Silence is Golden…

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I’ll Never Smile Again

The Bloor-Gladstone Branch Library is undergoing a $6.5 million overhaul, making it the most extensive renovation/expansions ever undertaken by the Toronto Public Library system of one of it’s wonderful historic locations.

I was delighted to have the opportunity to record on location yesterday. One can only marvel at the incredible acoustic properties of the high, arched cielings, contrasted by the din of excavation just outside the walls…there was a momentary lull in the industrial sounds, just long enough for this piece by Toronto’s Ruth Lowe Sandler (1914-1981).

I wonder if a young Miss Lowe ever visited this Library after it opened it’s doors back in 1912!

Learn more about Ruth Lowe Sandler…

www.encyclopediecanadienne.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0004030

For more info on the reno…

/www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/hou_loc_bra_bl_renovation.jsp

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Published:: 04.21.07 / 6am

Category:: (BACK TO TOP), HISTORIC TREASURES, SITES IN TRANSITION

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With a love of teaching and chamber music, Toronto-based flutist JAMIE THOMPSON has performed as both soloist and chamber musician in Canada and the United States, and continues to be active as aFreelance Musician, Teacher, Adjudicator and Clinician, specializing in community outreach, multi-media events and creative, performance-preparation workshops and coaching sessions.

Jamie has been on the Flute Faculty of the RCM since 1988. In addition to teaching and coaching, he has served as Chair, Woodwind Brass and Percussion Department, and has served on numerous committees, including The Community School Divisional Committee, Academic Council and the Council of Examiners. In addition Jamie has presented workshops on Examination and Performance Preparation, co-ordinated the RCM Professional Development Lecture Series, and has co-chaired the Faculty Advisory Committee for the RCM’s new TELUS Performance and Learning Centre, scheduled to open in 2008.

Jamie 11.23.07 / 5am

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