Public concert - I Medici di McGill Orchestra
NEXT I MEDICI CONCERT – PLEASURE IN COMPANY .OF MOZART AND
BEETHOVEN
Montreal, November, 1, 2007... I Medici di McGill Orchestra opens
its 20th season on Sunday, November 23, at 8 pm with a public
concert at Oscar Peterson Hall, Loyola Campus of Concordia
University located at 7141 Sherbrooke West under its conductor Iwan
Edwards.
The first concert of the 20th season features Mozart’s “Don
Giovanni” Overture K567 and Piano Concerto in D minor K466 with
soloist Seth Darst followed by Beethoven’s Symphony no 5 in C
minor.
Seth Darst obtained a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Stanford
University. He is currently a Professor of Molecular Biophysics at
Rockefeller University. Dr. Darst was recently elected as a member
of the National Academy of Sciences. He's taken private piano
lessons off and on since the age of 7. On the occasion of the
November 23, 2008 concert of I Medici that features Seth Darst as
soloist Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines
(GRASP) organizes the 1st Annual GRASP Symposium on Monday,
November 24, 2008.
Maestro Edwards has conducted I Medici di McGill since the year
2000. He also directs Concerto Della Donna and the Montreal
Children’s Choir. Formerly a professor at McGill University he
recently retired from being music director (and founder) of the St.
Lawrence Choir, MSO Choir, Ottawa Choral Society and the Canadian
Chamber Choir.
I Medici di McGill was founded in 1989 by Dr. A. L. Padjen of
McGill’s Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. The
mission of I Medici is to provide musical content for various
events in the life of the Faculty of Medicine, the University and
the community and thus add a unique social dimension to medical
education and to the profession. The orchestra also plays
during an annual lecture series on ‘’Music and Medicine’’. I
Medici is available for fundraising events. The players come
from the staff and students of McGill’s Faculty of Medicine and the
ensemble is completed by players from the community, upon
invitation and audition.
The musicians of I Medici are all volunteers. Admission to all I
Medici public concerts is free but as there are costs associated
with putting on each concert, a voluntary contribution of 10$ at
the door is strongly encouraged). More information on the
orchestra may be found on its website:
www.imedici.mcgill.ca.
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Contact :
Dr. A. L. Padjen
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
McGill University
Tel : (514) 398-3603
e-mail : ante.padjen [at] mcgill.ca
Ms. Julia Mlynarek
Communications
I Medici di McGill Orchestra
Tel: (514) 639-5402
e-mail: jmlyna [at] po-box.mcgill.ca