Riversongs 2020

Whispering River Music presents

A Cultural Fall Fair

Friday Coffee Houses, Saturday Workshops, & Sunday B.Y.O. Picnic Concerts

Sept. 11th - 13th: Local, Organic

Sept. 18th - 20th: A 40 Year Garden

Sept. 25th - 27th: Bert Weir Days

Foley Community Hall

60 Rankin Lake Rd., Foley, ON

Our Commitment to COVID-19 Safety

In these uncertain times, we are committed to making sure you and your children are safe at Riversongs! We are taking all the necessary precautions to run our Riversongs Cultural Fall Fair. Our concerts will have limited seating and all performances will be held outdoors (weather permitting). We will also enforce social distancing protocols and have smaller groups during performances and weekend event sessions. If we come and make music, art and poetry, together we can show the strength of the human spirit!

Invitation To Local Businesses

To celebrate our Local & Organic sustainability, we are extending the invitation to any locally owned businesses in the Parry Sound and surrounding areas to join us for our round table discussions in September! For further information contact us at: whisperingriverorchestra@gmail.ca or call Brenda Muller at 905-960-9281. We hope to see you there!

3 WEEKENDS OF ART, MUSIC, AND POETRY

Local, Organic

Growing the Culture of Sustainability

Friday Sept. 11th - Sunday Sept. 13th

Friday Coffee House:
Hosts: Rick Capreol & Brenda Margaret Muller

Saturday Open Doors Workshops:
Art, Orchestral Instruments, Composition

Saturday Discussion Circle:
Growing a culture of sustainablity, with local
artists and businesses

Sunday Concert: Music includes Bach & Greig,
Riversongs Commission Award premier:

Saman Shahi

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A 40 Year Garden

The Cultivation of the Association of Canadian Women Composers

Friday Sept. 18th - Sunday Sept. 20th

Friday Coffee House:
Host: Catherine Wheatley

Saturday Open Doors Workshops:
Art, Orchestral Instruments, Composition

Saturday Discussion Circle:
Cultivation of the A.C.W.C., with
many renowned Canadian Women Composers

Sunday Concert: Music by Canadian Women,
ACWC Riversongs Award premier:

Janet Danielson

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Bert Weir Days

Sustaining the Interface between Music, Art, & Nature

Friday Sept. 25th - Sunday Sept. 27th

Friday Coffee House:

Songwriter Terry Christenson & Poet Ken Christenson

Saturday Open Doors Workshops:
Art, Orchestral Instruments, Composition
Saturday Discussion Circle:
Sustaining Nature with Culture

Sunday Concert: Music includes Elgar

• Britten • Selections from Mozart

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FRIDAY COFFEE HOUSES

Sept. 11th ● 7:00 PM

Local, Organic

Opening Ceremony with Marilyn Capreol

Join hosts

Rick Capreol & Brenda Margaret Muller

Paul & Ella Cowan ● Harbour ● Terry Storr

WRO Summer Students & local musical friends

Sept. 18th ● 7:00 PM

A 40 Year Garden

Join host Singer Songwriter

Katherine Wheatley

Margaret Kamerman ● Kyung A Lee

Paul & Ella Cowan ● Patricia & Phillip Morehead

& music from inspiring local artists

Sept. 25th ● 7:00 PM

Bert Weir Days

Join host singer songwriter

Terry Christenson

Ken Christenson ● Brenda and Rick

The Usual Suspects ● Fabian Arcinegas

& more from original local artists

SATURDAY DROP IN WORKSHOPS

Sept. 12th

Local, Organic

Workshops for Beginners

Drop In: 10 AM - 11 AM

Orchestral Workshop: 11 AM - 12 PM

Private lessons: 10 AM - 12 PM

Featuring

Sonia Klimasko Brenda Margaret

Muller

Violin/Viola Cello

and

Emma Vachon Terry Storr

Violin/Viola Clarinet

10 AM - 11 AM:

Drop In Workshops for Beginners - Meet and greet a new instrument! Learn to play the violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, flute, piano, or percussion. Instructed by Sonia Klimasko (violin & viola), Emma Vachon (violin & viola), Brenda Margaret Muller (cello), and Terry Storr (clarinet & woodwinds). Limited to 10 minutes per person.

10:30 AM - 11 AM:

Music Moppets with Zach Louch

11 AM - 12 PM:

Orchestral Workshop for Beginners - Join us and rehearse beginner's pieces Ash Grove and Cripple Creek to be performed at Sunday's concert. Led by Sonia Klimasko, Emma Vachon, Brenda Margaret Muller, and Zach Louch.

10 AM - 12 PM:

Private lessons - available with Sonia Klimasko, Emma Vachon, Terry Storr, and Brenda Margaret Muller.
Drop In Mask Making and Arts & Crafts with Cassie Horley

For more information about our faculty, click here.

12 PM:

Growing Sustainable Culture: Discussion Circle - exploring the relationship between businesses and art to create a sustainable future

Brenda Margaret Muller, Artistic Director of Whispering River Orchestra with Composer Saman Shahi

Ron Zytaruck, Tiny Homes and Affordable Housing

Laura Blease, Seeds for Ecology

Mayor Ann MacDiarmid, Seguin

Kelli Ebbs, Muskoka North Good Food Coop

Wanda Davis, vendor (all vendors are also invited to join)

1:30 PM:

Composition Circle with Saman Shahi - Meet Saman Shahi, the composer of this weekend's premier! Try your hand at composing your own music or simply listen to a riveting discussion surrounding the composition of Shahi's piece, Suspended Doorways.
Songwriters Free-Jazz Jam with Brenda and Rick

3 PM:

Orchestral Workshop for Intermediate and Advanced Players - Play and prepare repertoire for Sunday's concert, including Suspended Doorways by Saman Shahi. Led by Brenda Margaret Muller and David McFadden.

FACULTY

Sept. 19th

A 40 Year Garden

Drop In: 10 AM - 11 AM

Private lessons: 10 AM - 12 PM

Featuring

Sonia Klimasko Brenda Margaret

Muller

Violin/Viola Cello

and

Emma Vachon Terry Storr

Violin/Viola Clarinet

Emily Sun

Violin/Viola

Workshops for Beginners

9 AM:

Creative Kayaking with Katja Mathys at Foley Matheson Beach

10 AM - 11 AM:

Drop In Workshops for Beginners - Meet and greet a new instrument! Learn to play the violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, flute, piano, or percussion. Instructed by Sonia Klimasko (violin & viola), Emily Sun (violin & viola), Emma Vachon (violin & viola), Brenda Margaret Muller (cello), and Terry Storr (clarinet & woodwinds). Limited to 10 minutes per person.

10:30 AM - 11 AM:

Music Moppets with Zach Louch

10 AM - 12 PM:

Private lessons - available with Sonia Klimasko, Emily Sun, Emma Vachon, Terry Storr, and Brenda Margaret Muller.
Drop In Mask Making and Arts & Crafts with Cassie Horley

For more information about our faculty, click here.

12 PM:

Creative Sustainability: Discussion Circle - exploring the relationship between businesses and art to create a sustainable future

Brenda Margaret Muller, Artistic Director of Whispering River Orchestra with composer Janet Danielson

Katherine Wheatley, Singer Songwriter

Carol Ann Weaver, Composer

Jana Skarecky, Artist & Composer

Marilyn Capreol, First Nations Elder

Wave Weir, Fashion Designer & Textile Artist

Mayor Ann MacDiarmid, Seguin

Kelli Ebbs, Muskoka North Good Food Coop

Wanda Davis, vendor (all vendors are also invited to join)

1 PM - 2:30 PM:

Poetry Workshop with Gwyneth Storr

1:30 PM:

Composition Circle with Janet Danielson - Meet Janet Danielson, the composer of this weekend's premier! Try your hand at composing your own music or simply listen to a riveting discussion surrounding the composition of Danielson's piece, Frontlines.
Songwriting with Katherine Wheatley
Workshop on the Textile Mill Project with Wave Weir

3 PM:

Orchestral Workshop for Intermediate and Advanced Players - Play