Harry Somers at 100

Symposium Schedule

All events take place in the Edward Johnson Building, Room 330, unless otherwise noted. Click here to download a pdf of the schedule.

• 9:15 am
  Opening and welcome: Robin Elliott
• 9:30 am
  The "A Window on Somers" recording project: David Jaeger
• 10:00 am
  Round Table: Performers' perspectives on the music of Somers
• 11:00 am
  Recital of solo chamber works by Harry Somers (in Walter Hall)
• 12:00 pm
  Complimentary catered lunch for all participants— register here by September 18th
• 1:00 pm
  Three short papers about Harry Somers:

  • Anton Vishio: "Polyphony, Antiphony, Stereophony: Spatial Thinking in Somers"
  • Robin Elliott: "Harry Somers and Indigenous Culture"
  • John Fraser: "The Pleasure of His Company: Harry Somers at Ease"
• 2:00 pm
  Keynote presentation: Brian Cherney, McGill University
• 3:00 pm
  Close of the day sessions
• 8:00 pm
  University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra concert, including Somers's Passacaglia and Fugue (1954) and works by Benjamin Gabbay, Haydn, and Beethoven (in Tribute Communities Recital Hall, York University) —get tickets