIN ILeslie Dawn KnowlesPRINICPALErica BestonAlain BouvierAmalia CanzoneriWren CanzoneriGeorge ClelandJanet Horne CozensTak KwanAlexey PankratovLeonid Peisahov

VIOLIN IIHelen HongPRINICPALEskender BekmambetovLaila HaightEmily HauBarbara HindrichsJulia McGrawMarcus Scholtes

VIOLAAnn ArminPRINICPALTaryn ChaykowskiJonathan CraigSheila SmythLinda UmbricoDavid Willms

CELLOAndras WeberPRINICPALSamuel BissonMonika KuzmaTom MuellerRon Royer

BASSBob MillsPRINICPALPeter PavlovskySherri Preuss

FLUTELeslie NewmanPRINICPALVivian Minden

OBOENancy NelsonPRINICPALElizabeth Raum

CLARINETKaye RoyerPRINICPALMargaret Gillie

BASSOONCedric ColemanPRINICPALLarkin Hinder

HORNNeil SpauldingPRINICPALTeresa LeeDavid QuackenbushOlivia Esther

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PERCUSSIONJean-Norman IadelucaPRINICPALD’Arcy GrayStefan KitaiErnie Porthouse


RONALD ROYERComposerWebsite: ronaldroyer.com

Ronald Royer is a multi-talented musician who is active as a composer, cellist, conductor, and educator. As a composer, over 60 orchestras have performed his music including international performances by Sinfonia Finlandia, Joensuu City Orchestra (Finland), Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic (Czech Republic), La Camerata (Greece), members of the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra (Germany), the Susquehanna Symphony and the iPalpiti Orchestra in Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles). Canadian performances include the Kitchener-

Waterloo Symphony, Orchestra London, Thunder Bay Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Symphony New Brunswick, and the Brantford Symphony. Recordings of his music include Premieres, featuring violinist Conrad Chow and Sinfonia Toronto, The Hollywood Flute of Louise DiTullio with Sinfonia Toronto, The Nightingale’s Rhapsody with Clarinetist Jerome Summers and The Thirteen Strings of Ottawa, as well as recordings by the Los Angeles Studio Orchestra, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, iPalpiti Orchestra, Toronto Sinfonietta, HornPipes Duo, Chamber Music Society of Mississauga, Triofus, and cellist Simon Fryer. He has worked in film and theatre, and this includes (with co-composer Kevin Lau) the score for Gooby, starring Robbie Coltrane and Eugene Levy.

Mr. Royer teaches at the University of Toronto Schools and is involved in a variety of initiatives to promote music education throughout Ontario.


RONALD ROYERFantasia on Canadian Carols/Fantaisie sur des Airs de Noël canadiens, for Orchestra, or Choir and Orchestra

1. Huron Carol

2. Il est né, le divin Enfant

3. The Cherry Tree Carol

4. La Guignolée

NOTES BY THE COMPOSER

I was interested in writing two orchestra works, one for Christmas and another to

commemorate the 150th anniversary of Canada in 2017. Finally, I realized I might

be able to combine both these ideas into a single work, a Fantasia on Canadian

Carols. I realized that I only knew of the Huron Carol. In the summer of 2015, I

started to research the history of Christmas carols in Canada, which took me on

a fascinating discovery of Canadian holiday traditions. I found three categories:

carols that travelled from Europe and remained the same; carols that travelled

from Europe and evolved into a Canadian variant; and new carols composed in

Canada. I also discovered some uniquely Canadian Christmas music, including

“Santa Claw” songs, found in the Maritimes.

I started talking about my idea to friends who gave me the idea of writing two

versions, one for orchestra and the other for choir and orchestra. I chose to base

my Fantasia on a group of four older traditional carols representing three areas of

Canada: Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. I decided to title this work in both

our languages since two carols are sung in English and two in French.

THE HURON CAROL

The Huron Carol is considered to be the first Canadian Christmas carol, probably

first sung in 1641 or 1642, and written by Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary at

Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Ontario. Brébeuf wrote the lyrics in the native


language of the Huron/Wendat people to a French folk song Une Jeune Pucelle

(A Young Maiden). The lyrics of this carol combines the birth of Jesus with Huron

religious concepts. Today, this carol is commonly heard with the English lyrics

written by Jesse Edgar Middleton in 1926.

IL EST NÉ, LE DIVIN ENFANT

Il est né, le divin Enfant (He is born, the divine Child), is originally a traditional

French carol, but travelled to Canada to become part of French Canadian

Christmas celebrations. Ernest Gagnon, an important 19th century collector of

French Canadian folksongs, used this carol in his Cantiques populaires pour la

fête de Noël (1909), a wonderful collection of French Canadian Christmas carols

for choir and organ. The melody in this version is slightly different than the

original French carol.

The chorus of this carol has strong musical connections, “He is born, the Heav’nly

Child, Oboes play; set bagpipes sounding. He is born, the Heav’nly Child. Let all

sing His nativity.”

THE CHERRY-TREE CAROL

The Cheery-Tree Carol is an old traditional English carol from the early 15th

century. There are different versions of this carol, so it is not surprising that it

found a new melody and lyrics in Canada. The important collector of folksongs

from the Maritimes, Helen Creighton, collected a beautiful version from William

Riley, who lived in the aptly named Cherry Brook, Nova Scotia.

The lyrics tell an apocryphal story of the Virgin Mary, occurring while traveling

with Joseph to Bethlehem for the census.

LA GUIGNOLÉE

La Guignolée or La Guiannée, is a French medieval tradition that travelled to

French Canada with the first French settlers. It became popular in Quebec,

parts of the Maritimes (including New Brunswick), and a few French-Canadian

communities in the United States. Occurring on either Christmas Eve or New

Year’s Eve, the singing participants went door to door asking for food and drink,

plus donations for the poor. The backside of the pig was considered a prize, and


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if not available, the group would ask to take the eldest daughter or even threaten

to burn down the house. According to Marius Barbeau, the great 20th century

collector of French folksongs, the rowdy group was followed by an old buggy

(to contain the gifts), and all the dogs of the neighourhood. Ernest Gagnon

discovered the catchy melody from the area around Montreal and Quebec.

COMMISSIONING AND FIRST PERFORMANCES

The Fantasia on Canadian Carols was commissioned and premiered by the

International Symphony Orchestra (Douglas Bianchi, conductor) joined by the

International Symphony Singers (Dr. David Troiano, conductor) on December

2, 2016 (Clyde Township, Michigan) and December 3 (Sarnia, Ontario); the

Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra (Ronald Royer, conductor) on December

3 (Scarborough, Ontario); Symphony New Brunswick (Michael Newnham,

conductor) joined by the Louisbourg Choir (Monique Richard, conductor) on

December 3 (Saint John, New Brunswick), December 5 (Moncton, NB) and

December 6 (Fredericton, NB); and the Brantford Symphony Orchestra (Philip

Sarabura conductor) on December 10, 2016 (Brantford, Ontario).


The Assumption College Vocal Ensemble has been performing for over 15

years. Originally, the vocal classes would compete in the Ontario Vocal Festival

held in Cambridge, until Mrs. Ratelband began the after school group. We

have travelled to elementary school shows for the annual Christmas tours,

to Wonderland for the Music Festival in May and even made our way out to

Montreal, Cleveland and New York. The ensemble has seen many changes over

the years, most recently with the increase of a capella groups, they have been

inspired to do works by the “Pentatonix”.

Always a lively group, the ACS Vocal Ensemble boasts over 50 members, from

grades 9 - 12. The tenor and bass sections could be filled in more, however,

many of the female voices can sing contralto! The group has been preparing

since October for the performance with the Brantford Symphony orchestra and

are extremely excited to have the privilege to do so. For more information about

the group and to keep up to date with recent events, visit: http://nratelband.

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