Presented by Health Arts Society
2012–2014 Report National Funder
Preface BMO Financial Group’s donation to the work of Health Arts Societies and Société pour les arts en milieux de santé provides a platform for an unprecedented programme in the history of Canadian arts. Never before has it been possible for so many isolated in care; people with disabilities and frail elders, to enjoy high quality music-making in a wide variety of genres. The singular achievement is in the establishment of the principle that frail elders, people who have contributed to the building of our country, must be included among audiences for live music. This report describes the work of the societies during the period of participation to date of BMO Financial Group as National Funder of the programme. It also reviews the work of the societies from its foundation in 2006 and looks forward to the tenth anniversary of that founding, and beyond. The partnership with BMO Financial Group has, we trust, satisfied the Group’s expectations as partners in the programme. There remains a great deal to do to consolidate the programme
Votre oeuvre me touche et suscite toute mon admiration / I was moved by this initiative which deserves all my admiration. – Yannick Nézet-Séguin
nationally but the foundations have been laid for building in each province by people who value the principles of the societies and bring local insight and expertise to their development. BMO Financial Group’s contribution is of unprecedented scale and stands as a public reinforcement of the its values as a corporation and as a leader in Canadian social development.
Introduction Health Arts Societies and Société pour les arts en milieux de santé are a Canadawide group of registered charities bringing the joy and enrichment of first-class, professionally-performed music to people, particularly frail elders, isolated in care. The first of these societies, Health Arts Society, was founded in British Columbia in 2006. The seven societies, serving audiences in all provinces are the following: Health Arts Society (BC) Health Arts Society of Alberta Health Arts Society of Regina Health Arts Society of Manitoba Health Arts Society of Ontario Société pour les arts en milieux de santé Health Arts Society of Atlantic Canada Concerts in Care are 45-minute concerts performed by first-class professional musicians in institutional residences for people with chronic frailties, illnesses and disabilities. The societies address the imbalance between services provided to audiences able to access live music in the community and those isolated, often for the rest of their lives, in residential care.
Health Arts Societies stand by their purpose to inform Canadians of the importance of providing first-class music for people in care for all the reasons it is important to do so for other sectors of the community; from the youngest children to those elders who can attend events. There is a great deal of recent research demonstrating the value of music to people’s well-being. Knowing that music is integral to human experience we are now learning how the mind responds to it. Concerts in Care are therapeutic in the same way as music is therapeutic for everybody, and we also know that it’s especially valued and enriching when people are otherwise excluded from musical life; the remarkable responses to Concerts in Care exhibited by people with a range of frailties, including severe dementia, tell us so. It’s not surprising that something so ubiquitous in our lives should be missed when it’s absent – and quality is vital.
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Our Performers Concerts in Care performers are chosen from the ranks of presenting organizations across the country and the community of freelance professional musicians, who are paid for their work, although the audiences also benefit from the artists’ goodwill. The distinctive innovations of Concerts in Care are its ambitious scale, regularity and professionalism.
photo: Yukiko Onley
Our Audience Elders and others entering care must leave their homes and possessions and give up their lives as autonomous individuals. They have often suffered significant personal losses, including the deaths of a spouse and many of their circle of friends, and must reconcile themselves to declining health. Concerts in Care helps to normalize their existence, bringing them the enrichment of fine music and respectful and vitalizing contact with performers.
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The Work of Health Arts Societies and Société pour les arts en milieux de santé Concerts in Care brings music to people isolated in care for a fraction of the cost of delivery of equivalent programming to well and autonomous audiences. A very substantial proportion of the societies’ revenues is paid to musicians and extremely efficient techniques for delivery and service of the concerts have been developed. Each society is a registered charity responding to specific conditions in each province. The administration and development functions of all of the societies are managed by a small core team. Concerts in Care is a uniquely-scaled and efficient response to a significant human need of people isolated in care.
Associate Organizations The Associate Organizations support the objectives and values of Health Arts Societies and SAMS and provide cultural assets to the concert programme: National Arts Centre Orchestra Opera Lyra Ottawa Ottawa Chamber Music Festival Kingston Musicians Association Kingston Symphony Toronto Symphony Orchestra Canadian Opera Company University of Toronto Faculty of Music Tafelmusik Regina Symphony Orchestra Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Vancouver Opera Association UBC School of Music Jeunesses Musicales du Canada Opéra de Montréal Opéra de Québec Orchestre Métropolitain Orchestre Symphonique de Québec Violons du Roy
Health Arts Societies/ SAMS Administration Health Arts Societies David Lemon Founder, Artistic and Executive Director (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario) Raymond Aucoin General Manager (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Atlantic Canada) Karen Taylor Programme Administrator (BC)* Chris New Associate to the General Manager** Noreen Langdon Executive Director, Health Arts Society of Atlantic Canada* SAMS Caroline Therien – General and Artistic Director *quasi-volunteer **part-time
For Board Members and Honorary Patrons of all societies please go to www.healtharts.org and www.samsante.org
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The Story to 2014 • more than 25,000 artist engagements • an audience of over 400,000 • audience member cost per concert: approximately $17
• 7 registered charities across Canada • more than 10,000 concerts provided to audiences in care; residents, their families and staff Concerts delivered 2006 British Columbia
201
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014*
TOTAL
604
621
1,007
545
618
907
878
900
6,281
17
4
50
71
136
29
50
215
Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec
398
398
22
6
50
78
117
132
125
200
574
399
588
635
601
3,019
28
12
50
90
3
10
Atlantic Canada North
5
2
201
604
621
1,405
943
1,134
1,835
1,691
1,904 10,338
Audience served
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014*
British Columbia
8,040 24,160 24,840 40,280 21,800 24,720 36,280 35,120 36,000 251,240
TOTAL
Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario
4,680
Quebec North
160
2,000
2,840
5,440
1,160
2,000
8,600
880
240
2,000
3,120
5,280
5,000
8,000 22,960
1,120
480
2,000
3,600
200
80
120
400
8,040 24,160 24,840 56,213 37,720 45,360 73,400 67,640 76,160 413,533
*projection
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680
15,933 15,920 15,960 23,520 25,400 24,040 120,773
Atlantic Canada TOTAL
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Looking ahead to 2015 2015 is the 10th anniversary of the founding of the first Health Arts Society. Now we have an opportunity for all Health Arts Societies and SAMS to commemorate the inception of what is a cross-Canada programme, to reflect with some satisfaction on its achievements to date and to look forward to vigorously expanding Concerts in Care to become a normal part of Canadian cultural practices. An important job is to reinforce community engagement in the programme while at the same time providing administration services that spread operating costs over several societies. Health Arts Society in BC and SAMS in Quebec are essentially autonomous, and Health Arts Society of Ontario and Health Arts Society of Atlantic Canada are moving in that direction. Boards of directors will be increasingly peopled with local members, and artistic direction will
devolve to their designates. The practice of establishing chapters in which performers, administrators and fundraisers work with local communities, is also gaining ground. Collaborations between Health Arts Societies and its Associate Organizations normalize Concerts in Care as a project whose values are shared by organizations responsible in their communities for providing a wide range of programmes for audiences, and employment for musicians. Funders who provide the material support of the work of Health Arts Societies/SAMS can take satisfaction in enabling the Societies to address audiences numbering hundreds of thousands and providing thousands of musician engagements. We look forward to partnering with them in the next stage of the Societies’ work to make Concerts in Care simply something we do in Canada. In short, the message for 2015 is that a remarkable project is being built – and there is so much more work to do!
Kootenays Chapter Leader Nicola Everton.
David Lemon Founder, Concerts in Care
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Featured Performers We present a selection of performers and their programmes to represent the hundreds of first-rate artists who perform for Concerts in Care audiences.
Patricia Hammond, mezzo-soprano Douglas Balfour, piano Sample programme
Can’t Help Singing He Shall Feed His Flock O Thou that Tellest Ombra Mai Fu Caro Mio Ben Se Tu m’ami Linden Lea A Soft Day Where Corals Lie Drink to me only Salley Gardens Early One Morning Fair House of Joy O Men From the Fields Blow the Wind Southerly The Peat Fire Flame Let The Rest of the World Go By Did you ever see a dream walking? All I do is Dream of You Don’t Fence Me In Till We Meet Again
Patricia Hammond
Douglas Balfour
Thank you so much! We had a wonderful afternoon with the musicians that you sent to perform for our residents on Monday afternoon! They were fabulous! Our residents really appreciated the quality of their music. They were so personable as well and really offered a great show! Beautiful! Thank you to the Health Arts Society and BMO. — Chris Mulat, Zion Park Manor, Surrey
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Featured Performers ROXY Music & Film Concerts Pianist Douglas Balfour will make fifty ROXY Music & Film concert appearances 2012–2014. This is a popular programme of silent films of Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton, accompanied by special piano scores arranged by Raymond Aucoin and Douglas Balfour, and will be enjoyed by an audience of over 2,000.
One of the best things that we can provide. It is an amazing gift for the residents and everyone can’t believe how great this program is and the quality of the performance truly amazing and is so wonderful and beneficial to the residents.
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Featured Performers Jane Coop, piano Sample programme
Haydn – Sonata in B flat Major Beethoven – Sonata in E major, Op.14 No.1 Chopin – 2 Impromptus Chopin – Scherzo, Op.54
I must say that these performances that continue to come to our facilities are absolutely fantastic. The talents are amazing and we are always treated to an original performance. The ‘tidbits’ of information the artists share with the audience regarding songs or an instrument is fascinating. We feel very fortunate to be part of this fabulous program. Thanks to everyone involved – especially the sponsors for making it possible.
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Featured Performers Red Chamber Mei Han, zheng Guilian Liu, pipa Zhimin Yu, ruan Geling Jiang, sanxian Red Chamber takes its inspiration from the traditional Chinese “plucked string” repertoire that is seldom if ever heard in the West. Featuring only plucked strings, they create a unique sound while performing a repertoire that spans centuries, including transcriptions from the Tang Dynasty (618–907) to modern compositions. Red Chamber also explore other genres of plucked string music such as Bluegrass, jazz, and a host of other folk traditions.
You could hear a pin drop, amazing when our residents are usually restless and wandering in and out of any programs. Thank you so much for sharing these amazing performances with us. We look forward to more in the future. The impact was huge and so meaningful and rewarding for our residents. You brought really moments of joy to our residents.
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Yukon, NWT and Nunavut
10 14 32 3
Concerts Delivered Performers Involved Performer Engagements Communities Served
British Columbia Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
2,685 864 6,713 46
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Concerts Delivered Performers Involved Performer Engagements Communities Served
Alberta
71 30 178 6
Concerts Delivered Performers Involved
Saskatchewan
Performer Engagements Communities Served
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215 25 538 15
Concerts Delivered Performers Involved Performer Engagements Communities Served
Manitoba
78 24 195 1
Concerts Delivered Performers Involved Performer Engagements Community Served
Concerts in Care 2012–2014
National Total
5,430 1,361 13,582 130 217,200
Concerts Delivered Performers Involved Performer Engagements Communities Served Audience Members
Newfoundland and Labrador
Quebec Ontario New Brunswick
P.E.I.
Nova Scotia
Ontario
457 115 1,143 25
Quebec
Concerts Delivered Performers Involved Performer Engagements Communities Served
1,824 260 4,560 14
Atlantic Canada Concerts Delivered Performers Involved Performer Engagements Communities Served
90 29 225 20
Concerts Delivered Performers Involved Performer Engagements Communities Served
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Featured Performers Beethoven, Bob and Borealis in BC Throughout 2013–2014 the distinguished pianist Robert Silverman and British Columbia’s principal string quartet, the Borealis String Quartet, will undertake 200 concerts across British Columbia. The programme will be centred on the incomparable works of Beethoven combined with a range of other attractive repertoire to provide audiences with an unusually high level of engagement and delight. This exceptional tour will reach an audience of over 8,000. This project is generously supported by the Vancouver Foundation, Odlum Brown and the Province of British Columbia.
Robert Silverman, piano Sample programme
Beethoven – Bagatalle No. 25 in A minor Für Elise Beethoven – Presto from Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2 Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 Moonlight R. Silverman – Etude (in the style of Chopin)
Borealis String Quartet Sample programme Beethoven – String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 1. Allegretto 2. Vivace 3. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo 4. “ Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß (The difficult decision).” Grave, ma non troppo tratto (Muss es sein?/Must it be?) – Allegro (Es muss sein!/It must be!) – Grave, ma non troppo tratto – Allegro
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Featured Performers Mark McGregor, flute Kenneth Broadway, piano Sample programme
J.S. Bach – Sonata in E-flat Major, BWV 1031 Gounod/Bach – Ave Maria Richard Strauss – Various lieder (transcribed for flute and piano) Gabriel Fauré – Sicilienne Bizet/Borne – Carmen Fantasy
Mark McGregor
Kenneth Broadway
Cecilia String Quartet Min-Jeong Koh, violin Sarah Nematallah, violin Caitlin Boyle, viola Rachel Desoer, cello
Sample programme Webern – Langsamer Satz Tchaikovsky – String Quartet No. 1 in D Major 1. Moderato e semplice 2. Andante cantabile 3. Scherzo: Allegro non tanto e con fuoco 4. Finale: Allegro giusto – Allegro vivace
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Featured Performers Bryan Holt, cello Lisa Tahara, piano Sample programme
Massenet – Andante Schumann – Träumerei Schumann – Three Fantasy Pieces Saint-Saëns – The Swan Massenet – Élégie Bach – Prélude from Suite No. 1 Schumann – Adagio and Allegro Faure – Après un rêve Rogers & Hammerstein – Some Enchanted Evening Massenet - Méditation Young & Heyman – When I Fall in Love
Bryan Holt
Lisa Tahara
I haven’t heard the cello played so beautifully in years and years. Thank you so much for being here today! It’s as if I’d been drinking Kool-Aid my whole life and someone just gave me a nice glass of wine.
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Featured Performers Canadian Opera Company Ileana Montalbetti, soprano Peter McGillivray, baritone Anne Larlee, piano Canadian Opera Company is one of several “Associate Organizations” of the Concerts in Care programme. They include some of Canada’s most prominent music presenters who participate by sharing the values of the project and lending it their artistic resources.
Peter McGillivray
Ileana Montalbetti
Anne Larlee
To have professional singers come and make their glorious music touches something very deep within. I thought today of a quote that I read some time ago. “The soul needs beauty, like the body needs bread”. You brought beauty to our lives here...and it moved many of us to tears.
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Featured Performers The Lady Larks
Sample programme “Tribute to The Andrews Sisters and the music of World War II” Rum and Coca-Cola Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Java Jive Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree Tico Tico Bei mir bist du shein (Means that You’re Grand) Choo Choo Ch’Boogie I’ll Be With You (in Apple Blossom Time) Don’t Get Around Much Anymore Roll Out the Barrel The Nearness of You
We had one of the largest crowds I have seen at the [home]. Besides lots of residents, there multiple generations of families as well. Families are actually planning their visits around when [Concerts in Care] are taking place. The performance...was amazing. You know it is working when you can get people up and dancing.
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Featured Performers Concerts in Care UBC Ambassadors Programme The auditioned programme of 200 concerts from 2012 through 2014, co-funded by the University of British Columbia, brings to audiences in care young performers from the UBC School of Music who are destined to enter the professional music scene.
The Spring 5 undertook sixteen concerts of classical woodwind quintet music at long-term care homes in the Interior of British Columbia in May 2009.
I wanted to let you know that the UBC Ambassadors String Quartet on Saturday was amazing! We had quite a large responsive audience that day and the residents and staff really enjoyed the selections of music. The four ladies were very lovely, talented and interactive with our audience and it was greatly appreciated by all.
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Featured Performers Younggun Kim, piano Sample programme
Schumann/Liszt – Widmung Schumann/Liszt – Erlkönig Poulenc – Trois novelettes 1. Modéré sans lenteur 2. Très rapide et rythmé 3. Andantino tranquillo Liszt – Dante Sonata
Younggun Kim
You gave me so much pleasure to hear you playing – the tears came in my eyes. You’re a sweetheart – a darling. I always enjoy the concerts here, but I can’t tell you how overwhelmed I am by your particular performance today. Please come back!
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Featured Performers Jeanne Lamon, violin Christina Mahler, cello Sample programme
Senaillé – Sonata Dall’Abaco – Sonata Jeanne Lamon Stradella – Sinfonia for violin and cello Telemann – Fantasia No. 1 for solo violin Bach – Sonata in G major for violin and basso continuo, BWV 1021 Traditional – Greensleeves
Christina Mahler
We are very pleased with the performance and the wonderful intention shared by the musicians. Residents who had been withdrawn appeared smiling and engaged. Thank you for the invaluable work that you offer our community.
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Featured Performers Youkali Duo Christina Tannous, soprano Dominic Boulianne, piano Sample programme O. Strauss
Je ne suis pas ce que l’on pense Je t’aime quand même
F. Lehar
Je t’ai donné mon cœur
F. Lopez
La Belle de Cadix
C. Velazquez
Besame mucho
F. Poulenc
Les Chemins de l’amour
E. Satie
Je te veux
R. Hahn
L’heure exquise
L. Mariano
Mexico
A. Lara
Granada
G. Gershwin
Let’s call the whole thing off The Man I love
F. Lehar
Meine Lippen
Monnot/Piaf
Hymne à l’amour
Christina Tannous, soprano and Dominic Boulianne, piano
Ce concert les a fait voyager. La chanteuse a une voix magnifique et la pianiste a beaucoup de talent. Très bon concert! Les résidents ont adoré et certains employés souhaitaient que le concert se prolonge. Un résident très atteint de troubles cognitifs a même chantonné un air du concert.
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Funding Partners
Health Arts Society is an established registered charity which has operated on a sustainable model, without deficit, for nearly seven years. Contributors to the Concerts in Care programme of Health Arts Society, other than health authorities and individual homes, include:
National Funder:
Corporate Donors:
Atma Classique Croisières AML Montréal Hope Family Wines Les Vergers de la Colline Scena Strom spa nordique 2012–2014 REPORT for BMO FINANCIAL GROUP | Funding Partners
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Government:
BC Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts BC Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport BC Gaming Commission Central Kootenay Regional District City of Kamloops
Kaslo & District Community Forest Society Regional District of East Kootenay Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Town of Golden Village of New Denver
Foundations:
Carter Deux-Mille Foundation Delta Community Foundation Kaatza Foundation Kamloops Foundation KMC Foundation Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation Michael O’Brian Foundation for the Arts
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Osprey Community Foundation Rix Family Foundation Schein Foundation Stollery Charitable Foundation Thomas Foundation ZLC Foundation
Health Care Foundations:
Delta Hospital Auxiliary Society Friends of Nelson Elders in Care New Denver Hospital Auxiliary Peace Arch Hospital and Community Health Foundation
Queen’s Park Healthcare Foundation Revelstoke District Health Foundation South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation South Cariboo Health Foundation Trail Hospital Doctors’ Association
Health Authorities:
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Institutions:
Concours Musical International de Montréal Castlegar Arts Council Columbia Valley Arts Council Community Arts Council of Creston
DUCEPPE Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal Nelson & District Arts Council Trail & District Arts Council
Individual Donors and Service Organizations:
Frances Mastrandrea Trust Kimberley Elks Knights of Columbus (Kimberley)
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Mark Creek Lions Club A generous contribution in memory of Elda Nardelli Many generous individual donors
After performing at George Derby Centre, Burnaby, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Honorary Patron of Health Arts Society Bramwell Tovey meets Phil Peterson, brother of the great Canadian pianist, the late Oscar Peterson, April 26, 2012 (iPhoto â&#x20AC;&#x201C; staff)
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For more details of the work and contributions that build the societies ongoing, please visit www.healtharts.org and www.samsante.org Pour plus d始information, visitez les sites suivants : www.healtharts.org et www.samsante.org