Congratulations to Canadian composers Richard Gibson, Eileen Padgett, Suzanne Hébert Tremblay, John Palmer and Arsenio Girón, each of whom had substantial new works read by the National Arts Centre Orchestra (conducted by Gary Kulesha) in public performances at the NAC earlier this month.
Mme. Thérèse Boutin, Directrice generale of the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivieres, has been elected as chair of the governing board of the Conservatoire de musique de Trois-Rivières. As well, she continues her work as vice chair of the board of Orchestras Canada, treasurer of the Conseil québécois de la musique and member of the planning committee for the Trois-Rivières Chamber of Commerce.
The National Arts Centre Orchestra has announced the retirement of Principal Librarian Margo Hodgson and Assistant Librarian Greg Hodgson, effective at the end of the 2009-10 season. As NACO artistic administrator Daphne Burt noted in her tribute, they “have transformed the Orchestra library into a perfectly tuned machine. Members of the NAC Orchestra and music director Pinchas Zukerman realize that Margo and Greg set the gold standard of library work. They will be sorely missed.” At the same time, NACO has announced the appointment of their successors: Nancy Elbeck, principal librarian; and Corey Rempel, assistant librarian. Ms Elbeck comes to the NAC Orchestra from both the Hamilton Philharmonic and the Buffalo Philharmonic, where she was principal librarian and assistant librarian, respectively. Mr. Rempel originally trained as a tubist, and has been the librarian of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra for the past year. The new team begins work at the end of August.
